EVENING LIilDOJiJR PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY. JANUARY 18, 1915.
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"BILLY" SUNDAY'S SERMONS
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Today
's Sermon
at Washington
SUBJECTS "IF CHRIST CAME TO
WASHINGTON"
Text: Luke, 19:1. "Jesus entered and
passed through Jorlcho."
"The announcement of the coming of
any historic character to Washington
would arouse deep Interest. If I could
announce that Shakespeare, under the
alchemy of whose brain all classes and
races and all Institutions gnc up their
Mcrots, were to speak In this tabernacle;
If I could nnnounco that Milton, whoso
blinded eyes seemed but to give his soul
n chnnco to sec more; If I could announce
that George Washington, the Father of His
Country, Urst In peace, first In war nnd
first In tlio hearts of his countrymen, whs
to honor this city with his presence, ex
cursions would run from every section of
this land, nnd no building has been
erected by the hands of ninn that would
hold tho crowds that would gather.
"But I need not nrguo that the an
nouncement of the coming of Jesus to
"Washington would awaken nn Interest
nnd send a thrill of cxpectnncy boyowl
that of any other character of history.
Tho Concern we would feel would bo dif
ferent, not only In Its magnitude, but In
Its essence as well.
"Wo Instinctively feel the difference and
Wo account for It. This Is truo because
HIS1 namo la Inseparably associated with
religion and, after all has been said, re
ligion Is the measure of concern of men
It's the real base line of chnracter.
"Men may revile It, Ignore It and mis
represent It, but In their hearts men feel
that In religion life finds Us highest ex
pression. HAS GREATEST INFLUENCE.
"Many types of men challenge our In
terest, but It Is tho apostlo of religion
and tho herald of Christianity that has
the. suporlatlve Influence. Tho merchant
prlnco Is known In all markets where
men buy and sell and the crowds ap
plaud him and his millions. He Is a
useful man to his ago: but ho dies, and
In a few years no ono would know
where he was burled, or remember that
ho lived, If It were not for tho costly
monument erected by his family.
"Tho soldier makes and unmakes the
map of tho world at will and empires
tremble at the glance of his eye; he, too.
may do a dlvlno work, but ho dies nnd
clowns bandy his namo across tho foot
lights. "The scholar concentrates tho essence
of his llfo In a book that soon grows
yellow In tho dingy corner of a library
Ho may be a faithful servant of high
Ideals, but ho dies and only a fow stu
dents remember him nnd enjoy the re
sults of his labors.
"But Jesus nctually lives the moral law
and serves His generation, forgetting
Himself m the Immortality and wo turn
to Him for spiritual authority as natural
ns a flower turns toward the sun or a
lily lifts its Immaculate lips to be Hissed
by the sunshine and the dew.
"Beauty may pleaso us, truth may
strengthen us, but goodness commands
us. A genius charms us, a philosopher
Instructs us, but a saint feeds us.
"Art makes the world attractive, learn
ing enriches tho mind and dignifies llfo,
but religion regenerates the soul.
"But the fact that Jesus was a spirit
ual genius Is not nn adequate explana
tion of tha unique Interest His coming
to Washington would arouse.
HOLDS GIUP ON MEN.
"There have been other spiritual gen
iuses who Incarnated the good and tho
great, but the grip which Jesus has upon
the heart nnd consciences of men Is dif
ferent from all these.
"Aristotle was a genius, but his Influ.
nee Is scholastic. He Influences the form
of man's thought
"Mohammed was a genius, but his In
fluence Is disciplinary. Ho drives men Into
new habits.
"Confuqlua was a genius, but his In
fluence Is didactic He simply tenches
men a format plan of conduct us a teacher
fnlgbt teach geometry,
"Buddha was a genius, but his Influ
ence Is exemplary only. He .tells us to II
lustruto the attitude of self-forgetfulncss.
"Mr. Froude has made an extended com
parison between Jesus and Caesar.
