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TODAY'S SERMON
"PENTECOST"
"Tho revival at Pontecost was not a
rnan-gottcn-up revival. Tho leader wnb
tho Holy Spirit from start to finish.
Thero was no cut-and-drlcd schedule.
They looked to the Holy Spirit for guld
nco as to how tho meeting was to bo
run, Thoy were looking for two great
things drat tho Holy Ghost and then
power. You'll havo better prayer meet
ings If you go expecting something. Not
culluro and then power, not wealth nnd
then power, not power and tho Holy
Ohost It's got to bo first tho Holy Ghost
nnd then power.
"Wo arc disciples todny Just nil cer
tainly on tlioso men back In Juclcn, when
It comes to tho work of carrying on tho
gospel. One reason for tho chtirch'a full-
tiro today Is that It docs not realize- that
It has tho name God-glvcn mission If
tho church Is not doing tho work of God,
who Is? Tho saloons aro not. Tho poli
ticians are not. Tho clubs aro not, If
tho church Is not doing God's work to
day, who ls7 Show mo7 I'll leavo tho
church becauso I'm looking for God's
ropresontative. If you aro not, get out
of tho church. You and I have tho same
command to keep tho world In a stuto
of perpetual revival that tho disciples
hud. You'll find, tho church that Isn't Is
dying of tlry rot today, too, puro and
simple
"Why did they scatter In all directions
llko shot from a gun I It shows good
eenso In you when you try to find out
God's way of doing things. His wny Is
to plant In April and May, not In Octo
ber or November. You may not bellevo
In God, but thero isn't any old Infidel
who can run oen his own farm without
following tho dlvlno order. Tho tlmo
you spent In getting an education Is not
wasted. Tho tlmo you spend eating and
sleeping nnd gathering energy Is not
wasted. Let's have the same kind of
horse sense In tho church. They waited
ten days for Fentccost. What tho church
need today Is a baptism of horso sense.
LET GOD COMB FIRST.
"They mado their business and domestic
affairs arrango themselves not to Inter
fere with tho 10 dnjs' praver meeting.
You do tho name with these cdttage and
union prajcr meetings. Never mind your
clubs and your literary society. You can
read your paper on Ituskln four or flvo
months from now just as well as now.
You'll set It nlj out of tho encyclopedia,
anyhow, nnd It'll bo, there then Just as
weir as" now. God's purpose Is to glvo
Him tho right-of-way. Your, way Ig to
a 5 let housoclenning, thcatrcgolng, fuasts,
u lodgo meetings, card parties, week-end
blowouts nnd everything clso comoTii first
before God.
"They were continuously in tho templo.
Thoy had all-day meetings, .not for' an
hour in the morning. What did they go
for? Did thoy go to gossip and talk
about their neighbors? No, they went
to talk: about God. If a fellow got up to
say something he didn't havo some fellow
pulling a. watch on him If ha happened
to tako up flvo minutes of his time. I've
been in churches where they had clocks
screwed on tho pulpits, and I bellevo tho
Devil had his hand In that, ir tho min
ister happened to go llvo minutes over
time whew! They took tlmo to pray and
praiseGod. Just consider why It was and
Bee how mucth they had to bo tliankful
for. Then they were brethren thero and
they had better times. Judging from the
church attendance today, heaven won't
bo packed with tnen. No doubt tho dis
ciples had just as pressing business as
tha men, of Philadelphia today.
"And those were warm meetings.
Everybody v. on enthusiastic. There was
no danger of catching pneumonia by sit
ting down on a seat that had Just been
vacated by somo church official or dea
con. Thero was no Ice water to those
prayer meetings.
"They camo with one accord In one
place. I don't care If it's the finest
church and they don't come with one
accord, the Holy Ghost worj't be there
to bless you. There aro some members
of the churches who haven't had him
yet. If Philadelphia had had to- wait for
cartaln members of the churches, tho old
town would have been In hell long ago,
"When anybody prayed there, everybody
else said 'Amen.' There was nobody
who said 'I wonder If ho'a going to
pray all night.1 There was nobody who
laid. 'If I don't pray better than that
I'd keep quiet.'
"We've never had another Pentecost be
cause we've never had power. The
church has Increased In number, but
not In power. After 1500 yeais, why is
It that J20 praying men had more power
than 12,000,000 church members have to
day? They were all with ono accord.
That was It. They haven't been that
-way in the church of God from that
day to this.
