The Detroit times., 1916-09-11

The text for the afternoon ser.
mon was found in Luke % "a
Peter send the promise OF the
Father upon you. but tarry ye at
Jerusalem, sno there you will be
enaued with power from on
high"
Mr.. Sunday said:
Every nation has It's army and
navy for defense God, for the pur.
pose OF defense Of his cause against
the contending forces OF evil. has
his organization Of soldiers or gren-
adiers.
/ despise traitor--a man who is
afraid that some Cod forsaken.
good-for-nothing sangster will re.
fuse TO buy q few pounds OF celery
or a porus plaster No man ever
lost anything by being decent or
BY standing for decency No man
on Gods earth ever lost by stand
ing up FOR God and decsncy
Jesus worked his miracles and
they were his divine credentials. He
had 10 do something more than
merely say. I am the Son o: Cod
And you have got 70 do something
more than mere windJsmming and
say amen. You have 70 get down
on your knees and do something
more would not give snap OF
my finger for your man II be don't
go out and live the Christian life
II seldom get TO town that ! an,
nc. asked Why ! don't preach a ser
mon against the Catholics, and I al.
ways tell them tnst I have too much
dirt and rottenness IN my own rack
yards
1t keeps me busy. 100 never
preach sermon against The Catho-
lie church because there is good in
the Catholic church "a well as IN
the Protestant ana there are as big
hypoCrites In the Catholic church
a. there are elsewhere. or as there
are on earth. II you want 70 join
the Catholic church. join II: III
help you do II. IL I can Some Of
you people have not been 20 con
fession in years you have forgot
ten what the priest looks like and
what questions 70 ask don want
20 make a bum Protestant our OF
good Catholic. or bum Catholic
out OF a good Protestant don't
know man today who has more
friends among the Catholics or Cath.
Ollie priests and want 10 tell YOU
that they have said high mass over
The sinking rotten mass OF Unitar-
ianism Why Because they have
been loyal 20 the doctrines Of God
and Of Christ have NOT found one
that disbelieves in God or Christ.
have got 20 90 20 the Protsstan's
10 find that Tor 81 NUTS.
God Ia nothing more or less than
the divine commander-in-chief He
tells rs what 70 90 and He vill re-
ward rs n Ne DO Il, and punish Va
~ We DO not do f. II you go 20
hell, you go with your eyes open
Heaven IL square deal. hell IL
square deal The electric chair IL a
square deal FOR murderer man
who commits a crime, a man who
defes Cod and makes cuspidof
and spittoon out OF God. deserves
10 20 10 he'll. He'll Is a square deal
for unrepentant sinners. II you 20
20 he'll you 20 there yourself You
are soldier by your public oath OF
allegiance 10 Christ. In ancient
times an oath was binding and "
ought - 10 today. I wouldn't give
a snap for mans note or Ms
name on paper. II his word isn't as
good az ME oath.
There was old Herod He vas
all soussd sp one night and had
bunch OF high rollers TO come I'D
10 the temple. Out came that God
forssken. lioen,ious dancing woman.
Hsrodias. and BEGAN TO viggle and
hootchy-kootchy around ! can see
tina, old whisky.sosked scoundrei
laugh and say sis you're =
peach You can have anything in
my kingdom your little heart de-
sires Herodisz wsnf 10 her vile
sdultress ~ mother and told her
what The king had said and before
very long Herodias was back a. tho
temple demanding Tho head of JOIN
he Baptist, lion hearted preacher Of
God
"Herod didnf pa1t 10 ID ~. and