The Detroit times., 1916-09-13
Varde of Business Men One of ChurchS Curses" Cries Billy Sda

| The evangelist has his place in Gods
economy AS much as the preacher.
God has special men TO do special
work in special times. Many a man
who is "A success as preacher would
be the worst failure you ever looked
at as an evangelist. The preacher
has his place in Gods economy and
! have got mine. | believe God Al
mighty calls me TO do what ! am
doing as much as any other preacher
| could not be a pastor. ] have re-.
ceived several invitations and have
had some fattering offers Of salary,
but II accepted a pastorate, | would
buy round trip ticket. A revival
is conviction Of sin, conviction
of sin on the part OF the church.
| 'lf they wish 10 begin anew with
their responsibilities and obligations
10 God. they must begin at the door
Of the church of God, at the house
of God, not the saloons and not by
the breweries and groggeries and
red.light and sinking dance halls.
You men are ashamed OF your
selves even now to think that you
have not done more for Jesus Christ
than you did You just beat path
TO the store or office and home. went
10 church on Sunday, and back TO the
store. and that Is all you did, and you
call that serving the Lord.
When is revival needed? A
preacher said 10 me in Iowa.
thought ! had done my duty when l
held up the bleeding form OF Jesus
Christ and dilated upon his preccpts.
! hat \ nd I col gta
You bet you must: many an old sin
ner isn't At for the balm of Gilcad
until he is given a good old-fashionod
! fly blister and the currycCmb Of the
! law. And some old pachyderms viii
sit in their pews and one shake, like
a hat-tailed sheep in the rain one
shake and they're dry.
The Spirit of God flies from the
scenes of strife and discord. You
might az well expect a mummy to
speak and bear children. you might
as well expect hell to sing the dox-
ology. You might as well try to bat
ter down Gibraltar shooting green
peas with popgun as to expect that.
IF there is n woman | pity IL is
! the society woman who lives for Il
/ few empty.headed. beer-soaked grass
widowers, Tilted Jays with cracked
regulations.
When Revival is Needed
"A revival is needed when the
worldly spirit is in the church Of
God. II isn't necessary to do some
thing grossly inconsistent A ship
/ is all right in the sea, but all wrong
when the sea is in her The church
of God is all right in the world but
all wrong when the world is In the
church. Some people come 10 church
on Sunday morning and on Monday
morning they take a header into the
world and the church never sees
them again until Sunday morning.
They squat and take up little space
in the pew and stay there and put
! little money on the plate. but you
never soc them again until next Sun
/ day. tell you, believe half of the
church members could die and the
church wouldn't lose anything Of It's
spiritual force: II would lose them
in numbers. but II wouldn't lose any
thing in spiritual power. | tell you,
my friends, we need a panic in re
ligion. The world doesn't need in.
forming: II needs reforming. We are
going 10 the devil over culture clubs.
"a IL the world needed informing; II
doesn't need anything of the kind.
There are people who go 10 church
and 60 TO certain denomination be.
cause their wives goes there. fhey
got their religion and their property
in their name. They go to that
church.
Look at the Sunday school. The
/ Sunday school ought 10 be con
slant feeder OF the church. Why
| isn't II? Because we have Sunday
/ school teachers who are absolutely
good for nothing: they help nobody
but the publishers. They don't sit
down and study. They don't prepare
They 60 TO Sunday school and try
10 teach. and on Monday they are
at some leg show, and on Tuesday
night they are at some dance. and
/ they don't come near the church
again until Sunday morning.
II want tC say II a public school
teacher knew no more about the
work and methods OF teaching than
the average Sunday school teacher
knows about the will Of God she
would not be on the payroll Is
minutes.
Go down TO the dance halls. the
nickelodeons. the picture show, the
cheap.skate dance halls-theTe you
will find young girls with dresses to
their shoe tops. | ask you. why? I'll
tell you; the spiritual restitution of
the multitude. Thousands never
darken the church doors. A revival
is needed when sinners are careless,
licentious a general revival OF re
ligion has got to sweep over this