The Detroit times., 1916-09-25
sunday Afternoons Sermon.

4 Sunday afternoon and evening. deliy'
Srins his famous sermon Chickens
Come Home 10 Roost," on both oo-
q eaalons. He sAid
"The 10th Psalm, the 35th verse
Z let the sinner be consumed out OF
. the earth and let the wicked be no
more
This always seemed 90 me TO be
queer verse OF scripture. II -
(. verse more often misunderstood than
any other and read By many 70 just
their living In sin. II contains
4 Thought which don't find so well
Expressed I'm any other verse. not on
nccount OF It's peculiarly, but be
cause II is used by men 10 JUSTIFY
y their living IN sin.
There Ia much unjust criticism OF
!. David, who lived virtuous ana up
right life He said Let wicked
ness the wicked come 10 an end
u AhnGed- naNid,s- aXmnaIhNL IoAAId-
his fellow men when he wept when
be heard of others SHINING But they
would not DC saved. Some kept on
Gleinninr and living in sin. He saw
+ what was the need OF the commun-
Hity and the nation, and said. %
Coo. II men won't stop SHINING, not
understanding your commands, then
\ lei them be consumed out OF the
earth When he said this he offered
the prayer. portion of which | have
chosen for my text.
hi sns-,otfyrae Aud yapplg Whn talk
flightly OF sin. | say he has lost all
Of his respect for right, all Of his
respect for virtue, decenCN. all OF bis
respect for everything or he wouldn't
Z nay IL. II only the men who say II
were affected by their sins, IL would
be hard enough would work just
~ hare AZ do But we never live
10 ourselves. There are more affect
cd by your sins than yourself. al
( though | would work Just as hard II
you were the only one.
Makes Others Suffer.
when you come staggering home.
5cussing right and left and spewing
and splitting, your wife suffers, your
children suffer. Don't think that YOU
are the only one that suffers man
v that goes 20 the penitentiary makes
his wife and children suffer just as
much as he does. You're placing a
shame on your wife and children II
you're dirty, lowdown. filthy
drunken whisky-soaked bum, you'll
affect all with whom you come in
contact n you're a God-fearing man
Sou will influence all with whom YOU
come In contact You can't live BY
yourself.
Lyman Beecher was a godly man,
and he was the father OF more brains
than any other man.
II occasionally hear a man say.
ITS noboriy's business how live
Then | say he is the most dirty. low
down, whisky.soaked. beer-guZzlinE.
bbull-necked, foul-mouthed hypocrite
that ever had a brain rotten enough
4 10 conceive such statement and lips
vile enough 10 utter H. You say II
'I am satisfied with my life why do
you want TO interfere with nay bust
ness?'
u III heard a man beating his wife
4 and heard her shrieks and the chill
* dren's cries and my wife would tell
\ me 10 60 and see what was the mat
Ger, and went in and found great,
Z big. broad.shouldered, whisky soaked.
3 hog -jowled, weasel-eyed galoot drag
i ring little woman around by the
Z hair an6 two children in the corner
unconscious from his kicks and the
Others yelling in abject terror. and
X he said
"'What are you coming in 10 in
terfere with my personal liberty for
Isn't this my wife. didn't | pay for
the license TO wed herr (iou ought
I or you're bigamistl Aren't these
my children; didn't I pay the doctor
8 TO bring them into the world?' (You
! ought 10 or you're a thief II ! /
want 10 beat them. what is that your
business. aren't they mine?' would
"a apologize? Never I'd knock sew.
en- kinds OF pork out OF that old hog.
Liberty Not License.
personal liberty IL not personal
i license. / dare not exercise personal
liberty, II II infringes on liberty OF
others. Our forefathers did not fight
and die for personal license. but for
personal liberty bounded By laws
4 Personal liberty Is the liberty OF
$ burglar. OF seducer. or raper. or
wolf that wants to remain in a
sheepfold. or the weasel in "A hen
roost You have no right 20 vote
for an institution that Is going 10
drag your sons and daughters 20 hell. /
IF you were the only citizen you
would have perfect right 70 drive
your horse down the street al break.
neck speed; you would have a right
ITO make race track out Of the
streets for your auto; you could build
slaughter house in the public
v sQuare; you could build a glue fac
tory In the public square. But when
4 the population increases YOU can't do
Fit You say Why can't ! run my
auto? | own IT, Why can't run my
horse? own a. Why can't build
X the slaughter house, I own the lot
Yes, but other people have rights.
$50 law stands between you and
personal liberty. you miserable dog
& You can't build slaughter house In
your front yard. because the law says
you can't As long as ! am standing
here on this platform I have personal
liberty | can swing my arms at will.
but the minute any one else steps on
the platform my personal liberty
ceases. II stops just one inch from
y the other fellows nose. Right there,
Fighting For Sinners.
When a persons acts affect only
himself they can be left 10 the con.
science OF the individual. but when |
they affect others the law steps in |
When n child has diphtheria, you are |
ssca nIlnwNd naranpaI Iihar,vs vOu me- /