"Wa need one accord more In our
church today than we do church flteeplea
and pipe organs The average church
pays more attention to the kitchen than
to the Holy Bplrlt. Some people think
they can't run a churph without oyster
oup The mare soup there is tho faster
the church Is going to the devil. I be
lieve In oyster soup, but X do not bellevo In
coaxing quarters out of men's pockets to
-jay the Sack salary of tho preacher. Some
of you women will sweat your bangs out
straight In the social room with a smite
on your face, but put you in the prayer
meeting and you're stiff as you can get.
You're killing religion and assassinating
the church by your stiff, staid conven
tionalities We need one accord, In the
churches more than we need high-priced
opera, singerB stuck up In the choir loft
iv ulna- chromatin scales like a squirrel
limb trfe.
NEED ONB MIND.
"Yaw need more of one mind in the
obureh and lesa controversy. More one
Mlfid and no denominational fuss, no
h.a!r-spHtUng over opinions, no wqrry.
im ovef your dinner burning up be
mum you left the gas too high, no worry
ing about that note towing due, no
thinking about what you're going to
wear at the next social blowout and won
Unng U Mrs. So-and Ba la going to slip
sue oyer on you. There was Just one
tatag at that mUog one accord and
that' hy tt w& a groat meeting
"Everybody there knew Jesus. Seme
Knttw Illm atftsr the flwsh and same after
tha fpirit There U no doubt that the
!-.. fc,.m H heated was them There
healed was there. When t set to Heaven
I'm going to hunt up that blind man of
..unit iiiiu mmnu .11111 vy (lie nauu, iui
he's been an Inspiration to mo tho way
ho laid out thoso old Pharisees.
"Tho pnraljtlc that thoy let down
through tho roof so he could reach Jesus
was there. He's tho best authority thero
Is In tho niblo for doing thtngs out of
tho ordinary. Thoy didn't get him to
Jesus In tho conventional wayi I don't
caro whether they have n Prince Albert
coat or whether their collar's buttoned In
tho back or not, Just so they get to
Illm. Ahd there's no doubt that tho man
with tho withered hand was there, and
Jnlrus and his daughter, tho centurion
nnd ills daughter, tho woman with tho
Issuo of blood, tho man who laid by the
pool, tho disciples, Mary, Martha and
l.nzarus, and Mary Magdalene all earn
estly praying. Oh, yes I Kvcrybody had
an up-to-dato experlcnco with Jesus, It
didn't tako flvo minutes to got them on
their foot and pry their mouths open.
They nil wanted to Bpcnk at once. Tho
Lord knows how many got up nnd how
long they tnlkod.
"There nrc lots of preachers who don't
know Jesus. They know about htm, but
thoy don't know him. Exnorlcnco will
do more than 40,000,000 theories. I con
experiment with religion Just tho samo
ns I con -with -water. No two know Him
exactly alike, but all loved Him, All would
hae something to say.
"Tho best way you can got a revival is
to get rid of tho friction, tho fusses,
feuds, flirts, nnd tho best wny to get rid
of them Is to got tho people to know
Jesus, Tho people outsldo will want to
Know mo Jesus you know Tho man
outside will not be there flvo minutes
boforo ho wants to know your Jesus If
you'vo got such a spirit ns thero was at
that Pentecost.
"What you need to produce tho revival
In tho church Is to get tho pcoplo to
know Jesus Ho said, 'I will scud tho
Holy Comforter to you ' Tho Inst thought
of Jesus on tho cross was for power'
What the church needs todny is more
power and tho pcoplo getting right with
God Thero Is too much playing hldo-und-seck
and tag with tho dovll In tho
churches If tho church of Jesus Christ
withdrew her patronage from tho theatres
of tho country they'd go out of business.
"Ho gave Ills disciples power to per
form mhnclcs Thnt samo power can bo
dclcgntcd to ou nnd mo today. Jesus
nlwajfl was not there. Ho didn't have to
be They had Jesus, but the church
heeds Illm today. It needs a baptism of
the Holy Ghost. Thero arc no substi
tutes You can organize, prepare, hjro
tho best singers and preacher In tho uni
verse, but jou'll get no power No mat
ter whnt scripturnl knowledgo ho may
have, no matter If ho prnjs so that It
reaches tho stars, no matter If his ser
mons sway the congregation vlth their
word pictures, no matter If tho singers
warblo faultlessly and to beat tho band
the preacher and the singers will produce
no more effect than the beating of a drum
or tho running of a music box. Tho
preacher who murders the King's Eng
lish four times to every sentence and
has the Holy Ghost will get tho revival.
