Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-19

sald The children OF this generation are
wiser than the children OF light Per
sona work is the simplest and most ef-
fective form OF work we can engage IN.
Andrew wins Peter and Peter wins 1900
at Pentecost man went into boot
and shoe store and talked to the clerk
about Jesus Christ He won that young
man to Christ. DO you know who that
young man was? 1t was Dwight j..
Moody. and he went out and won null
titudes to Christ. The name OF the man
who won him was kimball. and Kimball
will get as much reward as Moody kim
hail worked to win Moody and Moody
worked and won the multitude
There's Sam Hadley and the Earl OF
shaftsbury. When the Earl Of Shafts
bury died his funeral was one OF the
greatest ever seen In London, except
when n king dies.
Andrew wins Peter and Peter wins
1000 at Pentecost. That is the way God
works today. Charles g. Finney, after
learning the name or any man or woman
would invariably ask the question, Are
you a ChristIan?' You can gain one soul
to Christ and double your church mem
bership when the meetings are over
There isn't any one here who hasn't drag
sar went 10 help n preacher and the
preacher said to him: There Is one man
in town that ! wish YOU could sec while
you are here. He is a blacksmith and he
ia leader When they were passing the
blacksmith shop Vassar said, Here take
my grip and in 10 minutes he had the
blacksmith on his knees crying for God.
"He went to the hotel where they were
going to be, and he stepped into the re-
NaptlOD M pnTtOr there a
lndy, and he went up to her and said,
Are you n Christian and at first she
was inclined 20 be insulted and said
What do YOU mean? hut he talked TO
her so kindly of Christ that presently she
was In tears, and he left her in prayer
and soon after her husband came in and
he saw that she had been crying and he
said What s the matter? Has some one
insulted your And she said, NO, but the
queerest little old man was in here and
he asked me II I were Christian And
he said, 4 wish l had been here; / would
have told him to mind his own business.
And she said, Husband, he was minding
his own business he was getting some
one for God That man and woman be-
came Christians and became workers in
the cause of God.
GET OUT OF RUT.
"'Are you lonesome? someone asked a
lightkeeper off the coast of Massa-
chuseets. Are you lonesome?' And he
said: 4 was lonesome until a ship was
wrecked on this coast, and ! rescued 12
men and women and since that time 1
have never been lonesome because now /
am constantly OH the alert to see II some
one else needs help Are you lonesome?
Some people sit in the church pews until
they are midewcd and never ask any one
to come to the God of Gods Get out of
that rut. Some people think it is beneath
their dignity TO do personal work for
God. / asked one lady why she didn't
do personal work, and she said: You
know l am Congregationalist, and YOU
know we don't believe in it Well /
said, God does I would rather be a
Christian than Congregationaist |
would rather be Christian than a
Presbyterian, a Methodist, a Baptist or
an Episcopalian Lots of people are
members of a church who are not
Christians 1t ought to mean that when
you are church member you are
Christian, but it don't mean 1t with every
body. The terms ought to be synonymous.
but they aren't. Everybody that is a
Christian is a member of a church, but
everybody that Is a member of a church
Is not Christian. The fellow that tells
A'AS tiihN llc Ntill i've Il CHRISTIAN IRE out
side OF a church have no use for; have
no faith in him. He can't.
II 1t Is beneath your dignity to do per-
sonal work, then you are above your
master If you are not willing to do
what He did, don't call Him your Lord.
The servant is not greater than the owner
or the house. The chauffeur is not
greater than the owner OF the automo-
biles. The servant on the railroad is not
greater than the owners of the road.
Certainly they are not greater than our
Lord, Jesus Christ.
GET CONVERTED FIRST.
"A woman said, DO you think my
blindness will hinder me in personal
work. No. 1 think it will be a helm
'Why| Because people will come to YOU
VINO will offer you their sympathy and
that will give you an opportunity to
talk to them and invite them to become
Christians. She said: But. oh, won't my
blindness prevent me from standing on
the platform and speaking?' That was
her idea OF personal work-to get In the
limelght. Get away from that idea. A
man came TO my friend Dr. Chapman and
said: Doctor, I am thinking OF entering
the evangelistic work. have thought II
over and have decided to go to Colorado
or California and begin He said
My relatives live there; my brothers
and sisters and all my friends The
doctor said: Are your brothers Christ
tians? How many have ycu?' He said:
Two I don't know whether they are
Christians or not we tried TO settle the
family estate some years ago and my
brothers and have not spoken since that
tims They have never been to my house
and / have never been to theirs. The
doctor said. Are your sisters alive?' and
he said Yes Are they Christians?'
He said: 7 don't know they took my
brothers' side. I have not been In their
home and don't speak to them The
doctor said, What did you say you were
to dor He said. I said was going into
the evanGelistic work. The doctor said,
You ought TO make up your mind TO be a
penitent first; get on your knees"
INSULTING GOD.
III you come to me and have anything
against your brother. let me tell you
so 10 him and be reconciled first. II the
communion cup is passed down the aisle
and there Is some nsighbor to whom YOU
don't speak, partaking OF communion