The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-20

the tabernacle Thursday afternoon.
The full text of the sermon follows:
In the eighteenth chapter of Luke
Il am not going to take my
strength and your time to read you
the story of the Pharisee and the
publican for it is very familiar
portion Of the Word of God. But |
wan. to talk little while this after
noon about true religion. and not
about sham substitute.
There are people with whom
lormality seems to make up for
lack of spirituality. The Pharisees
were the most religious outwardly
and the least religious inwardly OF
any class of people that ever lived,
and they have been propogating
their species with alarming rapidlty
in all communities that l have ever
visited or that ! have ever heard any
thing about. They were very dlligent
br the outward observances-for the
forms, the rituals and the ceremonies
They used to stoop to tie the herbs
that grew by the wayside and yet they
neglected the weightier matters or
the laws of equity, love, justice. mer-
cy, truth, love your neighbor as your
self, and yet they were just as far
from the kingdom of God as If they
had been openly profane,
We hear expressions of regret that
religion is so generally neglected by
the majority of mankind and no reas-
enable man or woman can reflect up
on that truth without great deal oil
anguish, and yet. on the other hand.
much of what we render and offer to
God as service is simply formal and
void of spiritual power and reduced
to an ethical code Perhaps that Is
one reason why so many do neglect
II. because so much that we offer Is
of the head and not of the heart.
What World Wants
Is Religion of Deeds.
Abrham Lincoln said, at the ded-
icatory service at Gettysburg, The
world will little note nor long remem-
Der what we say here, but 1t will never
forget what they did here"
And what the world wants is re-
ligion of deeds - not talk. Talk
cheap Lots of people are expert
windjammers, but to get out and de-
liver the goods is what the world Is
looking for.
Now, it was to convince such that
Jesus Christ spake this parable, and
Won keep in mind or you will lose
The benefit of the message this after
noon. First. he wanted to show some
people who think they are righteous
that they are not Second, why the
pravers of some are answered and
-pthers are not.
~ He had those two purposes in view
when he spake this little parable of
the Pharisee and the publican-first'
10 show some who think they are
righteous that they are not; second
10 show why the prayers of some are
answered and others are not.
He spake this parable-what is
parable? A parable is picture or
photograph of two beings OF dl-
rectlv opposite character flashed on
the canvas so that at glance you
might contrast the difference and take
your choice. ..,
hold up my thumb. You say, Il
see the location, and size.
I hold up my little finger. GU
saw. IL see the location and size.
| hold up my thumb and little fin
ger and in a glance you see tnat 5
parable. See? They are opposites.
Now some things that were in COM
mon to these two men-two men went
to the temple, and they went for the
same purpose. Both received what
they went for.
TWO men went to the temple to
pray. One man received nothing.
He expected nothing, so he wasn't
disappointed. You will always get
what you are looking for in the world.
The bee looks for flowers no matter
where he flies; he gets honey. And
the spider gets poison. So you will
always get what you are looking for IN
the world.
Two men went to the temple to
pray. Some things were peculiar to
each of these two men. Notice first
this Pharisee; notice his attitude
while praying-nice, pretty, smooth
Aecorus, as much as TO say, IF you
wish to know how TO do it. ask me
and after | tell you, write FINS,
Cites Example
OF What He Means.
see Naples and die" And so his
attitude was pretty A preacher in
Chicago was real good, Cody man
a good friend of mine. He came tC
me one day and said to me.
William, | have listened to you
preach and pray and if you will per
nit me to offer a few suggestions
which if you would follow, | think
( would increase and improve your
effectiveness"
| thanked him for the information
and said, II am anxious and ready tC
receive any information and do any
thing in my power if by doing it
know that it will help the cause o
God and lead more people to God
He said. Now when you pray
make an acrostic on the word act.
Let the letter "a stand for 'adora
ton"
swell" | agreed with him, "yol
can't adore God too much"
C, think he said was :"confess
ion.' | agreed with him. We ough
10 be specific and not try and jof
lot ii when we confess. T, think
he said was theology" ! told hin
that there we parted company, fol
I knew no more about theology thar
a jackrabit did about pingpong o.
golf. and he said to me.
Now, whenever | pray. | Away
formulate that acrostic in my MIND
IA for alteration, for confession.
for theology"
Il