The Detroit times., 1916-10-11

pray. | want YOU 10 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 neard YOU cuss. damn.
blaspheme. mock and rail AT the
preacher and ridicule what have
been irving 10 10 70 keep YOU OUT ~
hell would let them hear me
pray
And I toll you a mothers arms
and a mothers heart are a safe an
chorage and 'herc are NOT devils
enough in he'll 10 drag the children
out Of thar harbor II they will only
get In there
IL It we'll with the child"
"You Wait Too Long
Listen In your home there are
bows and girls destined 20 rule In
church and state Public school
teachers. don't simply think Of the
little. paltry salary you draw from
the school board az the end Of the
month You have the grandest.
most noble. far-reaching work ever
given 20 human beings the shaping
and molding o' character In your
classes next week will be some boy
or girl destined 10 rule IN church or
in state.
Upon which side Of their life the
influences are thrown will deter.
mine what they will be Hear me,
Some oliver Cromwell that viii dis
solve parliament. some Beethoven
who vii touch the worlds heart
strings and make them sing some
Miss DIX who will soothe the brain
: Of the craZed some Clara Barton
that will bind 10 the battle wount-S
some France r. Willard who VII
arouse the people to the ravagcs o.
the liquor traffic Yes, some one :
say, destined to rule in church and
in state
Some John Knox who will make
queens turn pale on their throne
some Martin Luther who will start
a reformation Yes, but YOU wait
too long You wait until he curses
YOU 10 your face before you teach
him Thou shalt not take the name
of the Iord-Ihv cod in vain You
wait until he stagRors into YOUR
n-e ence before YOU teach him
Look not on the wine when u rs
rcd Nou wait until he steals and IL
on COR the peniteutiarv before YOU
teach him Thou shalt not steal
You wait until hc has robbed some
girl of her virtue before Won teach
him Thou shalt not commit adul
terry
1T Is too late 10 repair shir
after she has left he drv dock T.
Is 10 late TO take swimming lessen.
after IN" vessel begins 10 sink u is
too late ~ send for the insurance
agent af'e~ he flames have burst
through II is Too late % telephone
for tho he insurance agent after
tho doctor have shaken their heads
and 'heY have telophoned for tr"
undertaken.
"IoU wait too ione You arc 'r.
late With Your prayers. with vtH
terms. with your gerrnons with '.s
songs with vov- tabernacle }.r
Al 900 late You wait too long
You wait until the devil dro..
BIZ tomas about them and drs
thcm OF shrioking 20 the pit chen
Won rush and try 10 savo them you
arc too late
ut IS we'll with the child"
~ want 30 say TO YOU that one
the brightest pictures that hangs
uron the walls Of NY memory g.
Tho recollection ~ the daye when a-
q littlo bow IN the log cabin on ta.
frontier NJ lowe J knelt BY mothor
side Invent back TO the old farm
ears AGO 20 bury my brother r.
first burying ground 20 that section
of tho stat" vas on The old form
md ! went hack 10 bury M hro'hnr
The scenes hid hanged abaut
he place Faces had known
End lcvod had long since turned 20
duai Fir~c~e thrf used 10 flrn the
pages ~ the Bible mere obllferatpd
End tho Old trccs beneath which We
hovs used Ia play and sTinC had
been fellod bv tho Voodm7nk Ak. I
stood md thought Tho rjan became
child again and the long weary
nights Of sin and % hardship be.
came as though they never had
been
Tells How He Was Saved
"Once more with my gun on my
shoulder and my fsvoritc dog trail.
ing az my heels walked through
the painless wood and sat on the
old familiar logo and stumps aud rs
sat and listenad TO thu -yild p-iard