The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-07-24
SUBJECT
REPENTANCE
CONTINUED from last week.)
There is an Awful Shortage of Christians in the Chu

dned with multi milonaires and have also dned in the
midst of the drest poverty have taught in colleges and
have preached in good many parts of the United States
we'll as for over four years in Australia and New Zeaand
and you this afternoon before my Cod that
worked as an Evangelist in = pastor Of = any
church where out of membership of from three five
hundred could find by dligent search twenty-five true
earnest Christians and man knows the membership bet
ter than do the ministers themselves.
I remember town where I went to hold revival
meeting the first week there the had row
and started quarrel the question to which church
in the town had the most fashonaby dressed women but
just set to work and "kied off, every in the town.
and made them feel ashamed of themselves One of those
women said to me pointing to church the street
A the they have in that Church there are
washerwomen have all of the wealthy people in OUR
Church. do not receive POOR people into the membership
of OUR Church." And they call that ''Christanty!'
Now, my hearers, [ am not boy [ am not novice.
but speaking from experience and say to you this
afternoon you take church in the City of Chicago
select promiscuous and give just two hours with the
membership, and with the Sword of the Spirit will make
nneenths of them stand and admit that they
converted and that they do not know what constitutes the
new birth"
Why the leading euchre gamblers of every principal city
in the United States Presbyterans; and you will take
the daily papers and down the list from week to week
will find out that the who giving euchre
parties leading either the Presbyterian
the Congregational Church especially when get down
in New England and in New York
There people sitting here this afternoon who
will remember the which about to mention - Of
certain who President of the Gas Company of
that City, and whose wife inherited large of money
and then went into society and began to give euchre parties
and drove her husband to the devil.
In a certain Church in the City of Columbus Ohio
preacher preaching against gambling when two
in the back part of the congregation slowly and walk
ed toward the platform and of them addressing
the minister would you be kind to allow to say
few words?" and when the minister consented the
said 81 am gambler and have gone about as low as man
could possibly but what wish to this congregation
is this made gambler at Church euchre party.
And what could the preacher then when he knew and
his wealthy parshioners and his members knew that they
the principal gvers of euchre parties in that City?
He could not say anything than the rank and file of
the preachers Chicago today say and what they
say? Why they do not dare to open their mouths because
the people themselves the BOSSES This is Democratic
Country you the Rue of the people, by the people,
and for the people, and they say OWE called you to be
PASTOR and agreed pay you the of twelve hundred
dollars year, and you do not preach to suit then WE
will butt you OUT And they do it, too.
Now, there may be people here who will go out and
say He did not tell the truth" Well if you talk like that
then you liar because have told the absolute truth
and you know just we'll do and every preacher
every newspaper in Chicago knows to be the TRUTH
and every we[informed knows it. If had the time
could pile up clippings this high Gndcating) from all
parts of this and other lands showing that the churches
dead, and that they do not know what to do next
Think of the m-week prayermeetings in the churches
remember the last pastorate that held N.Y. what mid
week prayer-meetng Just two present the preach
and the anitor f the janitor happens to be NAM
and little handful and far going out and doing
active for God and humanity concerned how much
work will they do?
Christian WorkM be Made Actual Practical
Why do not these wealthy churches clean up the Red
Light Distrcts? Why do they not clean up the dirty,
filthy lowdown novels in which thousands of people live?
Go around the City of Chicago and the wrehed dens
which muttudes of people have to live = that not fit
for pgses land they owned by churchembers
and of them owned by the churches themselves
and those people will squeeze the boodmoney out of the
poor people and then Sunday will get ready and put
their fine clothes and strut into church and sit there and lis
ten to little dirty by wreched apology for old woman
who calls himself preacher and they appear to be
sancmonious and then they home and they call that
christianity" You know that what am saying is true
I tell you, my hearers in the light of Gods Word,
bad the saloons they not sending half many
people hell these wretched dead formal worldly
churches.
Dr. Horatius Bonar of the most righteous
who ever lived man who had his hand in the Hand of
Christ, before his death, said, among other things:
81 looked for the world and found in the Church;
looked for the Church and found it sitting in the lap of
the world"