The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1942-02-07
Radio Talks Over WMEX
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Shiloh KhaII's Electric
Choir
V. SIMPSON TURNER
Speaker
HOW LONG SHALL 1 CRY"

HOW LONG SHALL 1 CRY"
Oh Lord, how long shall
cry and thou wilt not hear.
cry unto thee for mercy anc
thou wilt not save. I plead fol
my people and their and theii
land and thou allowest the en-
envy to compasseth about, thou
allowestthe unrighteous to gain
power over the righteous anc
allowest the wicked to glory in
their wickedneSS. This was the
cry of Habakkuk the prophet
when his people and his lands
were being destroyed by the
Chaldeans, and is the cry Of
the confeSsing Christians Of
the world today of who seem tc
be gliding through chaos OF
immortality.
How long shall 1 cry?-You
shall cry from now to eternity
and I shall not hear. 1t is not
that I don't want to hear but
it is that the condition that
exists does not permit me to
hear. AS sound cannot travel
through a vacuum neither can
prayer travel through sin. AS
long as there is a gap between
GOO and man and that gap is
filled with wilful unrepentful
Sin-all prayer is eschoed back
in vain.
How long shall I cry?-The
answer is forever and a day.
Because I have called and We
refuSed-I stretched out my
hands and you disregarded it.
I have pleaded with you say
ing, Come unto me all We that
labor and are heavy laden and
I will give you rest. You turned
me down and went into Egypt
looking for help. A curse is
now on you, for you have
turned down my yoke that is
easy and forsakened my bur
den that is light, so cry on.
How long shall I cry?-Cry
on-until you he'd my counsel.
I came to you when I was hun
CRY and you gave me no meat
and I told you if you loved me
to feed my sheep. You re-
fused to let me dine at your
table as my attire was not in
keeping with your society. 1
told you to be a mother to the
motherleSs, a father to the
fatherleSs, to have a care for
the widow, to lift up the fall
en-, to give a hand to the needy
and you pass them all by and
because Of this shall you cry.
How long shall I cry?-Cry
on-For when I was thirsty ye
gave me no drink, and I told
you that the least you do to
one of these my little ones you
do it unto me. When I was
naked you refused to give me
clothes, when I was homeless
YOU would not shelter me,
when I was sick and helpless
YOU would not visit me. You sat
at the Holy Table for Com
munion with malice on your
heatr towards your brother, you
drank my blood when your
heart was filled with jealousy
envy and hate; so cry on.
How long shall I cry?-Cry
on. fob when I opened unto
YOU the Gates Of Salvation you
walked away. I died that yor
might live and yet you ars
contented to die; I tasted Of
Hell that you might have al
Heaven and yet you so live a.
to allow your soul to sink int
everlasting destruction-crucifI
me anew and put my name K
shame-and now that it is tor
late I will laugh at your calam'
ity. I viii mock when your feal
cometh. When you come thai
last mile Of the way and Vol
see before you an oblivion o.
darkness-and your soul begins
to fear the sting Of hell-ther
shall you pray, "oh lord, have
mercy. and if you listen you'll
hear q mocking echo ooh lore
have mercy. God is knocking
because your fear has come. Ht
cannot answer now because
when he called, you would not
answer: he cannot heed YOU
call for when he called untC