The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-05

plduHlnS special QeleBaIlOn 10 the
tabernacle meetings They have writ
ten to Billy Sunday for a reservation
not with me is against me-" HE
that gathereth not with me scatter
eth abroad"
Henry Ward Beecher said, When
you fight the devil hit him with any
| thing you can get hold Of" so that's
what | do. I'll tell you that, brother
1t doesn't make any difference what
He that winneth souls is wise
Wise!
Wesley said, Give me thirty men
who love nobody but God and hate
nobody but the devil, and I'll storm
the citadels of hell and capture them
for Jesus Christ"
Enthusiasm Needed
To Extend Church.
Enthusiasm Cromwell against the
king; Luther against the church;
Paul against an empire! Faith is
courage taking hold. Hope is cour-
age holding on. Enthusiasm is cour.
age on fire. Get on fire for Christ
and for the church and the cause of
Jesus and see what the world will
do!
Don't be afraid of RELIGIOUS en-.
thusiasm. Our Christianity today is
too cold; conventionaIity is suffocat-
ing it. You can yell like Comanchs
Indians when your side wins on the
diamond or they bring home the pen.
nant, but let some soul be won from
darkness to light and you say, keep
quiet. don't get excited"
Where is the delight? A man
makes home run, breaks the tie
or wins the game, you carry the hero
of the grounds on your shoulders,
but when the prodigal son makes a
home run from the hog-pen to heav-
en- and breaks away from the devil,
you carry him out and put him in the
refrigerator, and pack him on ice.
Oh, the devil delights in Stupidity
My! My! Garibaldi said, 1T were
better that fifty Garibaldis were in
prison than that Rome should not be
free"
Nothing great was ever accom-
plished without enthusiasm Oh, | ad-
mire Admiral Decatur who in re-
spouse to the toast, My Country
said My country-may she always
be right, but right or wrong-my
country" ---
Perseverance
Is Needed.
And we need perseverance. Per
severance! Gibbons studied and
wrote when he was only twenty-siy
years old, THE Rise and Fall of the
Roman Empire, when he was thir-
ty-siX he gave us his dictionary.
Men have done many things to
achieve success, and received the
emoluments for their abIity-why
not for God? Be like General Grant
when he said, 4 will fight it out on
this line if it takes all summer"
Enthusiasm and perseverance to do
something for God and his truth!
Perseverance is contagious, not cpl
demic. You've got to rub elbows
with somebody TO communicate it to
others in the world The Romans
shortened their swords and extend
ed their kingdom. You shorten the
distance between you and the sinner
and you'll add to the kingdom of
God. Walk up and take him by the
hand and give him a smile and you'll
bridge chasm between the church
and the world. That's the way to do
Don't sit around and expect him to
come and hunt You up.
Personal work! What is it? 1t is
that department of the church, eff
ficient to deal with the individual
rather than the masses; it is anaoq-
Gus to the work of the sharpshooter
in the army, so dreaded by the oppo5-
ing force.
l have a friend out in Iowa who
never made a political speech in his
life but he could get more votes for
the Democratic party than any man in
that section of the state. When Grow
er Cleveland was elected President
the first term he gave him the post
office out there, but when he was
elected the second time, he said in his
inaugural address that nobody could
hold office under him during his sec
ond term who had held office during
the first term, but when my friend
went to Washington for the post
mastership, he had the endorsement
of Governor Boise and he had the
endorsement of Walter Hughes, the
only Democratic Congressman from
the state and lot of Republicans as
we'll He could deliver the votes,
so he could have his pick all through
Can Get Votes
But Can't Speak
| was out there few summers ago
and though he didn't want the posi-.
ton lot Of other fellows did One fell
low had his name sent to Washington
with seven hundred of the leading
Democrats in that part of the state,
and he said, Sure I'll get it. But
ii elttrhroled dboywpycywmfpmfnl
a little boy used to go TO school with
sent in his application 70 Washing
ton and it only had my friends name
on it, and he got the postoffice.
President Wilson said Harvey Sheldon
could have anything he wanted in his
administration. He can go out and
make the voters do what he says.
used to husk corn for him-he can
get votes, believe me, but he can't
make a speech. He will go out and
buttonhole a fellow and he will come
across and vote the Democratic tick
ct.
Supposing l were a physician and
you were all sick | wouldn't attempt
to prescribe for you en- masse; I'd say,
Sis, let me see your tongue-as
much as you can spare"
That's the way the doctor does. He
goes and talks with you and says,
Where's the pain?"
Right here"
Appendicitis! Hurry to the hos
pital!"
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