The Washington herald., 1918-01-10

with God, and God broke his thign'
Thigh is the symbol Of power. and he
had to do Il to make him realize his
weakness. Oh, God may have to
reach In behind the counter and grab
some Of you Wall Street bankers BY
you collar and yank you out and
throw you on your backs and shake
shrouds over you. and ask you how
you have solved the problem.
what doth It profit q man II he
gain the whole world and lose his own
soul?" God may have to take some OF
you women and shake a shroud over
you. He may have to back hearse
up In front of your house before you
will ever pray. He will do 1t IL he
has to. He will show you how weak
you are and how helpless you are.
Then you turn to him. He said. Lord
deliver me-" II you will all offer an
honest prayer will you make that
prayer God deliver me?"
don't know what your trouble is.
I don't care to know. have no dis
position to butt into your affairs or
your weakness. Some person would
say. God deliver me from my pride"
Some people are so contemptibly
proud they are uncomfortable. And
some say, Lord deliver me from my
lust" Lord. deliver me from my
strong drink" Lord. deliver me from
my spirit Of deception" Lord, de-
liver me from the gossiping disposi-
tion that possess" God will come
as nurse-kind. gentle. tender. SYM
pathetic, with the opiates and the
panaceas-and II you don't listen to
him then, he viii come as a surgeon.
He will drive his scalpei and trocar
into the very purifying abcesses that
are boring their way toward your
vitals.
Gods doing his best to keep you
out of hell You'd better listen to
the Lord and give him chance. Gods
your friend. He wants to do you
good. II God would have his way
this old world would be a grand,
glorious place in which TO live. We
have reached the crisis as a nation.
The nations of the world are In the
midst OF such crisis as has not been
recorded on the pages OF history for
centuries and centuries; in the midst
OF a crisis spiritually and morally.
God won't be here but will be par
tcularly near in these days. He
reached a crisis. Is God wrestling
with you to give up some sin that you
roll like sweet morsel under your
tongue; to give up your companion
that Is dragging you down as a mill
stone about your neck? You may
have brought him here tonight be-
cause it is a convenient place to spend
little time. and you have a suspic-
ion that Is within your heart-the
least thought about sin-and the COM
panion with whom you are going to
sin may rub elbows with you now.
Take it from me. BE sure your sin
will ind you OUT
Effects OF dishonest Habits.
Give up your companion-anybody
that will drag you down and away
from God and decency and truth. Some
OF you may have to pull out your
bankbooks, write check on the bank,
pay back some man you skinned with
some fake mining stock. or you sold
him real estate down In Florida and
you'd have to have q submarine to
find 1t.
Just one litle Illustration. When
my father went to war four months
before 1 was born, he enlisted in Com
pany f, Twenty-third Iowa, in Au-
gust. I was born the 18th OF the
following November. / never looked
into his face. He never came home.
fought my way through life since
was s years old up to this platform
here tonight. And I spent a good
many years of my life in Soldiers
Orphans Home out in Iowa. I came
back from the Soldiers Orphans
Home and went to live with Col. John
Scott, lieutenant governor of Iowa.
There met people that never knew
existed before.
wore a coonskin cap and rawhide
boots and overalls, and a hickory
year, and there were hills and valleys
when they got through with me. When
was II years old made application
to the school board for the position of
tanltor. To my surprise and delight
they gave 1t to me. had to get up
at 2 o'clock in the winter to build the
fire. They used to heat the building
with stoves. Then had to keep them
going through the day and go to
school besides, doing the chores down
at Col. Scott's, and cooking. though 1
couldn't bake anything but bread. And
so one day I got a check for my SAL
airy from the secretary of the school
W. NODOuy Ctllcu me u
then I went down and showed the
check in the bank window, and a fell
low stood there ahead of me, and the
cashier gave him his money, and
handed me my money. and / walked
out on the sidewalk and counted it. He
gave me $40 and my check only called
for s25.
I called on a friend OF mine, who
L.,
told him. said: Frank, what do you
think, Jay King handed me $40 and my
check only called for SIS" He said:
Bill, II had your luck would buy
a lottery ticket" Butt said, "the
SIS isn't mine" He said. Don't be a
chump. If you were shy SO and you
went back you would not get 1t, and if
they hand SIS, don't be a fool, keep it"
He said. you'll have enough to buy
suit OF clothes and still have s25,'
and I'll be darned If didn't do it.
Paid Back SIS.
can see that old suit yet. It was
kind Of brown like sage. And years
later'I was convicted to be a Christian
and got down to pray, and the Lord
seemed to touch me on the sholder
and say. ''Bill, You owe the Farmers
National Bank Of Iowa SIS, with in
terest-" said, Lord, the bank
don't know I've got the money" The
Lord said, II know you have got It.;
dig up" You know what did? 1
stalled around for years whether I'd
be decent and pay back dhe paltry SIS.
One day down in Terre Haute, Ind,
at the Terre Haute House, got
down on my knees and said, Lord, |
don't seem to have any hope. Every
time i pray I can see that SIS and
interest" seF back my check. and
everything I could make right I have
made right. and I will pay any man
or Moman's salary and exnenses IL