Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-09-09
More Prayer, Clean
Living and Decency,
Is Plea of Sunday

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Of my friend? l said; Yes, / will. Won't
he come to the meetingsT He said. oh,
yes, he comes quite regularly Then he
went away and sat down. The chief
usher brought man in and gave him a
seat right in front of him. so the fellow
who asked me to pray was sitting back
of him. He sat in front with his head
on his hands all through the sermon. and
when the invitation was given to come
forward he was the first one TO respond
and come forward. When the services
were over this fellow who made the re-
quest to pray for his friend rushed up to
me, with beaming face and said:
II had no more than taken my seat
than the chief usher gave the seat to
the one / asked you to pray for, right
in front of me. l was praying for him
and he was the first man to go front,
was never so surprised in my life.
Doesn't that get you?
Il was down at a mission in New York
City one night and eleven people went
forward and fell on their knees. Nine
of these people said nice things; these
nine people seemed to tell God that He
ought TO feel Himself complimented that
they were in a place like that. There
was one little girl who had lost her
virtue and was selling her womanhood
for gain She said: oh. God. save me
for Jesus; / ask forgiveness for my sins,
and You have said that though they
were crimson they would be made whittier
than snow There was another hopeless,
helpless drunkard who had staggered in
and reeled with misery and squalor and
want, and he said oh, God, save me; l
am q hopeless drunkard; l have broken
my mothers heart, sent my wife to her
grave, but save me for Jesus out OF
those eleven God only saved two people,
because while they were miserable sin
ners they were honest enough TO tell that
they were sinners and deserved hell;
they didn't try to fix the thing up and
make God believe that He ought to con-
slider Himself complimented
Come as You Are.
Don't try to smooth things out with
God; come as you are.
THE year was born my father went
to war. He never came back. and never
looked in my fathers face. l fought my
way through poverty and squalor. and
once made an application for job as
janitor OF a school house. and the board
of education gave me the job. l got t25
month, but nobody called me a CRATER
then.
zone day l went to the bank with my
check for a months pay. man ahead
of me tossed check through the win
dow to the teller and l threw mine in.
l received my money and walked out to
the street. where / counted 1t. / found
had $40 instead of $25. l told friend
about It, Bill he said II / had your
luck ia buy a lottery ticket i wanted
to return the extra money, but my friend
said no.
" Buy a suit of clothes. and you will
still have the s25' SO ! did. But years
later 1 was convinced of sin. and when
was praying the Lord told me about
the money / owed the bank.
" But, Lord. the bank doesn't know I
owe IT,, l said.
" No. replied the Lord. but you know
you owe t.
Right there began a a11ggle TO be a
man or a fool. Every time ia pray I'd
see that SIS and interest. SO l sent the
bank a check and explained. and ever
since have felt all right. You owe some
merchant bill Pay up; don't be a
deadbeat
Il desire tonight to ask few ques-
tons and answer them-questions that I
think viii lay the foundation Of success
in your life for every individual, which
will arouse you and make you better
men or women; make better community
and a better home. What will give us
power with God? What will give us power
with man? God will not hear you be-
cause you are wise or simple. God is no
respecter of persons; he doesn't care
whether you wear a tailOr-made or .
hand-me-down.
zone time a dirty laboring man weqf