The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-01-10
HONEYWELL TELLS
HOW HE OBTAINED
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helper, say I'll never pack a funeral
sermon full of lies to please the
mourners. More harm is done by GER
tain kinds OF funeral sermons than by
anything else. For preachers to hold
out hope to man that has lived like
the devil is what breeds skeptics and
infidels.
Il was born and bred in Canada. l
am a Canuck of the Canucks. The
odor of the barnyard is still on me,
and l am proud of it, | have creased
my hair, l have BACKED my boots with
stove polish, | have eaten with my
knife, (say, if you would rather eat
with your knife, do it; the society
danes will kick you out, but they
won't keep you out of heaven) and yet
l expect to go to heaven.
Issues are Momentous.
Il like to think that you Christian
people don't realize the issues that
are at stake in this campaign Rich
mond is hanging in the balance. If
this revival fails you can't have an
other for twenty years. The saliva
ton of the town depends on the out
come Yet you are indifferent; you
are not going to the prayer meetings;
you have not made out your prayer
lists | don't think you realize how
serious this is. If you do, and then
remain Indifferent, all | can say is,
God pity you! If you are opposing
these meetings or are Indifferent to
them, you have sold Jesus and linked
arms with Judas"
The Rev. Mr.. Honeywell then told
a pathetic story about an alligator
swallowing a little boy while his faith
er tried in vain to rescue him. THAT
kept me awake night" he said, think
ing of that terrible tragedy. But I'd
rather throw my own precious boy
with these arms of mine into such a
monsters throat, than to see him
grow up to defy God and herd with
the monsters of lust, greed, liCentiOus-
ness that stalk the streets of this
town. If you church members are.
asleep, wake up, The salvation of
your city is at stake.
The nearer the relationship the
greater the obligation. | owe to Mrs.
Honeywell and my three children a
duty which | owe to no other woman
or children on earth Why? BY vir-
tue of my relationship. BY one deed
of wrong | could cause Mrs Honey
| we'll and my three babies to hang
their heads in shame 1t would not
cause you to shed a tear. You don't
care a straw for me. You have no
interest in me, only so far as | am
able to entertain, instruct or help you.
And should | say anything that dis
pleases you, you would go out and
rail and mash me. I don't care
whether the world dimes or damns me,
whether it Kisses me or applauds me,
whether it loves or hates me, | am
going to testify OF her that her needs
are evil.
Attacks Methodists.
Alas, the NethOdStS should have
wandered so far from their early eX-
| perience and history. Formerly Meth
odists attended class meetings. How
| many ever go now? Formerly in the
| Methodist church you could hear
| shouts and EXPLANATIONS Of praise
| Now they never peep. Oh, OCCASION
| ally you will hear some good old sis
! ter in a weak, negative way. say
! 'Amen.' OF course, We wouldn't ex-
| pect staid dignified, aristocratic Pres
| byterians and Congrega tionalists to
| do so. Say, you're a little hde-bOund
! Let Richmond know to which crowd
| you belong; let them see where you
! stand
The old Jew, Judas, didn't look
: for Jesus in the outside crowd He
was too slick. The last place to look
for Jesus is in that outside crowd
That's the trouble with the folks OF
this town. They're in the outside
gang The boys and young men OF
Richmond have devils in them.
AS principle increases its meaning
it decreases in the number of adher
ents. The more we mean by eduCa
ton the fewer educated are there