Evening journal., 1916-01-28

do. your children may go astray. but
may you never have that bitterost,
blackest shame and sorrow OF know
ing that something you allowed was
the means of starting that loved ono
on the road that led TO death and hell.
! hope that many tonight will go TO
their homes and stick their card
decks into the furnace. Give no
occasion Of stumbling"
have three indictments TO bring
against the ball room. The first one
/ is that il is one OF the greatest
hindrances to spiritual effectiveness.
Why Is it that we ehave so many church
members Ia these days. who are
strong intellectually and socially.
possessed of genial nature and great
! abilities. and yet from the spiritual
standpoint are absolutely worthless.
! Many of them are twenty degrees he
low zero The real difficulty is that
there are so many things in their lives
which they allow. in which they are
violating conscience. The moth of
worldliness has eaten holes in their
Christian garments, so that the unbe-
lieving and ungodly are jeering at
their raggedncss.
During the last two years OF my
university course. / was president OF
the Young Mems Christian Associa-
tion. and knew intimately the entire
religious life OF that great state col
lege. Among the thousand Of stu
dents, we did not have one young
man or young woman that We could
depend upon for active, aggressive
Christian work, that was either a
card player or a dancer In talking
with John r. Mott. the international
Y. NJ. c. A. secretary. who knows the
college life Of America, perhaps bet
ter than any other man. he told ms
that the conditions In that state uni
versity he had. found the same II
almost every college and universit!
! in America. There rs something abou
/ those two agencies that absoWtel!
paralyze spiritual influence and
power. Just look back in your owl
experience did you ever know on
, who was infatuated with the dane
who was an effective soul winner?
y A brother and sister we're talkinl
= one day about the young man 4
: whom the sister was engaged to b
2 married Said the brother, "Sste
D have you ever talked TO Will abOu
] becoming a Christian mo. nevs
have" she replied. well" said h.
II ''if that matter is not settled befoT
- you arc married. there is littl
; chance that IL will ever be settle
after you are married. ! want 20
I to promise me that YOU will speak
I. VIII about the Christian life the vel
q next time you are in company wit
: him" She promised she would Son
h time after that the brother. remen
& bering the conversation. said. "Di
A you have a talk with Will about bl
S coming a Christian ?" YES" the ST
2 ter replied, eYidentally embarrasse
C "What did he say?' 81 don't wal
! to tell you" she answered. reluctan
d ly. Go on and tell me about it,"
T. urged. "Well, the next time | vi
D. in company with viii. / went to
v dance with him. When We were
IL the floor dancing. I looked up al
y said to him, viii. are You a Chri
~ tiang' He seemed surprised and sa
20 - No, ] am not a Christian. are yo
~ Yes. I am a Christian You al
nd then what are you doing hereg
~ You smile at the absurdity. $
7 had no influence over him for go
ce He may have married that girl aft
wards. either from choice or comp
an sion. but certainly she never WI