Caesar crystallized Into Institutions of
government a theory of statecraft which
made Rome the dominant force In that
feneration und pushed humanity forward
lit tha march of progress. Ho stamped his
genius upon the life of his time and to this
day In our political and economic life wo
feet the Influence of the Roman law de
veloped under his Inspiration.
"Tho ghost Of Caesar still stalks In tha
council chambers of Europe, but no priest
ly order like the Jesuits has made Caesar
Its master His memory has produced
,no churches and no creeds. No philoso
pher has found In him a key to the riddles
f Jtfe and death, His name Is not chanted
Jn vaulted cathedralB nor lingered over by
tho peasant In his cottage, nor lisped by
little children 'Now, I lay me.'
"I could draw comparisons between tho
Influence of Jesus and the Influence of
every great character In human history,
just as Mr. Froude has with tho name of
Caesar, and If I did I would but add evl
deuce to the argument you are ready to
33njt, that the Influence of Jesus Is dif
ferent from the influence of every other
character In history, that It la a per
gonal ajid Intimate Influence.
"Let me try to describe the unique
appeal of Jesus. Whenever men look
at Chrtit they feel themselves under ob
ligation to have reproduced In them--selves,
the character He expresses. This
tnoral compulsion Is Indestructible. Men
may dent the historical Christ or the
metaphysical Christ and leave only the
APPEAL OF CHRIST.
Ideal and they have still to reckon with
power of the; first magnitude, the
Christ of human experience survives
man's doubts of tha Christ of history
ms4 etUI under the name of Jesus some
ffeiflff e&ty out to our spiritual capacl
ti? to Rwake. The vtry name makes us
diwuilitfiad with evil In spite of pur
lc for It, It Bhsmaa us out of pettl
n bit Hrstofew. Oat of in Into sal
vtto, out of Tie into purity. No man
cftir rvt til fragmentary dsucrlpllou or
Jetttt in the New TMtument without
tHliiK laW upon hira an obligation to
KVtTiKMiftr bu tUtl ami tysjobi HI to
t ijm i'C tat i lived man abut
":f CkiiI vsoe to tbls Oty: Whan
.jAlty eaw h cr tfe ett rota ,
sm h&mt M1. tb rneuL wo- ,
teT $s$ t '"no-,! -i vr -njr is i i
tho day when Jesus Christ gives It n spe
cial visitation of Ills power nnd presence
RECBrTION ALWATS COLO.
"Some of tho most painful pages of
history nro thoso recording tho attitude
cities took toward Him when He vis
ited them. From His birth to His death,
with the exception of a brief period of
publicity. Ho was received coldly nnd
often In tho most hostile mannor by the
towns which Ho honored by Itli presence.
The day when Jesus wns In town was a
day when the people hnd a chanco to
write history, but they chronicled their
foolishness nnd Bhamo ana brutality by
tho way they treated Him.
"If Christ came to thlB city would I bo
glad to sec Him? Not appear to bo glad,
but rcnlly be glnd to welcome lllm?
Whether or not you would be glad to wel
come lllm Is nn Invariable Index to our
character. Ho Is always where nil Is
well, rhere Is n lino of scripture wlilch
reads lis follows:
" 'And when Herod the king heard It
he was troubled.'
"Men who have been living llko Herod
aro nlways troubled when they hear that
Jesus Is In tho neighborhood. Jesus Is
In tho way of tho Hcrods, Jesus Is In
tho way of tho adulterer, tho thlof, tho
llbertlno nnd tho oppressor.
"Would the presence of Jesus give you
pence nnd strength or would It worry
you7 If It would worry you, you may
know that you aro living In sin. By this
you may know nil that eternity can ever
reveal. It Hit presence would trouble
you It Is n bad sign.
wnnnn will he find you?
"If Chrlut came to this city where
would I want lllm to find mo? Would I
want Him to And mo In the saloon, In a
houso of shame, plotting to ruin somo
confiding girl, or with somo crowd of
scoffers?
"If Christ came to this cltv, whnt
would I want Him to find me doing?
