Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-09-29

that savors Of God They say. we will
not have this Man reign over us."
That Is the heartless cry that rings
from office, factory, shop. store and
home. In university and college, md
everywhere. There are multitudes Of peo-
pie who select from the Bible what they
personally ike; they think they can
codify God and elimin6t e what they don
Ike. IL they read something In tho Bible
and don't like Il, they will say they don't
believe ~ they are Just fools enough
to not realize their. responsibility TO be
leve. A fact IL fact whether you have
sense enough TO believe II or not. A man
can say. II don't believe there IL a hell, +"
but that doesn't change the fact that
there is hell, simply because he is fool
enough to say he doesn't believe IT,
man may say, Il don't believe Jesus
Christ Is the Son OF God" but lie IL.
whether you believe II or not.
Muititudes of people say. well, give
ne the sermon on the Mount and give
W. the decalogue minus what We don't
like" Multitudes Of people will not do
things unless they personally desire TO
do them. They don't walt to think
whether their doing that makes It harder
for somebody else 20 do right. They do
il and they don't give a rap what God
says, and they have the audaclty to call
themselves Christians You are not
Christians II you are going contrary 20
the will Of God. God says "My will be
done" and don't care. II you are going
contrary TO the will Of God, you are not
o chrlstiah.
There Is a denomination--I will not tell
you what its name r. because I do not
want to shame IL, you have Il here In
Omaha--that In Minnesota, according 10
its own report. has 300 churches OF that
denomination IN that state and they
spent $4,000 In year. They held 5000
prayer meetings. Sunday school meetings
and revival meetings and only eighty
seven people Joined the 900 churches In
one year on confession OF faith. You
wouldn't have the audaoIty 10 call that
institution a church.
In Chicago. the average number OF new
church members last year was five 10 a
church
Last year 1900 churches reported not
one new member on confession OF faith.
That sestains my contention that peo-
Pile don't have a religious experience.
People are on the church rolls, but they
are not Christians. What IL lackinEg
Why these meager results with this tre-
mendous expenditure OF energy and
money? Why are 10 few people coming
into the knsdom? I win tell you what IL
the matter-there is not a definite effort
put forth 10 persuade a definite person
to receive a definite Saviour at a def
Unite time, and that definite time Is nowl
Don't think that because you can or
ganize committees. and put people ON
those committees. that the work will be
done. We are daffy over organization
today. and have put the supernatural
out OF our religion.
Once, when Alexander the Great was
sitting in mis- tent. one OF his generals
appeared before him. bewaiiing that the
enemy they were 70 fight the next day
outnumbered Thorn 30 greatly. Alex
ander Sprans 10 his feet
How many do you count mo for to-
morrow" he cried.
That's the question. How many arc
YOU counted for with God7
Religion Not Only Failure.
Now. iistenl This element OF failure
Is not confined simply to religion. Nine
ty-nine per cent OF tho business men OF
this country fail; 70 per cent of tho
law ers abandon their profession without
success; 60 per cent Of the doctors fail
TO make good, 30 this element OF failure
Is not confined TO religion. IL IL In
business. in professional life. as well. In
the case OF these three classes. the bust
ness man. lawyers and doctors, / think
Il IL due to lack OF definite, Systematic
work and no application.
A politician will work harder TO get
vote than she church OF God win work
IN. n hr.ts 80 A.. a a..l.
some OF the preachers go down the
aisles. They drag along like they had
grlndFtones tied on their feet
No political campaign Is won by any
stump speaker or any spellbinder on the
platform. II u won by man-to-man' cam
vass
Take the presidential campaign of 1855
when Benjamln Harrison was elected
president over Grover Cleveland. Every
body knows that New York state Is re-
publican and New York City Il demo
cratic-and they thought that a republican
majority would come down and overcome
the majority OF New York City. They
knew there was fraudulent registration
In New York; they knew that there was
ballot box stuffihg what did they dor
They went 10 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 then sub
divided the wards then they sub-dvided
every subdivision until they had a man
in every block, The leader said 70
these men.
you are not responsible who is elected
president: you are not respons BILE who Is
mayor OF the city. but you are responsible
to know the name Of every man who IL
In your block and how he votes. You
are 70 keep tab on every man. and they
especially watched the fraudulent sec
ti0ns and when the vote vas taken the
republican majority rolled In and
swamped the democrats and BENJAMIN
Harrison went into the White House in
stsad OF Grover Cleveland. The name OF
this man. whom they appointed leader.
was never known.
Chareh shoald Have Advance Man.
know a varnish company that pays a
representative $4,000 a year just 20 be a
good fellow. lie sh0bnobs with the heads
Of the railroads; he never offers to sell
them enything. He doesn't sell a quart
of varniah. but he paves the way for the
Representatives who come on the Job. He
Is being paid 70 set acquainted with the
heads Of the departments, and TO discover
their prejudioea. and IL they want var