Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-17
Billy" Sunday breaches on the
Text of ga Lesson from Solomon"

the finest paintings and the choicest
. sculptures that he could find. He had the
finest china that men could make and
money could buy. He had all kinds Of
bric-a-brac and the best OF cut glass
And yet while his army OF servants
, awaited his pleasure and beautiful dan
, cling women trod graceful measures upon
the rich floors and all the glories of the
, palace to please him as he lolled at ease.
, he seemed to awake and he cried out in
doleful words, "All IL vanity and vexa-
ton Of spirit"
Just puff OF wind-a bubble that had
, gone SO. as he looked upon the wreck
? OF all hopes OF happiness through grtaifi-
, cation OF his tastes and appetites, he
said: IAN is vanity and vexation OF
, spirit
, Every man wants to be satisfied. do,
, So do you. Everyone is reaching out for
happiness and peace and rest. There are
men in this Tabernacle now who have
, tried many things In pursuit Of happiness,
You have climbed high and you have
probed deep and some Of you have not
found what you have sought All who
are here are en- the edge Of eternity.
There are men looking me in the face
who will have 1915 carved on their
tombstones
: an uncertainty. No matter IL your hair
is gray, no matter what your bank ac-
count is some of you must say, II have
not found happiness. I am failure. All
3 is vanity and vexation of spirit
Why don't you be q man? Why don't
you show mans courage and take up
Q the cross of the Son OF God? Why don't
:, you rise to what you might be7
We were all meant for better things.
a You were never meant for the slop and
$ swill barrels of the devil.
d why do you let the devil control you?
e Why do you. let him make you pawn
o upon the board on which he plays his
gamer
Is there any bread in rum1 Ask the
:. poor fellows who have been spending
: their earnings for drink during all these
years.
Il Drunkard's Blood Leads TO Cell.
" Ask their wives and their children. No
% bread for them.
" Ask the saloonkeeper. There is bread
> in it for him. but none for those who
drink what he sells.
n II had my way, every drop of alcohol
70 would be In hell by midnight Don't
il cheer. ! would prefer that you get into
=. the attitude Of mind that spells action.
- men and women longing for things that
a are not Of the best Why not give your
souls a chance to reach out higher and
- then make fight to the finish?
There was a specialist in London who
!, was called upon to attend 7-year-old
boy who had tried to kill his little sis
ter The specialist asked him why he
tried such thing and the boy answered
= that he felt always as though he wanted
\, to kill somebody.
~ The specialist asked the father whether
he drank. "I'm not a teetotaler," was
!, the reply.
60 "But you drink"
~ IT keep it In the house." answered the
- father.
Oh but you drink" said the specialist.
The father finally admitted he had been
ne drinking man and the specialist told
n n him that his boy would grow up and
u kill aornebody some day and the father
1e would be to blame because 1t was heredn
g. tary with the child.
at II 1 could lift the curtain and allow
n. some of you men to look twenty-five
at years into the future you would see a
at felon in a cell and he would be the
MT boy who followed in his fathers foot
he steps and drank and attended the dance
~ and cursed when he should have been
ch guided on the right track
w Hates Cocoanut Cake.
~ When / was in Wheeling, w. Va. q
~ little girl of about years of age came
to me with a package in her hand and
a. said:
an mr. Sunday, want to give you this
/, cake. 1 haven't any money. but papa
was converted at the meeting, and
~ baked this cake, and I want to give II
'A to YOU"
1t was a cocoanut cake. II there's any
n thing that 1 despise it Is cocoanut cake
but took It and said:
re I'm try some of it, right now"
nd And 1 did. That was a great test Of
my love. but made good.
a The little girl said: I've got new
p daddy at home now"
he Won't some of you go home a new
daddy tonight? Won't you take hom'
lie a new husband? Won't you take hom'
ed a new son? You men take Jesus hom'
IS with you when you go in say, Wife
of here's Jesus
i'd At a meeting one night a doctor said
". II have served the devil for fifty years
I settled up tonight and I had nothinl
ns coming"
EN- You settle with the devil and you'll
en- have nothing coming.
re Carnegie says that there are no happ!
cd multi-millionaires. Andy ought to know
Is. for he's got the dough. He says Il
in any man can give me an option on If
he can name his price and we will no
he squabble."
le- If you want to find starvation OF tn
nd heart Of the worst kind you don't nee'
ed to go TO the slums.
. solomon Comes 10 Higher View.
ns point.
he solomon said: "An is vanity and vexa
OF ton OF spirit"
ID was he dyspepuc7 Was the worl'
tie gloomy to him because he was busted?
ny No.
Is there nothing but evil in wealth
gle Solomon said so many things that stan
de in contrast TO what he said about Tn
Oh vanity OF things. Are we TO think tina
AZ. Solomon got his wires crossedf
OF No. solomon did not contradict him
self. When he said: What profit hat
ed man Of ali his labor" he added, "whic
its he taketh under the sum-
u 1 That awpIafpa 70 me- makes