Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-10-30

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. Friends, that IL the best ccmp!lment
| 7 ever had. that : littls child OF efgnt
should understand my sermon.
Many OF the learned men OF CnAties
Madden Sptrreon's time looked upon
him with contempt; but IN MS suoilme.
simplicity he was doing the work or
God and winning thousanos 10 tne
lures. There is Billy Sunday, man of
little schooling, but the acknowledged
| leader among evangelists OF the earth.
| Am I saving that God puts a premium
upon a lack of culture. no, but would
make strong the point that when men
have had all the training our schools
can give them, they should be a power
| for God, whereas many such men are
weak as water in the presence Of a
lost world.
"One of our great preachers of
America, while ago, made a con-
fession. He said, was called the
greatest preacher in the city. Mighty
throngs hung upon my ministry, but
nobody was saved through my SER
mons. 1 did not expect 1t. One night
was preparing my sermon In my
study. writing 1t out with beautiful
periods and glowing perorations. God
said to me: There is man on such
a street who is Ill. He wants you to
come and tell him about Jesus" The
minister said, I cannot go, my wife is
ill and it is storming. Moreover, I
have reputation to sustain. I must
have my sermon we'll prepared for to-
morrow morning. God spoke to him
again and said You must go to see
that man. The minister went. He sat
beside the sick fellow and preached
unto him Jesus. The man became
Christian. The preacher went home
and forgot about his sermon. He went
| to church the next morning, his
arose to preach. The power of God
| came upon him. Then for the first
| time in his life he saw the congrega-
| ton melted into tears. That was the
| beginning of his ministry.
MOTHERS PLEA HELPED.
Another one of our great American
preachers tells us that he was the most
popular preacher in the city. He was
called eloquent and great, but no soul
found the Saviour through his min
istry. One night after his sermon, he
stepped down from the church, a rag
ged boy began to tug away at his coat
and said. 'Oh, Mister, come and help
us get her in What asked the min
lister, is someone out in the cold?' oh,
no. replied the child, My mother is
dying. Come and help us get her into
heaven The minister followed the
boy into a dark part Of the city. They
entered shanty. There lay the dying
mother upon pallet of straw, the lit
| tie ones weeping around. The woman
seemed unconscious. The preacher
knelt and in simple way told the
story of Gods love in Jesus Christ for
| lost souls. The mother opened her
eyes and smiled. She said, ., thank
you. You have shown me the way to
heaven That preacher assures us that
his real ministry began there and then.
No man is fit to preach until his heart
has been broken, or until he has put
his heart very close to the hearts of
SHINING, suffering humanity and al
lowed their fevered blood to flow from
their veins into his veins.
REMEMBERS KINDNESS.
"A young minister preached a clas-
steal sermon He asked an old man
of the ministry how he liked the dis
course. The aged one answered, 1t
was as beautiful as an ice-palace.' oh
was the response, that is glorious. I
have always admired an ice-palace.'
Yes continued the aged minister. and
your sermon was just as cold
Not long ago an American minister
preached in the church in Scotland
where DR.. McCheyne was once pastor.
He asked the congregation If they re-
membered the great preacher and no
disappointed. AT the door he met an
old man who said, ooh, 1 remember Dr.
McCheyne very well. / have heard
him preach a hundred times Won
derful,' said the American preacher
| kindly give me some bits of the
preachers sermons The aged man
thought a moment and said. oh, sir,
cannot recall anything l ever heard
| nr. Cheyne say in the pulpit, but
there is one thing ! can never forget
When l was a lad of eight years, work.
ing in fathers field, DR.. McCheyne
came by one day and said, Hello
James, / am going down to see your
sister Jane. l heard she was quite
sick. Before l go l desire to ask you
If you are a Christian" l said, NO,
sir, ] am not He said, Would you
not like to be" l replied, Yes, sir"
! The minister then said, ''Will you bow
your head and let us pray together
that you may be saved here and now =.
Il WILL said I, and that wonderful
man of God laid his strong, tender
hard upon my head and prayed for
me; there 1 surrendered my heart to
Jesus and was born again. Oh sir
that was long time ago, but 1 still
fell the tender hand of DIR. McCheyne
upon my head as though 1t were laid
| there but yesterday"
ministers Of Jesus Christ and all
Christian laymen, let me say to you
! tonight that the world will not re-
member you by your eloquent ser
mons, but by your lovely Christian
spirit by your tender sympathy and
by your golden deeds. They that are
wise shall shine as the armament
and they that turn many to righteous