Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-04

so? We have a few minutes left. So let
US sing No. q. Then another long pause.
4 hear the organ'--1 can never think Of
that little thing-what is it9 prelude; It
is time for us to close, now let us all re-
peat together our Mizpah benedictlon.
'''rhe Lord keep watch between thee and
mo. when we are absent from one an
other" tell you God has got a hard
job on His hands. Ever hear anything
like that7 Yes guess you have, and
you don't have to go outside to hear 1t,
either. =
THE Church Of God doesn't need or
ganization, but the Holy Ghost upon what
she has already got. Life will give or
ganization, but organization will never
give spiritual life. God is needed to bring
man TO feel that he needs Jesus Christ.
The divine philosophy of people today
breeds more agnostics and inldels than
all the Bob 1ngersols put together.
God IS looking today for men to go
| down into the marshes of sin to rescue
the perishing and care for the dying.
did you ever read or hear about the
blowing up of He'll Gate Mt New York.
only ships OF certain draught could go
through II, and the Government gave
the contract to General Newton to re-
move the obstacle. Sc he started with his
tunnels under the banks Of the river,
placed his tons of powder and giant
powder and, on the day appointed, the
Government ships came and put every
thing back that attempted to pass
through the river, and General Newton |
sat In his home on Brooklyn Heights, |
two miles away, his little child on his |
knee, and he said, When / tell you, |
press that little black button and push
And when the signal came to him over
the telephone, he said: Press that but
ton and she pressed the button, and two
miles away there was a muffled roar and |
the water shot into the air $50 feet and |
the river was cleared. Helpless itself was
hat little child, but backed by the genius
and power of her ilustrious father, she
vas all powerful. Helpless are we without
the Holy Ghost, but with II we are all
powerful and nothing In all he'll can
stop us.
URGES BELIEF IN GOD.
believe that God Almighty can do
something; don't whine around as though
God was a corpse, ready for the under
taker. God is still on the job. The Holy
Spirit is needed to bring man in spiritual
touch with Cod to make man realize
that he is a representative of God on
earth today.
Did you ever realize that YOU were
Gods representative Did you know what
that means? Suppose we insulted or
killed Ambassador Spring-Rice, of Eng ,
land, and that we refused to apologize or
pay an indemnity or make any effort TO T,
appease England. what would It mean? 1t ,
would mean that England would come
across to this country with her soldiers .
and we would dye the soil of Canada with !
he blood Of brave men, and they would ;
I've the soil of the United States with the /
blood of brave men, and for what? You ;
.oday, as representatives of the Lord. can r
step out and in the name of the Holy 4
Spirit say to the forces of sin to come on '
defy every one of the dirty bunch OF n
you. Il
&C ONE on, you forces of iniquity in a
that have made the Church a
cuspidor and doormat to wipe your n
Iirty feet on; come on. you traducers: b
ome on, you triple extract of infamv: 4
ONE on. you assassns of character; 4
ome on, you sponsors of harlotry; v
ome on, you 'defamers of God and enc