The Detroit times., 1916-10-11

pray want YOU to hear him pray
! would get him on his knees and /
would let that child that bears my
name hear my voice in prayer
They have rearG you cuss. damn.
blaspheme. mock and rail a. the
preacher and ridicule what I have
been irving 10 do 10 keep YOU out NJ
he'll would let them hear me
pray.
And toll YOU a mothers arms
and a mothers heart are safe an.
choraRe and there are not devils
enough in hell 10 drag the children
out o. that harbor II they will only
get IN there
'Is Il well win the child
"You Wait Toe Long"
Listen IN your home there are
hoys and girls destined 10 rule in
church and state Public school
teachers. dom simply think Of the
little. psltry salary you draw from
the school board Al he end Of the
reorjh You Lafa he grandost
most noble. far-reaching work ever
given 20 human beings he shaping
and molding Of character In YOUR
classes next week Will 10 some boy
or girl destined 10 rule in church or
IN state
Upon which side ~ their life the
influences arc thrown will deter
mine what the, viii BE- Hear me-
Some oliver Cromwell that will dis.
solve parliament. some Beethoven
who vii touch the worlds heart
strings and make them sing some
Miss nix who will sootho the brain
~ the crazed. some Clara Barron
thai will bind up the battle wounds
some Frances +. Willard who viii
arouse the people 20 tho ravage- of
BE- liquor traffic Yes. some ono /
say. destined 10 rule in church and
IN state.
some John Knox who NIL make
queens turn pale on their throne.
some Martin Luther who viii start
reformation Yes bur YOU wait
too long You Walt un'l he curses
Won 30 your face before YOU teach
him Thou shalt MOI take tho name
{ ~ tho Lord Thy ID in vain You
( wait ar'il he staEEers into your
presence before YOU teach hin
Look not or the vino whom 10 Is
red You wait until he steals ard Ia
on fcr tho poniterfiarv before Won
teach him Thou shalt not stcal'
. You wait until nc has robbed scro
girl ~ her virtue before vCu toach
him Thou shalt not commit adul-
terry
"l' IS too late 20 repair shin
after she has left tho DR., dock u
is 90 late 70 take swimmjrc lessee
. after tho vessel begins 70 sink II h.
/ too late 20 send for the insursuU
agent after the flames have hurst
through 4 is TOO late 10 tclpphHr
/ for Tho life insurance aren't af',r
: tho doctor have shaken their hea7.
and thoy have 'elorhored Tor 'h.
undertaken
You wait too long You arc .o-
I late with Your PRAYERS with yow
/ terms. with your -erUors. with vn"-
songs. with your tabernacle So"
/ are TOO late You wait too loue
you wui' until the devil dro
HIS tonFs about them and drae-
them on shriekiuE 20 tho p't rN.r
! you rush and Try 20 save 'hom Nor
arc too late
: "'It Is we'll with the child"
81 want 10 say 10 YOU 'ha' ono Of
! The BRIGHTEST pictures that HANGS
upon Tho walls 81 my memory .-
/ the recollection of he dave when as
a little boy in the log cabin on fho
frontier ~ Town ! yne't bt wother s.
! side I went back 20 tho old farm
wears ago 90 bury my brother The
first huryinr ground In thar e"crior
~ the state VAS on tho old form.
and ! went back 20 bury M brother
Tho scenes had changed about
the place Faces had known
md loved had long since turned 20
dust Fingers that used 90 turn the
pages " the BILLIE were oh'tcra'cd
end the old trees beneath which W
boys used 20 play and swing bad
been felled by tho voodmans AZ. ]
stood and thought The man became
= child again and tho long weary
nights 81 Sin and VI hardship BE-.
came as though they never had
been
Tells How He Was Saved
"Once more with my gun on Inv
shoulder md my favorite dog trail
ine ~ nay heels walked through
the painless wood and sat on the
old familiar logs and stumpF ana pc
SAT and listened 10 tho wild. wierd