Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-09-15
You Haze to Work for Religion,
Just as a Farmer for His Crops

year.
churches. numbering seventy-three. spent
for current expenses t2jOOOo. and they
had SO Join their churches for n year.
All the Congregational churches In Bos-
ton and Chicago had In one year 1906
come into the church.
In ono year there were only 1906 came
into the churches. and ! saw over 1000
people take their stand for Jesus Christ
IN one day in Columbus, o. Oh, Of course,
l am crude and illiterate, and there Is a
safe and sane evangelism that We hear
so much about nowadays.
II cost $50 for every soul tina Joined
the church In indianapolis; New York.
s5l5: Boston. $3.50; Denver. tS5. Chicago
sl20; New Orleans. $50; Atlanta, Ca, T5;
Louisville. KY, t65. Fifty-two per cent
of the men who live south of the Mason
and Dixon line are protesting Christians
North OF the Mason and Dixon line "a
per cent; along the Pacific coast only
per cent, and you can put question
mark after the names OF most OF them.
whisky Gang in Charge.
South of the Mason and Dixon line
they have got the north beat 20 a fraz-
zle in religion and In morals. II there is
f, a state In the union that Is whisky
soaked. and whisky dominated and nun
by the whisky gang, Il is Indiana, They
do anything they can 10 get their dirty.
sinking hands on.
There are three kinds of people in the
/ church; the Wills. who try TO accomplish
everything; the won'ts, who oppose every
thing; the can'ts. who do nothing. Hear
/ me- The world wants men and women
| with nerve and grit. who will work and
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hissed. Chiseled on the monument of
Miss Lyons. who founded the school for
girls at Mt Holyoke, Mass.. there is
this inscription: There Is nothing in the
universe that fear except that I may
not do my duty. or kn.wing my duty.
may not do It."
Reveals Critics Character.
There is nothing In tho universe that
! ! am afraid OF except that l may not
know my duty, or knowing II l may not
do IT, The people know what TO do.
but they do not do it, TIE peo lie had
mind TO work" Every time a lazy
man looks up into Heaven / think that
God closes the windows
THE people had a mind 20 work; not
to criticlse, and they did work. When
ever you begin any work OF this kind
I there Is opposition: that's always the
way. Start to do something for God and
see how the devil begins 10 howl. That
IL tho best evidence IN the world that you
are hurting his business. Listen to me.
A mans criticism Is revelation OF his
own character, and not the measure OF
the degradation OF the one whom no
criticIses Listen TO me. Criticism Is a
public revoiation-I will put II this way
/ II a public revelation Of the moral lati-
tudo and longitude OF the critic. and II
will give you an insight into his charac-
ter. Criticism, my friends. Is public
! revelation OF the character of the one
that does the knocking. The people had
a mind TO work and not criticise.
No sooner does the work be In than
criticism and opposition arise. Bmergen-
cies not only make men but make expe-
ienceA as well We didn't make Roose-
Welt; didn't make schley; didn't make
Admiral Dewey; we simply gave them n
chance to unveil themselves to the
world.
Hasn't started Yet.
"You have the best chance TO publicly
demonstrate and show your character
and loyalty to Jesus Chiist that ever
rolled down this valley. am jus. giving
you folks O chance 70 get your mental
adjustments made. l will commence TO
preach next week. 1 am giving you
chance 10 show where you stand-whether
you are willing to stand for God and
Truth or not. or whether you are going
TO sit down on II.
"They tell a story OF Michael Angelo;
he went into building where Raphael
had painted some cartoons. and Ang 10
looked az them and his practiced eye
g.
the wall space; they were out OF pro-
portion. ard he took his brush and dipped
Il in tho paint and painted a cartoon OF
the siHe which he thought Il ought 70 be.
And some one said: why did you do
that? why didn't you call Raphaels at
tention 70 itG' And he answered and said
I. Angelo. crtticise by creation, not by
finding fault So. II any Of you here to-
night think you can preach q better ser
mon than I, butt In and show mo. II
some old elder or deacon thinks you can
do the Job better than the preacher, then
ask him to resign and you climb up in
the pulpit and do H.
In Connecticut.
II was IN Connecticut one time. New
London. and met a prominent man who
told OF a man they had had In their
church; he was always grumbling and
oomplalnlnE and finding fault and kicked
about everything; he didn't like the ser
mons and he never did anything. So at
church session some oe nslld; What
will we do with Brother Brown slme
lone else said; Have him prayed for.
Brother viii you pray for himr Not on
your life Brother. viii you pray for
HIM? No Finally they found che fell
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