Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-10-21
Sunday breaches on
Incarnation of Christ
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kind.
A few years later he died and by a dts
ease brought on from the days of his lite
in sin. And they asked Dr. Taylor Il he
would not speak a word over the remains.
pi. Taylor says. II tried to beg Off,
but they insisted. and finally consented.
The funeral took place at 10 o'clock. At
. o'clock they had to send for the
mounted police to clear the street. They
opened the doors Of the Broadway taber-
| nscle and It filled as II by magic
Men came from Wall street. bankers
closed their banks. merchants came by
scores and scores. They clamored to see
! him and they opened the coffin and al
lowed them to pass by and take last
| look at him.
Endless streams came. and flowers
for the coffin. and they piled them up
until It was pyramid ten feet long and
several feet high; and beneaeh IL slept
! Jerry McAuley."
! Account for him without Jesus Christ
and you insult him and his wife. Go to
New York City and you Will find drink
ing fountains TO perpetuate his memory.
/ The pastor of the Fifth Avenue Preshy-
terrain church said that Jerry McAuley
had more power for God over the metro
politan population than all the pastors
combined In New York.
You are not what you ought to be ana
He says:
Accept Me and will make you into
what YOU ought to be-"
He rocked and rocked the cradle. Down
the streets OF Chicago twenty-five years
ago this winter went a burglar. Under
his coat he had a burglars kit wrapped
up I'm a piece of carpet He was going TO
crack safe, but the throngs Of people
on the street made 1t unsafe for him 70
proceed and he said
1T won't do to tackle that Job now, it
is too early"
What God Did for a Burglar.
He staggered along and he saw a light
ahead and he heard singing. He went in
and dropped in the rear seat. and God
aroused his conviction. When the in
vitation was given he went to the front
and threw his burglars kit on the plat
form at the feet of the preacher and
dropped to his knees and cried:
Sod forgive me-
II you go to Chicago you 60 down TO
100 East Van Buren, and so in and you
will see little man, five feet five or
six, smooth face; no. / think he has a
small iron-gray mustsche, and meet my
friend, Harry Monroe.
Account for Harry Monroe and myself
without accepting Jesus Christ as the
Son of God and you insult every drop
of sweat that rolls from my face tonight
and all that come down and take my
hand and say. II accept Jesus Christ"
And he rocked and rocked the cradle.
Down on a street of New York City
stood drunkard leaning up against a
lamp post He staggered up the street
muttering and murmuring and finally he
staggered into a man and asked him
where he could find Merritts store. The
man wrote the address on piece of
paper and he staggered on.
He grew tired and sat down on the
curbstone and leaned against a lamp
post A policeman touched him with
his club and ordered him to move on
He got up and said:
SAY pard, can you tell me whert
Steve Merritts store is? 1 had a piece
Of paper here, but lost It.: can you tell
me where the store is?'
The policeman told him TO go down "a
the corner and around and across the
= street. and 1t was big building. He
: staggered down. staggered In and stag
gered up to the office and began to un-
. ravel his tale of woe to the great mil
: lionaire undertaken.
John waverly leaned back in his chaiI
: and looked at him. There stood mar
with a straight Grecian nose, finely CHS
y eled forehead and large, intelligent brown
d eyes that sat far apart. He had long
d tapering fingers and finely nodded CHR
4 OF decision. He had clean and ever
s teeth, and John Waverly saw in tina
e bundle of rags something more than {
4 mere gutter-snipe. He saw something
t more than a mere down-and-outer. HI
70 looked at him and he said: Here" and
n he ran his hand down into his yes
pocket and handed him s. bill.
o How Account for John wOOIey.
J. He said: "You go out and get a bath
h shave and clean shirt and collar g
d get your shoes shined and come bacl
n here at 3 o'clock and / will give yol
s. five hundred"
Q, He stood there with tears running
) down his cheek and said:
"You never saw me beforer'
mo"
And you trust me with s5OO7"
Is Eyes, IL can trust you with that
e can trust you with other things"
y He staggered out and the clock strucl
y 3, and he stood there erect and straight
IS He had got q shave and a clean cola
l. and necktie. and his shoes were shine
II and his clothes brushed, and he looke
like a new man.
Three months later two men stood Of
the platform at the Talmage tabernacl