Evening journal., 1918-04-25

q heart, home. community, OF Town |
Is largely what those who live there
determine Il to be. The atmosphere ,
pr condition OF any place Is governed
* those In authority. II a crowd oi
boys have for their leader vile, FOUL
aae.lahed fellow that Is always cussing
and damning unduestion8hly the crowd !
viii be proiane. II the minister ol d
thurch IS awake and on the job, loves
God. knows the truth and breaches II
and is out winning men for Christ you
viii find his parishioners loving God
and His word and out telling others
d salvation and winning folks for God.
Most neople are carbon copies and not
he original 10 Is easy for most folks
10 fall into line and follow the leader
what the leader is his subjects VIII be.
When Chrlat rules In the hearts OF
men their lives arc happy, content and
peaceful. The police and detectives /
could 20 out Of business for all they
arc concerned. When Christ governs
home or a community 70 Is a desra-
bIs place to live, things are done de-
gently and In order while safety ana
eontentment prevail All that 10 takes
20 make any place heavenly Is TO let
ffCod have His way. Let Him be the
boss absolutely and then every one
IAN In line and do His bidding. That
4 makes life worth living, that Is heaven.
When Satan rules In the hearts OF
men their lives are unhappy, miserable
and hate abides where love shQulu
dwell Their consclences, the pohce'
and the courts Of Justice are always
hnsv and working over time. When the
Devil runs a home or a community ne
.sends Il straight to destruction ana
4bose who live there need no one 10
feIl them that they are having hell
on earth. The DEVILS aim and chlei
etdelieht is TO make wrecks or lndlNlu-
uals families, homes, communities,
cties and nations and anything he can
lay claim 70. His business is to make
things helllslf and II he is In power
we know what TO expect.
II conditions IN the slum districts are
20 be changed set new boss. 50 Ions
as the enemy OF mems souls Is super
intendent sobrety. honesty, virtue
truth. cleanliness, order, and decency
will not secure a position, they viii all
be out Of work Give Jesus Christ
chance. put Him In as general manager
and out will go that old gang. The
murderer, cut-thrOat, thief, thug, and
undesirable citizen viii all have TO hunt
new quarters The great need is not
reformation, but regeneration. To edu-
- cate, cultivate, legislate. and increase
the weight OF the pocketbook without
Jesus Christ Is Ike trying TO lift your
self by pulling up on your own shoe
strings. Apply the blood cure, the
blood Of Jesus Christ It has never
failed yet under any circumstance and
81 In the most extreme cases. Win men
70 Jesus Christ. Children Of God won't
live like the devil.
Is The power Of the cross adequate
II was as easy for God to hold back
the waters Of the Red Sea for those
Tsraelltes as It was for Him 70 give
the nrst commandment. II took nc
more fort for Christ to walk on the
Sea OF Galiilee than on the dusty road
side. Just as easy for Him TO raise
Lazarus from the dead as 1t was tc
say good morning to his sister Mary
There Is no more Of q question OF
ability on Gods part to transform The
slum district than there Is on His par
70 change water into Ice. Our Savior
has no. limitations and no one hlns
Is harder for Him to do than any othei
thing. He has said, "Whosoeyer vii
may come" no distinctions OF divisions
were made. WhosOeVer means every
body aud that means ALL We arc toll
IN Gods word that where sin abound
grdce doth much more abound. Civ
God a chance to be boss In your life
then watch God work Remember HI
method Is never by conquest, ell hay
been invited and It Is an optional mat
ed ter with each and every Individual.
ef the home community or slum is to b
reached Il must be done through tn
individual One by one Is the divin
method. Put God on the throne, Il
Him be boss and you'n have heaven
~ put Satan on the throne, let him b
boss and you'll have hell. There
no neutral ground, choose ye this da
whom ye win serve. Matthew 80, See
ye FIRST the kingdom Of God and II
righteousness and all these things sna
be added unto you."
Next Sundays topic will be write
BY Mrs. Samuel p Rolph.
The young peoples man, Or. Danl
A. Polling has just returned from a sta
IN France. The facts that Dr. Polir