The Washington herald., 1918-01-13
the Dance Halls Stirring Plea Ne,v Christian Workers

two keys. They can't get in without
mine and can't get In without
theirs"
And so we walked In and he gave
his key to the custodian and he turn
ed 1t around and around and took out
box about that square and that
long. We walked into box stall.
He sat down there and fumbled over
stocks and bonds and ceins of rare
antiquity; diamonds, pearls. rubies,
and'I said, WELL, John, how much
are you WORTH" He said, about $44.-
| O00."
I said. 81 had you doped out for
about $4,000"
"oh." he said. he had that skin
| ned, he had about $4,000. and he
picked up a diamond and said. isn't
she a beauty?'
They say that only 10 Per cent OF
! the diamonds are what they call pure.
About 80 per cent OF the diamonds are
on In color. they are OF in shape or
they've got flaw. Ten per cent
| Of them are first class. He picked
up one absolutely perfect-a steel
gray-and he said, isn't it a beauty?'
He dropped it down and picked up a
pigeon blood ruby. He said, That's
beauty" I said, "How much is it
worth?' He said, Il refused $3.50 for
it"
He picked up the most valuable
| ston In the world and the hardest to
get-an emerald-and he said. Isn't
she finer" ''Yes, sir. Great!" And he
paved them over and put them back
and locked up the vault and put them
| up.
Heart Is where Treasure Is.
We walked east on Randolph TO
Clark and I caught a west bound ca
BILE car for home; he turned east to-
ward State street. He said to me,
"Bill, do you want to get a box in
the Safety Deposit VaulI?" / said.
What for? To keep my neckties in?"
As ] got on the train and waved
! my hand to him. the last thing heard
him say was, You ought TO get box
in safety deposit vault" / thought
Of that verse from Scripture-where
mans treasure is there will his
heart be also"
And often 1t IS locked up in a vault
instead of yonder in the gates of hea-
ven and the streets OF gold.
And then. forget your denomination.
don't mean leave it: / mean just
| leave it behind and pledge yourself
| to win souls for Christ. When a SOL
disr enlists he forgets that he is a
| Democrat or a Republican and he re-
/ members that he is a soldier pledged
to defend the flag and the colors. and
the Constitution OF the United States
against foreign or internal enemies
with his life blood II need be.
| So forget and go forth and when
| Gods cause is at stake. Jesus Christ
has raised the blood-stained banner
and he asks for every man and wom-
an worth living or killing to get under
it and show their colors. II a Presby-
terian is a bigot, he will bring his
| Westminster catechism and say, III
you want to get in, you've got to pass
! through that"
And il a Reformed chuch man is
| bigot. he will bring his Heidelberg
| Confession and say, IF you want to
get in you've got to so through that"
| II a Methodist IS a Eigot, he will
plant two posts. modification and fall
ing from grace. and say. IF you want
TO get in, you've got to go through
that"
| II an Episcopalian is bigot. he will
say. Here is our literature and the
80 articles OF confession. II YOU want
to go through you've got to so through
th6t"
II a Baptist is a bigot he will say.
| There is A water way and If you
want to go through. you've got to
take the submarine route
When a fellow comes to me and
| says. ''Bill. 1 think l can more easily
and more closely approach God
through the prayer-book," then say,
God bles you; use the prayer-book"
II that will put you closer to God
than anything else, use it,
| Another says to me, bill, believe
| that baptism by immersion is the only
mode"
IAN right. let me plunge yea un-
der then"
But do something for Jesus Christ
to try and make the world better
Then at the end yoU will not wear
stsrless crown. They that turn
many to righteousness shall shine as
the stars for ever and ever"
A young woman found so much Joy
in her faith in Jesus that she prayed
the Lord would take her to heaven
| When she crossed through the pearly
gate the angel said,
Hello. Mary. is it you? Gosh. you're
lucky TO get in! Come on, I've a lot
Of pretty things to show you"
| And presently she came to a crown
and oh. it was brilliant IN its scintil-
| lations.
Whose Is that?" she said.
| The minister's crown"
MY! How happy he will be when
he has it on his head-'
Yes" said the angel, 'he never was
half appreciated"
The stewards and deacons got their
wise heads together ana pulled their
whiskers and said, 1--WE need a new
preacher that will draw"
| Preacher Must Draw.
| Certainly! A porous plaster would
not be good unless it would draw
but when preacher is trying to draw
from the devil 'he has an unequal job
on his hands. So, what We want Is
stewards that will stew, and not make
a muss out of the stew. and not make
that will deac for Jesus Christ. and
church dignitaries that viii dig for
God, not the devil.
Presently they came to another
crown. She said, Whose is that
That's the old washer woman who
comes to church and goes out the
same day"
II didn't imagine shed ever land
here"
"Oh!" he said, There are lots of
them. You'll find them on the front
seats, lots of them. that wont be in
it."
Presently they came to a crown
that had no jewels in it. She said,
Whose is that?"
He said s'Yours"