FOLLOW DISCIPLES' EXAMPLE.
"Do as the disciples did, bellevo nnd
recelvo tho Holy Spirit by waiting. Tho
Holy Spirit Is ours It Is tho promlso
of Jesus from tho Father as a gift to
tho prayers of the Son God can no
more fill you with tho spirit If you nre
not right, willing and waiting to re
celvo it than ho can send tho sunshine
into your house If you havo tho blinds
and shuttera all closed You can pray
till you aro black in tho face und bald
hondod, but you're wnstlng your tlmo un
less you agree with God. Thero can bo
no wedding unless two pnrtlcs are agreed
If tho girl says 'No, that enus it.
Don't think you nro walking with God
Just because your nnme Is on a church
record. Walk In, the path of righteous
ness even it It leads to a colli n and tho
graveyard.
"Lots of yoj women hao not religion
enough to go homo and burn, that pack
of cords, tako that beer out of your collar
and dump It In the sower or take that
dish jou won at tho card party, you
blacklcgged gambler, nnd bust It. Got rid
of what's standing between you and God.
It'll bo your privilege If you glo up
every known sin to say 'The Comforter
has come,' Feeling has a part in It, but
only after vou aro saved. Feeling is men
tioned only once In the Bible, nnd that
was when Iaac reached out und touched
Jacob and ho got fooled by it. Bellevo in
Christ and be saved not feel on Him.
"You must glvo up everything God for
bids. Lots of you haven't religion enough
to burn up that pack of cards, tako that
boor out of your lco box apd dump t
In the gutter, or break that cut glass dish
you won at tho card party, and you wero
a blacklegged gambler in winning It.
"If the right eye offends, pluck It out.
Give up things as valuable as an eye. It
is better to go to "heaven with one oyo
than to hell with both eyes. You re
ceive the Holy Ghost by faith, not by
feeling. Feeling has a place In salva
tion, but It comes after you havo faith.
"In one accord, in one place, walk
with God."
lead tiie bunch so close to hell thnt you
cun smell the sulphur fumes as they belch
from the Inferno below.
Tho biggest cownrd In America today,
the biggest Cownrd we have In tho pro
fesslon of Christian religion, who Is
afraid to come out and declare himself
In n campaign llko this Is tho buslnoss
man. He Is afraid that soihe saloon
keeper, somo brewer, eome black-leg
gnmblcr, soma mndnmo of the red llcht
district nnd others of that kind they're
afraid they'll lose their trade by It, nnd
by the eternal God thoy ought to bo
punished before the moon changes.
BUSINESS COWAHDICE DEFINED
"Ono of the worst curses of tho church
today Is cbwardtco on tho part of busi
ness men whoso names nre on tho church
records. A cownrd I Oh, how I hale him!
Tho man who It a banker and a miser
able, moral coward, tho man who is
afraid of soma old, booze hoisting, beetle
browed, hoR-Jowelod brewer, that hap
pens to deposit his dirty, Blinking money
In his bank-for fear ho might withdraw
his doposlt. Let both go to perdition to
gether. Tho business mon who Is n cow
nrd I Ho Is afraid of vlrllo religion;
afraid of offending n prospective cus
tomer, n client, und keeping nway busi
ness. Everything nowndnvs Ir btiHltirnn.
business, business, money, and the church
Is but second or third to financial bucccss,
Thnt is whnt It Is todny.
Wo have got a wonderful country, won
derful, the Amcrlcnn Advances In Indus
try, but I nm mighty sorry to say thnt I
am unnblo to say we havo not had a cor
responding ndvnnco In the morality nnd
decency of tho country. Wo lead tho
world In crime. I will glvo you somo
facts about American crime before I got
through Ainencnn crlmo, nnd tho crim
inal record of America that will inako
your blood fun cold, and blush that you
live beneath tho Stars nnd Stripes. Mur-,
aerors, suiciuen, graft, liribery, , .divorce
and adultery; thoy Indicate not mornl' ad
vancement, but retrogrndlng. Crlmo Is
more common thnn honesty. Honesty is
rnrcr todny thnn it was GO years ago In
America The put suit of monoy and busi
ness Is pulling your men nwny from the
church Wo uro fnclng tho constantly
growing danger of dominance of tho ma
torlal over .the splrltunl This Is a busy
ago In which wo Hvo Wo hnvo hardly
tlmo to tie bur shoestrings A fellow
waxes up in the morning nnd rushes at
night, rushes at tho depot the brnkemnn
pokes his head Into tho trnln and yells 10
minutes for lundh, nnd ho grabs a sand
wich, a cup of coffoo In one hand and a
cigar In tho other, nnd then he will pay
130 to tho doctor because he Is full of
dyspepsia.
