Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-18
'BiIly" Sunday Talks on Topic,
''HouU to Be Less Than a Man. -

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day whom ye viii serve"
The text was written by BY Joshua sue
cessor to Moses, both great arnong Jews
and among men.
God gave His laws TO Moses ana they
form the Jurisprudence of the world.
They are the basis OF all our laws today.
The same is true about our principles on
sanitation. The Jewish laws can't be
beat
| Somebody defines man as a rational
animal. A horse Is not rational, hog is
not rational. Yet a horse knows his sta
bic and a hog his pen.
Why shouldn't man know what is best
for him3 Some horses and some hogs
can give some men pointers when II
comes to horse sense.
A man Is unreasonable when he Is UNI
righteous. A man must be a moral idiot
who doesn't see that II Is reasonable to
be q Christian. and unreasonable to be
sinner. II Is only reasonable to do what
is right and servo God
What makes q man? Not avcfrdupois.
A man isn't q man because he stands
five feet eight or SIX feet. and weighs
15o OF 800 pounds
\ see signs IN butcher shops. dressed
beef and dressed p0EsZ'' At 20 much Some
men are just hoggy. 3owiy. porl<y indi-
vidualsL It's brain and heart that make
q man.
DepenAs en- Charnetsr.
On the other hand some Of the biggest
men are men of small stature. Charao-
ter makes manhood.
Alexander II. Stephens as vice presi-
dent or the ex-and-late Confederate
States OF America, during his term in the
United States senate had to be wheeled
lin an invalid's chair. But the senators
all dreaded to cross swords with him.
Once stepens said something that
aroused the ire OF Robert Toombs from
Georgia. He strobe up to the invalid's
chair, and doubled up his fist and said
II could eat you"
Stephens retorted, IF you did you
would have more brains in your belly
than you have in your head now"
1t Takes Manhood to he Christian.
Toombs found excuse by saying he was
a self-made man, and Stephens replied:
That relieves God of q great RESPONSE
tbility."
No man can give a reason for not be-
ing a Christian. A man can give an ex-
cuse. but not an adequate reason,
In Troy, N. Y, there was a man who
was asked in a meeting similar to this to
give his heart 20 Christ He said he
would not. They asked him n he be-
iieved In Jesus Christ. He did. They
asked him IL he believed In the Bible as
the word of God. He said he did. He
believed in hell
But when they asked why he would
not give his heart and hand he replied:
I'm not man enough to be g Christian"
: That's pretty nearly a good reason,
and the nearest have ever heard. Lots
of you men haven't manhood enough tc
be Christians. You haven't manhood
enough.
You aren't men enough to walk out
before all this crowd and take your stand
and then go home to your wife and chill
dren and 1.-Two II. You lack manhood
1t don't take much of a man to be q
; Christian. but It takes all there Is OF 9
man. And 81 man is not Christian
he IL less than a man. You put thai
down. -s 80. .-.-------. q 49,.
/ Physical strength Is no test OF man
: hood. There are many false ideals Of
manhood. Look at Samson. He wa
magnificent physically. but we find hin
slain by the wiies and subtlety Of AT
unprincipied woman.
Nor is intellectually enough. Lool
at Lord Bacon. One OF the greatest
minds Of his time was his. But see hin
: led down Tower hill as q prisoner o.
> debt See him taking bribes when ht
was lord chancellor and being bought by
, the highest bidder.
Fast living is not manhood. It is MOI
/, manly to know the white collar of 6
mug of beer. to I'LL up with rotgut whisky
|; and then SO yelling like comanche In
dian.
Nor is IL q singh manhood TO curse.
/ wants to Burn Life for Jesus Christ
5 In Jesus Christ you get a revelation
of man-of man to man. Jesus cam
into the world not only to reveal Coz
TO man. but He came 20 reveal you Il
yourself and me to myself.
. In Jesus Christ I have q revelation o
l. manhood. In Jesus Christ get an idei
OF what God would have man to be
And IL IL only by striving to be that kim
of a man that you are decent.
To be saved Is to be more q man. T,
be lost is to be less q man
] Like the man who said he was no
. going to work IN the afternoon becaus'
of you've wasted and given to the devi
) the forenoon. You'd better make 1t VI
by giving the afternoon TO God.
Lots OF you mon plan to do II SOM
day. It Is low-down TO walt, while yo'
drink and prostitute and so to your oil
haunts Of vice and iniquity. and thel
when you lie on your death beds or!
out to God.
> Is that your ideal Of manhood1 Tv
a higher ideal than that. ! want Il
burn up my life for Jesus Christ
n And maybe God won't be patient will
4 you any longer. How DO you know bu
r that God said that II you are not con
e verted this world win die?
, II your children ever grow in virtu
/. and happiness it will be due to the in
. nuenoe Of the church. II the sunda,
school don't get them the grog shop ant
q the brothel will.
h But say, swing wide the doors an
h let them all come in that will Com
q IN and sing your song and pray you
prayer and hear your sermon.
believe many men are IN their fina
days. many men In this audience. 70
may not see the grass and the flower
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