Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-09-08
Evangelist Talks on Gods Orders TO
Christians to Get Out and
Work Personally.
IDEA OF SABBATH OBSERVANCE

Mr.. Sundays sermon yesterday after
noon at the Tabernacle was as follows:
What is q rev1val7
1T is a purely philosophical result Of
the right use Of the divinely appointed
means. II is not a miracle: Il Is not de-
pendent upon miracle. Religion IL the
most common sense thing in the world
today.
| There r. cause for evtrything. You
have a headache. the cause IL generally
in the stomach, and the pain In your
head IL just signal that something Is
wrong All the stuff you rub on your
head won't take away the cause. Religion
can be traced 10 a cause.
do you know there II only about
twelve months provisions between the
people and Starvation II summer or
winter should continue several months
longer than their usual period the people
would starve TO death within a year.
There IL only years provisions between
the people and starvation. See how de-
pendent upon God we are. yet we don't
stop TO think about IL. We pillow and we
plant in the spring. hopeful for good
crops and We care for them in a com
mon sense way. Promoting religion Is
just as common sense as blowing and
! planting.
"A revival always includes a convic-
ton of sin first In the church, a new be-
ginning Of tho old obedience. the re-
nswal OF faith that breaks the power of
tho world over the church. OF Elm and
the devil over tho church. 10 that God
can muster more at prayer meeting than
the devii at a card party. Some people
are carrying their religion In their
clothes, anyway.
Many Are Afraid.
Some people seem TO be afraid OF
tackling n revival. They seem TO be
afraid that the Lord might revive them
too much. Others are too lazy to fall in
with Gods plans.
There are Just as many people in tho
churches as out OF them who don't like
to get n move on and Jump into the mid
die OF a revival Say. you folks. don't
you know that there are a lot of hulks
who don't want 20 go to the trouble OF
saving their souls?
Then there are lot Of folks who
don't know how 20 use plain. unvar-
nlshed. dyed-in-the-wool, straight.from-
the-shouldeT. horse sense In dealing with
God.
There are a lot of stair, petrified, mill
dewed, up-stage religious know-nothinRs
who think they can go to church, hold
down n seat. throw a dime in the collec-
ton plate and then spend the rest of the
day on the golf links or sitting In the
paFlor in front OF fire with their eyes
fixed on the windows at their neighbors'
millinery.
when is G revival needed7 You take
medicine when you are sick, you call
tho fire company when your house In
on fire. you use water when you are
dirty-or thirsty. When do you need a
revival2 When you are going to the
devil.
when Is n revival needed? When
there Is a want Of brotherly love, when
you have gotten far from God. Nova
days people are trying 20 divert atten-
|, tlon from their own pusillanlmous pus-
illanimity by knocking other people.
There is really more wrong with the
knockers than the ones they knock.
when Is a revival needed? When Il
, IL manifest that the church standard An
too low. ] was over In Butler county
last year helping the temperance people.
The candidate OF the whisky gang is a
|, superintendent. When Is revival
! needed3
Talks OF Affinity.
when Is a revival needed7 When ths
, church people are falling into gross
sins. into open transgressions. WheI
you. Mr., Church Man. are keeping
woman on the side. buying fines clothes
for her, and treating her better than yot
. do your wife.
when II q revival needed9 When sin
|, ners are careless and unconeerned. wha
|, win happen II the church is not aroused
What would you say IL a fire company
sat around a table and played cards
! played seven-up, when an alarm wal
: soundingp You would say the men wer,
no good. What about yourselves2 70,
Z play cards. so to theaters. sit around anC
!. eat fudge. and the sinners are becoming
; more unconcerned.
when may a revival be expected
When the wickedest OF the wicked be
rieve and distress the church. You churcl
: people give cold. callous. APOLOGIZE,
= excuse. blaming economies rather thar
= downright cussedness. God never change
His attitude toward sin. but you chang
yours.
''rhe people talk as II I hRd somethinI
new. Certainly IT is; 1t is so old that /
L. new, Because this is tho twentieth
!. century people think God ought TO max
!. q new dispensation. God never change
= His attitude. but the people change theirs
The Way He breaches.
Some folks seem TO be scared to dealt
= at the way ] preach. want 10 tell yo'
that ! only preach the way that buncl
lives. l haven't got started yet / an
= giving YOU a chance to get your menta
adjustments.
When begin to hand out the not she
,e yOu'u either be not afraid OF e or YOU
l. beat Il. When there Il want 0
le brotherly love or you have gotten IA
10 away from God you are afraid to exAmin
d your hearts. It's thea you ara afraid {
= face the plain talk / am handing yol
q and that am going 20 keep on handin
& you.
u Il am getting tired OF you folks tryin
to saddle things on God. things he Ia
,e nothing 20 do with. Some OF you seem I
n think that the church Is q third-rat
10 amusement bureau. don't blame 70
n sometimes.
= Some OF the biggest devils / have eve
n known were in the church and some Q
,f the biggest four-flusners this side q