The Washington herald., 1918-01-12

OF you, and lie and cheat as much as
any OF you. ] haven't had q pack of
cards in my hands from the day
was converted.
Stand On Theaterk-
/ used to go TO the thester.
have nothing against the theater as
an institution. 1 have against the
saloon as an institution-the saloon.
as an institution, has no right 70 eI-
ist. / never have quarreled with the
theater as an institution: ] only guar
rel with the mean, contemplate things
that they allow and permit on the
stage, and as long as they do, then
they can't expect anything from me
but a scrap. That's all!
] tell you. have nothing against
the theater as an institution and new
er have had: only the things they al
low and permit I'm not a crank.
have a good time but don't need 20
go down and look at q woman that
hasn't got clothes enough on her TO
make a tail for a kite. Good night!
So. the more ] know OF Jesus, the
more ] trust him and the more you
trust him the sweeter will be your
experience, 50 1 want you 20 have the
best. have no desire, ] don't even
want to go. have no desire!
II any man or woman performs =
good act. you will be condemned be-
cause the motive that prompted the
act was selhshness. You will give
money but you give not because you
want TO feed a hungry man but in
order that you might be a giver and
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Listen! Your acts never rise higher
than the motive which prompts you
You are here this afternoon-God
knows the motive that prompted your
presence. but I will say this: I've got
more respect for the man or the wom-
an who will go to church than I
have for the fellow that won't go.
because they show they've got q good
streak in them or they wouldn't 20
that far toward God.
So never mind what prompted your
presence. II you wanted to look az
me from curiosity. it's all right with
me. ] don't care what brought you
here. I can pray TO God TO help me
to say something that will make you
be disgusted with the devil and fan
in love with Jesus Christ.
work Of Church.
claim that the spirit OF God can
come into your life and the spirit can
counteract any trend which pulls you
toward the world. The church. the
spirit, can take you toward the church
and the church can keep you there.
keep you living for Jesus Christ, keep
you honest and Tirtuous IL you will
do what the Lord wants you TO do.
And then the personal pronoun-
the Life. God shows you some al
tar for you to ppt the sacrifice on and
you say, NO. I can't do f." Go home
and read your Bible and have family
prayer. No. can't do it." Go home
and try 70 win your husband. No.
/ can't do it." Go home and try to
get that little wined. chsmpagned.
frizzle-hesded sissy you call your
daughter-get her down on her knees
10 pray. You say, Il can't do it." Get
out your family Bible; get Il open
God shows you some altar but you
won't put the sacrifice on it. He
shows you a path but you say. Lord.
can't walk that, it's too crooked; it's
too dark" Whatever God asks you TO
do, God stands pledged to help you do.
The Lord will never forsake you!
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life but God wants YOU TO be willing.
providing he wants it. / told you last
night / don't want to die but ~ God
can advance his cause faster with me
in heaven than he can with me on
earth, am ready 10 go any hour OF
the day or night that God says,
Come up"
God pity US when the preachers be-
come a lot OF novel-reading. highly
perfumed sissies. breathing the per-
fume from their curly locks! The LORD
pity them when they break their fool
necks trying 20 please the worldly
gang that sits in the pews and they
all backslide and go TO the devil to-
gether'
Some OF the preachers have gone
down. Some OF them think more OF
drawing their salaries and their breath
than they do anything else. They
never get out after a soul 10 try and
win il for Jesus Christ, and never put
up scrap for Jesus Christ. against
the devil. They never make q state
ment but they neutralize Il
/ don't blame the people as much
as do the preachers. for not preach
ing the truth. There are a lot OF
people here preaching the biggest lot
OF tommyrot and nonsense that ever
went abroad. They are standing in
orthodox pulpits, too.
Necessity For Prayer.
Bring the Bible back into our homes,
Many a preacher will 90 and serve q
church: he breaches tommyrot stakes
claim out on Jupiter; breaches go
lsaiahs instead OF one. and that some
body else wrote Hebrews besides Paul.
He will spend his time, my friends.
dealing in nonessentials and ne will
wreck the faith OF the people.
We live on the wrong side OF the
palm, Bud. And another thing
preaching men ought to know by
preaching that they are lost! A ser
mon ought to be something more than
moral essay; it ought 20 he some
tsing more than a bread and milk
poultice. BY their preaching they
ought 70 know they are lost!
Prayer, o Prayer, Prayer is not
performance; prayer is when your
hearts feel what your lips express
Prayer is not simply killing time-not
at all. 1t was a master stroke for the
devil when he got the church to give
up PRAYER Why, the biggest force In
the church today is a prayer meet
ing. II you've got a membership OF
500 and can stir fifteen or twenty un
at a prayer meeting, you think it's
doing good.
Music! Well. the Lord pity "
when the music is not for the praise
OF God!
You will never know until you get
to heaven how many people have been
pulled out OF the saloons. houses OF
illfame-lifted by the power Of song.
For sixteen years they'd not been
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