The Detroit times., 1916-09-13

We live. We have hardly time To
tie our shoestrings. \ fellow wakes
up in the morning and rushes at
night, rushes az the depot the
brakeman pokcs his head into the
train and yells 20 minutes for lunch,
and he grabs a sandwich, a cup Of
coffee in one hand and a cigar in the
other, and then he will pay $50 10 the
doctor because he is full of dyspep-
STA.
This is a day OF isms and schlsmF
and ologies. folda-rols. tommy rot
and herosies TO lead the people
astray II is an axiom that the meas
ure Of your preparation will deter
mine the measure Of your success
Ia religion. politics. anything else
Doctor Booth, years ago in New
York. when Moody was preaching
there. said Brethren, II is dis
grace that many have been sitting
and carping and criticiSing this man:
here is man who murders the kings
English twice In every sentence and
yet he has done something IN this
city OF New York that you have not
done that is, arrest the attention Of
this city for one month and held IL
toward Gods mind and Gods truth
for one month. and until we do that,
II behooves us 20 pray instead OF sit
ting in judgment on his work
Doctor Booth went TO his study
and prepared his sermon ON the1GNt:
Come, for all things are ready. He
Just had two heads, Come. and
Come now He got three young
men who went ahead and inquired
the way to God. That was three more
than they had ever had before in
that petrifed. widowed church
II want TO say TO this audience
tonight. before forget Il, that | be
lieve that the Bible Is the Word of
God from cover to cover Not be
cause ! can understand Il, for can
not Not because | understand its
philosophy speculation or theory |
cannot: wouldn't attempt II, and
would be fool II tried. | believe
II because il is from the mouth OF
God, the mouth OF God has spoken il.
Despises a Compromise
God desplses "A compromiscr He
despises man who trims his sail 10
catch a passing breeze of popularity.
~ tall yau. folks. we have got to
determine now as TO revival response
bllity. II is never with God Never,
used TO say that | can see cloud
the size Of mans hand and used
to say there is coming revival, but
have learned TO thank God that His
promises are in the present tense
now. Salvation is in the present
tense. never pray save me Lord.
La Co. 10
now. am making no provision for
Il relapse.
Listen 10 me- II in your city there
are sins OF immortality. drunkenness
and crime, II you have seduction,
pandering and white slavery and
your streets are filled with stagger-
ing. Keeling drunkards and girls los
Ing their virtue, the responsibility
for that state OF things is not with
God, but with the citizenship ~ De.
troit God puts II up to- your church
and your town. and il your churches
are losing their power. responsibility
IL not with God. but with the mem.
bership OF that church. OF the fellow
who stands In the pulpit, or both.
THE responsibility has never been
with God: never has been and never
will be. An old fellow said to me,
What do you think OF this modern
evangelism? p said I don't know
anything about It, My evangelism Is
as old as the cross OF Jesus Christ.
I don't know anything about the
modern evangelism. A revival Is not
Objectionable. some say. but well. IL
is an abnormal condition. say, you
lie. A revival Is not an abnormal
condition. but a normal one. DO you
mean TO tell me and insult God by
saving that this cold, Indifferent,
card playing, -beer-drinking. bridge
whist. Dutch lunch, Sunday baseball.
sitting on the bleachers looking at
ball game instead OF going 20
church. do you mean 20 say that Is
n normal condition Of tho church?
II IL your backsliding condition that
is the abnormal condition. That Is
what Is the matter with you, you
have got in wrong
when you get down on your
knees and read the Bible. have fam
lily prayers and go TO prayer meet
ings instead Of lodge meeting that
Is normal condition. Somebody
said IL IL followed by reaction.
repeat that that is lie for the sec.
ond time. and don't admit that IL
is true. but N II were true. then. even
then. II would be worth while-every
drop OF sweat from my body, every
slcepless night spend or YOU spend,
every Inconvenience YOU suffer. n a
were true, IL would be- worth while.
every dollar YOU spend. because by
and through this revival tens and
tens OF thousands Of men and wo-