The Washington herald., 1918-01-19

side of the Sea Of Galilee; and on
the way He had stilled the tempest.
astounding his disciples by HIS power
over nature; and while there He heal
ed the wild man. who had ben flled
with the legion OF devils.
And the people bescught him to
leave their country as quickly as he
could, for In the saving of q man,
1000 hogs had been lost, for the devils
IN this man besought Of Jesus the
privilege of going into the hogs, and It
is the only record we have that Jesus
ever answered the request Of devils.
He did il. to the obstruction Of the
hogs, but to the salvation Of the man.
And the devils came out Of the man
and went into the hogs, the hogs ran
down the hill into the sea, the sea
went into the hogs, and 1000 Of them
were dead. So the fellows who owned
these hogs came to Jesus and request
ed Him to leave their country, for
they didn't want any more work done
of saving men at such price as that
II IL came to the question between
having the devil in the men or the
devil going out Of the men into the
hogs and losing the hogs because the
devil was in them, they'd rather lose
the men with the devil in them.
So they said, You get out of here;
We would rather lose the men,"
Bad for Business.
And / can see some of those old
hog-raisers wringing their hands and
crying that the country is going 10
the bow-wows and will be ruined un-
less this Man who sent the hogs
-
suaded to leave. and He mustn't cast
any more devils out in that hog-rais-
ing country.
What did it matter il home were
made unhappy by the devil? What
did it matter il women and children
were made unhappy by the devil?
What did it matter il they did live In
fear in wretchedness because of the
devil? What did it matter II they
were made wild and furious because
Of the devil? What did IL matter If
people were made ragged and bloody
and wounded and savage because OF
the devil? What did it matter il peo-
pie were murdered because of the
devil? What did it matter il homes
were ruined and virtue was wrecked
and property destroyed; what did It
matter il taxes were made higher be-
cause of the ravages of the devil?
All OF this hadn't hurt the hog busi-
ness and the swine trade was a great
thing over in that country. Didn't It
give employment to a lot Of men?
Didn't, they take better care Of their
hogs than they did Of their wives and
their children? Destroy this blessed
business? Why, IL you do, down goes
everything; and I imagine they were
wiping their eyes on their hog skin
coat sleeves, throwing up their hands
imploringly like a brewer Just before
election. and they besought Jesus to
leave Just as quickly as He could. for
every moment He tarried. men were
being saved and hogs were being de-
stToyed.
And so they said. I'VE want you to
know which side OF this proposition
we are on. We are on the hog side
bf the devil
Good Jobs Provided.
Now isn't that Just like the whiskey
business? Oh, it is a blessed business!
Doesn't it give employment to multi
tUdss? Don't lawyers, and sheriffs,
and jailkeepers, and penitentiary keep
ers. and contractors who supply the
jails and the penitentiaries. and the
insane asylums. and the homes for
fee5Ie-minded, and all the institutions
OF that dirty business, kept packed
fun of the wrecks OF humanity-don't [
they get a rich living from the stream
of dollars that the devil pours into
their pOckets2 Oh, doesn't ii make
times good? Doesn't it bring trade?
Doesn't it promote socialbility? Doesn't
it. my friend. and don't we have good
feeling? Don't they shake hands
more in the saloons than they do in
the church. and don't we need the Ii
cense to to that?
Oh, yes, you need the saloons to keep
the jails full. You need saloons to
keep the electric chairs and scaffolds
going You need the saloons in order
TO keep the houses Of illfame filled.
We need the saloons to keep our in
sane asyIums and homes for feeble
minded and our hospitals full. We
need it to keep the land filed with the
wreckage. with the jetsam Of the folks
who have gone under in that Infamous
business.
Oh. you might have heard a big line
of talk like that, over in Gardara, as
delegation after delegation came rush
ing up to Jesus, pale-faced. and begged
disciples. Go down to the sea and
get in your boat and leave here as
quickly as you can, because every
minute you tarry. our business is going
TO ruin"
From Hog Standpoint.
On, It makes a lot OF difference
whether you look at things from the
shoz standpoint or from the standpoint
OF manhood and womanhood and child
hood. The man who thinks more OF
his hogs than he does OF his wife and
children-he is The DEVILS idea of what
a husband ought to be.
And il is as easy to bring heaven
and hell together as 1t is to bring
Jesus and whiskey together. Holding
a dollar in front Of some fellows eyes
makes them blind to everything that
is decent: and when the Gadarenes
told Jesus that they preferred their
hogs to Him, He took them at their
word He left, and He's never been
back from that day till this-never.
never.
An right. If you prefer society with
Its sins to Jesus Chist, He will take
you at your word. II you prefer pro-
family to Jesus Christ, He will take
you at yoru word and leave you alone.
il you prefer vice to Jesus Christ, II
you think more Of q whiskey bottle
than Jesus Christ; II you'd rather lie
than pray; IL you'd rather steal than
be honest; IL you'd rather be deceptive
and q double-dyed, treacherous, vii
lianous devil than to be honest and
pure, Jesus says, Take 1t and go with
Il and the reward VIII come"
: And Jesus said to the man out OF
whom He had cast the devil, Now,
they have driven me out. 'Pd like to