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


nobody was in your class, why that
might not seem unreasonable, but if
you can't understand thing there are
other people that can and simply be-
cause you can't you mutt, don't i'm
agine that nobody else can. That's
what gets my goat.
And we've got lot of churches
that disbelieve in the Creator, God,
simply because they cant explain, the
creation of the world O, dear me!
You can't explain the coat on your
back You can't explain the shoes on
your feet. The material out of which
it is made must come to your hand
already prepared. Man can't account
for first causes.
A fellow said to me, BILL, 1 would
do Gods will. but there are hypo-
critics in the church"
o God. certainly there are hypocrites
in the lodge, there are men that are
living in sin, and keeping somebody
on the side, but that does not make
you go out and live in sin. Certainly
not. What is the use of that? If
hypocrit wants to go to hell, let him
go, that is no reason why you should
go. If you should find somebody that
is a traitor to his country, that is no
reason why you should be traitor
Just get your eye off that bunch. If
there is anything I profess to be a past
master in, it is in SHINING hypocrites
| Why, l can skin that crowd, rub salt
! in their hides. tack it up on a barn
! door to dry, while you are pickering
/ your mouth to spit on your milestone
to sharpen your knife to begin the
operation! / am all through.
Doubts Hypocrisy
Is Cause
l don't believe that the hypocrisy of
any man or womean in the church is
keeping any man or woman out of the
church that honestly wants to be a
| Christian don't believe that.
! l can give you an easy way to get
over that, you give your heart to God,
and it will keep you busy looking out
for yourself, old man. So then you say
to me, why do you fuss with them?''
l fuss with them because l know they
are not right, and l want to disturb
their conscience and help them to
come to God. And you are trying to
hide behind them, you are fussing with
them because you want an excuse to
go on in your cuSsedneSs. / am try.
ing to help them and you are not. II
you wait until there are no hypocrites
in the church you will be in hell long
before that happens.
So want to tell you right now that
there is no hypocrit that stands be
tween me. and the spot where l stand
tonight on this platform, and the time
when at last l shall burst through the
gates into the presence of Jesus Christ
The hypocrites are all going the
other way and if you don't want t
spend your eternity in hell with the
hypocrites you'd better come into thu
church where we've got few o
them. In the day of judgment, Goo
Almighty will say to the hypocrites
step over to the left, your elevator
will be going down in a few minutes.
Somebody says to me, BILL, l would
/ be a Christian but l am afraid it can
hold out.
Some of you old sinners have hell
out so long and you haven't any hal
on your heads between you and hel
! now. You've held out against tn
tears of your mothers, the pleading
! Of your wife, the prayers of your child
) rem, against the prayers of you
. preacher. You've held out agains
! every revival, against every influence
! that's beat against your old har,
! hearts to get you to yield to Jesu
Christ. You've steeled yourself unit
it is like adamant. Afraid it can
hold out,
Is Ordained
Minister
! l am an ordained minister, l hav
> never officiated at but one wedding il
: my life, and if the Lord will forgiv
i. me for that | will never do it agair
: Wait a minute, maybe l ought t
: qualify. | was in town one tim
: and a fine looking fellow and gil
: came up to where | was being er
) tertained and said:
! Mr.. Sunday, we want to get MAJ
Z ried"
1 said 'You do, do your"
He said, will you tie the knott"
/ said. mo"
He said, You are ordained"
| said, mo. l don't care to do i
let the preacher do it."
e He said, I'VE want you to-
Finally l went to him and sail
e you go and marry them"
He said, You go. I'd rather hav
you than anybody
a / said. will you come and hel
l. me do the job SO l won't get bale
up"
He SAID, eS, VIII nelp YOU
He came up and got throug
q pretty good and the fellow gave m
d a ten-spot and gave it to the preacl
e er and said. GO buy your wife hat
g She was wearing winter hat in tn
n summer time.
Y He had gone whining and blubbe
IS ing around that day saying that til
new preachers come to town an
S take our weddings away. / felt liz
e punching him. l said, Lord, | wi
d never do it again" So that is VIII
e | say l won't do it.
IS But, supposing | would agree ar
II you'd come up and stand before m
Fine fellow, what is your name?"
% Tom"
What is your name?"
Dorothy"
"Tom,> do you take Dorothy to l
your lawfully welded wife, promi:
1t TO love, honor, cherish and obey u
til death do you part?"
N Bill, | am afraid | can't hold out
i'd Do you know what a girl would {
if fellow said that? She wou
d say: You hike out and I'll get
k fellow that can hold OUT
at There will be lots of little difficl
ties and differences that will con
up and if you knew that old vixe
d, as well beforehand as you did aft
Ir two years if she knew you and sa