The Detroit times., 1916-10-13
Thur.dsy Nights sermon.

Billy Sunday Thursday nlghl 'A'N-
"a on "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
His text was Romans 7.2i on,
wretched man that am, Who shall
aeliver me- He said
-stsvenson always had a liking
for allegory, but his power reached
u. highest expression IN HE book.
pr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
This will always be regarded as
/. masterpiece. The seed-thought
a this appalling fable is familiar TO
all.
"It's the old. old story Of the VI
-taaly -preAent war In our members.
In which the highest and lowest. tno
unrest and wheat enlist fer a war
20 the hilt: that man Is not one.
but two. and in the Geld or con.
seriousness the two natures fight
: This problem OF the duality OF
two radically different natures
.housed I'm the same body has held
the attention and fascinated the
thought OF earnest men o. all ages
II is not a problem for the cloister
I'd theologian-it Is an intensely
practical problem in many phases.
which we meet at every turn OF The
road In our daily life.
"The story had been written Ia
.many books before Stevenson trans
lated II in the language OF his ter
arible work. Stevenson and all 9th.
GERS. however, owe the greatest debt
TO the Nav Testament
1T was St. Paul who really wrote
1.-THE plot Of this story in the seventh
~and eighth chapters Of Romans
(which Stevenson later translated
into the language OF our day as 'Dr
.Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Name this problem what You
will DR.. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde ~"
war In our members, conflict OF
snesh and spirit and original sin
ssany one OF a hundred names-he
: labels are not important. but you
rare compelled to face this problem
every day.
: EVERY day in life you have seen
% man with a loving heart tear his
<.hair over some hateful. mean thing
ne has said or done 10 one he
I loved.
|. III ! had known in the morning
= How YEARLY all the day
The words unkind would trouble my
mind.
] said when You went away
would have been more carefui,
darling,
Nor given you needless pain,
But we vex our own, with look and
tone.
We might never talk back again
"You have seen a generous man
sliding away In selfish greed; you
have seen truthful man smarting
under the scourge OF his own life,
You have seen virtuous man lashed
By the consciousness o. vice. you
have seen a sober man moaning IN
repentance FOR having been drunk
You have had quiet hour OF pray
Or and meditation invaded by slime
and stained by the wickedest ot
thoughts. which. unbidden, troop
into your mind like a brood % vul-
lures.
See Il In Science
I'VE see II in science. Some mis-
Kuided scientists have recently sue
ceeded in producing a diabolical
fool. BY grating the portion OF one
insect onto the body OF another
they have made new organisms, IN
which are Joined beings OF direct
~ opposite natures. miserable crea-
lures with a clash OF irreconcila.
bic desires.
Imagine. II you can. spider
butterfly One with passion for
the sunshine, one with love OF dark
ness. One with longing for roses,
the other with n thirst FOR blood
The spider nature devourinE the
butterfly. Imagine a wolflamb
This terrible fact has It's repre-
sentation in literature Hawthorne
pictures Roderick Elliston carrying
In his bosom an enormous green
snake. icy cold The entire length o.
It's body, carrying the desdliest
poison in It's sting.
1T ate into and absorbed his very
being; Il stung him when he thought
OF his brother good qualities. b.
gave him pleasure when calamity
and misfortune overlook friend
II gave him supernatural insight
into the deepest faults OF others.
and took supreme delight IN expos
ing these.
y 1T turned his face into a sickly
green, mingliug with natural