Would I want Him io find mo shirking
my duty, doing a questionable thing or
attempting to win men to Him?
"If Christ camo to this city, what
whom would Ho spend most of IJls tlme7
I know that Ho would go wherever there
wns a- sinner nnd not be afraid of soiling
His fine linen by going either. I know
that Ho would go wherever there was
nny ono In need, nnd He would go regard
less of clnss. Ho would go as freely and
ns frankly to tho poorest man In the
poorest tenement as Ho would go to tho
comfortable home of ono of your mllllon
nlres, and vlca versa. I think Ho would
go wherever thcro was anybody who
needed help on tho deeper things of llfo
(and I know thcro would be nothing In
His. life that would mako It hnrd for Him
to go either) There may be something
In your llfo that would make It hard for
you to go nnd speak n word for Christ
"But when I ask where Ho would spend
most of Ills time I am not thinking of
these places I hnvo mentioned. I nm sim
ply asking In whoso company Ho would
find tho most congeniality. I cannot nn
swer that I am only asking you.
THE BIG QUESTION.
"If Christ camo to this city, what am I
doing that He would commend? Am I
trying to live n. Christian Hfo7 Am I
trying to Influence others to do like
wise? Am I dealing honestly In business?
Am I found behind every Influence for
good? Am I tho uncompromising foe of
overy evil?
"If Christ camo to this city, what prac
tices and neglect would Ho condemn?
Whnt changes would I make If I had 21
hours' notice? Would you change any
dates? Would you tear up any letters?
Would you go nnd apologize for anything
you have said? Would you pay somo
debt you hnvo refused to settlo for years?
Would you deed back property that you
have swindled somo poor follow out of?
Would you go to tho bank and draw
money nnd pay back something that you
havo cheated In order to obtain? Would
you go to men and tell them you hnd lied
nbout them? Would you tell the brewery
wagon not to cnu at your house in the
future? Aro there any books on your
library shelf you would throw out? Are
there any pictures on tho wall you would
tear down? Are you planning to go nny
where you would not go if Christ were
coming to this city? Would you take
anything out of tho Icebox? Would you
have to dust tho Bible? Would you mako
any changes In, your prayer schedulo?
CHRIST ALWAYS PRESENT.
"I said, 'If Christ came to this city,
but there la no 'If.' Christ Is In thl3
city. Every now and then some ono
writes a book like W. T. Stead's book,
'If Christ Camo to Chicago,1 but there
is a sort of faithlessness In every such
book, for Christ has nover been out of
Chicago. Christ has seen every stone laid
In Chicago, Brooklyn, New York, Phila
delphia, Boston, San Francisco, London,
Paris, Berlin. Ho has heard overy lie,
seen every false vote, has known evory
vicious thought, every sneer at high nnd
holy things, every yielding to low Ideals,
every corrupt practice, and every Injus
tice, every oath, every theft. Ho has
moved In the maddened crowa of every
strike. He has seen with a practiced eye
the elements of Justice and injustice that
moved the crowd. He has been at the
council table of every great corporation
and knows when property rights have
been put above human rights. He knows
tho motives behind every act of every
man since the founding of our nation. Ills
Judgments of you are not based upon the
morning newspaper or by a rating in
Bradstreet's or R. G. Dun, but by what
Ho sees and knows of you every day.
"In Trafalgar Square, lifting Itself
above the fog, stands the statue of Lord
Nelson, around whose feet the crowds
break like waves. It stands there a sort
of Bllent exhortation to evory young Eng
lishman to give the loyalty of his life to
old England. In a manner finer and more
Intimate we have Jesus, not carved In
stone, but alive, standing above and In all
of life, of mankind, calling It to better
things. He Is the unavoidable Christ. You
business men, Sunday night you sat In
this tabernacle and the appeal of Christ
made you uneasy. It was not comfortable
(o measure your life, your principle and
your methods by the llfu and tho princi
ples of Jesus; you left the tabernacle
swearing you would never enter It again.
