Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-16
..Anx AND MARTHA

rohn If, the entire chapleI'
fsn friend Of mine take this
"a apply It to a revival and
siF'e' ,.nreased that l took copious
FH think have a message that
&c vou. I viii take for my
Y ~ ostb and 29th verses
y p' van she had so said, she went
A~ .nd called Mary, her sister,
1T ~ .tng the Master is come and
s,a for thee
suppose IL you and l were to
~ -. vears we couldn't have said
and put into them the mean
pNs ,,,rtba did when she said them
rhev had passed through all to-
:, Won see any one suffering and
v Il am sorry 1t will not have
{ \. Inc meaning as If you had gone
with them and then SYM
The same Is true of religion.
w, man gives experiences 1t is easy
wv ,no,her he Is talking from his
ied VI No 80 whoever II takes, 1t seems
nh NJ !. tbe one that we could least
eh !, seems to me that II had been
gs ,h Angel 1 would have taken
~ ,,hose two girls in the home Instead
istol liz man, Lazarus. But you viii
us IVA AZ out that Gods ways are not our
~ p Gods thoughts are not our
heughts. ..so,,oo o,or overv-
II I.,top death comes we'll let the
bIs "a We'll let the horses stand still.
Ha,, call the chauffeur out with the
~ Teath will place the crepe on the
lAD "A tbe same will be closed even to
~ .a.tresa a season. So death takes pre-
,..ss over everything and think that
gstyoi like this ought to take pre-
i..so over everything, over all social
,..s,rgs Social gatherings are all
\. but In n time like this they may
~ wrong. Things that are all right
!. a,her times may be all wrong now.
sor THROUGH ORGANIZATION.
Z sssrtha went out to meet Jesus.
s.,.rs was already dead. l believe
vmparies, good literary societies. or
r,,,tions, church machinery. preachers
- svanselists, but God will never come
A,onrh organization. You must go out
4 ann to meet Him. A friend of mine
s,nt to help a minister to preach. He
a 10 the church door and looked in
,na saw the choir there and the audience,
Il, ina preacher was not there. He
sstsd we're he was and they told him
N ii his study with the session. He
v,st M to the study and he heard him
wv i thought the people were anxious
vksn started this revival, but as yet
x cne has come forward. l don't be-
ilsy. that 1 should preach and no one
4 mYed I've searched my life, and L
tbuk I'm all right, but we're banking
hSnuch on organization. We must pray
"a Cod and they fell on their faces and
srsyed MY friend went into the pulpit
IA preached and the spirit of God seemed
ta sweep over the house and scores swept
htO the kingdom What we need is to
Ave personal interview with Jesus Christ.
Inst as the doctor comes to interview
yoa personally to do you good, so you
ruyt 90 to Jesus.
Twentieth verse: Then Martha, as
ison as she heard that Jesus was coming,
vent and met Him, but Mary sat still in
As house
MERELY BENCH WARMERS
I'm glad to speak for Martha. She
sss my favorlte. I imagine she was
aprt Of northwest wind woman, kind
Of snspplsh and always on the job. Mary
pas one of those dreamy kind. A friend
4 mine was once asked which he would
nhef have for a wife. He said Martha
sicfe dinner and Mary afterward,'
lsy was one of those sort of uneeda
keult peanut butter, gelatin and pi-
zenlo sort Of women. Martha was a
aAisteak baked potatoes, apple sauce
YIN lemon and nutmeg, coffee and whip
Il cream. apple pie and cheese sort of
yemen.
Do you can have your pick, but 1
pax for Martha. So the churches have
lot Of Marthas and a lot of Marys-
sAsly bench warmers. Hurrah for
HlF.ha
sul you say, didn't Jesus tell Martha
ls he worried about little things? Yes.
!Haf went up to her house with his ~
saspes one day and Martha was in the
aeaeh 80 you see all have to work in
zEsfent departments, Praying Is all
sal but some have to cook, so you can
~ 70 Martha was getting dinner and
za her head in the door where Mary
e sitting and said: Mary, carest thou
q mat serve alone2' Wouldn't 1t
Hse You tired If you were doing all the
AlIk and had your hands all over dough
= she sweat rolling Off as you cooked
= potatoes, II your big, lazy sister was
sas doing nothing? Then Jesus said:
lat, Martha, thou carest for too
zsaI little things
religion is first. All else comes
sfNafds. Seek ye first the kingdom
: aaGen' But then that doesn't frighten
sAer things. You have to work Just
- II you're a Christian you have
5 h'ssAen your shoes and shave and play.
- want to get hill of corn you
e plant 1t and work just as hard
y an infidel would. The Lord
M asl anyone lay down on the job,
alnk that Mary needed that to
ahe had faith in Jesus, Just as
mi that God is testing the church
Y see II you will go home and
selr cards and quit dancing and
- s9Sn here in front where you be-
znd work for Him.
st saw revival begin any other
f nan to have a lot OF knockers,
- good ever began with the ma
The Pentecost they had only
look at the result. When the
came crying for God to do some
~. Martha did, then something will
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