The Washington herald., 1918-01-18


Forgot" Three thousand dollars.
Most OF your epennies are within
/ may have enemies out there. that
may slander me and they may want
70 kill me. but, o. the people who
talk about you never harm you.
When ! hear anybody talking about
somebody else, you can bet your
sweet life that they are trying to drag
somebody down 10 the low. stinking
God-forsaken cesspool level where
J they live, and they can't stand TO
see anybody else higher up.
Oh word IL an arrow poisoned>with
pain,
Or thorn. or a rose, or a serpent Of
/ stings,
Or a tear. or a smile. or a Joyous re-
frain.
Or the note OF a song that with mel
ody rings.
| II God had possession Of our
/ mouths, we would see the greatest
! revival the world has ever known.
No lie. no misrepresentation, no de-
ceit. no wrong. no back-bIting, no
knocking, no sinners. Everybody
would tell the truth, everybody would
speak words OF encouragement. Ev-
erybody would give you the glad
hand. Nobody criticizing. No white
lies No black-lists.
oh. IL God Almighty only had our
mouths how much He could keep
out that the devil stuffs in. Oh, what
a time we would have!
oh. there won't be 30 much money
spent for tobacco, when that time
comes. There would not be 50 much
money spent for beer, for cocktails
and so little given to the church Of
God Almighty.
Less High-brow Preaching.
Some of our church pinars would
not be so noisy in politics and 90
quiet In religion, II God Almighty
owned their mouths, and there would
be more preaching out OF the Bible
and less high-brow preaching
II God had your mouths you would
be- better all around. How hard Il
would be for a sinner to get away n
! everybody were looking for Christ /?
How many troubled hearts you can
comfort every day! How many tears
would soon be wiped away. How
many homes OF squaIor and want
| would be made glad, How many
! willing hands would be lifting burr
dens! How many things you would
md pleasure in doing, you would
stop doing. IL God only had your
hands. Things that We do that make
US proud. make US selfish, make
US devilish, make US unclean, make
US un-Christian!
| Present your bodies" That
body you love as you love your life.
That body that can bleed. That
body that can suffer. That body
that can endure. That body that
can die.
Oh, that body that can show the
face of Jesus Christ to the fallen
sons Of man. God wants you to trust
him with il.
Are you willing to walk up and
say. Here. God. take il"
You go down to the banks and
say. Here, take my money"
Why don't you say. Here. God.
you can take all have. Ny feet,
eyes, head and all. 1t is yours.
! Work out through me your glor-
ious plan Of salvation"
1t is part of our religion to take
care of our bodies II you did. dis
sipaton would stop. late hours
would stop, loose habits would stop.
over-eating would stop. Under
sleeping would stop. Wed play the
game right, and We would pay bet
ter attention to our health.
Present your bodies-"That
means you shall love the Lord your
God with all your hearts, your
mind and your soul
! Present your bodies" Past
present or future. Your strength
your weakness, your wisdom, your
! ignorance-all you have suffered.
all you have heard. all you have
loved, all you have enjoyed-giye
| the whole thing to God.
I beseech you. brethren. by the
meroies OF God"
Pain In All Victories.
Never was there a victory won
that did not cost suffering. Paul
! preached and they chopped on his
head; Jesus Christ demonstrated
and they nailed him on the cross.
Abraham Lincoln signed the "Eman-
cipation Proclamation" and John
Wilkes Booth paid him with a bull
( let.
Never was there victory without
suffering, do not care whether it
come in business or sins OF heart or
anywhere else.
Present your bodies as a living
sacrifice" That is what the wife
does. She says Il give myself
wholly to the husband" And he
says Il give myself wholly to the
wife"
Lots of people shy at that word
wholly" II that were our watch
word in business what a wonderful
world this would be. What a STAN
pede there would be In short yard
1 sticks.
Graft would be unknown. No
! lying in advertisements. No Fire
Sale" when there had been no fire
within 100 blocks OF IT. There would
be no difference in Goodness in
business and Godliness in the
church.
! II that were true there would be
no licensed saloon, no vomiting and
| spewing out their drunken horde.
No drunkards reeling and stagger-
| ing to the judgments Of God. No
fallen women merchandising their
| womanhood. No thieves. Nobody
to stick a gun under your nose or
mine and say. Your money or your
life" Nobody to wriggle their
carcass across our threshold and
try TO seduce your wife and wreck
our home.
God La Not Unreasonable.
oh, I think one OF the noblest at
tributes OF God is reason. think
He is never unreasonable. God only
asks His rights. God only asks
you to do what makes you better,
II you do and what hurts you IL you
don't do.
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