The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-15

his gun 1QIO the SHOW, Cldppeu MS
hands and scared her away and she
went bounding back into the thicket
and disappeared.
But do you think that because God
has been patient with you he will con
tinue to be? Do o think because
God hasn't struck you down that He
won't do it? Do you think that be-
cause God will let some of you men
live to be thirty, forty fifty sixty years
of age and come in here, you that
are not Christians, do you think that
God will continue to be as patient
with you in the future as he has been
in the past? / hope he will, but 1
beg of you, in the name of God, don't
put the Lord to any such test, my
friends, as that. Dom trample Gods
law beneath your feet. If you've done
it up to now may this be the last day
that you live in rebellion against Godi
l tell you men, the church needs YOU.
You need the church for a hiding
place.
Many Put Low
Mark on Church
Many put a mighty low mark on the
ichurch. Many people begrudge every
bthing they give to the church. They
make no sacrifices to God. They will
dole out a few pennies of their surplus
oh, if o u children ever grow up
to lives of purity and happiness, they
will grow up in the shadow of the
church. II the church doesn't get
them, the world will. If they don't
reach heaven, they'll 90 to hell. The
church Is Gods institution to help
them on their way to glory and when
you pass await may not be long
with some of you, some of you may
never see the hills turn brown, some
of you may see the leaves fall
from the lower - before they will
carry you to the graveyard. Listen!
Some of you may never see the SHOWS
sift over the hills before you will pass
away.
Oh, what a satisfaction it will be to
you to know that your children are
in Christian society! You'd like to
see them in the sacred precincts when
you leave, wouldn't you? Wouldn't
you rather see your boy in a church
than in a saloon? Wouldn't you rather
have your daughter on her knees pray
ing than weeping and moaning be
cause she lost her womanhood?
Wouldn't you like to see them sit
in the church and partake of that Holy
Sacrament, mingling with Christian
associates? And when you are on YOU
death bed and your little ones are
brought in to take their last look into
your face aud you look up to theil
bewildered faces, oh, what a benedict
ion to leave them under the shadow
of the church.
Many Of You
Need Church
More than that, you yourself will
need the church for a hiding place
when the mortgage is foreclosed OF
your soul, sir, and when your daughter
just budding into womanhood sudden
~ claps her hands to her head
stumbles and falls and begins tina
sleep which knows no Weakening unit
the trumpet of Gabriel shall sound you
will want something to shelter you
and help you in that hour.
A friend of mine said to a widowed
[ mother a few months after she burieC
her only son., How do you get alon.
' nowadays"
She said. well, I get along toler
! ably well except when the sun shines.
Why" he said, What do yol
mean? I should think that would b
the best time"
. "Oh' she said, 81 can't bear to Sc,
! the sun shine. My heart is so darl
r and l am so discouraged that tn
brightness of the sun seems to mocl
me, and when the days are cloudy an,
| it is raining they seem to be in sym
pathy with my sorrow and with m,
: grief"
1 swing the doors of the churcl
wide open from wall to wall and
say, Come on in, men. We will pra,
you a prayer, we will sing you a sons
S we will preach you a sermon"
$ Church of God
VIII Not Perish
All other institutions are going t
n fall. but the church of God has 70
n its foundation the Rock of Ages. it
S charter is the everlasting years. it
keys are held by the universal prc
prietor, its dividend is heaven and it
president is God.
n Sure as thy truth shall last,
If To Zion shall be given.
The highest glories earth can yielC
J. And richest bliss of heaven.
And the church needs men! An
tell you men, you will need tn
I church more than the church need
n you. Do you know that next to su.
tenance the average man is more cor
cerned with religion than anything i
/ the world? So you ned the churc
more than the church needs you. TIL
church could get along without yo
better than you could get aIonq will
:. out the church of God in this oil
world.
Are the saloons full of men {
women? Full of men! Are the pei
1tentiaries full of men or women
Full of men. Are the prisons full {
men or women? Full of mem! Ar
the gambling dens full of men {
women? Full of men! Are the inst
tutions of vice and corruption full {
men or women? Full of men,! All
the churches full of men or women
Full of women Seventy-four nc
cent of the membership of the churc
is made up of ONE It's a disgrac
n to our manhood that the institution
that stand for God and purity shout
almost be empty of men while til
haunts of damnation and wee al
crowded and thronged with men, sil
Concerned
n For Others.
| used to be concerned when I rea
-e a verse of Scripture like this: "Whs
or wilt thou say when He shall punis
thee?"
III I'm not concerned about il fc
myself now, but | am concerned abo,