Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-30
SKY PILOT WINS
LUMBERJACKS

Inc follow ns sermon on Jn6 GrOul-
gal Son is n typical discourse by
Frank Higg ms, THE Sky Pilot of the
North" to lumberjacks among whom
ne works:
Now, boys, this story I'm going to
tell you is about young fellow that
ran away from home. It's about a
sheep and a piece of money and a
prodgal boy--al. three of EN- were
lost I've heard a great many SER
mons blam ng the boy for running
away from home. But my sympathy
is with the boy. | believe the prodi-
gal son left home with good inten-
lions.
Many men leave home because
they've had trouble. Maybe they've
been drinking, gambling, or doing
something they oughtn't to do, or
maybe SOMEBODY at home has been
doing something he oughtn't to do.
Now, boys, the Good Book says the
prod ga, son tried to get a job, AMI
he got one How many of you boys
here tonight ran away from home and
got a job?
There amt any disgrace in gong
out in the world and earning your
own living. But when YOU are far
away you mustn't forget the oil folks.
"Have YOU boys been writing to
your mothers and your fathers? If
you heard your poor old mother was
dying you would spend every cent
YOU had for a railroad ticket and 60
TO her. But you can do more now
with a two-Cent stamp than you could
afterward with $4,000.
Nov, the prodigal son looked for
job. That was the best thing he
could have done. That's what most
of you bows did after you left home
You got jobs becarse no man can be
respected by ether people unless he
resnects himself and no man can be
ele-respect no unless he gets job
"How many of Won are tramps and
huns and arc ioo'5ing for food at back
doors? If there are anN, I want vo1
10 start OFT RIGHT now and get tohs,
so YOU will be elf-respect 'ng.
Now boys, God Almighty Is TIE
Father of all of us. and when We go
home to the great heaven He don't
care whether we are dressed In tine
clothes or not He Is there 10 wei
come us and we will all be rece we'd
just like the father of the pro 'tghl
son received him. The glorious king
dom is the home of us all and we
can 20 there il we wish. Let us
pray"
How he caused thousands of igno-
rant. uncouth men to realize the great
truths of the Bible and brought them
back to their early belief In God. was
told few uighte ago bV Rev. Franc $
Higgins, the Sky Prot at the
Third Presbyterian Church, says the
Kansas City Times.
For eighteen years with a rack on
! his back. he Travelled hundreds OF
miles, through tho track'ess timber
lands Of Ninneeota, prea ching to the
lrmberjacFs MANY tines he vas
| forced to tight W tn them Nefore they
would listen. but he grad"alv IN
pressed them to such an I" te"t that
| they conferred on him the title OF
SKY plot" the only ID. d. he has
| ever taken.
Eighteen years ago" said Mr.. Ii"-
! gins. Il made my way to the mort ern
! part of Minnesota, There were 20 D
men scattered through the vast tim
| Der lands and no preacher had ever
| carried the words of the gospel to
them. I went to the bunk houses
where they slept, for those were the
| only places In which [ could get them
| all together. 1t was q long time be-
| fore they would listen to me. They
| sat around on their hunks with their
| hats on and smoked. Frequently
| somebody would get thirsty and dis-
| turb the meeting by walking heavily
to the water bucket.
| ~ didn't dare to ask them to stop
| these pract SEES, so I had to use a TT
! tie diplomacy. One night | went into
a camp and opened a meeting with
my hat on. Suddenly / stopped and
said oh. excuse me, boys Nobody
! should be in the pre~eoce of the Lord
! with his hat on | then took on my
! hat and all the rest followed suit
never had any trouble about that
| again.
Another night started speaking
and began TO cough a tile on pur-
pose. Boys. | sad, I'm a little
hoarse tonight. | went to see the
doctor and he said ii came from to-
bacco smoke. I wi n you'd all do me
q favor ard stop smoking while I'm
, talking They all stopped smoking.
Another time ! sad before OPEN
ing the meeting: Boys. | notice a lot
of you get thirsty Just about the time
I start going good. Now. before I
say anything I'll ask everybody TO
come on down to the water barrel and
have a dring on me- That stopped
them from shutting across the floor
while ! was speaking.
zone day at Ten Strike, in Minne-
sofa. fellow named Kenny came
into camp drunk. He had friend
named O'Hara Kenny abused
O'Hara. and l tried to stop it be-
cause I saw O'Hara was getting
mad.
'I said. Kenny cut that out. Let
him alone Rut Kenny kept ri"h' on
with his abusive language O'Hara
suddenly iumped up and made ru-h
for the tormeator. | grabbed O'Hara
and tried to hold him beck whom
somebody else laoded on nv law and
| was "out" for an hour When thew
brought me to | asked who had H.
mo apd a al1io Tt.iahp1ap said Il did