The Washington herald., 1918-01-18


and the best things and the bes,
planning In the world for the Lord.
And God put 50 much emphasis on
flowing God with the mind and ths
heart by showing that God wants in
telligence in prayer and in effort az
well as the lift and pull with all your
might, for the Lord.
The farmer shuts his eyes anc
throws away his common sense IL he
still plows with a fork and stick.
Bishop Taylor. Of Africa, said. 81
promised God that I would do as
for him as one man will do for an
other man for money"
That is what Paul did. He made
converts in the house Of Caesar. Pet
er did. Martin Luther did, when
he was toiling on his knees; and
that is what John Wesley did; when
he used to ride five to seven thous-
and miles a year in his saddle. II
there is a better way of carrying the
work of God on now than there was
one hundred years ago. let's do 1t.
Get n Better Way.
Oh. IL there is a better way of
carrying on Gods work than we have
now. let's do II.
We found out that electricity was
better to light with than a taIlow
dip. We found out that a battle
ship with men enough and powder
enough to wreck a kingdom was bet
ter than the old wooden sailing ves-
sci. We found out that the trolley
cars were better than horse-cars. ,
Now. IL there is a better way of
doing Gods work, let's do II. This
idea of ringing the bell on Sunday
morning to get people to come To
church Is past, It has gone on long
enough.
In business. machines that will not
produce results-we get rid of. And
II you have a machine installed and
some fellow comes in with some
thing that will increase the output
and decrease the cost OF production
You will rip out the old machine and
throw IT in the scrap heap. You
want up-to-date methods In business.
In religion we keep on shooting with
the same old fiint-lock, smoothbore
muzZle loader. We keep lighting with
the same old tallow dips. We keep
travelling over the same old course
We keep rolling our eyes up to the
ceiling like a dying calf and say,
surely it is not the Lords set time
to work"
God Almishty's time is any time and
all the time.
1t was always Gods time to give
us machinery. Always Gods time &c
give us steam. II was Gods time tc
give US electricity long before Ben.
jamin Franklin few his kite. II has
always been Gods time to give us
labor-saving machinery.
Give God your brains and then Of
them US. and he will dig out a thou.
sand things that you never knew were
there. That is what he did for multi
tudes, and there is no reason why he
cannot do the same thing for you.
Andrew. the humble. became the FIRST
disciple. He was a world power, for
he used his brain as well as his heart.
o, what a drawing power you will
have IL you give your hands TO God
They would beat a porous plaster. Give
your hands and your faces will &c
with il.
Long-faeed Christians.
And the face OF every Christian
ought to have a light such as only
God can give, and IL you have the
iong-faced brand. get rid of it. You
never got that from God Almighty
That Is the kind the Pharisees had
and Jesus Christ gave them a solar
plexus straight through the eyes.
Give God your faces. shine I'D for
Jesus Christ. And when a fellow starts
out TO make a man of himself without
any help from God about the frs,
thing he does is to get a face Ions
enough to make a fire escape out of 1t.
And lots of people have been claim.
ing that Gods yoke is easy and His
burden light, but it profits them little
when they look into the mirror and
see what they do see. Why, the devil
would bank his fires and lock tn,
doors OF hell to go to church AND
hear fellow like that give his tes-
timony.
God doesn't want US to look as
though having religion was worse
than having a tooth-ache. Let YOUR
light shine for Jesus Christ, my
friends. Brighten up and see wha,
the Lord will do and IL God has our
races he will have our mouths,
Language-that is one OF the great
est gifts to mankind. The latest
dictionary gives four hundred thou.
sand six hundred words in the Eng
llsh language. They say Shakespeare
nau the most extensive vocabulary
OF any human being. He could use
ntteen thousand words. The average
man or woman uses about one thou
sand Rufus Choate could use eleven
thousand words, and Milton could use
eight thousand words. Erich your
vocabulary. Every word coined or
copied increases your capacity to ex-
press your thought.
Someone has said IT you will di.
vide the sins of the world into two
parts, half OF them would be the sin,
OF the tongue"
III we all knew what other peopl,
were saying about US We would no
nave four friends in the world. Wher
you have entered a room and ther,
Is lull in the converse ton II is dol.
lars to doughnuts they were talking
about you.
DR.. Talmage said Discount Is Der
cent for the spirit OF gossip. Twenty.
hve per cent for ignorance of facts
and when you get through You have
got nothing left"
Don't you utter careless words.
When Lord Byron was a young mar
he heard Of a girl. in whom he wa.
interested and whom he loved, say
ing in response to a question tha-
somebody asked her-if she would
mary Byron-"Pooh. do you think
would mary that crippled young feI.
low?"
1t made him cynical and he never
, had much regard for a woman the
rest of his life although they put hin
in his grave when he was only 81 year.
old
Count Tolstoy when he was home