Evening star., 1918-01-11

stitutions are to be the special guests
at the meeting this evening at the
Billy Sunday Tabernacle. Special res
lervations will be made for the stu
dents, as tonight has been designated
students night"
| No dimunition could be noted in the
gathering that heard the evangelist
pay a glowing tribute to home ana
what It means In his sermon on Home
last night. -.
Cleansing the Temple" was the
theme of Mr. Sundays sermon at TINS
afternoon's meeting, in which the noted
Evangelist gave an illustration OF the
mower of sin-what 1t can lead a man
Ito do. and how it may degrade ana
lpolIute his character ana MS Aoiii.S
until he makes the world carouhcie-
in which he lives.
Tribute to Hezekiah's Mother.
In speaking of Hezekiah. who had
for mother "one of the noblese' goo
liest women that ever lived. but 1or
A. father "the most good-for-nothing'
God-forsaken reprobate that ever dis-
sraced the earth,'' the preacher gaio
| q have known many q youhs -
that made great success VINO nau ~.
| a father a man whose name was any .
thing but decent, but 1 nave never
| known of one who made very mucn OF
a success when he had for a moensl IL, q
/ sort Of good -for-nothing, frappe, 1riA,
zle-headed, manicured finger r-nall ana
! alwavs-kissing proposition for moth
i er. / have never known OF youhs
man being successful when ne nao
mother like that" .,
| But" continued the evangelist,
|
out, although he had a stick for dao.
| when he was fortunate enough to nave
| a good ma, bless the Lord, he won
OUT .,o
Referring to the temple built 4so
years after the Jews came from Egyp-
tian bondage. Mr.. Sunday said: w
think we've got some fine buildings
now. and we talk about them. we
have, but Solomon's temple would make
them look like a plugged counter1eit
dollar United States government BOND.
| City of Many shrines.
"corinth was a city of Cod" he said.
"It had shrines to all the deities on
earth. There was the temple to
Venus There was the temple to Nep-
tune, the god of the seas. There was
the temple to Apollo. the god OF music
but the name of wife-oh. that was
mockery; and the name of mother was
derided and sneered at. Oh. hear me!
| You can have your culture clubs. you
can have your literaries. you can have
your Kelley cures, you can have your
Hull House settlements, you can nave
sociology and you can build. my friends.
your libraries. you can build a. uni
versity in the middle of every block.
you can stick public school on every
corner, you can erect your museums
you will never prevent America from
mt hal wi a
Of the old time religion! 1t can't be
done.
Will Aid Humanity Uplift.
.I believe in your libraries. believe
in your social work. 1 believe in your
sociology, ] believe in your social set
Elements, l believe in all and every
work and in anything that has for
it's keynote the uplift of humanity. But
when you part company with Jesus
Christ 1 will not go with you.
| ment temple. Know ye not that your
bodies are the temples Of the Holy
Ghost? Do you think the Holy Spirit
wants to look out through pair OF
eyes that are bloodshot from last night 6
debauchery and beer and champagne
guzzle? Do you think the Holy Ghost
wants the feet to go to church that
the devil used yesterday to go to some
haunt of sin or down on some ballroom
f1oor?"
Most Sacred Spot in World.
In the course of his sermon on
Home" last night Mr.. Sunday said: II
want YOU to go with me for a brief
time to the most sacred spot in all the
world. the one around which clusters
more sweet associations and precious
memories than any other in the uni
l,t hn low
! live and the more / visit up and down
! the land and see the joys and the sor-
rows and the successes and failures of
men and women. the more I become 9
convinced that the home Is one of the
greatest problems we have.
II think the proper or improper set
tlement of the home question is the
! most important thing In the world, and
YOU can never settle 1t right. my
friend, unless you settle first of all that
YOU as father and mother will be a
Christian and serve Jesus Christ. It
will mean the Joy and sorrow or the
veal and woe Of more boys and girls
than any similar question that comes
up.
mot only does happiness center about
the home. but the social and the moral
and the civil and the religious power
| centers about the home. The downfall
Of most men and women can be traced
to some defect in the home.
II have Travelled up and down this land
and I have met every beast upon the
arena, and l am now convinced that
neither law nor gospel can make a nation
. great without home authority and home
example. Parental neglect is one Of the
principal causes for the failure of boys.
Judicious control and moral training are
absolutely indispensable; neglect is not
less fatal.
Plea for Home Amusements.
Don't shut the door of the house and
fear the sun will fade a little patch Of
carpet. Oh don't drive the children into
the street to play lest the merry laughter
will shake the cobwebs from the corners.
| If you want to ruin your home let your
children understand that mirth and laugh
| ter must be left out of doors. Let them re-
| gard home as only a place to work and
sleep. and the work has begun which will
| end in wreckage.
Young men and women must have fun,
and II they can't have 1t at home they
will hunt out the haunts Of vice. where q
great line of God-forsaken. good-for-noth-
! ing cormorants congregate to lead them
from Jesus Christ and virtue, from truth
and decency. Don't repress the buoyant
laughter. Oh! half hour round the fire
side telling stories will iron out their
| troubles and will be a panacea to their
aches and their pains.
| Put your home first: put your home
| first. oh! men, women. the time will
come too soon when the family circle will
he broken the time will come too soon.
Whenever it comes it is too soon. and
death is an unwelcome visitor. When he
comes suddenly or at the end of a long
sickness he is never welcome. The time
will come too soon when you will long
for the touch of hands that have turned
to dust and sigh for a voice which is