The Washington herald., 1918-01-28
'sHEAVEN FOR THE SAVED,
HE'LL FOR THE DAMNED,
ALL THERE Is TO IT.
AFTERNOON SERMON

welfare" he said. II never expect
to get that far"
Neither did that bum" I an
swered.
1 was standing on another
corner less than eight months after
ward and I saw a bum coming along
with head down, his eyes bloodshot.
his face bloated. and he panhandled
me for fiapjack before recognized
him 1t was George. He had lost his
job and was on the tobaggan slide
hitting it for hell.
1 say IL sin wasn't so deceitful It
would not be so attractive. Every
added drink makes il harder.
Christianity is the capital on
which you hold your character.
Don't you let the devil fool you.
You never become a man until you
become a Christian.
Christianity is the capital on
which you do business. It's your
character that gets you anything.
Your reputation is what people say
about you, but your character is
what God and your wife and the
angels know about you. and know
you to be. Many have regulations
OF good being. but their characters
would make a black mark on a
piece Of coal or tarred paper.
Trusted Him I'm Vaults of Banks.
I was over in Terre Haute. Ind,
not long ago and 1 was in a bank
there admiring the beauty of 1t
when the vice president, Mr.. Nc
- St
bill. you haven't seen the vault
yet" and he opened up the vaults.
carefully contrived against burg
lars. and let me in. There were
three and 1 wandered from one to
another. No one watched me. 1
could have filled my pockets with
gold and silver. but no one watched
me.
Why did they trust me? Because
they knew ] was preaching the gos-
pei of Jesus Christ and living up to
it. That's why they trusted me.
There was a time in my life when
man wouldn't trust me with a
yellow dog on a corner fifteen min
utes.
What are some people going to
do about the judgment? Some are
just in life for the money they get
out of it. They will tell you north
is south if they think they can get
a dollar by it. They float get-rich-
quick schemes and anything for
money
haven't a word to say about a
man who has earned his money hon
estly and is using it to provide for
his family and spending the sur
plus for good.
You know there is a bunch Of
NUTS that sit around on stools and
whittle and spit and cuss and damn
and say that every man who has an
honest dollar ought to divide it with
them, while others get out and get
busy and work and sweat and toll
and prepare to leave something for
their wives and families when they
J die, and spend the rest for good.
Old Commodore Vanderbilt had a
fortune OF over $200.O0O.000 and
one day when he was i'll he sent for
DR.. Deems. He asked him to sing
for him that old song, Come, ye
sinners, poor and needy, come, ye
wounded sick and sore"
The old commodore tossed from
! side to side, looked around at the
evidences of his wealth and he said,
That's what 1 am, poor and needy"
Who? Commodore Vanderbilt poor
and needy with his 500. .OO0, 900? The
foundation of that fabulous fortune
was laid by him and he poled a
yawl from New York to Staten ISL
and and picked up pennies for do
ing 1t
The foundation of the immense
Astori fortune was laid by John ia
90 H. \
bought fur and hides from trappers
estate.
The next day in the street one
man said to another:
Have you heard the news? Com
modore Vanderbilt is dead"
How much did he leave?"
He left it all
Cannot Take Wealth Into Next
World.
Naked you came into this world.
and naked you will crawl out of it.
You brought nothing in the world
and you will take nothing out, and
) If you have put the pack screws on
the poor and piled up a pile of gold
as big as this tabernacle you can't
take it with you.
1t wouldn't do you any good II
you could because 1t would melt.
Don't listen-go on. when you are
raeked with disease, when your
flesh is rotting with Nth, you will
remember that Bill warned you to
keep away from those whose house
door swings into hell.
Some just live for booze. Some
say: 'T need it. 1t keeps me warm
in winter" Another says: II keeps
me cool in summer"
Well, If it keeps you warm in
winter and cool in summer why is
it that out of those who freeze to
death and are sunstruck the greater
part of them are booze holsters?
Every one takes it for the alcohol
there is in it. Take that out and
you would as soon drink dish water.
can buy can of good beef ex-
tract and dip the point of my knife
in the can and get more nourish-
ment on the point of that knife than
in 500 gallons of the best beer.
II the brewers of this land today
were making their beer in Ger
many 90 per cent of them would be
in Jail. The extract on the point of
the knife represents one and three
quarter pounds of good beefsteak.
Just think, you have to make a
swill barrel out of your bellies and
a sewer il you want to get that
much out of beer and run 500 gal
Ions through.
Oh, go ahead IL you want to-. but
I'll try to help you, Just the same.
Every man has blood cofpuscles,
and their object is to take the i'm
purities out of your system Perspi-
ration is for the same thing.
Every time you work or 1 preach
the impurities come out. Every time
auraak fhnno L.