This morning you entered your private
plllce and turned the key In the look, you
said. 'At last am alone, away from the
Impertinent questions and the Irritating
exhortations of preachers. At last I am
alone, vhere I am my only Judge, and
where I can do with my life as I please
but you no sooner had said that than the
very air of your private office was quiv
ering with, tha presanoe of nn unseen
guest and you knew that Iron locks could
not shut out the appeals and demands
of Jaaua Christ. This unavoidable, Christ
Is with yon avury moment you think
about yourwlf. You cannot ask the
questions from where did I coma and
Where am I going without taking Htm
Into account H Is with yon every time
you think about your conduct. lie has so
I thoroughly Incarnated all that la right
that K u wpauHMe. ip yi'sK or tn twe
words 'right iaA "wrong Uhout re-ek.
oalng with Him.
MIKACLt EXPLAINED.
Tfar I f Mry i Uu Jw fHa
went jf feBrMftt after Bui rurrc
liou &pMd in a ron wcere some
of Ills disciples wero gnthcred, His ap
pearance wns n mystery, for all the
doors Wero closed. Ho hnd apparently
walked through a locked door. Critics
have sneered nt that ns Impossible, but
you business men know different, for
Ho has ttnlked through locked doors Into
your thoughts many times Blnce that.
Men of Washington, the oyes of Christ
nro upon you. I plead with you to act
so that thoso eyes can smile upon you.
This nmbltlon has been the Inspiration
of all the good nnd noblo lives thnt havo
mndo tho world what It Is.
"This unavoldnblo Christ. Why do you
wnnt to avoid Hint? There can bo but
ono reason. If you want' to avoid Him
It Is because you" aro uneasily conscious
that there Is something In your llfo that
Ho docs not npprove. It Is n practical
Impossibility for a man to put himself
faco to fnco with Jesus Christ and un
blUBhlngly lead a. bad life.
"A certain wealthy family returning
homo late one night discovered that a
burglar hnd rifled their silver chest of
nil Its contents. The drawers weio pulled
from the buffet and their contents scat
tered on tho floor. Tho table linen was
disarranged, tho dining room was In gen
eral disorder.
"But the thing which struck tho at
tention of the family was the fact that
a marblo head of Christ, . which was
so situated that Its eyes fell directly
on tho Bllver chest, had been turned
with Its fnco to tho wall. The black
finger prints on tho marble bust told
tho story. Tho burglar was unable to
commit tho theft with oven a marble
Chi 1st looking at .him, nnd hnd turned
tho fnco tonard tho wall.
"May 1 not hope that you men nnd
women of Washington will bIiow at least
tho tender sensibilities of this burglar?"
Afternoon and Evening
SUBJECT: "CHICKENS
COME HOME TO ROOST"
"Tho 10th Psalm, tho 35th verso: 'Let
tho sinner be consumed out of tho earth
and let tho wicked bo no more.'
"This always seemed to mo to bo a
queer verse of scripture. It Is n verso
moro often misunderstood than any other
and read by many to Justify their living
in sin. It contains n thought which I
don't And so well expressed In nny other
verse, not on nccount of Its peculiarity,
but becauso It Is used by men to Justify
their living In sin.
"Thero Is much unjust criticism of
David, who lived a virtuous and upright
life. Ho said: 'Let wickedness of the
wicked come to an end.' It showed
David's sympathy toward his fellow men
when ho wept when ho henid of others
sinning. But they would not be saved.
Somo kept on sinning nnd living In sin.
Ho saw what was tho need of tho com
munltv nnd tho nation, nnd said: 'O God,
If men won't stop sinning, notwithstand
ing your commands, then lot them be
consumed out of tho earth.' When he
said this he offered tho prayer, a por
tion of which I havo chosen for my text.
"I somotlmes And people who talk
lightly of sin. I say ho has lost all of
his respect for right, all of his respect
for virtue, decency, all of his respect
for everything or ho wouldn't say It. If
only tho men who say It were nftcctcd
by their sins, It would bo hard enough.