"This Is a day of Ismi nnd schisms and
ologtes, fol-da-rols, tommy rot nnd horo
bIcs to lead tho people astray It Is an
nxlom that tho measure of vnnr nrnnnro.
tlon will dctcrmlno tho measuro of your
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"Doctor Booth, years ago In New York,
when Moody was preaching there, said:
'Brethren, It is n dlsgraco that mnny
havo been sitting and carping and criti
cising this man; hero is a man who mur
ders tho king's English twice In every
sentence and yot ho has dono something
Irt this city of New York thnt you hnvo
not done that Is, arrest tho attention of
this city for ono month nnd held It toward
God's mind nnd God's truth for one
month, and until wo do that, It behooves
go to prayer meetings Instead of lodge
meeting that Is a normal condition.
Somebody said It Is followed, by reaction,
I repent thnt that is a lie for the second
time, and J don't Admit that tt Is true, but
If It were true, then, even then, it would
he worlh while every drop of sweat from
my body, every sleepless night I spend or
you spend, every Inconvenience you suf
fer) If It wore true, It would bo worlh
while, every dollar you spend, because
by nnd through this revival tens nnd tens
of thousands of men and women and chil
dren will bo brought nearer to God.
"If you had a baby and It was sick,
and tho doctor by his skill saved the
llfo of that baby, though It lived but
for a year, yet It would be worth every
dollar you paid that doctor. If I can
send a mnn homo sober for ono year
longer to his wife, to kiss her, to buy
good things to eat for a year, and If at
tho end he drops off tho water wagon,
yet Isn't it worth every dollar to glvo
her that happy tlmo?
"The history of the church Is tho his
tory of revivals. I can't see for1 tho
sake of my life how a man has tho au
dacity to call himself a minister of tho
gospel, and oppose revivals. He Is a dls
graco to religion. You ask the fellow
thnt sits by jou when ho was converted
And whon you sneer ngnlnst It you put
your Infinite small pusillanimous person
ality up against the omnipotent,
omniscient God.
"Some say, 'revivals aro undue excite
ment.' 1 repeat for tho third time, 'It is
a lie.'
Last Night's Sermon
Continuing bis theme of yesterday after
noon, ftov. W. A. Sunday last night spoke
on a defense of revivals, taking his text
from Habakkuk 3.3, "O Lord, revive Thy
wotks In tho midst of the years, lp the
midst of the years made known; in wrath
remember mercy." Ho said;
"Wo are reminded by this that there
are In the midst of years many things
thnt remind us that the sands In the hour
glass of time are fast -sifting for many
of us; your hair Is growing gray, your
oyes are dim; 'It takes you longer to gp
a block and you Jove to sit In (rent of
the tire and doze. There Is the retrospec
tive view of life, tho Introspective and the
prospective. If you discover anything In
the Introspective that has made you
ashomed and dlsgUBted with the retro?
spective, resolve to make the prospective
better by contrast.
"Away with thjs Mth century tommy
rot that the way to elevate the pedple Is to
mix up witli them. That will not ele
vate them, no, you will ink In the mud
as deep us they art, If you want to ele
vate them you've got o live better than
they do.
"In the words of my text, 'Oh Lord
revive thy worki, he didn't pray for
more education, he didn't pray for free
trade, he didn't pray for municipal own
ership, ho said 'Lord, revive thy works.'
There aro people In your city who will
always suppose, because they are fools,
that the only way to promoto religion Is
for religion to move uniformly In the
same old rut.
GRAVES AND P.UTS DIFFER
"The only difference between a grave
and a rut is tha,t the grave lap little deeper
than the rut, but they are both for the
same purpose. Some people are -afraid,
scared to death to introduce innovations
In religion, they are scared that nod Alt
mighty might do something out of the
ordinary and arrest the attention of the
man who Is going to hell on high gear.
