Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-27
POWER OF CROSS
IN CITY SLUMS"
Christian Endeavor Topic for Sun
day Written by Clarence
Keen.

Topic: THE Power of the Cross in
the City Slums. Written by Clarence
! Keen.
! "A heart, home, community or town il
! largely what those who live there deter
mine it TO be. The atmosphere or condil
| tion of any place is governed by those in
] authority If crowd Of boys have for
| heir leader vile foul mouthed fellow
that is always cussing and damning,
unquestionably the crowd will be profnne.
| II the minister of church is awake and
on the job, loves God, knows the truth
and breaches it. and is out winning men
for Christ you will find his parishiOncrs
| loving Cod and His word and out telling
others of salvation and winning folks for
| God Most people are carbon copies and
not the original. II is easy for most folks
| to fall into line and follow the leader,
what the leader is his subjects will he
When Christ rules in the hearts Of men
| their lives are happy, content and peaceful.
| The police and detectives could go out OF
| business for all they are concerned
When Christ governs a home or commI-
| nity il is n desirable place 30 live things
are done dcccntly and IN order while
safety and contentncnt prevail MI
that II takes To make any place heavenly
is to let God have His way Let Him
be the boss absolutely and then every
ono fall in Inc and do Ills bidding That
makes life worth living, that IL heaven
When : tan rules III tho hearts Of men
their lives are unhappy miserable and
hate abldcs where love should dwell
Their conscicnccs The police and the
courts Of justice are always busy and
working overtime When the Devil runs
h,r ltp apr,fIs -
straight 10 destruction and those who
live there need no ono 70 tell them that
they are having hell on earth The
Devils aim and chief delight IS t. make
wrecks of individuals families, homes.
communities, cltie4 and nations and
anything hc can lay claim TO lis busl-
ness II To make things hellish and # hr =
in power we know what to expect
If conditions IN the 9lun districts arc
10 be changed get ncw boss. - long
as the enemy of men $ souls Is superlu-
tcndcnt. snhricty, honesty, virtue, truth
cleanliness order and deccncy will not
secure "A position. they will all be ont of
work Give Jesus Christ chance put
Him IN rs General Manager and out will
% that old gang The murderer cut
throat thief thug and undesirable
citizen will sill have to hunt new quarters.
The great need IS not reformation but
regeneration To educate, cultivate, lcgis-
late and increase the weight Of the pocket
book without Jesus Christ Is like trying
10 lift your self by pulling up on your own
shoe strings Apply the blood cure the
blood of Jesus Christ II has never failed
vet under any circumstances and ~ the
most extreme cases WIN mcn 70 Jesus
Christ Children of God won't live like
the devil
Is the power Of the cross adequate
It was as easy for God to hold back the
waters Of the Red Sea for those Israelites
as It Was for Him to give the first com
mandmcnt 1t took no more effort for
Christ to walk on the Sea OF Galllee than
on the dusty road side Just as easy for
Him to raise Lazarus from the dead as it
WAS to say good morning to his sister
Marv There Is no more OF question
Of ability ON Gods part 10 transform the
sIum district than there Is on His part %
change water into zee Our Saviour has
no limitations and no one thing l. harder
for Him to do than any other thing lie
has said, 'Whosoevcr will may come.
no distinctions or divisions were made
" Whosoevcr means everybody and that
means all We are told in God word
that where SIN aboundS grace doth much
more abound Give Cod il chance - be
boss IN your life, make 4 complete sur
render 10 Hum and then watch God work.
Remember Ills method Is never 10y con-
quest all have been invited and Il Is an
optional matter with each and every
individual II the home community or
sllm Is To be reached it must bc done
through the individual 0ue bv one l.
the divine method Put Cod on the
throne let Him be- boss and you Il have
heaven; put Satan on the throne let
him bc boss and YOU Il have he'll There
Is no neutral ground Choose Yc tins day
whom We will serve Matthew 033
Seek ye first the kingdom of God and
His righteousness and all these things
shall be added unto YOU
Next Sundays topic will be written By
Mrs Samuel T Rolph
The young people 5 man. Or Daniel
4 Polling has returned from = stay Ia
France The facts that Or Polling glNeS
us about our boys over there viii put 1t
rest Wild rumors of immortality Or
Pohng also brought back the ttrst var
cross awarded AZ American soldier Is
the French government. IL having been
awarded Il Lieutenant Patterson, who
was president Of the Indiana Christian
Endeayor | mon
Eastlake NJ + IS getting ready tor is
annual rally James / Rankin Of hester
is to be the speaker
Say, Endcavorers, now about everyone
going to Lcnape on Decoration Day
Tell US what YOU think af tins plan at the
next meeting. Monday May 8 IN Fl7mere
church
Greenhill had its SECOND AnaI peule
supper last Monday evening ltWas We'll
attended and greatly enjoyed - all,
After the supper the monthly business
meeting was held and this was followed
by very entertaining musical program
and !, -oc}a! hour Ont of the Important
items ot business WIS the purchasing Of
Il Liberty bond by the society
Every Evening S classified advertise
ments bring results Proved t. the sass.
faction al MANY and will bc - yail All.