The Washington times., 1918-01-06


Here are Billy. Ma. and George
Sunday, snapped last night just
after their arrival in the Capital.
that in this city. You will hear It.
What's the matter? oh nothing, we
are just dead-that's all: we're just
dead. We don't need an evangelist
so much as we need an undertaken.
Just dead.
Oh, life will give organization, but
organization won't give lie. That's
what I'm talking about. Then the
Holy Spirit Is needed to bring God
In spiritual touch with man. to make
man feel that he needs a Saviour.
How do you feel that you need
doctor when you are sicII-the fire
man when there's a fire in your
house?
The Holy Spirit is needed. 1t is
the microscope that magnifies one
NAOp Vi TIC saviour DAOOh AhAo az
ocean OF redemption. The Holy
Spirit! He is the joint representative
OF the Trinity in the world today.
think God has not left himself with
out witnesses: the eyes IF the Lord
run to and fro throughout the whole
earth to show himself strong in be-
half of them whose hearts aspire to-
ward-him- How the eyes OF God run
to and fro throughout the earth!
Picked Up Luther.
And he picked up Martin Luther.
that German monk who was crawling
on his knees up the steps OF PLATE at
Rome. He hurled him as a mighty
thunderbolt against the ecclesiastic
errors OF his day until under God
Almighty Martin Luther kindled up
on the hilltops of Germany the light
of reformation which illuminates the
world today.
You can bet II Martin Luther were
living in this city today, he would be
sitting right down there and saying,
GO to II. Bill! Go to 1t, Bill, and give
1t TO themT'
The eyes OF the Lord ran to and
fro until he found Wesley and Whit
field and that movement which cryss
tallized into the Methodist Church,
which marshaled so many millions OF
Christians, was the blessing OF God
on earth in the brave days OF old.
Eyes Running To and Fro.
The eyes OF the Lord are running !
to and fro today. You remember /
reading about the blowing up OF He'll
Gate? The GoVernment gave the
contract for the work to General |,
Newton. He sunk his cofferdam, he .
started tunnels, undermined, laid
giant powder, nitroglycerin and dy- ,
Mantle, he made the electric connect ,
ions and ran the wires off to his
home in Brooklyn Heights and then
the Government came and they put
everybody back IN boats (all the peo-
pie who had assembled in advanta-
geous places to watch it) and General
two miles away, called htS
little daughter, Mary. two years old,
took her on his lap and said, Honey,
put your thumb against that black
button and push IT when 1 tell you"
He sat there with receiver to
his ear and when the signal came,
General, we are ready" he said.
Honey, push the button" and she
put her tiny thumb against the but
ton and pushed. Two miles away
there was a muffied roar and the
water shot into the air like a typhoon,
and rocks shot into the air and they4
fell like the autumnal leaves in the
November blasts. Helplessness itself
was that little girl, but backed by
the brain and the genius OF her il
lustrious father she was all power
full.
Hell Can't Do II.
HeIplessness itself are you and I,
but by the power OF the spirit OF
God there is not enough force in hell
10 pull one hair out OF your head
Unless God gives the power. God Is
oOking for men and women who are
willing to go down in the marshes OF
'in and from their Shiny suction res
;ue the perishing. care for the dying.
Then, in the last place, the Holy
Spirit is needed to bring God in
spiritual touch with man that man
nay realize he is the representative
" God in the world. Did you ever
'ealize, my friends, that you and /
{ present God? l heard DIR. Fink,
Who returned from China, tell how ,
he Chinese troops had surrounded
he British legation and all the for
'igners, and the embassies with their ,
wives had taken refuge in the Brit
SIN embassy, and from it flew the ,,
iags OF all nations. They were Civ
ng themselves up to the fate of mas
acre which they felt inevitably
waited them. The Chinese had sue
eeded in planting a battery on an :
minence that commanded the Brit ,
sh legation, and with fear ana
Tread they awaited the dawninG OF ,,
he day which they believed meant :
murder for every man. outrage for I,
very woman and a life worse than :
eath, and at midnight as they strain ,
d their eyes and their ears, some Of :
he Germans clambered upon the ram :
ARTS and with their hands behind
heir ears, they listened and away !
Ii the distance they heard the Watch
m the Rhine" and they cheered and
hesTed and cheered.
Heard "MarseIIInIse."
Then the French clambered up and
ooking and listening, they heard q
he "Marseillaise," and they cheereh 7
nd cheered and cheered. Up came 1
he British, and looking out in the !
Rrkness and bending their ear. they $
aught the strains OF God Save the {
queen" they heard and they cheer !
d and cheered and cheered. 7
The Americans said, HAS Uncle g
am forgotten us? Has he left US To 5
he mercy of the blood thirsty China q
n al he -. We