However sound their line of reasoning
may be, tho old methods aro all right,
science Is sot worth a snap of your fin
ger, nor a plckayune. unless they deliver
the goods, express charges prepaid.
-So what'a the nature of a revival? He
was praying for a revival. A a nation
we are tueiws the danger at thts domina
tion of the Hterlal over the falrltwUl
we are ceakiMrelaUy drunk- Take' a
tuishst at uk-tela and walk down tbe
us to pray Instead of sitting in judgment
nn III, wnrlr
"Doctor Booth went to his study ahd
prepared his sermon on tho text: 'Come,
for all things nro ready.' Ho Just had twq
heads, IQomp,' and 'Como "now ' He got
three young men who went ahead and
inquired the way to God. That was tluee
more than they had over had beforo In
that petrified, mildewed church
"I want to way to this audience tonight,
beforo I forgot It, that I behove that tho
Bible is the Word of God from cover to
cover. Not becausp I can understand It.
for I cannot. Not because I understand
Its philosophy, speculation or theory. I
cannot; wouldn't attempt It. and I would
bo a fool if I tried, 1 bullovo It because
it Is" from tho mouth of God, the mouth of
God has spoken It.
DESPISES A COMPROMISE
"God despises a compromiser. He de
spises a man who trims his sail to catch
a passing breeze of popularity.
"I tell you, folks, wo havo got to de
termine, now ns to revival responsibility.
It, Is novcr with God, never, I used to say
that I can see a cloud the slzo of a man's
'hahd nnd I used to say there Is a coming
revival, but I havo learned to thank gou
that His promises are In tho present
tense n-o-w. Salvation (s In the present
tense.. I never pray save me Lord, at
last, for Jesus' sake save mo now. I am
maklpg no provision for a relapse.
"Listen to mo. If in your city there
are sins of Immorality, drunkenness and
crime, If you have seduction, pandering
and white slavery and your streets aro
filled with staggering, reeling drunkardB,
and girls losing their virtue, the respon
sibility for tjiat Btate of things is not
with God, but with the citizenship of
Philadelphia, God puts it up to your
church nnd your town, and If your
churches are losing their power, respon
sibility Is not with God, but with the
membership of that church, of the fellow
who stands In the pulpit, or both.
''The responsibility has never been with
God; jiever has been ahd never will. An
old fellow said to me. (What do you think
of this modern evangelism?' I Bald 'I
don't know anything about It." My evun
gellsm is as old as the cross of Jesus
Christ. I don't know anything about the
modern evangelism. A revival Is not ob
jectionable, some zay, but well. It, Is an
abnormal condition. I say, you lie. A- re
vival Is riot an abnormal condition, but a
normal one. Do you mean to tell me and
Insult God by saying that this cold, in
different, card-playing, beer-drinking,
bridge, whist, Dutch lunch, Sunday base
ball, fitting on the bleachers looklpg at
a ball game liutead.of going to church, do
you mean to say that Is a normal condi
tion ot the church? -It Is your backsliding
condition that is the abnormal condition.
That Is what Is the matter with you, you
have got jn wrong.
"When you get1 down on your knees and
read the Bible; have family prayers and
VARIOUS REVIVALS RECORDED
"Listen to me. In tho economy of na
ture God provides for an occasional
nnd you will nnd that seven out of every
ten woto converted In time of n revival,
copious downpour of rain. You would
bo a fool to growl becauso it didn't rain
nil tho tlmo. God has arranged his spir
itual kingdom so that ho has a copious
downpour of spiritual blessings. God Is
rolling In spiritual wealth as well as
material It Is not thought unwiso to
havo a revival In business, oh, no every
town has Its commercial club. It Is not
.thought unwiso to havoj a revival In
politics oh, no.
"Some people arc scared to death that
somebody might bo saved from hell by
out-of-the-ordlnary methods.
"Political leaders will hlro leaders,
newspaper editors, publishers and will
spend monoy for voters In order to get
those who nro Indifferent to tho political
situation Interested that Is nothing under
heaven but a political rovlvnl and you
don't hear anybody growl nbout It,
"In tho business world, llston. In the
business world men must make the mar
ket ns well as tho goods for tho market.
He must mnko the goods, then ho goes
Into the market. He's got to do both.
