The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-09-24

Are w Warned
by Pastor.
Crash Fatal to Two State
University Students Basis
of Sermon by DIR.
MacNeill.
Shun Fast Ones, Advice

"Ostraclze the speeder and you'll
put an end to him."
This is the solution to the evil Of
speeding propounded by Rev. w. F.
MacNeill, pastor of Grace Baptist
church. in his sermon, When Trage-
dy Takes the Wheel" preached Sun
day evening.
The address was based on deposi-
tion obtained from Miss Helen Stott.
University of Nebraska student. who
was severely injured in an automo-
bile accident. in which two other
young people were killed.
Victim Is Preacher.
Said the Rev. Mr.. MacNeill:
lone. of the most timely and pow
erful sermons preached in this gen.
Grafton has just come from strange
preacher in a stranger pulpit. The
pulpit is a bed and the preacher a
sweet young girl, whose pain-borne
From the enshrouding sadness Of
shrek.
"The immediate audience was a
lowering nurse, a serious-faced doc
tor, and an attorney. but the sermon
Is for this age. 1t comes with a
prayer in Which all involved would
join If they could.
Her subject was, Go Slow: Dan
gerous Curve Ahead Her text. And
when we approached the curve, I
glanced at the speedometer. 1t regis
tered 60 miles an hour Her SER
mon, The automobile crashed at the
I'D,
the fourth. the driver. condemned to
a living death
From the enshrouding sadness Of
this awful tragedy flashes the light
ming call OF warning to u.s." said Mr..
MacNeill BE your own speed cop.
Quit gambling your life against de-
fective wheel or tire. Refuse to be
a speed maniac. Refuse to ride with
one.
Shun Speeders.
LET the girls taboo socially any
young man who speeds and the Of
ficers viii have the necessary time
TO chase fleeing bootleggers there
after. Ostracize the speeder and you
will stop him. And that is the only
way you will stop them.
The sBseders who escape accidents
are the worst. They are constant
menace.>> No one Is safe on the high
way while they are at large. The
best thing that could happen to a
speeder is an accident--if he is alone.
Unfortunately. the accident usually
happens when others share or pay
the penalty.
Let young women turn away In
disdain from young men who speed;
let every speeder who is caught feel
the heavy hand OF a Jail sentence;
let the name 'speeder' be what the
Bible calls the mark OF the beast
and there will be fewer blighted hopes
and silent homes.
Grim Death Ahead.
''The whispered cry of suffering
girl. and the stifled sob of broken
boy. God magnifies into a clarion call
to this speeding generation. The sig
nificance of the curve ahead depends
on the control at the wheel. II the
shadowy hands OF grinning pleasure
or greedy power guide. then grim
tragedy, red In tooth and claw rises
out of the curve.
III the Christian principles of love
TO God and service to man control,
then the curves enhance progress by
tempering 1t. And progress 10 al
ways marked by temperance; decay
by intemperance. This age needs the
influence OF an effective SOLDERING ex-
ample, and that example should be
found in the church.
IF the church is losing Its grip.
the reason is right at hand-too many
out for ride. Turn the energy that
Is now wasted in jazz profession and
theological joy-speeding into Bible
study and constructive service for
mankind and the church will greatly
enhance its prestige and power"