The Washington herald., 1918-01-23


him in his struggle; and he tore OF
his coat. tore on his vest, out with
his knifs and cut the shoes from
his feet. threw OF his hat, ana with
hair streaming In the wind. eyes
bloodshot. muscles taut, on and on
he ran. with the perspiration run
ming down his cheeks like Damon
of old.
At Cost Of Life.
And as he reached the starting
point. the signal gun fred and he
stumbled and cried. II have won! !
have wonI"
But he remained still. They hur-
ried to his side. They looked into
his face. He was dead. He gained
IL, but II cost him his life.
On, yes. you may gain the privi-
lege of sticking your feet under
somebody's mahogany and hitting
their booze at a Dutch lunch, drink
Ing their champagne and cocktails,
my friend, just for the privilege of
keeping your name on their calling
list: and you'd sell out to the devil,
you'd spit in the face Of Jesus
Christ, just to keep your name on
some old double-chinned DANES
calling list have seen it the
world over.
Now, in spite OF Gods omnipo-
tence, my friend, listen-God could
not make a free being incapable of
doing wrong, as freedom carries
with 1t. my friend, the liability TO
sin IL you want TO sin. and he only
is able to do right who is also able
to do wrong. IL he is fool enough
to do II. When you talk about q
free agent, q free agent is one that
can DO either right or DO wrong,
and God Almighty decreed the free
dom OF the human will So you can
choose to do right or choose to do
wrong. as freedom carries with IL
the privilege to do either; and God
tells you what will happen IL you
do right and what will happen II
you do wrong. II you want to go
to heaven, go ahead: and IL you
want to 60 to hell. go ahead. 1t is
up to you, that is all
Devil Doesn't Care.
And so the devil don't care. Oh,
no. He will fatter you. He will
cheat, he will deceive. he will mock;
he will lead you on to indulge and
when at last you awaken to the hor-
! ror Of your condition and you try to
break away. you will find yourself
held in bands stronger than steel and
more enduring by that enslaving
brutslizing, stupefying appetite. and
you will cry out. ''oh. wretched man
that I am, who shall deliver me?"
God pity you; there will be none,
for the devil has taken you away from
the Lord.
But ] want to say to you. folks
instead OF this supposed total indif-
| ference, heaven and earth and he'll
are all interested in this campaign
/ Heaven wants TO save you; earth
wants TO cheat you. and hell wants
10 damn you. They are all interested
none are Indifferent
| All, but you are like a ship ahrt
yonder at sea. They rush 70 the cap
tain and say.
Captain, she is anre in the hold
Come on. summon the crew and call
out the fire apparatus; we'll put II
out"
| The captain says. NO! Nail dowr
! the matches. close the port holes. pu'
out the lights. am captain of thii
ship. will put her In the hsrbor al
Liverpool or will put her in the bot
tom Of the Atlantic"
But they say, Captain. the fire ia
burning and the fire will warp he'
steel ribs and the great plates will
| bulge and the water will run in anc
we will be drowned. Come on. let,
send out the o S. Yonder goes the
St Louis; yonder goes the St Paul
! yonder goes the Philadelphia; yondeI
goes the Baltic; yonder goes the Car
pathia! Come on, they win catch IL
They will see our signal. They viii
| deviate from their course and take uI
OF. Come on, captain, we are sink
ing"
Flies No signal.
He says. mo! command you
close the portfolios. put out the
lights. nail down the matches. am
captain OF this ship. We will send