You'vo gdt all thcBO Institutions to creato
n, demand for the product theso nro
business rovivals you havo auto shows,
thoy nre auto revivals you havo county
fairs which nro nothing but revivals
where they show cows, pigs, chickens,
bread, butter, horses and all the products
of tho farm. Then what the revival Is to
business, what tho election Is to politics,
tho revival Is to religion; what health
Is to the individual tho revival Is to re
ligion. Martin Luther saved Europe
from spiritual death a spiritual revival
under Martin Luther was the causo of
tho Reformation, nothing but a revival.
and why nny Luthernn will snnp, snarl,
growl about a revival when his church
was born of a revival I don't know.
"Wesley and Whltefleld saved England
from tho French Revolution. Edwards,
Finney nnd Moody lifted America from
degradation by revivals of their day. Tho
prophets wero all evangelists; John tho
Baptist, tho greatest man ever born of
woman, was an evangelist Tho church of
Pentecost was born In religion in a time
of revival. You turn up your noses at a
revival, whon tho very religion which
you love was born In a time of revival.
I -wonder God don't knock you over. Paul
was an evangelist, and whenever Paul
was to preach or wherever he went they
had to call out tho police to protect him;
he had a revival or a riot everywhere ho
wont. You cut the day bf Pentecost off
of history; you cut Peter, James and Paul
out of history and what you have left
would not make a decent rummage sale.
"Any boy can throw a Btone and break
a stained glass window, but it takes an
artist to make one; any fool can build a
fire nnd burn a building, but It takes
a skilled mechanio to reconstruct It; a
mob crucified Christ, but it took God to
raise Htm from the dead; any fool can
sneer at a revival; any fool can do that,
and you are a fool It you do.
"But you Bay by and tiirough a revival
we acknowledge we have backslidden.
Well, you don't put the community In
possesion ot any information they havo
not already got. You say it Is temporary;
so was the war, but the slaves aro free
today. You say it la temporary; so Is
rain, yet nature feels Its refreshing power
for weeks afterward. Exalt the evangel
ist; it does nothing, of the kind. The
evangelist, has his place In God's economy
as much as the preacher. God has special
men tq do special work in special times.
Many a man who Is a success as a
preacher would be the worBt failure you
ever looked ut as an evangelist. The
preacher has his place In God's economy
and I have got mine. I believe God Al
mighty calls me to do what I am doing
as much as Doctor Hays or any other
preacher. I could not be a pastor. I have
received several Invitations and have had
some flattering offers of salary, but If I
accepted a pastorate, I would buy a round
trip ticket, A revival Is a conviction of
sin, a conviction ot sin on the part of
the church.
"If they wish to begin anew with their
responsibilities and obligations to God,
they must begin at the door of the
church of God, at the house of God, hot
the saloons and not by the breweries
and groggerles and red-light and stinking
dance halls.
"You men are ashamed of yourselves
even now to think that you have not
dono more for Jesus Christ than you did,
You Just beat a path to the store or of
fice and homo, went to church on Sunday,
and back to the store, and Jhat Is nil you
did, and you call that serving the Lord,
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"When Is n revival needed? A preacher
Bald to me In lowa-'I thought I had
done my duty when I held up the bleed
ing form of Jesus Christ and dilated
upon his precepts, but I find that I must
tnlk iinon nlh . You bet you mustf many
nn old sinner Isn't fit for the balm of
Gllead until he Is given a. good old
fashioned fly blister nnd the currycomb
of the law. And some old pachyderms
will sit In their pews nnd one Bhake, like
a flnt-tallcd Bheep in tho rain, ono shako
nnd they're dry.
"Tho Spirit of God files from tho scenes
of strlfo nnd discord. You might ns well
expect n mummy to speak and bear
children, ybu might as well expect hell
to sing the doxology. You might ns welt
try to batter down Gibraltar, shooting
green peas with a popgun as to expect
that.
"If there Is a. woman I ptty It Is the
Boclety woman who lives for n few empty
headed, beer-soaked grasswldowcrs, Jilted
Jays with cracked reputations.
WHEN REVIVAL IS NEEDED
"A revival Is needed when the worldly
spirit Is In the church of God, It Isn't
necessary to do something grossly In
consistent. A ship Is all right In tho
sea, but nil wrong when the sea Is In
her. Tho church of God Is nil right In
the world, but all wrong when the world
Is In the church. Somo pcoplo como to
church on Sunday morning and on Mon
day morning they tnko a header Into tho
world nnd the church never sees them
acnln until Sunday morning Thoy
squnt and tako up a llttlo space In tho
pew nnd stay there nnd put a llttlo
money on the plntc, but you never sco
them again until Sunday morning. I tell
you, I behove half of the church mem
bers could dlo and tho church wouldn't
lose anything of Its spiritual force; It
would loso them In numbers, but it
wouldn't loso anything in spiritual power.
