Evening star., 1918-01-24

displease the devil do 1t. Say, you
ought to break your neck to please God
and you ought to take supreme delight
in making Jesus Christ smile and the
devil groan. 1 lie awake nights study
ing up something the devil doesn't want
done and then go and do it.
Takes Effort to Save People.
"It requires effort to save people.
I worked on farm when l was only
ten years old, MIXED ten cows night
and morning. I used to bind oats before
Mccormick invented the self binder.
and ] was only eleven years old.
fired for a railroad: I've played base
ball; I've been an athlete, my friends.
You'd naturally think it's the easiest
thing on earth to get people to do right
well, it's the hardest thing, and yet
it's no compliment to any man or wom-
an to know they are not Christian. L
would be ashamed to look decent man
or woman in the face and say l
was not Christian. my friend! II TO
be a Christian meant to be something
disreputable, I would understand why
any one would refuse it. but when it
means to be the highest and nobiest
man or woman on Gods dirt. tell me
why you refuse and expect people to
respect you.
"And you need courage. Oh, there is
nothing harder, seemingly, than to get
out and talk-talk to somebody about
being a Christian. You can talk about
business, about politics. about society
that doesn't hurt the devils cause, but
when you begin your assault on his
kingdom, all the devils in hell will be
on your back.
Don't be afraid: don't go around
with your head hanging down like
bulrush, as though you are going to
fail. Many fail from lack of courage.
Mission to Do Your Best.
you have as much mission to
perform in this campaign as l have.
My mission is to do my best. Your
mission is to do your best. God
won't hold me responsible if you don't
do your share and he won't hold you
responsible if 1 don't do my share.
but I am doing my best. and that
doesn't let you out if you don't do
your best. Don't think all you have
to do is to come here and sit and
go home without saying word. You
are under just as much an obllga-
tion as / to help your country in It's
hour of need, or anybody else. Do
your best-that's what you are to DO.
whether male or female. 1t doesn't
make any difference who you are. DO
you think the fellow that goes on the
firing line is going to do it all?
do something! lot Of you have
Christ and his truth.
That's what the church needs-ag-
greSsiveness! An anxious church al
ways makes anxious inquiries, ana
when the people in the church become
concerned the fellow outside is con-
cerned, and If you want to know why
the great masses outside have no more
concern for the salvation of their soul
than has been manifested It's because
the church of Jesus Christ doesn't care
whether they all go to heaven or to
hell"
Boost Two-Platoon System.
An audience of 10000 persons at the
last night heard Billy Sum
days ideas on certain phases of the 1nu-
unqualified Endorsement Of the two-platoon
system for the fire department and IN
creased pay for policemen and frenen:
Better salaries for the fire fighters and
the peace guardians of the District, he
said, would help the two departments, and
improved working conditions in the fire
to be brought about by the
of the two-platoon system.
could not fail to increase the efflc1ency OF
the department.
The brief talk to and for the benefit of
the firemen and policemen preceded the
evening sermon, which was on the words
of David, contained in Samuel II, 1913:
David said unto Nathan, I have sinned
against the Lord
In the big audience was a special dele
cation of about 100 members of the fire
department, most of them accompanied
by members Of their families. Referring
to a statement he made a few days ago
to the effect that the only office he aspired
to reach was that of director of schools,
obtain better salaries and pay for twelve
months instead Of nine months of the
year, the evangelist said:
Could Give Better Service.
.But there's another job I'd like, just
long enough to do something. I'd like
to be mayor, or hold whatever job is
raise the salaries of fremen and police
men and give the fire laddies of the Dis
trict OF Columbia the two-platoon system.
We can all give better service when we're
contented. The firemen and the cops
risk their lives at all hours everywhere
for US and when they start out they don't
know whether they're coming back home
or go to their Deaths
Homer Rodeheaver, Sundays chorfster.
introducing the firemen before Sunday ar
rived at the Tabernacle. also urged the
adoption of the wo-platoon system and
increased pay, and told OF the work the
firemen must expect to pc called upon to
do at any minute OF the day or night. His
talk was applauded by the audience.
Preaching On the words of King Da-
vid, that formed his text, Sunday declared
that mans culpability was measured by
his opportunities. The greater the op-
portunity for knowledge and enlighten-
ment. he said, the greater the culpability
II the opportunity was neglected.
David was not man after Gods
own heart simply because he sinned,"
said the evangelist; "he was a man
after Gods heart because when he
sinned he WAS decent and man enough
to tell God that he had sinned."
Davtd's was a great sin, he said
God Counts Chances.
II think It was a worse sin for David
than 1t might have been for any other
man in the world" he declared. God
looks at mans surroundings. He
takes into account your opportunities,
and il you have opportunities-and you
have one tonight-that would condemn
you. 1t is your business to know what
God wants you to do. God takes into
account the chances men have There
is a church bell ringing, there is a
church near you, some Of you haven't
darkened the door.
There is your opportunity. but you
won't improve 1t. Don't blame God.
God has given you mind of intelli-
gence. He has revealed His word to us
in His book, the Bible. and He has
given the revelation within the capacity
of our minds to understand it, and God
holds US upon it.
"If God had revealed and told US to
do something that He could not do and
told us to do it, and damned US when
we could not, that would not be rea-
sonable. But when God tells me to do
so through His book, He will damn me
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