The Detroit times., 1916-09-13

lludl. MS II DusN age III WHICH
we live. We have hardly time TO
tie our shoestrings. a fellow wakes
up in the morning and rushes al
night, rushes AT the depot-thc
brakeman pokes his head into the
train and yells 90 minutes for lunch,
and he grabs sandwich. cup Of
coffee in one hand and a cigar in the
other. and then be will pay $50 to the
doctor because he is full Of dyspep-
sia-
This is a day Of isms and schisms
and ologies. fol-da-rols. tommy rot
and heresies 10 lead the people
astray II is an axiom that the meas
ure OF your preparation will deter
mine the measure of your success
In 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 n
toward Gods mind and Gods truth
for one month, and until We do that,
IL behooYes us To pray instead OF sit.
ting in judgment on his work
Doctor Booth went 10 his study
and prepared his sermon on the text
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 petrified. mildewed church.
IL want TO say 10 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 II, for l can.
not Not because | understand It's
philosophy. speculation or theory.
cannot. wouldn't attempt IL. and
would be fool II tried believe
Il because it is from the mouth Of
God the mouth of God has spoken IL.
Despises a Compromise
God despises a compromiser. He
despises man who trims his sail to
q o
IL tell you, folks. We have got To
determine now as to revival RESPONSE
bility. II Is never with God Never
| used 10 say that | can see cloud
the size of n 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,
AZ last. for Jesus sake-.save me
now am making no provision for
a relapse.
Listen TO me. RI 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, reeling drunkards and girls los
ing their virtue, the responsibility
for that state Of things Is not with
God. but with the citizenship Of De
troit God puts IL up to your church
and your town. and II your churches
are losing their power. responsibility
is 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 10 me.
What do YOU think OF this modern
evangelism | said I don't know
anything about IT. My evangelism is
as old as the cross Of Jesus Christ
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 n normal one. DO you
mean to tell me and insult God by
saying 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 to
church. do you mean 10 say that is
normal condition Of the 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 20 to prayer meet
ings instead of lodge meeting-that
Ia normal condition. Somebody
said II Is followed by reaction.
repeat that that Is a lie for the sec
ond time. and | don't admit that il
is true. but II IL were true, then, even
then. II would be worth while-every
drop OF sweat from my body, every
sleepless night spend or you spend,
every Inconvenience You suffer; IN n
were true. II would be worth while,
every dollar YOU spend. because by
and through this revival tens and
tens OF thousands OF men and wo-