The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-18

Mr.. Sunday said:
When Jesus came down from the
Mount of TRANSPORTATION, and with
him Peter James and John and reach
ed the valley below, he found his dis
cipies surrounded by great multi
tude OF people. They were Scribes,
Pharisees, the high-brows of their
day. and the Pharisees were the
knockers of their day, and the Sad
ducees were the higher critics. for
they didn't believe in angels or devils
or resurrection. They were all ques-
toning and Jesus came up and inquir-
ed the cause of this commotion, and
as he did a father came forward with
his little boy and he said to him.
Jesus, ever since he was a baby
he has been tormented by evil spirits
and they have thrown him into fire
and into water, and he has foamed
at the mouth and he has commissions
and he is weak"
And this father was suffering
grievious disappointment because the
devil; and as if to show how utterly
they had failed and to prove his pow
er over this boy, the demon threw the
boy to the ground and he writhed in
frightful commissions.
Big Crowd Drawn
BY Idle Curiosity.
Notice. first, the disciples had a
big crowd drawn by curiosity, but no
devils were being cast out, and the
same thing is happening all over the
land today Some people think the
Lord isn't within ten miles of the
church unless it is packed to the roof,
And before the Lord came down
the disciples might have thought they
were having great time, and | can
almost see them rubbing their hands
in glee and saying,
isn't this great? We are stirring
things like John the Baptist did when
he was on earth
How many misguided, short-sighted
preachers seem to have their only
anxiety in drawing a crowd. Some OF
them are as crazy after sensation as
the yeIIowest journal you might find,
and | think that is one reason why
the ministry is degraded by lot OF
as nonsensicaI clap-traps as exist out
of the insane asylum. And If all the
preachers would preach the truth, the
devil would have to work harder than
he does for what he gets.
I wouldn't give ten cents for the
biggest bunch of people on earth II
no devils were cast out. What Is the
use of a hospital if nobody is heal
ed of a disease? What is the use of a
fire department if they can't put out
a fire? What is the use of police
force if they never arrest criminal
What is the use of having a meet
ing if no devils are cast out of the
people that come there? What /;
the use of packing the house to the
roof if nothing happens that will
make the recording angel sit up ant
take notice? What is gained?
Devil Still Remains
In Poor Boy.
Great multitudes" sound big, bu
il was a fizzle. But come back Il
this poor father. The disciples Nigh
have thought they were having
great time, but please remember tn
devil was still in that boy. Don
forget that part of it. and the fathe
had been expecting and hoping. ant
now the case seemed to be hopeless
and the devil never had less mere
and never showed more power thai
then.
| hope that God will never let m
forget, and l hope you will say til
same thing, my friends. that Their
is somebody he wants to bless through
you and through me whether the AUD
fence be great or whether 1t b
small And / don't believe meet
ing was ever held that somebod
didn't come there with a devil l.
him that ought to go home with tn
devil out of them. That is just a
sure as you breathe. How quickly a
was changed when Jesus came on tn
scene. and that is always so.
The Scribes and the Pharisees. =
they stopped quizZing and they sat u
and took notice. When Jesus come
into a meeting and begins to man
fest his power, you won't see an!
body looking wise, stroking his whist
\ ers, and wondering where Cain &C
;. his wife. No, sir! The father 500
found out that Jesus had come an
so did the devils too. So he sal
Have compassion upon u.s." Hi
prayer wasn't long, but in it wa
everything that he felt he needed
He wanted compassion and he wan
cd help.
Christ Always Remains
Constant To Friends.
Have you ever been in that place
Well, if the time ever does come whe
you are, then you will know how TIL
father felt and when the time come
please remember this, that there
only one that can help you, comfol
you, or sympathize with you. N
body ever went to Jesus as earne!
as that father did, and went ava
disappointed and empty-handed.
The best friend may treat yo
coldly and without his sympathy, bl
not so with Jesus Christ. They ma
sneer at you when you are tryir
to do your best TO be decent ar
serve God, but not Jesus Christ. +
is touched with the feeling of OF
infirmities; he knows what it NEAR
to be disappointed He knows VIII;
il means to be friendless and de
pissed He knows what it means
be lied about. He knows what it
to be tainted and jeered at. NoboG
ever had harder time than Jesus.
say it to the eternal disgrace of II
human race, nobody ever had har
or time than Jesus Christ.
al Nobody was ever treated with mo,
contempt that Jesus. We treat a $