Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-19
SUBJECT: nPERsoNAL WORK.

SUBJECT: "PERsoNAL WORK"
There are millions OF people I'm this
enlightened Christian land that are ir
open rebellion against God or anything
that payors Of God They say we will
not have this man reign over us. That
n the heartIess cry that rings from office
factory, shop, store and home, In uni.
versky and college, and everywhere
There arc multitudes Of people who select
from the Bible what they personally like
they think they can oodlfy God, and
eliminate what they don't like. II they
will read something in the Bible and
don't like It, they will say they don't
believe it, they are Just fools enough
not to realize their responsibility TO be-
iievo. A fact is fact, whether you
have sense enough to believe It or not.
man can say, | don't believe there is a
hell, but that doesn't change the fact
that there is a hell, simply because he
II fool enough to say he doesn't believe
IT, A man may say, 4 don't believe
Jesus Christ is the Son OF God, but He
IL, whether you believe II or not.
"Multltudes OF people say, well, give
us the Sermon on the Mount, or give us
the decalogue minus what we don't like.
They have no king but self Multltudes
Of people will not do things unless they
personally desire to do them. They
don't wait TO think whether their doing
that makes II harder for somebody else
TO do right. They do It because they
personally want to do IT, and they don't
give a rap what God says, and they have
the audacity to call themselves Chris
tians. You are not Christians II you
are going contrary to the will of God.
God says, My will be done. and l don't
care. IL you are going contrary to the
will of God, you are not Christian II
you are spriultled and immersed every
10 minutes, and don't care II you go to
confession every half hour, II you know
the 39farticles Of confession so that you
can say them frontward and backward.
and IL you are confirmed every 10 min
utes I am not saying anything against
the ordinances, The Lord is now re-
Jected, by the world dlsowned, by the
many still neglected, by the few en-
throHed'
The matteris that you leave all of that
to thetsE.ord That Is q lazy way to look
at 1t, 2 repeat that l think all that is due
to lack Of definite effort being put forth
by the minister and the church to per-
suade q definite person to accept definite
Saviour. at a definite time, now Gods
promises are In the present tense for sal
vation.. Now is the accepted time; now is
the day of salvation. II today you hear
His voice, harden not your hearts to the
one prpmisslof God, That IS the present
tense; sToOe much preaching is in the
future ltensesss ~ ,.,h:
p3EFT fr'I1gs gENERAL.
'TEy any Afny Isssgths eptiTS into the field,
woutd.2i1 sit around lfhs mess tent and
let ttiesEeneraI do ait the lighting? The
aOvefutnent does not pay them to sit
around and look nice in their uniforms.
That is the curse of the churches of to-
day. The preacher sits down and folds
hts arms and thinks there is nothing for
him to do. II we had an army like that
Il would meet with defeat before 1t could
cock the first gun.
''Now listenl This element of failure Is
not confined simply to religion. Ninety
nine per cent. OF the business men of this
country fail; only three out of a thousand
succeed;a75 per cent. of the lawyers aban-
don their profession without success; 60
per cent. OF the doctors fail to make good
so this element OF failure Is not confined
TO religion. ut is in business, in profess
sional life as well. These three classes,
the business men, lawyers and doctors,
and = think 1t is due to lack of definite
~ oNeAlldllC WOTh anu no dDDllCallOH.
NO political campaign is won by any
stump speaker or any spellbinder on the
platform. 1t is,won by man to man con-
versation.
IN, the presidential campaign of 1888,
when Benjamin Harrison was elected
President overs Grover Cleveland-every-
body knows that New York State is Re-
publican and New York city is Demo-
cratic-and they thought that a Republi-
can majority would come down from Har-
lem and overcome the majority of New
York city. They knew there was fraudu-
lent registration in New York; they knew
that there was ballot-box stuffing-what
did they do?
H BUSINESS IN POLITICS.
'+They went to work and got an expert
business man and gave him charge of
New-York city. and he went to work and
divided that city into little districts and
the districts into wards and they sub
divided the wards; then they subdIvided
every subdivision until they had a man
at every block In every subdivision. The
leader said TO these men; You are not
responsible who Is elected President; you
are not responsible who Is Mayor of the
city. hut you are responsible to know the
name OF every man who is in your block
and how he votes. You are to keep tabs
on every man And they especially
watched the fraudulent sections, and when
the vote was taken the Republican major
itY rollod into Harlem and swamped the
Democrats and Benjamin Harrison went
to the White House instead OF Grover
Cleveland. This man. whom they ap-
pointed leader was a shrewd business
man, he was expert in organization, and
he had a systematic way of doing things.
Il know a Yarnish company that pays
q representative 10000 year Just TO be
a good fellow. He hobnobs with the heads
of the railroads, he never offers to sell
them anything. He doesn't sell a quart
of varnish. but he paves the way for the
representatives who come on the Job. He
IL being paid to get acquainted with the
heads OF the Departments and to disArm
their prejudice; and IL they want varnish
he has the way paved for the representa-
tive TO sell the varnish. This man gets
10000 to smile and look pleasant. A lot
OF people wouldn't smile 10 save a sinner
from hell Some OF you have faces that
would stop clock. Shine up. What's
the matter with you? Be happy.
THAT'S what Jesus meant when He