The Washington herald., 1918-01-14
"Put More Pep in Church!
Build Up Broken Altars!''
eff Saloons Are Better Than Churches, Convert
Churches Into Breweries," Declares .
Evangelist, Denouncing Pres
= ent-day Morals.

fair, deal, and what was fair and rea-
sonable then is fair and reasonable
today.
Flags Rat-eaten Prayer.
The man that plows with a forked
| stick gets all the crop that he de-
serves, and the man who prays the
same old rat-eaten prayer is on the
same par with him. Get something
| new. God gives us something every
day. and to have Gods help in OBJ
tanning a crop. the farmers got to
do certain things. at a certain time,
| and in a certain way; and If he don't,
| there will not be potato for you to
| stick your fork in; there Will not be
loaf of bread for you TO cut a slice
off. He's got to do a certain thing at
| certain time, in a certain way. and
| IL a man doesn't work in harmony
with God, he can have nothing to eat.
There's common sense in everything
in the world. and the Prophet did this: ::
He did it by repairing the altar of the
| Lord that was broken down. He knew
] it was a waste of breath to pray for
I God to answer his prayer by fire, IL
he hadn't performed his part. 1t is
| absolutely useless TO pray to God to
| save and bless this city II the church
| Of God and the preachers don't do
their part. You must do your part or
\ God Almighty won't ever bless you,
as sure as you live.
He repaired the altar of the Lord
that was broken down." the altar of
| sacrifice worship.
Get things cleared away. You want
heaven on your side, and the broken
down affairs must be rebuilt in your
heart. Give yourself to God. Turn
from your sins. Stand as a solid pha-
lanx for Jesus Christ.
| There are men and women enough
in this Tabernacle this morning, II
you'd line up absolutely as one man
and woman for Jesus Christ, you
could re-write the religious and moral
history Of this old Godforsaken, whis-
key-soaked city and transform it for
Jesus Christ. If you'd just go out and
do the Lords will. And before God
Almighty will pay any attention to a
call for fire, my friends, you've got
to first get right with God. It's a
great mistake to expect a crop with
out planting the seed. It's a mistake
1 to expect a blessing without first of
| all doing your part.
The Mutt that Denies God.
| When some mutt stands up and
knocks. you will keep your mouth
| shut and never peep in protest for
God and for His truth. But if you had
one drop of rich, red blood in your
veins, if man talked that way about
your country or your wife, you'd
| Ennnk him dnuyF ~
around and let somebody damn and
cuss God and spew out their maledic-
tons against the church, and you'll
never peep. That's the trouble with
you! It's broken down in your life.
Build it up and see what the Lord
will do.
Some people are converted to the
church; some say, 81 like this
church," some say, II like that
choir" some say, II like that grand
| organ"
And the mother who undertakes to
| train her child in the name OF the
Lord, she'll have more anxiety about
the salvation of that child than she'll
have about her standing in society
and the crowd.
Now, don't try to short-measure
God. When God says. thirty-six
inches for a yard. don't make it thir-
ty-two. When God says a hundred
cents on dollar, don't make it nine
| ty-four. When God says 1900 pounds
for ton, LOO won't work. Don't try
and put one over on God. Don't try
to short-measure the Lord.
And If God says twelve stones, don't
offer God ten stones, for he won't take
ten. He won't do it! You can't get
through with eleven, If God says
twelve. You do just what the Lord
says and you will win out
| Don't try to cover up the rubbish
no-ciear it away; clear it away, if
you want the blessing of God on your
tlife and on your home.
Oh. we have learned that God is
particular about essential things. All
| those that have to do with electricity
have learned that there must be per-
feet insulation, unless you want to die.
| God is particular, but He isn't too
particular. He tells US to insulate
the wire and then we won't die. He
isn't too particular; He's looking out
for you. He tells YOU to repent, and
\ il you don't, you will 60 to hell. He
isn't too particular. He wants you to
give the best there is in you to this
old world.
Now; the command to forgive is as
positive as the command. Thou shalt
not steal or commit adultery Just
| exactly! There's no difference. And
therefore 1t Is just as positive as the
command; Insulate before you ever
touch live wirei Do what God tells
you to do step by step and not mile