New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-13

that have got it, let me work 1t out
Don't sit around and rap
Wells Through Hands
He suddenly paused. beat his fists
upon the rostrum, cupped his hando
about his mouth and shouted his ne%i
words lu the loudest tones that has
hoarseHess would permit.
UNLESS You can serve with enthuSl-
asm You Will not work at any time
he yelled. There must be an induce
ment What is the Involvement that
makes a student stick TO hls books ].
Graduation day?'
The preacher was swiftly pacing the
platform. "No-o-o-o-o-o," he yelled
"Why should there be any difficulty?
"A man has enthusiasm IN his busl-
ness and in his politics, but when IT
comes to religion he's a dead one.
at is downright hypocrisy TO pray
for thing and not be willing to work
for it. Your prayers are worth no
more than you are willing to redeem
/ them at in works and ] am not going
TO keep anything back in this city for
fear Of anybody IN this place
Listen 10 me. have tribunal 70
which ! must answer when ] am
| through with this world other than
your private views or public opinion.
! ] would not walk from here to that
T chair 10 find out your private opinion
I or your public views. don't suppose
/ that you agree with all ] am saying or
/ doing, but ! won't agree with al you
/ say or do. Don't forget that.
/ Swinging his arms so wildly that the
/ momentum nearly carried him off the
/ platform, Mr. Sunday cried: 81 don't
/ propose TO hold anything back. ! don't
/ fear man or devil"
/ He continued vehcmently:
81 know no magic. nor SleIght-of-
/ hand nor lcgcrdcmain. I'm an old
I fashioned preacher Of Calvary I'm
! preacher Of the Old school
God Wants Workers
"What God wants Is workers. not
+ knockers There is a crying need to-
/ day for workers who win work and
/ preachers who viii preach. All de-
| nominations are failing to convert un-
I Churched members. OF all the new
members of the churches last year the
Methodists had one-third, the Presby
/ torians less than that, the Christian
/ stu less, and ON down TO the Concre-
gatioual and the Episcopalian.
1T has reached the point where the
bars Of the church have been lowered
| until any old hog with two suits of
clothes and a baukroll can crawl
/ through, and If he can't get in one
church there's another around tho cor
/ ner that viii take him m
Gods hands are tied and Gods
chariot wheels arc clogged through the
, indifference of the church to-day.
"'The people had a mind 10 work
/ H. LII
could not have sent An angel here TO
preach. That IS not Gods way God
said
"'Bn. ] want you to do it, God
could have sent the angel Gabriel down
here 10 lead. but God said;
"'Rody. you do it,
God could have sent angels for tins
/ choir TO do the job, but that is not
I Gods way of doing
"God wants workers, not critics. He
wants builders, not wrecking crew.
! will tell YOU folks there is crying
need to-day for laborers who viii lead.
preachers who can preach. teachers
who can instruct IN the tremendous
0ucstions that confront us.
Real Americans in South
Last year 1900 churches made roc
ports, not one accession on confess ION
Of faith Any Of your churches among
th4f number? Not one accession on
confession Of faith, Il that Is not an
insult To- the grace OF God. you come
and show me.
Young men arc leaving the min.
istry. Mighty few young men are en-
terng the scminaries. The seminarlcs
are up against II.
"There's more pure-hlooded Ameri-
81 al. j Il I.....
I than anywhere else in TINS country.
. That's why 50 many Of those men are
Christians. ! say that, even II my old
daddy was one of the boys IN blue and
fought against them. They were hard
% lick down there because they were
real Americans.
up here YOU have become diluted by
the great stream of immigrants.
start 10 do something for God and
see how the devil begins 20 howl. That
is the best evidence IN the world that
you are hurting his business.
"No sooner does the work begin than
criticism and opposition arise. Emer-
cencies not only make men. but make
experience as well. War didn't make
Roosevelt, didn't make Schley, didn't
make Admiral Dewey. it simply gave
them chance TO unveil themselves 10
the world.
Tells of Angelo
After telling how Michael Angelo
criticised "by creation, not by finding
fault" Mr.. Sunday said:
ISIS. any night you think YOU can
preach any better than ] can, butt IN
and III sit down and listen 90
Don't you know there are a lot Of
people who sit around grumbling and
growing like brooding chickens, knock
ing every good thing down; don't he
that kind Of cattle, no, they arc no use
on earth be a booster. rooster, crow
and boost for all you're worth Your
town needs the best booster; don't hold
back and see IF some other fellow IS
wlllu'; just sail in, this cOuntry's free.
"Euow some fcllcr's falliu' jest
forget IL. do that feilcr's got some
good point, thcm's the ones you ought
"a show cast your loavcs upon the
waters sayu' that's true maybe u
al come back buttered for some fell
20. that viii boost for you
The autcdiluvians ploughed with
fo~ked 81 *. 1t made 40 difference
whether they hitched the OK TO the
beam or 20 the plough they both de-
/ livercd the goods. Then some other
fellow thought. and there came the
Oliver chilled plough. Then we have
the plough that will plough a furrow
sixteen feet wide across a field. driven
by gasolcne.
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