I tell you, my friends, wo need n panic
In religion, the world don't need Inform
ing; It needs reforming. Wo aro going
to tho devil over culturo clubs, ns If tho
world needed Informing: It don't need
nnythlng of tho kind. There aro pcoplo
who go to church nnd go to a certain
denomination because their wife goes
there. They got their religion nnd their
property in their name. They go to that
church.
"Look at tho Sunday school. Tho Sun
day school ought to be a constant feeder
Into tho church. Why isn't it? Because
wo havo Sunday school teachers who aro
absolutely good for nothing; they help
nobody but tho publishers. They don't
sit down nnd study. They don't prcpnrc.
They go to Sunday school nnd try nnd
tench and on Monday they aro at somo
leg show, nnd on Tuesday night they aro
at some dance, and they don't como near
the church again until Sunday morning.
"I want to say If a public school teacher
knew no moro nbout the work and
methods of teaching than the average
Sunday school teacher knows about tho
will of God she, would not be on tho
payroll 15 mlnuteB.
"Go down to the danco hnlls, the nick
elodeons, the picture show, the cheap
skato dance hnlls there you will find
young girls with dresses to their shoo
tops. I nsk you, why? I'll tell you; tho
splrltunl destitution of the. multitude.
Thousands never darken the church doors.
A revival Is needed when sinners aro
careless, licentious. A general revival
of religion has got to sweep over this
country or it will mean tho dissolution
of the church, the home of the nation.
I don't caro a rap how you fortify your
shores; how many ships you build;
America has got to havo n -revival.
Wealth and culture never saved Rome,
Babylon or Nineveh, 'and if you have
the sins of Babylon, you will have tho
Judgment of Babylon.
"Men say tho day of the revival la
over. Fellows harp on that In JJ "
odlst conference. In tho 1'"5b'rlft"
meetings. In tho Baptist 1Mfoctal'0.n,'J"
ho Congregational M0Vf:tohtf &
of the revival Is over. No, It Is hot No,
only with the ff low who vomits out the
sentlmont; nui u is """""""
The day of tho revival Is over. God
Almighty leaned over tho llwnlo
heaven nnd looked down Into tho coal
mines of Wales and snldi 'Oh, Roberts!'
and out of tho depths of tho coal mine
camo that grimy. Boiled man, with dirty
face, with a little lamp In his cap, and
he Bald: 'What Is It. God?' And God
said: 'I want you to go nnd Bhnko up
Wales,' and he gave Wales tho greatest
rovlval that over Bwcpt oyer this land
since tho days of Pentecost. There was
not a college professor or preacher In
Wales that God would trust with tho
"Tho days of revival aro 6yer. they
said-then God called Tony Alexnnder
nnd told him to go, and ho went, to Tas
mania, Ireland, Japan, China, England,
Scotland; ho went around tho world.
"Tho days of revival nre over then God
cnlled Glp out of his llttlo tent In Lng--.
.i .. , flint ninsev bov and
shook Now York, Boston, Chicago, Los
Angeles. My menus, mo own ui u
vlvnl nro not ovor.
"No mnn has over heard me my nn
unkind word ngnlnst tho minister. I II
preach ngnlnst nny minister -who Is
1 1.tHn- fnl.a flnntrtnrn. T don't KlVO n
rap who ho Is. I'll turn my guns looso
ngalnst him, ana aon i you lorgui. uim.
Any man who Is preaching false doctrines
to tho people and vomiting out falso doc
trines to them will henr from mo.
"Nobody over heard mo ridicule tho
.ministry, but I wnnt to say thnt tho re
sponsibility for no rovivals in our cities
nnd towns has got to ho laid at tho doors
of tho ministry. Preachers sit fighting
their sham battles of different denomina
tions through their cussedness, Inquiring
into fol-da-rol nnd tommyrot, and thero
sits In tlo powa of tho church that mls
orabio old scoundrel who rents his prop
erty out for a snloon nnd is going to hell;
nnd that other old scoundrel who rents
his houses for houses of III fame and Is
living directly on tho proceeds of pros
titution, nnd ho doesn't prench against It.
