The Washington herald., 1918-01-09
LORD! REVIVE THY WORK.
] TEXT OF STIRRING PLEA
J THAT SEARS SKEPTICS
EVENING SERMON
DEFENSE OF REVEALS,

In the third chapter Of Habakkuk. :
second verse: 20 Lord. revive they
work! In the midst OF the years IN /,
wrath, remember mercy"
God has the right to deal with us y
any way he pleases. but I pray him
that he will not give US what Is com : :
ing to US, but will bear a little more
patiently with US and kiss away our /,
scains Of guilt and give Us another
chance.
We are reminded by that verse that :
we are In the midst of the years-the
one in which we are living. 1t Is :
good thing to take an occasional I
retrospeetive view and then an intro
spectiye view and then a prospective {
view and try to discover by the intro {
spective what caused you to do the y
things that make you to hang your {
head In shame and loom up out Of the .
midst Of the past like the periscope OF =
Submarine.
There are a good many things that ,
remind you that the sands Of the :
hourgIass Of time are fast shifting Tor ,
many of you and It won't be long =
until the undertaken will pump you n
full OF embalming fluid and the quar- :
fetfe viii sing. Lead Kindly Light l l
Amidst the Encircling Gloom; Lead
Thou Ne On
Like Bum and Pay Car. :
This prophet. Habakiuk, IS supposed <
to have lived contemporary with Jer- 1
eraiah, and his prophecy was uttered
in anticipation Of that old Jewish cap q
tfvity which captivity was the re- =
snle Of the people Of God mingling l
mixing and amalgamating with the
people that God told them to pass
up-iike a bum would a pay car or .
hobo a >woodpile. But they would 2
a. a ThaU fhOlRhf fhaV D
could give the Lord cards and spades, 3
that he was a little too old-fogtsh,
they imagined his religion was ht- u
tie .out of date. And SO the prophet a
looked down and he saw by the laws I
and conditions that were then opera c
tive that there was but one inevitable
outcome from all that conglomerate S
mixture and amalgamation, and that c
was the BabyIonish captivity, and the
baring of their backs to the blows y
Of their taskmakers. and so he pray 9
ed. 20 Lordl Revive Thy work."
The only way to keep that crowd
safe is to Sevive them. Is what the =.
word needs today more money? Oh,
no! 1t isn't conservation of natural q
resources nor irrigation projects. nor h
anything of the kind. free silver or
gold standard-the old world needs v
a baptism OF the old time religion :,
a
heart for two thousand years.
In Religions Rut. a
There are people who suppose land :
i suppose they always will supposed :
that the only way to promote religion :
Is to move along uniformly in the
same old rut. There are two crowds !,
in every church-the ruts and the !
anti-ruts. 1 don't give a rap how old : :
methods are, If they are moscow
cred. so long as they will deliver the I
goods, but il they don't there Is one :
place for them and that's the scrap
pile.
Some people are scared to death
that some body may do something out
OF the ordinary that will keep a sin I
ner out of he'll. Some of them would 6
rather see him go than that things =
SHOULD be done not decently and in !
order.
Now. what is the nature of a revi- n
vals Well. 1t is an increase in re- I
Hgious things. We are facing the e
growing dominance Of the material L
over the spiritual You can take a q
basket of nickels on your arm ana q
walk down the average street and C
scatter them and lead the bunch so a
close to hell they could smell the sui =
pl1ur fumes vomiting from the infer q
no below.
'lnlS Is q DuSy h6o III WAlCh VIC hNC- |
Man has hardly time to stop and comb
his hair or get shaved. We rush in q
10 4 depot and the brakeman pokes
hts .head in the door. Twenty min o
utes for Iunch." and you rush over "
and grab a cup Of coffee and a sinker p
and you go down and you spend sew I
enty-ive bones getting cured for what v
cost you a jitney. =
Out of Pit of He'll
This Is a day Of isms and schisms g
and ologies, and there never was a h
time when there were more isms d
wriggIing their carcasses out Of the 4
pit Of he'll to lead people on on $
tangent from the true God. than in b
your day and mine. The devil has d
Transformed himself into an angel OF p
light Fifteen years ago he was as
saultine the curch through ~infidel- 81
fty led by the archangel of infidel- d
ffy. Bob Ingerson. But today the
chufch is being ssaulted by isms and
chisms and there isn't enough religion n
IN them to float their dirty fallacies! le
Blu. the devil Is q smart guy; he's d
been preying on this old world for G
5000 years. He never has appendicitis N
or peritonitis; he's always Johnny-on- 81
fhe-spot- i
It's an axiom in regard to all en- a
ferprfses that the measure OF ones Il
preparedness will in a degree deter d
mine the measure of their success. "
Just IN proportion as you sre prepar- Il
ed 10 have the spirit of God move up
on your heart and through your heart
into the community. in that propor-
ton will the spirit of God move to
bring this city to its knees re-
pentance. N
Years ago when Moody was In New =,
YORK, some of the preachers were
ooking him. said he was crude and !.
fbering and his eccentricities and :.
<dosyncrasies greatly astonished and = :
alarmed them. Like a lady who went
out of the tabernacle and somebody
asked her what do you think Of Mr..
sunday7'
She drew m her diaphragm and
said. well, he seems TO be desperate "
1y in earnest He Is a man of con- \
trast. He Is January and he Is June. :
He 4 Mount Vesuvius In hemorrh- y
age Of lava, now he's raining dafodils. =
Now he's refined and as chaste as q =,
lamb: now he's as slangy as a hobo =
in stale beer joint asking for q :
handout."
All Thing. to An People. ly
SO / try to be all things to all peo- u
rie that i might win some to God D
ana II don't stick to my text, I will C
try to stick to my crowd. A
DR.. Booth got up before the Min q
istcrial Association Of New York and "