The Washington herald., 1918-01-18

sticks. He became so proficient
that he can rattle on one hundred
and twenty words a minute on trial
You let God have your hands and
he will train them to do things
with them that will make the an
gels wonder and look with jealousy
How many burdens you would be
lifting on that day. you would new
er touch your fingers to. How many
tears you would see that you would
stop to wipe away IL God Almighty
only had your hands. This old
world would be a vestibule to glory
and a suburb of Heaven. IL God
only had your hands.
Down in a Southern city, was q
young lady. They were having what
they called a dress ball"-"un-
dressed BALI would be nearer right
They did not have clothes enough
on them to make a pad for a crutch.
And presently a young fellow stood
i there and he did not dance and one
\ of these society bellies. with a soft
liquid. Gaelic expression; q straight
9recian nose, large lustFous brown
OyCo lhdL bCI 1dl apart nail
like q ravens wing, her teeth look
ed like lodges OF pearl and Arctic
snow drifts; her neck like a swan
she came up to him with a gaze
of Spartan-like championship and
she said to him. 'Will you pledge 9
glass of champagne with me?"
He said. No. nam, / do moi
drink"
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did not drink l would have stood
upon the formality of an introduc.
ton. and l would not have trespass-
ed upon the rules of etiquette and
spoken to you. But you looked sc
lonely that thought would rar
the risk of mourning your displeas-
ure and having you think me bold
and forward. by speaking to you
Not one glassT'
mo, thank you"
II can not understand you"
And he backed OFF, but a dude
came up and the same thing wen,
on between the monkey and the
man. He said, Come on, be a game
sport. Come on"
And others nagged him to des.
peration, and finally he said, well
could drink just one glass"
And he reached out his hand ant
took it and he looked at 1t a min.
ute and he drank it down. Anoth.
er, and another. another. He be.
came glibful tongued and they
pushed him out on the ballroom
floor and he became So drunk thai
the girls had to hold him up tc
keep him from falling.
What Will Mother sayt
Now they were happy because
they could not bear to see anyone
on the square. The dirty bunch haC
gotten him to hell and they seemed
to be able to go to bed happy, now
They danced on and drank anG
drank until midnight. At 2 O'Clock
a man could be seen walking up anC
down in the shade of the depot
platform and he would pull a PIN
flask from. his pocket and drink Il
down and say, "oh, Godi what will
mother say"
Them he would stagger into the
darkness and take another drink
and when he had emptied the bottl,
he hurled 1t out on the rail, anC
when the headlight Of the midnigh'
express on the Shore Line was com
ing for New York he STAGGERED
aboard and went back to his homt
in Vermont, where two months latel
he died OF delirium tremens. H,
shook his fist and shot it into tn,
face of his father until the blood
spurted from his nose.
Oh. IL you could have seen the let
ter that mother wrote back to tha
society belle. II So you would sa.
with Lady Macbeth of old, "will no
all Neptune's, seas wash this blooC
awsy?"
Oh, use your hands to pull peopl,
out Of the mires and not to shov,
them hellward.
by the mercies Of Cod give it t.
the world. -
| Make this world better by the In
iuences you possess.
The Epworth League motto is
Look up and lift up" Oh, you will
not do very much lifting up unless
God Almighty has hold of you
hands to help you to do something
And II God will get hold of you
hands you will stick them down II
your pockets and you will TAX,
them out full Of dough. and you will
pay Gods expenses quick and ge
them out or the way.
About the first thing he does 1!
cut the purse strings around you
pocketbooks. ----
A fellow heard of was baptiset
by immersion. He Joined the churci
and he took out his note book ant
the preacher said. Give me you
pocketbook."
mot on your life. / want that Il
go under with me-"
No Bargain-counter Religion.
I tell you pure religion will d.
more for the world when God hai
something more than nickels ant
pennies to work with. Some peopl,
have a sort of skim-milk religion
There Is no such thing as q bargain
counter proposition with God AL
mighty.
II 1t does not cost you much Il q
worth more than 1t costs you and 4
! you get IT and lie down. and take /
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