The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-04-14
AMERICA HAS NO
ROOM FOR CHRIST
DECLARES PEOPLE
DO NOT WANT CHRIST 10
TOUCH THEIR LIVES.
m He Were To Come There Would DC
Cleaning out of society and
PoIitics--Don't Want Bust
ness Changed.

| That there rs no room In America
lfor the Son Of God was the declara.
tion of Evangelist Haudenschield al
THE Methodist church last night. lie
was speaking on the subject, mo
Room in the Inn"
I'VE have got room in America
for business, politics, lodges. clubs,
pleasure and society" he said, "but
we have no room in America for
Christ IL we were to take popu-
lace vote today ! don't believe a
single state in the union would vote
| To have Christ come back to the
earth | don't believe that a single
township In this great country
would vote for his coming. II we
we're to take popular vote right
there In Waxahachie to invite Christ
to the city do you think We would
vote for him to come back? Not on
your life. We want the church but
we don't want our business changed
by Christ coming back. There's not
a lodge or club or political party In
the land that would vote for Christ
to come back. They don't want him
TO come, for they know there would
be a cleaning up If he were to come,
He would clean out society and clean
the pot politicians out of the coun-
TRY. We don't want Christ to touch
our lives"
The evangelist said 1t was one
Thing to live religious on Sunday and
and another to carry our re-
ligion down through the days
of the week, but" he declar-
ed, amy religion that does not 20
down through the week with man
lis not the religion that Christ brought
Ito the earth"
Another splendid song service was
given last night. Mr.. Pugh sang
"The Holy City" and There's No
Room in the Inn" A feature of the
song service was cornet solo by
Professor King, director of the local
band.
Tonight the choir will sing
There's a Friend in the Homeland. =
Evangelist Haudenschield an
lnounced that he would speak tonight
on 1.-THE Drama of Life" He an
Inounced the services for Sunday. At
III O'Clock the evangelist will speak
ION THE Heart Cry" At 3 O'Clock
lin the afternoon he will speak on
l'"The Overcoming Life, or the Lie
hid With Christ" This service
Twill be for the general public. The
Evangelist said he hoped every church
member would be present. At 1880
lin the evening the evangelist will
speak on "A Neglected Warning"
The text last night was Luke 2:7.
And she brought forth her first
born son, and wrapped him in swad-
ding clothes, and laid him in a mang-
er: because there was no room for
them In the inn."
The evangelist said he wanted TO
show that the human heart is very
much like the inn in Bethany, there
lis no room for Christ He told how
the prophets looked down through
1.-THE ages and told of Christ's COM
ling. He said they told how he
would come, of whom he would be
born, where he would be born, how
he would live. how he would die,
land all this four thousand years be-
fore Christ came on the scene.
After all these years and centu-
ries of waiting and preparation
would you not think they would be
ready to receive the Christi" he ask
cd. and yet w hear that there is
no room in the in for him.
The evangelist described the
scenes surrounding the birth of the
Savior and said he took the lowest
possible position he could take in