Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-09-18


ence in some churches today One time
you see great enthusiasm and every one
burdened for the salvation Of souls and
the advancement of the Kingdom OF
God. At another time there is depres-
sion; the church is abandoned for the
haunts Of pleasure; the church is dead
and lifeless and too much like an
amusement bureau. You see 1t In fami-
lies; you have known of families whose
very name was synonymous with every
thing religious, but who allowed some
thing to creep into their lives, and now
you seldom, IL ever, see them at church.
You have seen II in churches, you see
an individual always ready TO help the
preacher and do anything for Jesus; now
he never helps In any way. and. II any
thing. u a encouragement instead Of q
help to the preacher.
Ahas was an idolater of the greatest
sort As you live in your home. so will
your children be. The judgment of God
will fall on your and your home. One
trouble with a great many communities
the wrong gang got there first, and
started the Goddess. irreligious, sneerins
CASTE That's what's the matter with
lots Of towns, and they never amount to
anything until a lot of those old HOLSTERS
die off
There IL no worse sin a Jew could have
committed than gathering the vessels OF
the house OF the Lord together and cut
ting them to pieces as Ahaz did. At last
he died. He had lived such a Goddess, dis
honorable, disreputable, irreligious life
that when he was dead they would not
disgrace the sepulcher where the other
kings were buried by placing his body
therein. They did bury him in the cor
porate limits of that city. From a
parental standpoint, Hezekiah had much
against him. He had a Goddess. repro
bate Of a father. but his mother was
one Of the most noble women who ever
lived.
Influence of Mothers.
have known boys to make a success
IN life who had an old materialist, IRE
ngious reprobate for a father. but never
knew of one to succeed who had God
less, oard-playing mother. The mother
can usually hold her son to everything
good and noble that she follows herself.
The trouble with many is that they are
outgrowing the confines of the home and
are turning 1t into a booze Joint and
gambling hell He had u Cody mother
Corinth might have been called a city
of gods. They had shrines and temples
to every known god but the true God.
You are going crazy over culture clubs;
Libraries and morals are going down. You
are getting back to the heather days;
wealth and culture didn't save Greece,
and 1t will never save America
The women of Corinth were not re-
spected for their virtue. but the woman
who could boast of the most paramours
and most debased character was re-
spected. You can put a library on every
corner and let every church member be
a college graduate and that Will never
save you from hell You need the old
time religion You don't need more cul-
ture or money, but a floodtide OF redemp-
ton. You can have your clubs, literary
societies, Kelley cures; you can go into
the red light districts and the slums ano
have a girl add few ruffles to her dress
to lengthan it. you can scrub the hobo
but that will never save any one
Gospel of Cleanliness.
m YOU suppose God wants to LOOK
through eyes red with the dissipation OF
the night spent in debaucheryf DO you
suppose God wants to work with henos
that are lifting beer glass one moment
a deck of cards or novel the nextf 10
YOU suppose God wants to use rect ina.
can walk into booze joint or a mousse Oh
ill-fame one night and into churcn ON
Sunday? Never. You wouldn't Walk INTO
a church where the janitor had ouInpeo
last winters ashes in the aisles' or Where
the cattle could stroll through, ana gaze
The Holy Spirit will not i've Anions
lot of limburger cheese AhheuSei
busch OF Pabst. 1t will not swim In To
bacco Juice up to its eyes. You nave
right TO keep your body clean
The most powerful organization ever
o,oon ized was the Society or Jesults' Vi
Iesus 1t was so powerful that WeA
ordsred suppressed by the pope at i'oliI0
"a nv the Parliament of Paris NO inenn-
,,ar-bad a mind or will of his own D"'
found the will and mind OF the upeiio.
and followed that NO one eNei -
lone but always two by Two IL Wy
cburch would put these two priho'pi ',
INTO practise the power woulo DO -
culable. When any one sees you ~ =,
,ho,,ld see the will of Coo inahiies -
,.on II ia not the will of God that any
church member should be oooze-iis"
or a gambler. - ia haen no
-oDy In Israel. Religion Is lhsepai" Oie
fror, songs. From the Gays OIL INC
,oy,nstion when Martin Luther waihe'
,hrouph the streets singing through 'he
davs Of Wesley and Of Whitellelo' VI
Moody and sankey. down to your Gay
raI,sIon has been inseparabie from song
You,lI never draw nearer unless you
sipg When you are asked TO SING, uo
no something for God. BE a inter
AMI always be a leaner. You may mol
he prtma donna. but contribute your
little mite and do something for the Loru
More Psalms were written and sung IL
~. tsmple The United Presoyterians
ore not SO far off. They're biblical Inc
twenty-fourth Psalm must have peer
AIMS, An the temple, and the twenty-thiru
palm David used to sing before King
Saul 10 cheer him from the melancholy
and sad moods.
A. to Singing.
Many a life knows no song TheS
seam 10 say: where is the JOY that
once 7 knew when first loved the Lord
It's back there where you left 1t. When
Won started TO play cards. and dance
when YOU stopped reading your Bible
and started reading a novel. or the Phil
Istine. and that's a little sheet 1 wouldn't
have I'm my house to kindle fire with
II YOU have one in your home burn It
Right back there where you sidesteppec