The Washington herald., 1918-01-12
Evangelist Urges Boys
To Emulate Standards
Set by Worlds Heroes
EVENING SERMON
Forces that Win"

AT the time Of President McKinley's
funeral. IN this country. for hve min
utes the wheels on every railroad and
IN every factory stood still; the stu
dent sat by his or her books. and the
banker by his gold uncc ccnted. and the
merchant by his commodity unweish-
ed and unrneasured: the farmer
stopped his blowing in the held and
for fve minutes. with bowed and un-
covered head. we attempted TO pay q
mark Of tribute and respect TO the
mamory OF a man who had opened his
veins and poured out his blood 70
make a better nation. happier homes
and more prosperous people.
And allowing that there were 7Sooo.-
900 people in the United States at that
time and that we each contributed
fve minutes Of our time, that would
have made over 700 years Of service
we rendered 70 the memory OF Nc
Kinley. 1 am glad we did IT, am
glad that we can refer to the fact
mat we could stop making gold for
I'VE minutes to pay q mark Of tribute
TO the memory OF the great man.
I am glad and thankful that we
have a Fourth OF July, when once
year we uncork our enthusiasm. and
eat peanuts and drink red lemonade,
and shout like Comanche Indians, ano
let the world know that We have not
forgotten and that We still appreciate
what it cost to lay the foundations OF
this. the greatest nation Gods eye
ever has seen or that his hand ever
made.
And / am glad that we have q
Christmas, when we recall him that
was born in the midst Of the NAL
odors of unwashed beasts.
shipwrecked Sailors story.
am glad that we have an Easter
when we recall him that burst the
bands Of death that none e'er brake
before and rose in conquering majes-
~ 70 stoop to death no more.
1 am glad that We have Labor Day
when We pay a just mark Of tribute
TO the man with the dinner bucket
and the calloused hand who Is such
an important cog in the great COM
mercial machinery of our prosperity
I am glad that we have Thanks
giving when once year we sit around
our sumptuously laden tables and re-
call the fact that as a nation we have
never gone to bed hungary. we have
never scraped the bottom Of our meaj
barrel and We have never known what
it was to be without food and that ouI
granaries can feed the world. It's a
great thing.
1 read OF a sailor who was ship
wrecked on an island where every
thing and everybody was big. Why
| the men and women were sixty fee
/ ~ ~ fhA nNallaRf Nhtnf
they had ever seen, and he created q
commotion and sensation by his con-
trast- A giant saw him. At the same
time he saw the giant and he started
TO run. but the giant took a couple
OF steps. caught him, showed him int
his pocket. took him home and dump
ed him into the lap of his little nine
syear-old girl. p feet high, and he sale
TO her, isis. here's a plaything
caught for you down on the sea
. shore"
And So he made a cage for him anC
| hung him on her belt like girls Dc
chatelaine bags today. and whenever
she went out she took it along as q
| plaything.
Later on I read where he was ship
wrecked and landed upon an islant
where everybody and everything wa!
| small Men an women were abou
. SIX inches high and children and Ma
ture In prOpoTtionate sizes, and ht
was the largest thing they had evel
seen, and he created a commotior
and sensation by his contrast, anc
| they requested that when he wanted
| 10 take a stroll he'd notify the mayol
| that he might call out the police and
| a brass band to warn the people lest
| he might stop a labor parade or steI
| on funeral procession
They asked him as he walked tbs
| streets not to swing his arms lest h
| might topple over a church steeple ol
| kick down some OF their skyscrapers
When imagine myself on the island
| where everything and everybody wa!
| little. O. how. chesty become.
| swell up as big as I imagine Alex
| ander the Great felt when hissfeet were
. on the earth and his hands could
touch the sky. But when I imagine
| myself on the island where everything
and everybody was large. how wiz
ened and miserable and mediocre I be-
come. So you are large or you are
small, largely owing to where you are
The young man who will sit ir
school and I'LL his brain with useful
thoughts or the one that will go tc
church to learn something about God
he IS a bigger boy. she's a bigger
| girl. than the one that loafs around
on the street corner with a crowd
my friends. and spends their lives ir
| frivohty and tomfoolery Of the worlo
Difference In Viewpoint.
The man that walks home sober "a
q bigger man than the one that viii
20 homs drunk; the girl who is viz
| fuous IL a. million times better thar
the one who sells or gives away hei
wonanhood. The one who prays Is q
bigger man than the one who curses
50 you are big or you are little, large.
/ " owing to where you are in the
| world
Like a girl, when she Is about Il
years old, when mother introduces
her TO a young fellow, she reaches heI
eyebrows and says: well. mama,
who is he?''
When she is about 2. she will say;
well. mama. what Is he?" and
uhen she is about IS she will say
..Mams, for Gods sake, where is
hez"
You know Squire Jones-he is Squire
Jones in a little, jay. rube town be-
cause everything there sort OF mag
niles the Squire and minimizes the
Jones. but bring him to this big city
and turn him loose on the main
street and let him butt into the crowd
and look at the shycrapers, and you
know what happens to the Squire. !,
Is squeezed out OF him and he is moth
ing. my friends. but one in a great
big crowd. So you are big or little
Qhe Is a big man back there but he
Is -iwailowed up by the great thing
that we call the crowd'D. largely