The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-13
Fighting and Praying, Go Hand
In Hand, Says Billy in Telling
Of Christian Warfare on Euil
Says Men Of Temper Are Needed to Bring About Big Re
suits and Attain Great Victories of Genius With
out Exception Have Been Fiery Tempered Fighters
Are Needed


nacle Saturday afternoon said:
My friends, DR.. Gardner of Winni-
peg, whom ! always loved, said: Each
generation has produced a new type
of Christian and these have been ar
ranged and classified and each dis
tinguished by some special name-cul-
tured, well-to-do, amiable, well-dresz
sed, wealthy, worldly. But the pres
ent seems TO demand a new brand,
and thai is a fighting brand"
/ am looking for men and women
who are on the warpath for purity,
decency, sobriety, manhood and wom-
anhood, and all that is noble. l am
looking for such folks. l am looking
for people who are willing to carry
the war into Africa. We have worlds
championships in baseball, lawn ten
MS, golf-oh, we ought to find heroic
soldiers who are worthy of worlds
championships in aggressive Christian
ity and the principles of decency! We
are hungry for a believer whose be-
lief is of such a quality that he will
throw down the gauntlet and take up
the cudgel for the pressing reforms,
my friends. of civil and political life.
The civilization of the future is going
to center more and more in the cities
now listen-and whatever is en-
throned in the cities will give tone
to the country. If the cities are God
forsaken, hellish with the lid off, let
ting everybody be law in themselves,
they will damn everybody in the city.
and they will damn everybody that
comes to their contemplate place, so
whatever is enthroned and allowed
in the city, it will bless or damn the
vii &c
more and more going to center in the
cities
The banner of the church has two
sides, Christianity as a proclama-
ton and a protest. Religion exists for
two-fold purpose-to enthrone right
BUSINESS and to dethrone wrong. That
is what the gospel of Jesus Christ is
Jesus Christ intended that we should
+ be militant as we'll as persuasive
You've got to fight as we'll as pray.
Fight as Well
as Pray
You've got to do it, Now, Martin
Luther said: "If you burn my books,
l will burn your books" Hoorah for
Martini He said: II never speak so
well. never pray so WELL I never
preach so well, as when l am mad"
Good! A man without temper is a
man without force. he is a nOQ6n1Jy.
He is mush and milk.
Men of genius without exception
have been fiery-spirited The great
est souls of history without exception
were fighters Moses slew an Egyp-
tian, hit him in the head. Joshua left
not one Of them alive. Caleb, inspired
by questions said: I'VE are able to
do it," Or, in other words, deliver
the goods, David was man of war
and all the prophets carried big sticks
Paul, the founder of a new civiliZa-
ton, said, Put on the whole armor
of God
Strong men resist, weaklings don't,
Every great soul finds its opponent
Whenever you want to be decent
somebody don't want you to be de
cent because they don't want to be
decent and they can't bear to see you
decent Martin Luther was opposed
by John. o sure Knox by Mary
Queen Of Scots. The Hugenots. by
King George. The Puritans by Queer
Elizabeth. Webster was opposed BY
Hayne Lincoln opposed by Douglas
Jesus was opposed by Judas and the
Pharisees. Wherever you try to dc
something you will find somebod!
lined UP against you.
Everybody! 1t don't make any diff
ference. No sir! What is the fighting
spirit you want me to have? Well
wait minute Quarrel? No Spoiled
going around with a chip on you
shoulder daring a fellow to knock 4
off? No. What is it? l will tell you
1t is the spirit OF man or woman
that will stake everything for God anC
for decency. The only thing that yol
really believe is the thing that yol
are willing to fight for. and by tn,
grace Of God die for. That is the onl!
thing you believe. I am sick, tired
disguised, nauseated and / want t.
settle my stomach of hearing people
talk about 81 favor this"
You mutt, everybody favors it.
The girl who gives away her woman
hood favors something. l have jus
> got one question to ask you. everyone
of you-What are you willing to stant
for?
Quotes Three
Rules
There are three rules. Get religion
Take a stand. Get in the game.
Those are the three. Win out
You know you ought to be Christi
take stand. Have you got the gri
TO do it? Then what? Begin to liv
Christian life and show the worl
that you are going to stand for tn
Lord and do His will and keep Hi
commandments.
Now, if you'd explain every perio
Of history, just please find the maste
mind of that period and you will fin
your whole thought. Columbus, a neN
world Calico. new sky. Luther, ne1
doctrine. Shakespeare, new litert
ture Angelo, new art. Cavilli, neV
statement of old theology. Washing
ton. new system of government. Fin
the master mind and you will get tn
facts That is the whole thing an
explains the whole situation.
God seems to do this. God seem
to furnish splendid type of nanhoo
and womanhood and then He repre-
duces from humanity multitudes of tn
same character-One Luther, million
of Protestants. One Emerson, philc
sophers. One Shakespeare, poets. On
Raphael, painters. One Sankey, sin!