The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-09-22

and set fire 10 h. God wants you
body with blood IN a. Cain : altar
was bigger than Abeis. but II had
nothing valuable on n. while Abefs
had real blood GOD rejected Gains
and accepted AbeIs God turns
down the man who merely lives
moral life and does not accept the
religion OF Jesus Christ You must
come with Jesus blood II a man
gives his wife a ten-cent pin cush-
ION at Christmas TO show how much
be loves her. he's geeEer the dew
rs stuck on How thankful you are
depends on how much you are will
ting 70 sacrifice.
Il don't believe that the most
honored angel IL heaven has such
a chance as We have. Angels can't
suN,r They can make sacrifices.
They can claim that they love God.
bur we can prove II.
A real present has no strings AZ
tached 20 10
VIVA, would YOU think Of sol
der N when he was ordered Pre-.
sent arms be would answer, To
morrow. il be should say When Tho
next man 20 me does, II he should
say. when I get a new uniform.
Present that means now. II "a In
the present tense God wants US 20
make present OF our bodies 10
Him because we love Him. 4 little
girl showed a man some presents
she had received and he asked her.
How long NAV you keep them
How long" she answered. Why,
thew are mine Many a man gives
his boy a colt or calf. then when
il has grown 20 a horse or COW, he
sells II and pockets the money Some
~ Won fellows need 10 DO q little
thinking along that line. When We
give God our bodies II ought 10 be
His for keeps
~ when YOU make a present you
40 NOT rsan 10 give Il outright. you
are not honest VIII a man rob
God You let he villa heap
quicker ,hrn ne viii ANYBODY else.
-Yca~ BODY. that takes the head as
well n, hands God wants brains "a
wsU MS bones and muscles. We
ought to 90 best thirhing for God.
Cod q. IN the greatest business there
- ard He wants The best help he
can O., Some u YOU old. deacons
ard elders make me sick. II you
'usad surh methods in business as
,oa 10 IN the work OF the churcn
he sherir's sale FAC would SOON
/ 30 hanging outside your door
II don't ask any 81 YOU business
men 20 cu--al any OF your business
activities. bur do ask that you give
more ~ your energy TO the things
~ religion You want IN use gooa
Apsinsss methods in religion. Inc
sorb1icars and the Democrats and
10 Socialists use good business
-,srbods IN politics The farmer
mo hasn't any sense Is still plow-
ing with a forkpd stick The farmer
n-ho has sense uses a chilled plo"-
Use common sense.
God Entitled TO Best.
"pishop TAYLOR promised Goo tha'
10 would do "a much hard thinking
ard alarming for Him as he would
DO FOR another man for money ne
FSi4 II So did Wesley and WhitheId
ora Savonarola, and look what they
dfd for God II there is any better
way Of doing Gods business than
tbara was one hundred years ago. Tor
Gods sake DO il, He's entitled 10
/ the best there Is.
This thing Of Just ringing me
church bell 10 get people TO come IN
"a about played out In business .,
,hev have a machine that Is out OF
dara and doesn't produce good re
suits. II goes into the scrap heap. II
"a man can produce a machine tnat
can enlarge the product or better u
that machine il adopted al once.
put in religion We keep the same
old fintlock guns. smoo,hoore me
same old dips and tallow candies
I the same old stage coaches over
/ co,duroy roads. and II a protest i'
made some OF you will roll your eyes
as II YOU had on hair shirt and say
! surely this is not the Lords SCI
/ tirns for work | tell you any ume
Lis Gods time. Now IL Gods time
7, was Gods set tine 20 teach Us
about electricity long before Frank.
lin discovered IL, but nobody had
sense enough 10 learn.
1T was Gods time 10 give US ne
electric light long before Edison IN
vented n. bat nobody had sense
enough 10 understand IT, u was
1 Gods act time 20 give Us the steam