Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-13

! If you live the wrong way you will drn
somebody else to perdltion with you Q
you go, and kindred ties will facilitate j
STREET FLIRTATIoNs
"Supposing all your hearts were oper
supposing we had glass doors to ou
hearts, and we could walk down tn
street and look in and see where yo'
have been and with whom you hav
been and what you have been doing. !
great many of you would want STAINED
glass and heavy tapestry to cover them
Suppose 1 could put screen behind
me, pull a string or push a button ant
produce on that screen a view OF th'
hearts of the people. 1 would say, Here
is Mr.. and Mrs. AS life as II Is, and here
as the people think 1t Is. Here Is wha
he really s Here Is where he has been
| Here is how much booze he drinks. Here
is how much he lost last year. at horse
races But these are the things that So
| clety does not take note OF. Society
takes no note Of Irritation on the street,
1t waits until the girl has lost her virtue,
and then slams the door In her face. 1t
| takes no note of that young man drinking
at II banquet table; II waits until he be-
comes n bleary-eyed drunkard, and then
1t will slam the door in his face. 1t takes
no note of card-playing for some dinky
little cream pitcher or pair OF SILK hosei
II waits until you become gambler, ana
then It slams the door in your face. God
says. Look out in the beginning for that
thing Society takes no note OF the be-
ginning. 1t waits until 1t becomes vice,
and then 1t organizes civic righteousness
clubs. Get back to the beginning and do
your work there. God planned to save
~ ,1l,t fNf NAVt
and women, and God reaches down to
save men; He pulls them out of the grog
shops and puts them on the water wagon.
NAAMAN AND THE PROPHET
THE servant of Naaman entered the
hut of the Prophet Elisha and found him
sitting on high stool writing with
quill on papyrus. The servant bowed low
and satd The great and mighty Naaman,
captain of the hosts of the King of Syria,
awaits thee. Unfortunately he is leper
and cannot enter your august presence
He has heard of the miraculous cures
that you have wrought and he hopes to
become the recipient of your power The
old prophet of God tells him.
"'Tell him to dip seven times in the
Jordan-beat 1t, beat it The servant
came out TO NddHldll' WIN Nus slNtilb
on his horse
"'Well, is he at home"
He's at home but he's queer duck
"Naaman thought that Elisha would
come out and pat the sores and say in
carnations, like an Indian medicine man,
and say, Matter Is noneXistent; 1t is an
illusion of your mind, my dear fellow
Why didn't you phone me from Damas-
Gus and l would have given you absent
Poor old cuss sitting away
matter nonexistent-you just imagine you
have leprosy.'
"Naaman was wroth, like many feel
today. God reveals to the sinner the
plan of salvation and instead of thank
ing God for salvation and doing what
God wants them to do, they damn God
and everybody else for bothering them
THE SINS OF SOCIETY
Some men ought to be hurled out of
they ought to be kicked out of
churches and out of politics, and every
other place where decent men live or as
3ociate And want to lift the burden
and hurl 1t on the heads of
manhood. Society needs new
iIvision of anathemas. You hurl the |
louble-dyed licentlous scroundrel that
,aused her ruin is received In society with |
,pen arms, while the girl Is left to hang |
Ter head and spend her life in shame |
;ome men are so rotten and vile that |
hey ought to be infected and take a |
,ath In carbolic acid and formaldehyde. |
shut the lodge door in the face of every |
nan you know to be n moral leper; don't |
ct him hide behind his uniform and his |
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hat the devil would duck up an alley |
ather than meet him face to face. Kick |
i'm out of church. Kick him out of So
iety.
Here is a man who wants to be a
What will he do2 VIII he go
SIX some old saloonkeeper? VIII he go
SIX some of these old brewers? VIII he
SIX some of the fellows of the town.
Where will he go? To the preacher OF
curse He is the man to go to when you
'ant to be a Christian Go to a doctor
'hen you are sick, TO blacksmith when
our horse is to be shod, but go to- a
reacher when you want your heart fixed.
$50 Naaman goes into the muddy water
nd the water begins to lubricate those |
Id sores and 1t begins to itch, and he |
avs, Gee whiz,' like many a young
elbow today goes to church and Just
'ets religion enough TO make him miser-
blSs l-AAt All Olh ltllOW III lOWd came TO
,e and said '"Bill." have been to hear
ou every night and you have done me |
lot Of good. used to cuss my old |
'oman every day, and I amt cussed her
or week am getting a little better
THE trouble with many men is that |
hey have Just got enough religion to |
make them miserable. II there is no Joy |
n religion. you have got a leak in your |
ellgion, Some haven't religion enough |
o pay their debts. Would that I might |
ave a hook and for every debt that you |
1T unpaid I might jerk on a piece OF |
lothing II I did, some of you fellows
'ould not have anything on but cellu- |
I'D collar and pair OF socks,
RELIGION AND PRAYER
Some OF you have not got religion
nough to have family prayer Some
I you people haven't got religion enough
, take the beer bottles out OF your cellar
nd throw them in the alley The trouble
With you is that you are SO taken up with
BUSINESS. with politics. with making
loney with your lodges. and each and
very one is so dependent on the other
hat you are scared to death TO come out
nd live clean forN God Almighty You
ave not fully surrendered yourself to
iod.
'"rhs matter WITH a lot OF you people
that your religion is not complete.
'ou have not yielded yourself TO GOD
nd ROnA Out for God and no5ta 4-,,.h |