The Washington times., 1918-01-09

church? And II the church doesn't
represent Jesus Christ. who does? DO
the politicians, the commercial clubs,
the businesses, the societies, the liter
aries? Where: No! l turn to God
because your God is represented in
, the world and we are expected to do
the work OF the Lord, and IL we are
not Gods witnesses. where are the
Lords Witnesses? We have the same
commission to keep this world in q
perpetual state of revival that the
disciples had, and our call is just as
clearly from God as their call, to do in
our day and generation what they did
in theirs. 1t is up to us, and IL we
don't do it, IL won't be done. And had
they been like a great many church
members there would have been no
waiting ten days They would have
said: well, the way to do this thing
right Is to scatter in all directions
like q shotgun" and one hundred and
twenty would have rolled up their
sleeves and they would have gotten
busy before breakfast, they would
have tarried in Jerusalem for ten
days. Why, that is a waste of time!
But the Bible teaches me that God
has an order and a way OF doing
my friends, in spiritual things. Sow
~ NAS ePA Ah6 ANaP "a NiAS Aoat"
Time Never Lost.
The time spent in preparation is
never lost. The time your boy or
girl spends in getting an education
isn't lost, for with a bright. brilliant
brain they can go out and succeed
perhaps better in life. And a tree
will come down easier il you take
time to grind the ak. If the engineer
didn't take some time TO get up
steam, he never would get the engine
out OF the depot: IL they didn't take
! time TO get up steam, they never
would cross the ocean. Time spent
in preparation is never lost II l
didn't spend time to hunt and read
and get something to preach. I would
have nothing to say when got
up. l believe in preparation. l
believe you have got to have II ev-
erywhere you turn around in life:
you can't do without IL. We put fire
escapes on buildings; that is prepar
ing the people for a way TO get out.
You don't wait until you fall down
and break your leg and then run
over to college to find out how to set
IL. We have got men who know that
now. You have to prepare every
thing in life! We prepare the ground
before we put in the seed. We pre-
pare the food before we eat it. SO,
all through life everywhere you turn,
you are up against the same prop
osition.
Had Right of Way. d.
The Lords cause had the right Of
way. They planned to be present at
the meetings. The last verse OF
Luke shows how completely they full
filled II, for read, They were con-
tinuously,in the temple prafsing and
blessing COD" They had all-day
meetings. Nobody was anxious TO
get home by Q o'clock. They had
no clocks TO watch. / preached in a
church where they had a clock screw
ed up on the front Of the pulpit and
I think the devil used the screw -driv-
er. You will never have a revival
when the people are watching the
clock. 1t makes me sick to see some
fellow yank out his watch as though
] am treepassing on his time. II yoti
want to pull a gun on me, all right,
but don't pull a watch.
Then, another thing! The breth-
rem were there too. I think IL more
men turned out we'd have better
meetings, not that men have a mo-
nopoly on religion. God knows they
haven't. Judging from church at
tendance heaven won't be overly
crowded with men. II they have
enough to scare up a male chorus they
will do we'll.
Disciples Found Time.
i have no doubt that the disciples
had just as pressing business as your
husbands-just exactly-but they
found time to lay 1t aside and give
God chance every once in awhile.
they were there and they STAYED
through the meeting. They did't get
up and hike out. Some people feel
uneasy; some people have the ca
pAcity Of a thimble: others a hogs
head II you can get filled UP quick.
why I'll let you 60.
Nobody said, Now, wonder IL
he will pray all night? He will never
get through. II l couldn't pray bet
ter than that ] wouldn't start" None
OF that spirit in ii. No, none at all.
Nobody criticised: nobody found fault:
nobody knocked; nobody listened
through their prejudice; nobody
grumbled. / wonder, In Gods name.
II wen ever have another like il.
Evidently we never have for we have
never seen the results. and il is a dis
grace that you have TO walk back
two thousand years in history to get
an illustration Of Gods power TO save,
because the Church OF God from that
day to this has not fulfilled the COM
missions they fulfilled then.
Says Preachers KNOCK.
with one accord and in one place"
| bet my life even IL your own
churches are lined up back OF this
meeting. I'll bet your own preach
ers are knocking it. Be on the square
now. Didn't you come here in the
spirit OF a woman last night. As she
went by she said, II didn't know
whether ] would like you or not, but
I do" So evidently she came here
determined not TO.
They were all with one accord. -
We need lone accord" in the churches
more than we need high church
steeples. We need zone accord"
more than we need a pipe organ
backed up in the corner. We need
"one accord" more than we need
cookstoves. We need lone accord"
more than We need dishes. We need
zone accord" more than we need a
grand opera singer up in the choir
loft scraping calcimine off the cell
ing and you can't understand a word
she says. We need zone accord"
mira than mad Is.