The Washington herald., 1918-01-23
'REVIVALIST URGES
s HEARERS TO SEEK
s. WAY TO SALVATION
EVENING SERMON

solute indifference Of the world a. to
whether he went to heaven or went to
hell. But more than passing strange
to me IN IL that in your day and
mine, with all We understand. and
with all the opportunity to do good
and serve God, and with every incen-
tive to do 1t, any man or woman
with q scintilla of dscsncy or reason
would stoop to assassinate your man
hood and electrocute any high and
noble ambition, to stoop to do any
thing that the devil wants you to do,
and then want people to respect you.
mo man cared for my soul" Did
you ever note the concern we mani
fest in people in times Of physical dis
tress?
when Disaster Comes
When the wires brought US the
news that San Francisco lay supine
and helpless and that IRE had broken
out and burned and destroyed the
city, we ran our hands into our pock-
cts up to our elbows and a stream of
gold flowed to the Pacific Coast until
nearly $40. 10000 had been sent to sup
ply the people with food and clothing
and the necessities Of life, who had
thus been so rudely driven out and
their homes wrecked and covered with
incinerated ashes.
And when the earthquake shook
Italy, the United States was the first
to load vessels to the waters edge
and send them with provisions and
clothing and tents and lumber to
build temporary homes In order to
house those whose homes had been
destroyed by the forces OF nature. 1t
made you feel proud and chesty that
you lived beneath the Stars and
Stripes and that we were always the
first to respond when people are in
danger and need.
Great concern was manifest for
people in times Of physical distress.
Let the shrek and the scream and the
cry Of child be heard, you will for
get business. you will forget discus
sion, you will forget everything and
you will rush to render aid to those
who may be- crying in their helpless
ness.
In Your Church.
And there may be such people in
your own church. A friend of mine,
who was pastor OF one of the larg-
est UNCONVENTIONAL churches in, this
country. told me that in that church
was a man and woman. neither of
whom were members in It. and they
contributed as literally to the cur
rent expenses as any member that
he had. He became burdened for
their salvation and he tried to argue
by saying that it would be zeal be-
fore knowledge II he would go and
speak to them and they might quit
coming to church
If anybody is so finicky and
touchy and contemplate that you'd
get mad II somebody asked you to
be q Christian, get up and go out
and 60 to the devil II you want to.
have no patience with them Alb
solutely none 1 have ne patience
with a man that becomes snippish
and mad because somebody shows
interest enough in him and wants
him to go to heaven instead OF hell.
II is no compliment to you, I want
to tell you.
And this man tried to argue with
the Lord and the Lord said, who
knows more about this. you or me?"
and finally he said. well, I will
ask him the next time I see him."
1t proved to be Sunday morning.
and he went down and took him by
the hand and said, II have come to
ask you to be Christians. You have
been coming here to hear me preach
regularly, but 1 have never asked
you personally"
He told me that the tears trickled
down their cheeks and he said, I'VE
have been coming to hear you
preach regularly for three years.
We are not members Of your
church, but we have attended the
social functions of your members
and We have contributed to every
cause, as the books of the treasurer
will show, but not one Of your
members has ever asked US to be
Christians"
Certainly they could say OF that
church, mo one cares for our souls,