The Detroit times., 1916-10-23
s,,vrday Afternoon's sermon.

fore men that they may see your
good works and glorlfy your amer
which A. in heaven MattheN TO
"Thoy will glorify God because oi
What they see 10 your if'T. ln'f
will glorlfy him because OF the 20"
err they zee IN you. Living 70 as q"
slorify God was the FIRST hing Je
rus taught his disciples. ana y. Is
The frst thing he cniolns upon ls
''Religion is the most impo. 'an'
matter In life. and IL should be oNr
a,s, business. The text means ina.
Won shouldnt shine on sunday ana
he like A London FOG Tor he remain
der of the week. Your Light saouio
shine every day and all the time
cit a not what you say 'n"'
counts, nor is II 80 much no" hI'a.
the thing Il that you do. 4 man
can serve God while driving hog a.
well as while preaching the gospei
A man can be one - the worst SIN
ners as he sits In the pew or sings
hymns and he can 0c the best kina
OF A saint while he rs thaw .ng wa
ter pipe The important thing u.s.
that YOU live for the Lord " hef'N''
YOU are and whatever - Is your Gus
mess 10 do,
"Let your light shine before men
that they may see your gooa N"' Ns
and glorlfy your Father which is }"
heaven" This means that Goo "a
meets all TO shine We cant an u'
great preachers and We oaghl
be thankful for that We can a..
great singers-and its good ihIhh
that We can't but every man can
stand for Christ. and let the "oi."
know where he stands. We can PEI
the world. the hesh and the dew
know which side We STAND
mi bet the brewers don't ms
much when they see your WHY '.o
bons. He knows where lof
I'll bet there are lot OF chu',''
members in town who show 70 poor
a light that you cant tell ft'ht'N''
they are for these meftngs oI
against them That's the reason tAt
devil is having such ~ good i'm,
and that's Why be WASH pat "
the hospital long ago. y
"A man-a church membcf~~N a. f.
roinR ND 10 a lumber camp IN m,
North and a friend said 20 MIN
those lumberjacks end on, you Te ,
Christian they'll maze sport OF !ou
He went up there, ana "nen
came back his friend SAID ~ .
how did you get along VITA me /
Iumberjacks% The man ans NeT'u .
.All right. They didn't ind II our .
What's the way with so many PEG
ME who profess 10 De Christians
Thev're church member but
stranger would have a mighty ha'o
fine finding Il out Il you q,
Mason. everybody knows IT, lo4
want 'ern 20. n you're an ODD Fvl-t
iow. YOU wear the pin with the three
links and everybody knows you are
II YOU are a Democrat, anS anyone
who doesn't know II makes an az
tack on the Democratic party IN !
your presence, he'll find II ou'
mighty quick.
Don't Fight for Church
's--~rnp rtrst thing a man does "hen
ne Joins a lodge Is 10 get pm Snu
II anybody says anything agaihs'
the lodge he'll stand up and hight TOT
n. but there are lot OF church .
members who viii see the church .
and Jesus Christ insulted, and never 4
opcn their mouths IL they we're .
real men they would do what a man .
Aces when he sees his wife or sl--
tar insulted. He'd fight n there .
was drop OF red blood 10 his
veins.
.Cod and every community have
about all they want OF that kind OF
religion.
"There are too many who Won
take time to fight for God Ihts
MONT take time Tor family T-avT-7
or for personal work or for h.3.@
reading, or for the prayer meeHu-
or work in the Sunday school Gou
eat9 Yes. You wash Yourself Yes
You comb your hair? Yes. But tol
haven't any time 70 work for God.
"God expects US 10 illuminate this
world, bat instead Of doing Il -bX OH
works too many Of Us cit around
and sing oh Think of the Home
Over There. when we ought 10 oe
out breaking clods or killing 20
pliers or skinning skunks and
snakes. Let your light shine. NIr-
tue Is light. vice is darkness. The
liaht OF Christianity viii dispel he
forces az darkness and brighten up
this old world. Christian light
will shine anywhere
"The light over my head shines
iust as brightly here "a II does on
any other place II IL an effect and
A..
n DYNAMO that enables us 10 shine.
This light up here doesn't say on,
4 could shine so brightly II ! ONLY
were In a magnificent church with
stained glass windows and carved
pews and big organ backed mp In
the corner. No II Will shine any
where II is put 80 long "a the pow
or IL there. You can shine any
where n you are right with God--it
N1oesnt make any difference who're
Sou are. whether you arc IN a beau.
tiful church or out in some dark al
ley pillowing on your breast tho
head OF some girl who has fallen.
Christians will shine anyV herr.
Mere church members won't
Jesus says we are the salr ~
the earth Light Is for illumination,
salt Is for preservation salt is a
preserVative Where you put salt,
II kills the bacteria that cause dc.
cay. II n man were 90 take piece
of meat and smell and look disgust
ed. and II his little boy were IN ask
what was the matter with 81, and he
would say. It's rotten Hut n YOU
would put salt ON Il the salt would
XIII those germs. SO salt is pre-