Evening star., 1918-01-22

lBUly Sunday did not let the snowstorm
which gripped Washington today pre-
went him from preaching atthis after
noon's service at the Tabernacle. The
evangelist delivered his first of series
of three sermons on Personal WORK.
Miss Grace SAKE, Bible teacher OF the
| Sunday party, fell yesterday afternoon
and sprained her arm while walking IN
| the vicinity of the headquarters OF the
party, Mount Alto Inn. This will not
prevent her, however. from continuing
| in her work during the campaign.
| More than 1000 railroad men are eX-
pected to attend this evenings services
| at the Tabernacle The delegation will
represent the Washington Terminal
| Company, Baltimore and Ohio. Pennsyl-
| vania and Southern railways. Potomac
freight yard. Pullman and express COM
panies and railway postal clerks.
| The meetings held every Wednesday
for the business women at the First
| Congregational Church are Immediately
| being well attended.
| Although Monday is the day of rest
| for Billy Sunday he always spends that
| day busily engaged at headquarters in
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| The evangelist always has an ear" for
| other peoples troubles and is liberal
with his advice.
First Of Sermons on Personal Work.
| The first Of Mr. Sundays three ser
| mons on Personal Work" was given at
this afternoons meeting at the Taber-
| nacle. He took for his text He tina t
| winneth souls is wise" He spoke, In
! part, as follows:
/ There are many people who want to
| win somebody for Jesus and they are
| waiting to be told how to do it. I be-
! lfeve there are hundreds and thousands
| of people who are willing to work and
who know something must be done, but
| they are waiting for help. l mean
from men and women of ordinary abil-
| ity. Many people are sick and tired
| and disgusted with just protesting re-
| ligion: they are tired of trotting to
| church and trotting home again. They
sit in pew and listen to a sermon;
they are tired of that. not speaking to
i anybody and not engaging in personal
work: they are getting tired of 1t and
| the church is dying because of it:
| there Is nothing to that. lot should
wake up and go to the rescue and win
for Jesus Christ.
II want to say to the deacons, stew
ards. vestrymen. prudential committee
that they should work, and the place to
begin is at your own home. Sit down
and write the names of five or ten
friends. and many of them members of
your own church, yet you minsle with
these people in the club. in business, in
YOUR home in a friendly way You
meet them every week. some of them
every day, and you never speak to them
on the subject of religion; you never
bring it to their attention at all: you
should be up and doing something for
God and Gods truth. There are al
ways opportunities for Christian to
work for God There is always a
chance to speak to some one about God.
l am not going to theorize: we are
dealing too much in theories and specu-
lations. This or that Interpretation of
some dogma or doctrine is not going to
give you spiritual power.
Too Lackadaisical in Religion.
You carry your religion with you by
the bare truth. Be out and out for
God. Have heart to heart talk with
some people and win them to Christ.
The first recorded words Of Jesus are
these. Wfst We not I must be about My
Fathers busfneSs?' He was lost and
they found Him sitting in the temple
and He had the old Pharisees and doc
tors OF the law tied up in a bunch.
That whole bunch had brain fever try
ing to keep up with Him and He was
found Him and said: Son, don't you
know we have been searching for your
He answered. Wist we not / must be
about My Fathers business" and from
then until now He has been calling US
to go forth and do His work. Mothers
should plead with their children and
they in turn should plead with their
friends for religion.
The trouble Is we are too lackadaisi-
cal In religion, Indifferent and dead and
lifeless. That is the spirit of the COM
mfttees today in the church I think
the multitude In the church will have
can lead any one else to Christ 1t is
my firm conviction after sixteen years
OF experience in the work that half the
people in the church have never been
converted-have never been born again.
take up bottle of water, uncork It
and take drink. That is experiment
al. One sip of water can convince me
more OF its power to slake thirst tina n
10000 books written on the subject.
You know duinine 10 bitter because
you have experimental; you know fire
VIII burn because you have expert
mented: you know ice will freeze; 1t Is
cold: you have experimental
Man Must Experience Religion.
"A man must experience religion to
know God. All you know Of God is
what you read In some book or what
you heard somebody else talk about :;
you haven't lived so that you could
learn drst-handed. There is too much
secondhand stuff in the church. It is
your privilege to know and to have
salvation. Jesus said to Peter, When
you are converted strengthen thy