Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-09-26

| beaten down In sin, that would not like
TO return 10 the days when, pure as the
morning dew. she knelt by her mothers
side. That staggering, Keeling, jabbering
drunkard, helpless and on the way to hell
and 80 close TO the pit that ne can see
/ the sulphur and hear the shrieks OF tho
! demons. lie would like 20 return and
/ set back TO the day when he could look
every honest man square In the face.
Oh the thief would like 70 get back to
the day when he had never reached out
his hands TO steal the otner mans earn
ings and savings. Don't your reason and
! conscience say, when you do wrong, go
backl DO right2" Sin cuts like a two
edged sword. II not only cuts the man
but II cuts his wife and children. God
knows, Il Is bad enough II only the sinner
suffers; but that isn't all. You have to
suffer. but other people suffer more than
you. II hurt that girl 10 go down and
sell her virtue; but It hurts her mother
worse. II hurt that man to sddestep his
! marriage VOWS and live with some one
I on the side; but II also hurts his wife and
children. SIN cuts both ways 1t hurt
that young man to go into booze joint,
and then go staggering and Keeling home,
and breathe his whisky soaked breath
into the face OF his mother; but. great
Godi It hurt his mother too Nothing
IL more true than this: "One sinner
destroys much good.
The lack Of proper insulation OF cleo
trio wires In the Iroquois theRter in Chi
cago caused the deaths of COO people; and
II the man whose negligence caused that
! frightfui calamity had stood there and
moved the people down with a sword, he
couldn't have brought more woeful de-
struction than he did by his negligence.
All sin has the same root. The man who
spat In the face OF Jesus Christ cried
that 'crucify him." as plainly the
mob. All sin starts with the rejection Of
Jesus Christ
our rejection of Jesus Christ may not
cause you to cruelty him. but you are re-
iectlng him; so there is no place for you
over there; so the whole thing Ia summed
up by your attitude toward Christ. One
man REJECTS Christ, and becomes a drunk
ard. another becomes a thief. another be-
comes a nbertine. Every sin springs
from rejection OF Christ. They will all
go to the same place: you go to hell be-
cause you reject Christ. Just word and
am through. Where is there Joy COM
pared to the JOY OF being Christian?
Say, " any Of you can tell me of a life
can live that Is better than the life L
do live; II you can tell me of a life
by the living OF which l can glorify God
moro and do more for humanity than
by living a Christian life, I will live It,
am looking for the best 1 can find
When have got Jesus l have got the
best there is. Some people think that
being q Christian you must always be
solemn. The Word of God says, 'Ye shall
go out with Joy, and be led with shout
ing. The mountains and hills shall break
forth before you in singing. and the trees
Of the field shall clap their hands with
JOY.
/ Appreciation.
| Down IN Georgia n preacher used to
60 to the postoffice fifty or seventy-five
days In the year. and no always looked
through the window into the postmas ter s
office. and smiled his greeting One day
he called for his mail as usual and sa-
luted the postmaster with the hour Of
the day. The postmaster called him into
his office and said: since you have
been coming to the postoffice I have got
so now that 1 look for you; and after
you have gone feel cheered and inspired.
l am glad when you come, and am dis
appointed II you don't. L have had a
/ i
left orders for them to make you the
best pair of boots they can make of the
finest and most expensive material money
can buy. That IL just a little apprecia-
ton OF what your smile and cheer has
done for me-" He said: "Just give ,iod
the credit, not me. because it is the
Lord"
Joyi A man says: Bill l would, but
am troubled with doubts" listen: A
famous lawyer lived in New York He
was skeptic. He was the personal
friend OF one Of the preachers. who. out
OF courtesy. promised to preach. The
preacher prepared three sermons espe-
/. oially designed to enlighten this lawyer
The lawyer was wealthy. and he knew
n he could convert him what II would
mean to that community. He preached
the first sermon-no results He preached
the second sermon, and the man came
down the aisle and took his stand for
Christ. IT wish you would tell me what
II was In the sermon that led you 10
Jesus Christ" He said: Nothing. II
you want to know why I am here to &C
cept Jesus Christ. I will tell you" Ne
said; You know Tom Hudson. don't you
Well, ] met Tom carrying a saw horse
on one shoulder and a saw on the other.
Tom had no overcoat and no mittens on.
He was coming down the street singing
Jesus Paid II AN, All to Him owe
said. Tom, why the devil are you singing
a song like that this cold morning.
when you have to saw wood to keep
your home and children and wife warm.
and have no mittens to wearq What do
you think Tom said1 will tell you. He
said. IF you want 60 know what makes
me sing, It is the 10y OF knowing Christ.
Well, have been telling you that reli-
gion was an intellectual process. When
heard Tom sing. I knew II religion was
an intellectual process Tom would never
have understood Il. because he don't have
a bright mind. But Tom had experience,
which had not, and was trying to get
In head first and he had got in heart
first. 30, i have come to say that l am
willing 10 accept Jesus Christ without
experiment" Let the wicked forsake his
way That Is your part cit the upright
eous forsake his thoughts. That IL your
part. And let him return to the Lord.
That Is your part And he will have
mercy upon him. That Is Gods part. For
he win abundantly pardon. That is Gods
part.
Copyright. William A. Sunday