Omaha daily bee., 1915-09-09
Billy Sunday breaches on the
Pharisee and the Publican to
Draw a Strong Lesson.
REASON FOR JOINING CHURCH

Anbtth hAi' gtHAtiIuhN hANrinonn on -
Pharisee and tho Publican" lie spoke a
follows:
II want 10 talk 60 you this afternor
on true religion and not the sham substi
tute which some people call religion
There are some people with whom for
mality seems 10 make up for true re,
ligion, like the PhariFecs.
In every community there are people
like those carplnE critics NJ IN the DAYS
OF Jesus Christ The Pharisees religion
was a religion OF forms and observations
OF forms and rituals. They made a great
I hubbub. Christianity does not consist
Of forms and rituals do not forget that
for q minute. There are a lot OF people
who never had religion OF the heart they
never had religion experience. You did
not have a religion experiences II your re-
llgion Is reduced TO a lot of forms and
rituals am going to show you today
the two purposes OF God in his parable.
"First-To show some people who think
they are religious that they are not.
'second-To show why the prayers of
some people are answered and sonne are
not. Some people are omniotent when
they 90 on their knees The prayers
Of some are never answered.. they never
know what Il Is TO have a prayer an
swered. from God.
"A parable L. a photograph, a picture.
II Is a picture Of two beings that con-
trast hold up my thumb. and yau say
yes. l see II In size and location. hold
up my finger and you say. yes. zoe IL
In size and location hold up my
thumb and finger and you take It in.
IL Is two belngs. opposite IN character
and form. directly opposite In every way.
You Get what You Look For.
80 these two men came 10 the temple
10 pray-both received what they came
for You always get what you are
looking for-anything you want. You
arc not disappointed. You always get
what you are looking for n you are
looking for a scrap. you get busy and
you will get what you came for this
afternoon. Did you come with your
pride puffed up like poisoned pup. or
did you come TO hear something that
will make you better men and thought
might say something you didn't like. and
then you would 10 out and talk about
III They. by the help Of God. sister. you
VIII get what you are looking for. II
have 70 70 out Of my way TO give II
20 you. You always set what YOU are
looking for In this world.
80 these two men came to pray-the
first was the Pharisee. He was nice mad
smooth. and his attitude was nice and
smooth. and he seemed 10 say: If you
want to know how to do II. ask me, for
I'll show you There arc lots Of Chris
tians like that today and II you want TO
see one. look In the glass and you flll
find one Of them when you go home.
Pretty Nice and smooth.
80 you will notice his attitude while
he was praying was pretty nice and
smooth. that reminds me OF minister
whom met in Chicago. and he didn't say
this TO criticise; he was a good man, but
he said 10 me. William, / have listened
to you preach and pray, and am inter-
ested In you. and I would like to make
a few suggestions to you that think will
increase your effectiveness
II said. Thank you. doctor. / am will
ing 10 stand on my head IN mud puddle
n you can give me something that will
Increase my power to save sinners and
get them 20 follow Jesus Christ. IL
SNo W bVA taAg NhAAk W OAANTs 40 AneHQs
He said. when you pray make an
acrostic on the words Acts. always do
that He said, The letter "a stands
for Alteration. and when pray I adore
ood. c. / think. stands for Theology.
aid ] said, Doctor. Wen part company
right there. know no more about theol-
ogy than a Jaekribbit does about ping
pong or an elephant about crocheting.
He said whenever pray to make an
aerostlc on the word Acts. said, The
IoId bless you. doctor; you are all right
II 4 on can follow a form like that, but
70 ! should l would not get any higher
tan the gas Jet You fight the devil
your way. and I'll fight him my way, but
don't growl at me because don't fight
your way. because n did I would not be
any better than you are. and if I
preached as your preacher breaches, I
would not be any better than your
preacher Is
Length of some Tongues.
You can't thank God with one breath
and turn around and run down and villify
and assassinate somebody's character
with the next. You can't thank God with
one breath and gossip about your neigh
Dor with the next. yes. hang over the
back fence. with a shoe on one foot and
a slipper on the other, and oh, have YOU
heard the latest? Their tongues are SO
long they can sit in the parlor and lick
the skillet In the kitchen.
If you read the first seventeen chan
tiers OF Luke. and. by the way, YOU ought
10 read them before you read the
eighteenth. Don't read the Bible like YOU
read novel-the last chapter first And
l want to say TO YOU Il you read a novel
In the same milk-and-water. cider-and-
chalk. indifferent way you read the Bible,
you would get Just az little out OF Il as
you get out OF the Bible.
The Pharlsees were the church gang
OF that day, the churchy gang IN the
days OF Jesus. Every church. so far az
my experience goes. Is cursed with three
or four men who want 20 run the bust
ness. You so 20 the devill You hava
no more to say than that fellow that sits
BY your side. You can't tell the preacher
what TO do. and here IL one that won't
let you tell him what to do.
Religion All Right.
Lots Of people go TO church Ia add a
little TO their social standing; lots of peo-
pie Join the church for the same motive
that man blows up a safe; for what
he can get out OF A.
Il used TO play base ball l used 20 ftre