The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-11-06


as well as expressions of the outer
life. A man may be immoral and
never express it in outward act. A
community may be immoral and it
be some time before it is expressed
on the surface of the body polite but
the immoral heart is just as black
and its damnation just as sure as if
it expressed itself in outward form.
! am anxious not to throw blan-
ket only over the corruption but to
wipe out the corruption This can
only be done when Christ il en-
throned in place of Barabbas. There
fore the question of Christ or Barr
abbas is one that can never be en-
tircly settled in the council chamber
OF this city but must finally be set
tied tied in the council chamber Of
the heart. Nevertheless our city Of
ficials have responsibilities and they
have not discharged them in the in
terests of our children. They have
turned loose Barabb and Barabbas
is doing his work.
Who is to Blame
9Th. The Christian people of this
city. They have not chosen Bar.
abbas, they have chosen Christ. They
said one time with their heart lifted
to God Jesus Christ should be their
Lord and Master. They sworc thct
they would be faithful and loyal to
him unto the end. Many of them
have perJured themselves. Matthew
tells us His own disciples had all
forsaken Him and fled. They were
disloyal, cowardlyy, skulking away
in the darkness of the night and left
Him alone with the crowd shricking
for His blood. If only one voice could
have been raised that day in His be-
half just one voice some one, perhaps
many, might have been turned from
Barabbas to Christ. They had all
forsaken Him and fled" | believe
that is he position of today of the
Christian people OF this community.
They ought TO be alive to the crisis
of the hour. They ought to be NOV
ing the multltudcs toward Him. They
ought to be pleading for their Master
They ought to be Interested in Spirit
ual things. our prosecuting attorney
told us the other night if men only
knew the real conditions they
sleep at night. Perhaps that
is the reason so few of our men were
out to hear him speak 1t would be
too had to break in on their profound
slumber because of such an nsignif-
lcant question as this. believe that
uunless God Almighty stood in his
way with II drawn sword every chris
tan man who was not there ought to
20 home and hide his head with shame.
The people of Ellcnsburg are crying
for Barabbas and they don't know
you are a friend of Christ. Where
are our christian mem Most of our
our men are hiding under the bed
while the wife stands guard at the
door. The christian people of this
city are disloyal 10 the Lord, cow
ardly Indifferent, hiding under the
darkness of the night. They all
forsook Him and lied" When our
prosecuting attorney spoke of condi-
lions here | believe he told the truth
but there is something TO me inf.
nitely more sad than the moral con-
dition it is he spiritual condition. In
some of the cases tried in our court
the shame of those connected with
the case was not the black corrup-
ton of the heart but their shame was
in the discovery of the crime and the
penalty they must pay. People TO-
day are much more concerned over
the discovery and punishment OF sin
than over the sin itself our chris
tan people are far more concerned
over the acts OF men than over the
hearts of men. They think more of
the sore on the surface than the poi
son in the blood. They would rather
keep a man out of 1.-THE pcnetcntiary
two years than keep him out of Hell
through eternity. They are coward
the week night meeting for worship
to attend the theatre or the picture
show. They have no prayer closet in
the home They are not leading men
to Christ. They have dcsecratcd the
Sabbath again and again the past
summer. They are trying TO dis
attending one service on Sunday and
many have already given that up.
Their voice is not raised against in-
dccency and vulgarity. They are
singing Coward Christian Soldiers"
and are on the dead run with their
backs to the enemy. They skulk
their pathway while the enemy goes
trooping by Men are matcrializcd
and women worldly. Thank God
there is one CLEAN of light. | cannot
say they have all forsaken Him and
fled" There are some who are 10y
al, courageous and true. Ellcnsburg
has some of the best christians God
ever made. Their lives and their
voices are lifted in His behalf But
the numbers are so small their voices