Omaha daily bee., 1915-09-09
No Substitute VIII Answer for
the True Religion of Jesus Christ

} you have got to show them, and / had
as fine a sermon as you ever heard all
ready dts in the waste basket now. I
! got the Encyclopedia Britannica and
Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, and got
/ some words and sentences long enough TO
make the jaw OF n Greek professor squeak
for a week afterward II he tried 20 pro-
nounce some OF them. but one day said
TO myself. Lord. I got this thing doped
out wrong, there IL nothing the matter
with anybody, but they got the devil I
got out my old gun and loaded Il with
ipecac dynamite, rock salt and railroad
spikes and / pulled the trigger and the
gang has been hunting their holes and
the feathers have been flying ever since.
Personality, Not Clothes.
God is not anxious about your clothes.
OF whether you come In a limousine or
on hoof. he wants your personality; you
cant place little money on the colleo-
tion plate on Sunday and then 20 to the
devil the rest OF the week. lie doesn't
want you 10 come 20 church today and
let your boys and girls run the streets
all hours Of the day OF night the rest
OF the week.
II you want to break up IA church
don't come II you do come. always come
late. II it's too wet. or too dry, or too
cold. or too windy. don't come Mt all
The preacher can't be eloquent 20 wood
and varnish. Don't imagine the front
seats were intended for you: people
might think you zero conceited
/ You don { know I used to fire on n
railroad. and VIC used TO put the loaded
cars in front and the empty cars behind
to pull easy when you do come, come
bound to find fault. and don't for the
world ever think about tine pastor or
church you will help MIN n you do.
Don't sing; Just sit around like a bump
on a log. Good music will give the devil
cold feet. / suppose that is the reason
20 many scraps start In the choir loft.
3 Don't attend prayer meeting. and n you
do. don't take part. You can always
Justify yourself by saying; Paul says
that women should keep still in meet
ing
Telling Faults.
''well. that doesn't apply any more TO
You today than wearing sandals on your
feet Don't encourage the pastor, but be
sure 10 tell his faults to everybody at
meeting. II his sermons help you. never
let him know. but II he says something
II. II you see a stranger in the audience
don't shake hands with him; II you do he
might come back again. Give him the
Icy hand. the marble heart and n Klon-
dixie stare.
Don't try to bring anybody 20 the
church. The church might be filled that
way. Lot the pastor do all the work; he
has nothing special to do. Preaching Is a
MI a..
new sermons 20 get up every week. run
prayer meeting, marry people and bury
them. make church calls. pray for the
dying. take the church subscriptions;
nothing TO do but Just walt on you and
come and visit you. See that his salary |
is always behind. He doesn't have to
eat like the rest OF you. God sent the |
ravens. and he's got plenty yet. II he
doesn't visit you as often as you think |
he should. treat him coldiy. He has moth !
ing particular TO do but call on you II
there Is anybody that Is willing to carry
on the work OF God. be sure to find fault
with them and cali them bold and
forward.
In Your own Home.
Don't be particular how Gods church !
looks. BE sure and have your own homo
fine. with Persian and Administer rugs,
bric-a-brac, candelbra and everything
OF the finest, Be sure and have your
own lynne fine. Don't care what Gods /
house looks like. Don't care n It looks |
like a rummage sale or junk shop. |
God is entitled TO the best church that /
can be built. I don't believe in worship |
ing God in little chicken coop, un- |
painted chicken COOP
You will spend three or four thousand !
dollars for an automobile. and don't |
begrudge you that-I wish everybody had !
an automobile that can afford II. But
you won't put anything In the collection
box. You women spend more for a hat
than you would give TO the cause Of re-
ligion In a lifetime don't begrudge you
the hat. but when you sweep down the
aisle with a $500 hat and 500 dress and
put plugged cent in the collection box
do begrudge you that
Il want TO tell you God don't stand
for that kind of thing, either.
Insist on your views being adopted In
all things; don't give in to the majority.
This government is ruled by a majority
government We run this government by
majority. and ! would like TO run every
body that way, too. But the church
isn't run that way. Let the tail wag
the dog"
Copyright by William A. Sunday