The Washington herald., 1918-01-10

what viii come to you. Out in New
Mexico In the American Valley there
are occasional springs. So valuable
are they to the herdsmen of that
arid land that to prevent the possi-
biltty OF the cattle tramping them
out, they built two semi-circuIar
walls shaped like a horseshoe-left
open at the end. Otherwise, the cat
tie. coming across the country forty
miles to these springs to drink, in
their eagerness for water, would
trample the springs out. And in
this opening they built a wide deep
trough and a platform at an angle
OF about ten degrees. and put the
trough in the middle:
The cattle. driven by their thirst
would walk on this platform and the
heft OF their bodies would press
down the plungers and loosen a
plug at either end OF the trough, the
water would rush in and the cattle
were watered automatically, and
when their thirst was appeased they
would back on and whatever water
was left In the trough would evapo-
rate.
God Ready to Listen.
NhhAA q Ndil DOOh-L1e VI ORC
OF God-with its thousands Of promises
and lay them down and take my stand
by God. and barriers are burned away,
obstacles fee. and the blessing Of God
wells up and floods my soul, and ]
cry out with the sweet singer OF
old, my cup runneth over" through
faith in Jesus Christ, when ! do his
will. Then you will have power when
Goo sees you are willing 10 overcome
difficulties.
Oh. prayer. my friends, can move
God. And God can move things. II
won't be easy to come out and put
on badge and usher people; il won't
be easy TO come and sing in a choir
II won't be easy TO go and pray: IL
won't be easy to climb these office
buildings and invite the girls; II won't
be easy to do that. have heard of
stores that have made arrangements
to hire buses to send the girls free
OF charge up to the central meeting.
One department store in twon gives
the girls half an hour each relay SO
they can attend the meeting and get
back.
i tell you q sinner will look for
a dry spot before this old city will
move for Christ Do you know what
think as 1 have gone up and down
the land for twenty years? They
look to me as though they ate too
much and sleep too well over this Old
world going TO He'll. There is an alb
solute indifference as to what they
should be.
Many people will repeat their creeds
and thirty-nine Articles Of Confes-
sion: they Will sing and say the Lord S
prayer; go to church one day in sever
theoretically they are Christians; but
practically they are Atheists, and
that's all religion consists of now
Atheists. You don't need to break
the law to be a force.
Here is a slot machine. ] want TO
get my weight. I am a preacher 50
I exhort the machine and don't get
my weight. / stand on the platform
but I don't put a penny in the slot.
and / don't get my weight. I put a
penny in the slot. but don't get on
the platform. and ! don't get my
weight. put a penny in the slot. get
on the platform-zipp, 145. / didn't
break the machine. had sense
enough to comply with the conditions,
and I have got my weight now.
Listen! Nitrogen is a substance
in the air. The atmosphere is
seven-tenths nitrogen. All right
Nitrogen enters the body through
animal and vegetable life. We
couldn't live without It. There
would be no vegetation without
nitrogen. 1t wouldn't grow in the
world. Vegetation exhausts the
soil. When the earth becomes
bankrupt we will starve to death,
The farmer rotates his crops,
oh, don't laugh at the old rube
when he hits it down the street
with his bird tail whiskers and his
overalls stuck in his boots. You
can't get along without him. He
can get along without you. But
IL there were no products to eat
this city would rot on its founda'
tion, and your palatial homes
would be sepulchers II there was nc
food. He is the boy that keeps
something in your stomach.
Rotating Crops.
And so he rotates his crops
Now listen! Beans, peas, alfalfa
they are rich in nitrogenOus foods
Listen, they take out OF the air
more nitrogen than they need for
themselves and they deposit in the
ground and increase natures bank
account Corn. wheat. fax, rye, po-
tatoes-they take out of the ground
more nitrogen than they do out OF
the air. So they pick the pockets
of nature. So the farmer rotates
his crops. and he turns under
these things that are rich in nitro
genous foods. He don't break a
law. He simply complies with il
so he can give you something tC
eat. That is what he does to the
world.
oh. there are difficulties. I'll ad.
NIT that. All sorts of crime is or
the increase. Listen to me! There
are lots of things that I'm moi
proud of in my country. I an
proud of everything that's good
and / abhor everything that's evil
and 1 hope that when stand VI
here and preach the gospel of Jesus
Christ to make drunkards sober. tC
make libertines pure, to make
blasphemers pray. and Sabbath des'
ecrators keep the law OF God, I an
working for the good of my natior
and Of my land. and for you.
We lead the world in crime
There is a murder every hour oi
the day in our land. We have
averaged from 10000 to $4,000 g
year for the past II years. In Ger
many there are five murders tC
every 100000 of the population; In
England, eight; in Canada, twelve
in Italy. fourteen; in France. six
teen; in Belgium. seventeen; in the
United States Of America. eighty
one.
We lead the world in crime. And
tell you, graft, as one OF the papers
said, has a strangle hold on religion