Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-10-17

fool their time away with that fol-de-rol.
| And Jesus Christ sent this great Taber-
nacle meeting as a shepherd dos to turn
the minds OF the people In old Omaha
back TO the cross.
You have drifted away from God. He
saw you wander away and God sent Il,
| Sometimes God sends a hearse. Some
times He sends a white one. Sometimes
the black plumes nod from the top.
You are too tangled up In business. You
are too crazy after society. God wants
TO do something to try to set you and lie
Is watching us from the right hand Of
God the F0ther.
Many a time have seen old Father
Duff come home at night carrying n
lamb under each arm. ! never saw him
carry an old sheep. but the old sheep al
ways followed after, bleatinE.
God sometimes takes your lambs 20
that you fathers and mothers can follow
Him. That Is the only way He can get
you into Heaven and keep you out OF
hell. He does II many a time.
Too Many Keep Saying "Whenr"
/ have seen Father Duff come home
many a time with q lamb under each
arm, but never with a sheep. They could
care for themselves.
| A man says Mr.. Sunday. would like
to be Christian, but I am so weak.
I'm afraid I'll slip and fall"
God will strengthen you in your weak
ness II you will trust in Him. It's the
fellow that gets ''chesty" and says:
when I'm a Christian I'll shoy you"
Yes, you old lobster. But why don't
you show us now7
Some of you fellows have said; when
1" until you are gray-headed. Some OF
you have said When T. until the un-
dertaker puts you in tho coffin
Say. God says. II you only had man
hood enough and womanhood enough to
walk down the aisle and accept Him
His Son Jesus Christ would say:
II feel myself repaid one thousand fold
for every thorn in tho brow. for every
nail in my hands, for every oath they
spewed and vomited out, for all their
blasphemy."
God has been waiting for some OF you
men and women to be decent enough TO
acknowledge that He has been help
to you.
God pity you! wonder at God
mercy. 1 wonder He doesn't damn some
of you In hell before night
II you would just make some acknowl-
edgment that you appreciate what 1 am
trying to do for you instead OF hearing
the sermons every night and passing
them up and going outl
How often We Need Restoration.
How often we need restoration In a
little while now you will see people with
baskets digging up dandelions Why7
| Spring time will be here. We get all
run down physically and we need a ply
steal tonic
1 have something that can beat any
patent medicine or doctors prescription
you ever went up against:
First chapter of Joshua the first nine
verses. That's the best spring tonic
you ever went UP against. Try 1t. That
and the Esd Psalm.
If you want something that IL great
try them.
We get run down physically, don't
we? Sure. Don't you think we'd gel
run down spiritually and morally2 Well
instead OF swapping and railing and find
ing fault and spending your time in
eriticizing, get down on your knees and
thank God He has used the preacher
to show you that you need just what
He is giving you. That's the reason
you Erowl.
What are some of the signs of It?
Unconfessed sins. You haven't made
the wrongs in your life right. You are
run down in your life.
Pardon little illustration from home.
When Helen was little girl (she Ia
big now. one day she was playing at
home with the boys and girls and she
did something. and / said:
A.
After a while she again did the thing
told her not to and / said:
Helen, didn't ask you not to do
THAR"
She said: Yes"
I said Don't do II; I don't want you
to do It,"
She did it again. I said:
IF you do that again I'll punish you.
Don't do It again"
Punished Her Despite Denial.
After while her grandmother came
and said that Helen had done the thing
told her not to do. called her in
and said;
Helen. come here. Didn't ask you
not to do that AGAIN."
Yes"
What made you do it7"
SAS SaAu' fhpd, ulunt DO IL since you
told me the last time not to do IT,"
I said: Your grandmother said you
did"
had never known Helen to lie to me-
She said: Papa, she mistaken. didn't
do it."
said she said you did"
81 didn't do IT,"
l punished her. She Is naturally tender
hearted. but she grit her teeth. clenched
her fists and never shed a tear She
went into the other room and heard her
playing hide-and-seek and tag, and Jacks.
and drop the handkerchief and London
bridge is falling down. Pretty soon her
grandmother said
Helen didn't do what you told her not
to do have Just found It out and have
come to tell you"
And the Lord seemed to say TO NE:
You did wrong when you punished
Helen: go and ask her 20 forgive you"
said 20, Lord. she has forgotten all
about that.
Then something seemed to say TO me:
Don't Neglect Your bible.
"Supposing she hasn't forgotten? Sup
posing she finds out hiatt you learned
that she didn't do what you asked her
not to do and yet you punished her.
What will you do them
] thought a moment and then l said:
20. Helen. come here"