Omaha daily bee., 1915-09-06
Full Text of W. A. Sundays Opening Sermon
Preached in Omaha Sunday Morning, Sept. S, 1915

/ come on, you triple extract Of infany;
come on, you assassins OF character;
come on, you sponsors OF harlatry;
como on, you defanlers OF God and enc
mics OF the church; come on, you bull
necked. bestle-browed, hog-jowled. pea
nut-brained, weascl-eyed four-fluahers
false alarms and excess baggage. In the
name Of God I challenge and defy you.
II In mighty easy TO lie about a man
when he isn't on the Job. I'm here now
for eight weeks. Come on. and I'll de-
liver the goods, express prepaid.
"A man said to me- II was O mighty
little thing to drive Adam and Eve out
OF the Garden Of Eden because they ate
an apple God didn't give a rap about
the apple. 1t was the principle-whether
man should bow 30 God or God bow to
man. That act was an act of disobedi-
ence You may say II was a mighty
little thing for England 70 60 TO war
with us because we threw some tea into
Boston harbor. We didn't 60 10 war
over the tea. We said: You can't brew
tea in the East India company and pour
II down our throats.' II was the prin-
ciple we went 10 war about. not the
price Of tea, and we fought Il out. Are
you ready 70 surrender You, who are
IN rebellion against God3 You. who are
in rebellion against the authority of
Gods government Are you ready TO
do His vill7
You recall the strenuous times in
China during the famous Boxer upris-
ing and how the various legations of
foreign nations were in great danger Of
assassination by the boxers How. on
one critical occasion, when the hour
looked the darkest and the cooped-up
refugees were looking anxiously for re-
lief, when the Germans were cheered
by hearing the bands OF their soldiers
marching IN and playing Die wacht An
Rhine Then tho French heard the
'MarseiIlaise.' and how the English were
cheered by the music OF God Save the
King And how the Americans waited
and wondered II their soldiers were com.
ing 70 their relief and when through the
night pealed the strains of The Star
spangied Banner Dixie Columbia, the
Gem OF the Ocean, and those stirring
patriotic airs a. the field Representatives
of our government came to the rescue
the feeling 1t brought to those people
what did IT all mean? II meant that
Minister conger, his wife and daughter
and other loyal Americans were in dan
ger and for their protection this govern
ment would stop ct nothing.
Dramatic Illustration.
"If necessary the treasury would hav'
been emptied in their defense; every sol
der would have been sent TO their rellei
and every battieShip and other fightin,
| apparatus OF the navy would have beer
! at their disposal And for what7 Tn,
preservation Of q principle.
Are you fighting for a principleH d,
you quake and CULVER in your boots ever,
time brewer blows his nose? Let m,
urge you TO get out and fight. Come ON
/ you Gods Representatives. Come onl
"A monk once disobeyed the rules o.
the monastery. He was condemned e
be buried alive. lie was stood up in 9
hole and dirt thrown in around him until
It covered his chest. and he was asked 4
he would submit to their demands, ant
he replied. Il will not The dirt was ther
filled In up to his mouth. and again h,
was asked, and again he replied, I viii
not and the dirt was then filled in unit
It reached up TO his face and only hi
eyes and nose were left uncovered. ant