Ho is afraid ho will turn tho rnen against
him. Ho is nfrnld of his Job. They nro
a. lot of backsliders and tho whole bunch
will go to hell together. They nro afraid
to como out against It.
"I'll tell you what's tho matter. Llston
to mo. lho church of God has lost tho
spirit of concern today largely becauso
of the ministry that's what's tho matter
with them. I'll nllow no mnn or womnn
to go beyond mo In paying tribute to
culture. I don't mean tills mlsornblo dog
business, slinking hands with two lingers.
The less brnlns Bomo pcoplo havo tho
harder they try to show you thnt they
havo somo or think thoy have. I allow
ho man to get beyond mo In paying trib
ute to intellectual greatness, but when n
man stands in the pulpit to prench ho has
got to bo a man of God, and tho slrlt of
grace. He has got to speak with tho
passion for souls nnd If you sleep In tho
tlmo of a rovlvnl God Almighty will wako
you up.
"If I knew that all the dovits in hell
and nil tho devils In Philadelphia wore
sitting out in the powa and sneering nnd
Jeorlng at mo I'd shoot God's truth into
their carcasses anyway, and I propose to
keep firing away nt tho devils until by
and by they come crawling out of their
holes and swear that thoy wero never
In them, but" the old hides would assay
for lead nnd tan for chair bottoms.
"So I proposo to keep firing away at
tho enemies of God and decency and the
1 f J ta
WHJ zZ ti
church nnd I bellevo jou are iM
ready to overthrow tho devil tbtm
ucen uacmnB jou uiio a corner f
last zs years, iou navo a lot ofi
follows hero In Philadelphia, b1
haven t got backbono enough;
got a tvvlno string for a baeklriu
a twlno string that will wrlgafo
tlmo some old rummy blows liljaafl
tho spinal column was drilled out oTSJ
nr vntl rellnwn tlinrn wntilHn', i.'
enough loft to powder your cH
heads with. Braco up ana do 6mttfc
Show your colore, i
-Ail mni somo oi you cnurch isesi
nro fit for Is to help mnke uo n .
You help tho preacher count oaffcl
whon ho Bends in his nnnual rennW 1
"I will tell you facts. Hear fa. J
reason why wo havo got these tsrJ
rois is uccuuso ino cnurcn oi Go4j
not uono nor uuiy. x. navo got tg
thing to say about tho evtntej
church.
"Glvo us better homes. There I
great tendency to orcaic down ourfej
todny. Our boys nnd girls ate gefej
tho devil. Fathers, tho trouble tTJ
forget; tho mother forgets b(i jfJ
aciiia ji'huh ,nriBi. alio spend fe
tlmo around tho ladles' club mi t
literary ciuu ana otner ciuds, clutav
In general aro nil right, but which, i
tliry keep her away from home, t-( J
., ...tin 11
"Tho revival Is ono tldo from taJ
sea that lias swept tho world since la
cost. It Is not a new tldo in a ftevi
uut nn oiu yuo in an old sea. .
"Qlvo us moro men for tho ml
I tell you, my friends, tho clwrchiill
Ing a crisis in mo ministry today, ;
young mon nro leaving tho mlnlstrj-.t
arc refusing to enter tho ministry R
Becauso thoy are Btarved. It Is i f
grnco and an Insult tho salary thn
paid. ar,
yOU. Lord, revive thou thy worUI
Know mill every iuiiii uim nasi
this land has had two character!
First, It has been a revival of butd
men. Thero novcr has been n UrajiJ
tney wero moro wining to pun&
money Into a camnnlgn than now,
"They aro beginning to see, thoatkl
business men from Maine to Caufe
from Duluth to the gulf, that If that
wave of graft, intemperance, -vlct, fa
tiousness, nrioery ana corrupuoa 1
threatens your nation and Impeillit
destiny as a nation, which threaten
overthrow our yoUng men and jre
women they aro awakening to H h
thnt If It Is to bo boaten back andnr
thrown, It has got to bo brought tfc
by a tidal wavo of religion. They Ir
been awakening to tno raci mat it
havo been dealing with non-euttt
things, and aro wasting their time, I
ond. a rovlval of porsonal work; X
has nevor bocn n tlmo when people
moro ready to work; never a ilnu!j
they nro moro ready nnd willing t 4
overy man nnd woman In this hJUm
ovory usher, overy momiier oi a
tee, to do personal work.
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