Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-15


rather have been that French peasant
than that imperial incarnation of force
and murder tNapoleon) and so I would
10000 times
what was that's Simply a word pic
ture. IL was only the trick of an orator
Here's Another Picture
Let me paint for you a picture and
see IL II doesn't make you feel like leap
ing and shouting hallelujahs.
"InndeIity has never won drunkard
from his cups 1t has never redeemed a
fallen woman from her unchastlty. 1t
has never built hospital for the crushed
and sick. IL has never dried tears. II
has never built mission for the rescue
OF the down and out. 1t wouldn't take
a ream, or a dure, or a sheet, or even a
line of paper to write down what iniidel-
ity has done to better and gladden. the
world.
what has lnfidelity does to benefit the
world2 What has Il ever done to help
humanity in any way. IL never buiit a
school, 1t never built church, II never
built an asylum or a home for the poor.
1t never did anything for the good OF
man. l challenge the combined forces OF
unbelief They have failed utterly.
"well may Christianity stand today and
point to It's hospitals. its churches and
it's schools with their towers and the
spires pointing to the source of their In
spiratidn and say: THESE are the works
that ] do"
81 would rather have been French
peasant and worn wooden shoes; i would
rather have lived in hut, with vine
growing over the door and grapes grow
ing and ripening in the autumn sun;
would rather have been that peasant,
with my wife and children by my side
nj al Nna n
with the world and at peace with God;
would rather have been that poor peasant
and gone down at least in the promis-
Guilty of the dust, with the certainty that
my name was written In the Lambs book
of life than to have been that brilliant
inndel whose tricks or oratory charmed
thousands and sent souls to hell.
THE man in charge Of a drawbridge
once was Influenced to open the bridge
to let by tug boat when he knew he
should keep II stationary for fast train
that was expected soon. When he tried
to close 1t the machinery went wrong, the
bridge stuck and the train went into the
river with all its passengers. The man
lost his reason and In the asylum cell to
which they assigned him. he paced back
and forth until he wore a groove in the
floor. Only one thought would he utter
and that he repeated over and over. If
I only had he moaned, again and again.
There are men in hell today who are cry
ing: IF / only had There are men In
Philadelphia who will cry: If 1 only
had
IT plead in the name of God. with every
ounce of my strength, that you Will so
decide that you will not have to say: IF
/ only had! If I only had!
Your conscience is the ability OF your
mind to distinguish between right and
wrong. Every man knows what Is right
and what is wrong. No man ever goes
blindly through this world. You know
what you ought to do. You are respon-
sible for what you do. Be man and do
what you ought to do.
Remember, that your mind Is I'M
mortal.
you must meet your memory in Judg-
ment-every fact of your life. God is
writing q book of every life. He puts
everything in and He leaves nothing out.
If you were making a tree of the ances-
tors and one of them had been hanged for
horse stealing, you might put that branch
around at the back, where nobody would
see 1t. But God puts everything to the
front, where 1t will be seen in Judgment.
DO you lie? Do you steal? Do you
commit adultery? Are you keeping some
body on the side? Some day God will
rip the bark off of you and show that
you are full of worm holes.
You'll remember everything. You'll
meet your sins unless you have buried
them all In the faith of Jesus Christ.
You'll remember my face. You'll remem-
ber the words in which I ask you to
come to Jesus Christ. You'll remember
the interior of this tabernacle when
you were given chance to turn from
your sins.
Sometimes people say to me: What
will be the outcome of the labor ques-
ton? 1 don't know. Sometimes they
ask me how the problems of capital
are to be solved. I don't know. But I
do know that there will be a judgment
and that 1t won't be a class judgment
Capital and labor rich and poor, toiler
and idler, all will stand alike in judg-
m0nt
Three Ways to Escape
'If you sin. there are Just three ways
in which you can escape.
First, because the law doesn't make
YOU out criminal You may be arrested,
but 1t may be found that there is no law
to cover the offense you have committed.
Second, you are given trial and the
jury says you arc not guilty.
But suppose that you're tried and the
jury says that you are guilty. You are
called before the court and sentenced.
How can you escape now? Only II you
are pardoned. Who can do this? Only
one man can save you-the Governor.
you are condemned to hell. How can
you be saved. Only by pardon. Who can
pardon you? 'God-only God But he
won't do 1t unless you accept His Son,
Jesus Christ.