Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-09-29
Sunday Calls On Church People
for Activity in Personal Work

the meetings are over. There isn't any
one here who hasn't drag enough 90 win
somebody 20 Christ
Are you lonesome7" some one asked
n light keeper off the coast OF Massachu-
| sets Are you lonesomeT And he said:
4 Il was lonesome until a ship was wrecked
on this coast and rescued five men. and
since that time / have never been lone
some because now I am constantly on
the alert TO see II some one else needs
help"
are you lonesome7 Some people cit in
| the church pews until they are widowed
and never ask any one to come to the
! God OF Gods. Get out Of that rut. Some
people thing II IL beneath their dignity to
do personal work for God.
I'm getting mighty tired OF listening 10
hot air You church people do a lot Of
| figuring on paper. but let me tell you.
I'm getting sick OF lot of you people
lOafing when you ought 20 get busy and
help me out
/ don't mean to say that you are not
kind, hospitable and appreciative. but
don't think you are doing all that you
might or could do. Don't you think am
going to do It all. II tried TO do It all
ia he In my coffin In a month
You ministers want 20 get busy AID do
lot Of personal work. You churct MEM
bers want to hustle around and help US
save the sinful from the devil, and not
just sit there on your chairs and listen TO
what have to say about salvation.
Some Of you ohurchers had better stay
home for awhile. 80 az TO give other
folks a chance to come here ana get
front seats.
PeFOnaI Work of tho savior.
II II In beneath your dignity to do
personal work. then you are above
your Master. IL you are not willing
10 do what He did, then don't call
Him your Lord. The servant IL not
greater than the owner of the house.
The chauffeur Is not greater than the
owner Of the automobile. The SCR
want on tho railroad II not greater
than the owners OF tho road. Ger
tainly they are not greater than our
Lord Jesus Christ.
IL you come to me and have anything
against your brother, let me tell you
20 TO him and be reconciled first II the
communion cup In passed down the aisle
and there II some neighbor TO whom
YOU don't speak, partaking OF communion
does not do you any good You are just
going through the form OF being a Chris
ltion; you are insulting God.
never saw a revival movement yet
until Gods people fell on their knee ana
renewed their VOWS OF Christianity. There
ara lot OF people that never pray, that
never ask a blessing There are a lot OF
people that are negligent in their religious
duties, who drift from God. The trouble
IL that We are going through a ritual to-
day; the spirit Is left out. God wants the
spirit not the ritual.
II we get run down spiritually, II we
become negligent. put yourselves on pub
lie record before the people; get right with
God.
Thousands Want 60 Ne saved.
There are thousands OF people in Omaha
today who can be gotten for Christ II
you 20 and ask them to give their hearts
to Him. That IL the reason wa don't
do more church work. You 20 and
sit In a pew. listen 10 a sermon and listen
TO the cheir sing ana then cali that wor-
Shipping God The whole city viii 20 TO
he'll 90 fast you can't see 1t for dust.
knew u mother. not personally, who
was a fine woman-she brought up her
children in the knowledge and love of
Christi She was lamenting to friend of
mino that she couldn't do much Christian
work and my friend found that not a
person had entered her homo Tor years
that she haG not asked them II they were
Christian aud talked to them about be-
.ng Christian. She was one of the hest
Christian workers In the community, set
her idea was TO get on q platform. DIS.
abuse your mind: that Is the way you
must work for God. Listen TO this;
There are 100000 young men In this
country between tine ages OF lO and 40
years; i2,OoO.OoO are not membors OF any
church. Protestant or Catholic; 100000 OF
them, 80 TO church occasionally; JOOO.OOO
never darken q church door from one
years end 20 another. They fin tho
saloons and the houses OF III fame, the
haunts Of vice and corruption, ana yet
most young men have been touched by
some Sunday school influences; but YOU
don't win them for God and they 20 into
the world never won for God.
l want to tell you II you want 10 solve
the problem for the future get hold of
the young men now Get them for God
now. Save your boys and girls. Save
the young man and woman and YOU
launch lifeboat
l remember In a town there was a fu-
neral. The CO sket contained a very beau
uful maiden II was being borne from the
home. The family didn't I'VE far from
the graveyard, and most OF the nourners
walked. Well. they all stood around un-
Ill the minister started; Dust 10 dust
ashes 20 ashes"
Presently a Sunday school teacher burst
into hysterioal cries; They led her 10
her carriage. and she was driven 70 her
home. The minister noticed her crSing
and asked her what caused IT, She re-
Piled;
II taught that girl for four years.
noticed that she was getting careless and
going 20 public dances with young men
whose character was not the best. I ala
not say anything TO her, but I was sure
that. as a minister. you did"
The minister said; Il thought YOU. he
ing her Sunday school teacher, would
attend TO that. You are a woman ana
could"
Well. they finally said: Let US go 10
her mother and asS her about it,
They went 10 the mother. and abe re-
piled that she knew she was getting
careless, but she thought that her sun.
day school teacher or the minister would
attend TO that There was a girl who
was gone. a witness against her mother.
her Sunday school teacher ana the
preacher.