The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-18

sir, I am not going to move a step
until this lantern lights me to my
home
I say, Then you will die and rot
in your tracks"
When l step from here to there
the rays from that light will pene-
trate, dark is dispelled as / go along
to from here to there it will do like
wise, and from here to there, but
as long as l stay here, that would be
dark. But as l step forward then
the rays of light which is a positive
force will light my way. and then the
days are dispelled as | go long to
light my way. Therefore, if you will
use what light God has given you,
He will give you more.
Society Is
A Net.
We are all framed in a great, big
network we call society. We rub
elbows with our neighbor. If we are
contemplate, they will be. If you are
noble, they will be. You will beget
within the hearts and lives of others,
feelings that are analogous to those
that possess you That is why we
quarantine scarlet fever
Lincoln said, 81 am not bound to
win, but ! am bound to be true. |
am not bound to succeed, but | am
bound to live up to the light have"
So it is in nations, so it is in relig-
ion. You are bound to live up 70 all
the light you've got.
So your neighbors and your wife
and children and business associates
and members of your lodge, they all
have right to know by your life
and lips that so far you know and un-
derstand you are going to be a Chris
tan.
There are TWO ways by which we
can and do learn. One is theoretical
and the other is practical. There are
two ways to learn about God and
Christian salvation. One is theoret-
icaI and the other is practical. | was
out in a town in Iowa one time and
there was one fellow in town that
said if we could get him to take his
stand for Jesus Christ, we could get
so to follow him.
He runs an egg factory and he
made the crates He made the pa
per filters and the machine that
made the paper filters and he made
| the paper. | went down to see him.
Every town has few leaning posts,
financial, political and whatever
they do other people do. This city's
got few leaning posts and l can
name you so men if they'd walk out
and take their stand for Jesus Christ
so powerful is their influence in poll
/ ties and in business, | will venture
10000 men would follow them into
the kingdom of God. If they'd do ii
financially and in politics, they'd dc
| it in religion.
Visits New
| Prospect.
/ went down to see this fellow and
he was showing me through the fac
/ tory. This machine was about sc
! feet high The machine was out OF
order and the fellow was trying to
fix it. He attempted to explain it to
me. He said, Bill, this produces
that and that produces this, this pro
duces that" And / said to him, q
am all in now, Batcheller. l can run
locomotive; l used to ride on the
! Northwestern and | used to fire fol
| the Northwestern and if she would
blow out tire l could bring her in
on one side. l don't understand that
machine"
| He picked up one of those filters
and said, THAT machine makes this
He said, IF you come back here al
l o'clock I'll show you
When | came back the next morn
i ing they were feeding in from three
rolls of papers and there they dropped
down 500 of them a minute, and there
| sat a boy about IA years old picking
them up and laying them to one side
l saw the machine make what he
said it made. All right, start the ma
chine and see what it will make.
A lot of you fellers are afraid t.
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