The Washington herald., 1918-01-17
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To kiss US and caress us.
Since he hit the saw dust trail.
OF clothes we hadn't very much
And they were ragged too
Our little shoes were all worn out.
And our toes were sticking through.
But now we've dandy clothes to wear.
And Maxwell, she don't look so pale,
Gee whiz, she's got brand new suit,
Since Daddy hit the trail.
Ha! Ha, They agree! They agree!
And the poor girl who became heart
sick and disgusted with life OF SIN
and she crept and crawled out OF the
quagmire Of filth and the cesspool OF
vice and she went home with the
tears of repentance coursing down her
beautiful cheeks. Oh! She doesn't
think I'm vulgar.
Decency Sensational.
No! Another says he is sensational
Nothing would be more sensational
than II some Of you. would be decent.
Nothing good was ever accomplished
without sensation. Sensation Is life.
Stagnation is damnation. The bound
ing, rushing, tumbling, roaring. plung-
ing mountain stream Is sensational.
yes: the stagnant pool breeding MAS
matte germs and miasma, that is vile.
I choose Christian enthusiasm in place
Of putrid stagnation any day. Iwould
rather be q guide post than a tomb
stone any day.
1t is high time we brought up the
cavalry; some OF our big guns are
stuck in the mud. bring up the rank
and file. One reason why sin tri-
umphs, 1 think, is because it is
treated as though it were a cream
pun instead OF a rattle snake. You
can't brush away sin with a feather
duster. Prudery is no more q sign
of virtue than a wig is of hair
both are used to cover a bald spot.
Religion, think. is too often asso-
ciated with dollars. In political
conventions everybody is awake and
on the que vive but in religious as
semblages. where Christ used to be
crowned. they are somnambulant.
In financial gatherings. where dol
lars and cents are at stake. every
body is alert, but in religious gath
erings where men are either going
to be mansioned in heaven or pau
pei l1Cu IN hhNy nv
In a court room where a man Is
on trial and fighting for his life
everybody sits forward and scarcely
breathes. for they want to hear
every word in the conflict. so i
don't care whether you cry, whether
you laugh, whether you hiss.
whether you applaud. whether you
stay, whether you go, so long as
ttf sin and fTnt
square with God Almighty.
Lyman Beecher, after a meeting.
said. 1--WE had a wonderful revival"
They said. How many did you
take in?"
None. We turned out forty
seven"
Did you ever read the History
Of the Salvation Army in India"
by Mrs. Booth. She tells the story
of a pet tiger the children used to
play with and one day the. little
girl was out in the yard playing
with the tiger when it came bound
ing into the bungalow. hair stand
ing on end, eyes like balls of fire.
his great claws distended, lashinG
his side with his great tail, and in
its tusks hung a fragment of the
dress OF the little girl.
The mother yelled, Great God,
the tiger has killed the child"
Not stopping to investigate. the
father seized a huge piece of mar
bic they used for holding the door
of the bungalow open and he crush
ed the skull of the tiger and he fell
dead at his feet Then they ran
into the yard and. there found the
oiyl AlnfhinO.
shreds, her body lacerated. other
wise uninjured. and right by her
another tiger disemboweled and its
vital organs scattered over the
lawn. 1t had come in from the jun
gle, scented the human flesh,
leaped the fence and rushed to
seize the child and the pet tiger
had jumped between the little girl
! and the tiger and there was an aw-
full fight and when the conflict end
ed the enemy was lying dead. while
the child sat alive beneath the tree.
81 wouldn't Insult God"
And when you strike at revivals you
spit into the face Of God Almighty
and YOU tear open the wounds IN the
sides Of Jesus Christ and you put a
few more thorns on his brow. IL Is
Gods way to keep people out OF he'll
and IL didn't believe it, as a preacher
1 would resign and get out Of the
church, 1 wouldn't insult God.
The hour has come to go to the end.
Praise God for what He is going 10
do! oh, the people that He is gong
to save, Thank Him for the crops
that He is going to give u.s. Thank
Him tor what He is going TO DO! L
will give you an illustration. over IN
the Second Chronicles the children OF
Israel were on the march from Egypt
to the Promised Land. and they came
to the country of the Moahites. They
didn't have power enough TO force
their way through, and so there IleS
stood and they said:
Lord. wilt Thou not Judge this
great company. for We have no might
against them, neither know We what
to do"
And the Lord said: stand still and
see the salvation of God. you need not
fight in this battle. the battle is not
yours, but the Lords"
Then we are told that upon Jahaziel,
the son of Zechariah. and whole lot
Of other people whose names you can
pronounce when you get time to spell
'em out, came the spirit Of the LORD,
and He said:
Appoint singers" and they appoint
ed singers and they went out before
the people and sang. Praise Ye the
| Lord" They went out praising God
for what He was going to do, and God
did 1t, and the children of Ammon.
Moab and Mount Sier. and they turned
and fought one against the other and
Judah gained the day.
The hour is come to praise God for