The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-07-08
CREEPING DISEASE
AFFLICIS FOLKS HERE
Warns Against Inaltention to the
Souls Needs Dramatic Ap-
peal Made at Close Or
chestra is Augmented

How shall we escape II we neg
rect?"
Lincoln Mcconnell applied that
question to the physical, mental and
spiritual life of man, stressing that
last department and making a dra-
matte and appealing conclusion last
night at the tabernacle. He present
ed human characteristics in realistic
form and taught very strong lesson
against negligence which he declared
the greatest sin man can commit.
He said if he could sum up in one
word the cause of the greatest loss to
mankind he would use that word,
negligence" He applied it first to
the pursuit of education, declaring that
the majority of people never put in
half the time they could give to learn
ing things; that not one was so well
educated as he might ahve been If he
hadn't been negligent; that many did,
not learn by experience or ohserva-
ton.
The worst thing ahosst neglect is. he
said. that people ARE prone to let
themselves assaan easy by calling It
carelessnaas, assuring themselve that
they mean no harm and are just play
ing But indifference and careless
ness are neglect, he insisted, and how
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He told of having been pastor OF
two institutional churc Is at Atlanta,
Ga. He had to employ private sec
retary. whose duties consisted of car
ing for calls for help and requests for
employment. Everybody who applied
was sorry for himself and expected
others to be equally regretful because
of their condition, but most of the ap-
plicants never qualified themselves for
anything. They had just drifted
along. too lazy, too trifling, too negli-
gent to do anything.
Mcconnell asked why we are not
religious? People in Chickasha were
not vicious or Ignorant, he said, but
they were simply neglectful They
did not reject Christianity because
they did not expect to accept it some
time, but just put it off from time to
time, thinking such action didn't hurt
them. He said not a text in the
Scriptures indicated no harm would
come from delay. but practically every
scriptural text indicated Gods de-
mand to act now.
Mcconnell asserted that if education
is neglected for 25 years 999 out Of
1000 persons never start to study. A
change takes place in the brain, habits
are fixed, and it is extremely difficult
to start something which has been put
off a quarter century.
Neglect of function means loss OF
faculty. he declared, and he showed
for the children's benefit that faculty,
for instance, is the eye, which is the
organ of sight, but seeing is the func-
ton. He said If the ear were plugged
and kept from sound for a number OF
years it would go dead, and if a per
son remained in absolute dark for ter
years the power to see would be for
feited even when light light was turned turned on
Mcconnell said the more people are
lneglectful of Gods warnings the less
loudly do they sound. and he gave al
alarm clock illustration, showing how
the sleepy man who begins to neglec
the warning bell gradually travels tt
that point where the voice responds 4
the call but the mind never grips II
He showed how people in Chickashi
at first could not sleep because O
trains noise. but now they can sluu
her with the bell ringing and tb'
n whistle tied down.
r. They're not interested in trains an
they say to their soul. Go on to sleeT
don't pay any attention to tho church
shut up, Conscience; we're goin' :
: take the Gospel train some day, PEI
sr haps. but not nowl' And the dev
ID urges You on," Mcconnell cried an
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