Evening journal., 1916-01-21


lost men,
The apostle was not ashamed OF
this gospel, for it was also a message
OF love There was very little love
i'm the world when Jesus came On
all sides were bitterness and strife.
The hand of every man seemed raised
against every other man. Paul had
been filed with the truth that there
is naught Of bitterness in the heart
of the heavenly Father. and that with
infinite and compassionate love He
is willing to forgive and TO save.
] have heard of a wayward girl,
who had left her home and had gone
to a big city. and there she drifted
farther and farther into a life of
sin and shame. Her mother lost all
traces OF her, and the hope Of ever
finding her was almost gone A
friend was going TO the city, and she
begged him TO try and find her
daughter He said, Bring me
every photograph OF yourself that
YOU have" And when she did, he
said "Sit down and write on the bot
tom of each one a message to your
daughter" The friend took these
photographs TO the city and tackled
them up on the walls Of places where
the girl would be apt to see them.
Not long after that one evening this
girl. with some frivolous, careless
companions. was trooping through a
hall. when her eyes fell upon a IA
miliar face She stepped aside and
with tear-dimmed vision read beneath
that mothers picture these words:
you come homer That night she
started back home, to the arms Of a
loving mother.
It is said that when Eva Booth
went 10 Paris to start the mission
airy work in that city. she could
speak but a little French, and when
the girls Of the street came into the
mission hall they ridiculed her ac-
cent and pronunciation. About all
she could say was Il love you. God
loves you" Their hearts began to
get tender and receptive. One even
ing she went back to a poor girl, and
said to her. "My dear, | wish l could
love you into the kingdom Of heaven -
The tears came TO her eyes and she
led her to the penitent form and they
knelt i'm prayer. That was the be-
ginning Of. a great rescue work. It
was a message OF love.
The apostle was not ashamed of the
gospel because il was a message of
hope and good news. The world was
hopeless when Jesus came. It was
sinking deeper and deeper into de-
spair Cicero says even the priests
OF the temples laughed in their
sleeves when they met each other on
the street. Religion had become
mere form and ceremony, without
heart and life
There is nothing on this earth that
can compare with the gospel of
Christ in attractiveness and interest.
What other subject could a man take
as his theme and come into a COM
munity and speak night after night
for weeks and months, with con
stantly increasing audiences Sup
posing he would speak about art or
music or literature or science OF
politics. he might hold the atten-
ton of the people one night or two
nights. but at the end of a week they
would lose interest and the audiences
would vanish. An inhdel once bit
hopelessly religious animal
A few years ago the New Testa-
/ ment was revised by a committee OF
British and American scholars, to
bring the text more closely in ac-
cord with the original manuscripts
When the first copy Of the revision
was brought over from London 10
/ New York. a Chicago daily. wishing
to get what newspaper men call a
SCOOP upon the other papers. put
ninety telographers at work in New
York and wired all OF the New Tes-
lament from the first chapter of Mat
thew to the last chapter Of First Cor
inthans. at an enormous expense.
merely to get the news Of the revis-
ION few hours earlier than il would
be brought by mail
Supposing Jesus Christ should re-
turn to this world at midnight to-
night He has promised to come
again. Pray God that He may come
quickly. Supposing that He would
come to Boston or New York or
Chicago or London or Paris or Ber-
lin or Jerusalem what would be the
result? How much space in tomor-
rows papers would be devoted to the
European war. or the revolutions in
Mexico. or the Panama canal land
slides. or the doings i'm Congress
How much space would be given to
/ sporting events? The first page. the
second page and the third page of
every daily in Christendom would be
filled with the news OF the coming of
Jesus Christ Every look. every
gesture, how He was clothed. what
He said-even the most trivial Incl.
dent concerning His coming would be
/ regarded as Of supreme Importance