The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-11
MINISTERS HERE
PREACH NONSENSE,
| BILLY DECLARES

Billy Sunday hayed the devil fore
and aft with an the weapons at his
command at the tabernacle this
afternoon.
The sermon dealt mainly with the
thoughtlessness OF men in expecting
the Holy Spirit to enter a soul filled
with filth.
lilly entered the tabernacle at .
o'clock.
His sermon follows:
ID the Second Chronicles. the TWEEN
ty-rfinth chapter, twenty-seventh verse
-''when the burnt offering began.
the song Of the Lord began also"
Dedicated 10 worship.
The temple is a building which is
dedicated to the worship Of the Deity.
They worshiped in that temple just
as your property belongs to you,
through a deed which you have safe
Jy tucked away in some safety de-
poslt box The ancient cities had
their temples; there was the temple
of Diana Of the Ephesians. They say
Nu1L LIllb NhOAOk ANaA AAANAC 6o Ch
tered the water one morning for her
accustomed bath, when suddenly Act
aeon appeared upon the scene, and
her maid attempted to screen her
from his vision Failing to do. this.
as he came near. she splashed water
in his face and said:
Go tell, II you can, that you saw
Diana of the Ephesians battle" and
they tell us in mythology that long
RntlerS started to grow from his head
like the horns of a deer, and his
arms heightened until they touched
the ground and his hands and feet
assumed the form and shape of hoofs,
his. body became covered with long
hair like q deer. He maintained the
power of thought. but the only way
ne could express himself was by
blessing He had been robbed of the
power OF speech and his dogs caught
fhe scent Of q deer and when he at
fempted to tell them who he was he
bleated. but that only intensified
thefr anger and they chased him over
the hills and through the valleys At
sast they caught hi mand tore him to
.ahEeds- Thus originated the temple
OF Diana of the Ephesians.
No Song fer I6 YearB.
For sixteen years there was no
Eong Ia Israel For sixteen years
Ahaz don't forget It-had the
people at the hot end OF the poker.
Sixteen years that dirty reprobate had
sat soa the throne and ruledI Sixteen
rearsi And during that time there was
no song In the temple. That must have
been a great loss, for the people were
accustomed 70 sing from the time Of the
ersstion when the morning stars sang
together and the sons and daughters Of
Goa shouted for Joy.
Ehen. my friends. on the march to the
Rel Sea, where Miriam, the sister of
Moses, and Aaron led the hosts Of God
IN tle songs OF triumph Then at the
birth Of Jesus when the angels sang and
aroused the sleeping shepherds on the
1noonlit hills OF Judea! Oh-''There Is
bora this day In the city Of David a
Saviour who Is Christ the Lord"
Christ and You the Pivots.
Christ and yourselves are the pIv-
OTIS upon which turn every act Of your
3ifes You do 1t to please yourself or
you do it to please Jesus Christ.
whatever you do to please yourselves
the recording angel don't write down.
There Is no record OF it there. No!
Then again the biased trend OF life.
Do you lean toward the world or
toward the church? Which do you?
I used to play baseball-play Il
yet-and a man can take a ball in
his hand like this and pitch Il and It
spins around like this, and when he
does this, he can tell II he gives it
the bias or the trend; when II leaves
his hand he can tell whether It will
curve down or up, or come down slow,
or whether II will be a splitter. He
IS The fellow that gives the whole
bias or the trend to 1t, and he can tell
all about It.
Blamed Preachers Most.
don't blame the people as much
as I do the preachers, for not preach
ing the truth. There ara a lot of
people here preaching the biggest lot
OF tommyrot and nonsense that ever
went abroad. They are standing in
orthodox pulpits, too.
Then the inner part OF the house
are the officers, the deacons, elders,
stewards, credentiaI committee, or
Vestrymen. Sunday school teachers
and officers-the inner part OF the
house OF the Lord.
Be clean! Be clean. ye that bear
the vessels OF the house Of the Lord!
Many Of them today are rot in aRy
position to carry the vessels OF God
and. stand in official positions in the
church. God pity any whose life isn't
right who is trying TO touch the hand
OF the Lord and then the church with
holds her pOweT-the p"wer being
sapPed by the worldliness. by the in |
adherence and by the apathy and the
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