Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-09-11
Most Ministers Only Try to Draw
Crowds and Pay Too Little At
tention to Satan.
BEST SERMONS T. ~-rE BIBLE

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Friday afternoon ut the tabernacle
Billy Sunday took his text from Mark
ix:26, why could not we cast him out"
words of the disciples asking Jesus why
they couldn't cast out the devil.
DR.. Sunday put the words of his text
into the mouth of the church OF today
and told them why they fail to ''cast out
the devils Of drink, Righteousness, indif-
ference and SO on. His sermon was as
follows:
When Jesus came down from the Mount
of TRANSPORTATION with Peter, James and
John and reached the valley below he
saw the remainder of the disciples sur
rounded by multitude of people ques-
tioning them, There were the ethical Gull
turists, the highbrows of the day, the
Pharisees, who were the hypocritical
churchy knockers, the Sadducees, who
wer the heretics and higher critics.
As Jesus came nearer he noted father
who had brought his little boy. who was
possessed of an evil spirit which had
thrown him in fire and water, had
caused him to have commissions and made
him to fall on the ground and gnash his
teeth and foam at the mouth. The dis
ciples had each tried to drive 1t out, but
all had failed. and the devil was even
then exercising his power and had the
boy writhing on the ground in such con-
WILSON'S as he had never before had.
Now notice. First, the disciples thought
they had a big crowd around them. But
what did 1t matter II there was big
crowd and there was no devil cast out?
That's the trouble with many today. They
think that God isn't within ten miles of
a meeting unless there is a big crowd.
Cast Out the Devils.
can see those disciples praying and
talking and having a big time. There
are many misguided ministers who are
satisfied II they can only draw a large
crowd. Some are as crazy after sensa-
ton as the yellowest newspaper that ever
came off the press. That's the reason we
have these sermons on THE Hobble
Skirt" and the merry Widow Hat" and
other such nonsensical tommyrot. If
there wasn't so many March hare sort OF
fellows breaking into pulpits you would
have to sweat more and work harder.
wouldn't give that (snapping his fin
gers) for large crowd II there weren't
any devils cast out. There are some OF
you right here today that have the devil
In you. Maybe you don't treat your wife
square. Maybe you cheat in your weights
Get rid of the devil.
What does II matter II You pack
church to the roof II nothing happens
to turn the devil pale. What is the
use Of putting chairs in the aisles II
there Is no devil to chase down the
aisles and out OF doors?
The object of the church Is to cast
out devils / hope God will never let
me forget that there Is somebody In
every one of my audiences, big or small
as they may be. he wants me 10 reach.
The church never swings open her
doors and the pews are never filled
without there Is somebody inside with
a devil in him that ought to be cast out.
But how quickly all changed when
Jesus came on the scene. II always does.
The Scribes and the Pharisees stopped
their qulzzing the disciples when Jesus
came on the scene. SO will you all. Then
you won't look wise and say; Where
did Cain get his wife?" You'll stagger
back I'm awe at his power. You won't pun
his whiskers and split hairs over whether
Paul wrote Hebrews. or how many
Isaiahs there are.
The father saw Jesus and he forsook
the crowd. That's what always happens
when any one sees Jesus. The world will
know that it's where Christ is. The
people VIII always flock to a place where
Christ is being preached.
Were you ever in the same fix as that
father? Have you boy, who Is drunk
ard, a girl who Is frivolous. friends who
are going wrong. husband or wife who
Il untrue2 If you have some relative
like that you will know how that father
felt when he said. Have compassion"
II q terrible calamity strikes you there