Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-10-01
"BiLly" Sunday breaches on "BehoLd!
Island at the Door and Knock"

horror was 70 great that II burst the Inn
pediment Of his speech and he cried out;
Don't slay the king" An automobile
was struck by an express train at
crossing down In Connecticut last sum
NOR and all OF its six passengers were
killed except one little boy who had been
deaf and dumb. The shock was 30 great
that no found his voice and cried: "Helpi
Help" don't see how anybody on Gods
dirt can keep still when so many are tn
danger.
You say; Il feed the hungry" So do
!. You say you do II In the name OF HUI
msnity. do II In the name of Jesus.
When you do II IN the name OF humanity
II will die. When II IL done In the name
OF Jesus II IL written down for all eter-
nifty. And lot me tell you this-you who
talk so much OF humanitarianism, there
was no humanltarianism before Jesus.
came. Jesus In the name that builds
homes, the name that inspires character,
the name that sobers the drunkard. the
name that sets the libertlne free. the
name that will transform this old world
and make Il a paradise Of peace
Base InEratitude.
Behold. stand at the door and
knock" The Utopia we have pictured I'm
our dreams must come through Jesus.
How ungrateful then TO keep out OF your
life an influence that wants TO help you.
A friend Of mine who had heard me tell
story told me that he had witnessed
the Incident or one just like It. at the
battle OF Antietam. II was on part OF
the field where the federals were pressing
after retreating oonfederatea, and fed
eral colonel saw a wounded confederate
lying IN the blasting sun. lie dropped
down beside the man and gave him water
from his canteen, then spoke kindly to
him and started away. The confederate
used what strength he had to raise 9
rifle. He took aim and the bullet crashed
through tho colonel who had Just b.
friended him. That was an act far bet
ter than that OF the man who keeps Jesus
Christ out Of his heart.
God's Love Bounaless.
How can any man fail to respect
Jesus Christi I'll confess can't under
stand It. Why. It Is nothing but the
love OF God that keeps Him from
sweeping the world into hell He brought
about that awful tragedy on Calvary
through His love for men. He said. I'll
the world won't come after that II won't
come at ALL" Note Calvary's appeal &c
the relation of son to fatherl Every
man has been or will be son or q
father. God knew that in touching tbs
string that binds son to father He wat
touching one OF the tenderest strings oil
the human heart.
I see two lives start from the SAINT
repudiRtes Him.
Right where the two roads through
life diverge God has put Calvary. There
He has put up cross, the stumbling
block over which the love OF God said
III touch the heart of man with ths
thought OF father and son. " He thought
that would win the world to Him, but
for 1900 years men have climbed tn,
Mount OF Calvary and trampled into tn,
earth the tenderest teachings OF God
Tell me-get right up and tell me, q
| you can, here In Omaha. how mucl
more God could have done to keep yoi
out OF hell II you think fIe could hav,
done any more get up. I'd like to lool
| at youi I'd like to SEQ what kind OF
mutt you are.
After Jesus rose He said to His tilscI
: pies, 60 back to Jerusalem and tel
/ that man who stabbed me that there q
a shorter way to My heart than hi
spear found. Tell the man who put tn,
crown Of thorns on Ny head that Nv,
got crown of eternal glory now; AM
tell them that forEivs them"
Down In Jacksonville, Fla, a man
! Judge Owen, auRrreled with his be
trothed. and to try and forget he wen
off and worked in a yellow fever hos
pital. Finally he caught the disease an
had succumbed to II. He had passed tn
critical stage OF the disease. but he wa
dying. One day the lady, his sweet
heart met the physician on the stree
and asked about the judge. He's sick,
he told her. How bad7" she asked
We'll, he's passed the critical stag,
but he is dying" the doctor told hel
But don't understand" she said, "a
he's past the critical stage why he ian
getting we'll" He's dying, Of undyin
love for you. not the fever" the docto
told her
Cured by LSve.
She asked him to come with her to
florist and he went and there she puI
chased some smilax and intertwine
lilacs and wrote ON a card. with m
love-" and signed her given name Tn
doctor went back to the hospital. an
his patient was tossing in fitful slun
Der, He laid the flowers on his breai
; and he awoke and saw the flowers an
buried his head In them. Thanks &c
the flowers. DOCTOR" he said. but III
doctor aaid. They arc not from me.
Then who are they from?" "ouessl
Il can't; tell me-"
Il think you'll find the name on tn
, card" the doctor told him. and he locke
and read tho card. with my love" ''Te
me-" he cried. did she write that OF he
own free will. or did you beg her TO d
itr' The doctor told him she had beKEe
to do Il herself. Then you ought to hav
. seen him. The next day ne was sittin
up. The next day he ate some grue
The next day he was In a chair tn
, next day he could hobble on erutche
{ The next day he threw one OF them ava
1 and the next day he could walk preti