I would work Just ns hnrd as I do. But
wo never livo to ourselves. Thero aro
moro affected by your sins than your
self, although I would work Just as hard
If you were tho only ono.
MAKES OTHERS SUFFER.
"When you come staggering homo, cuss
ing right nnd left and spowlng and spit
ting, your wife suffers, your children
suffer. Don't think that you aro the
only one that suffers. A man that goes
to tho penitentiary makes his wife and
children suffer Just as much as he does.
You're placing a shamo on your wlfo and
children. If you're a dirty, lowdown,
filthy, drunken, whisky-soaked bum, you'll
affect all with whom you como In con
tact. If you're a God-fearing man you
will Influenco all with whom you como
In contact. You can't live by yourself.
"Lyman Beechcr was a goaiy man,
and ho wob tho father of more brains
than any other man.
"I occasionally hear a man say, 'It's
nobody's business how I live.' Then I
say he Is the most dirty, low-down,
whisky-soaked, beer-guzzling, bull-necked,
foul-mouthed hypocrite that ever had n
brain rotten enough to conceive such a
statemont nnd lips vile enough to utter
It. You Bay, 'If I am satlsflod with my
life why do you want to Interfere with
my business?'
"If I heard a man beating his wlfo and
heard her shrieks and the children's
cries and my wlfo would tell me to go
nnd Beowivhnt was tho matter, and I
went in und found a great, big, broad
shouldered, whisky-soaked, hog-Jowled,
weasel-eyed, pug-gut dragging a little
woman around by the hair nnd two
children In the corner unconscious from
his kicks and the others yelling In ab
ject terror, and he said:
" 'What are you coming In to Interfere
with my personal liberty for? Isn't this
my wife, didn't I pay for the license to
wed her?' You ought, or you're a
bigamist. 'Aren't these my children;
didn't I pay the doctor to bring them
Into the world?' You ought to or you're
a thief. 'If I want to beat them, what
Is that your business, aren't they miner
Would I apologize? Never! I'd knock
seven kinds of pork out of that old hog,
LIBERTY NOT LICENSE.
'Petsonal liberty is not personal license,
I dare not exercise personal liberty, If It
Infringes on liberty of others. Our fore
fathers did not light and dla for personal
license, but for personal liberty bounded
by laws. Personal liberty Is the liberty
pf a burglar, of u seducer, or a raper. or a
wolf that wants to remain In a sheep
fold, or the weasel In a hen roost. You
have no right to vote for an Institution
that Is going to drag your sons and
daughters to hell.
"If you were tho only citizens you
would have a perfect right to drive your
horse down the street at breakneck speed;
you would have a right to make a race
track out of the streets for your, auto;
you could build a slaughter house In tho
public square; you could build' a glue fac
tory In the publla square. But when the
population Increases you can't do It. You
say: 'Why oan't I run my auto? I own
it Why oan't I run my horseT I own It
Why can't I build the slaughter house? I
own the lot.' , but other people have
rights.
"fjo law stands between you and pr
sonal liberty, you miseraWa dpg, .You
can't build a slaughter hduse In yodr
front yard, because tha law saya.jyqu
oan't As long as I ant standing here on
thl platfdrm I have personal liberty. I
can swing my arms at will But the
minute any one else steps on the platform
my personal liberty oeasea It stopa just
one Inch from the other fellow's nose.
flight the I (Indicating a point In the
air.)
WOHTING POR. BINN-fBia,
"Wb a parson's aata affect only buu
sif tnf can be lt to the eontclena of
tb iM4ua. but wnn titty sUIk
others the law steps In. Wlien a child
hni diphtheria, you nro not nllowed per
sonal liberty! you aro quarantined, be
causo your personal liberty would en
danger othors If exercised, So you
haven't nny right to live In sin. You say
ou'll do It nny how. All right, you'll
go tr hell, too. Adam and Eve said they
tvnlllil rnt thn nnnln nnvllOW. and the
world became n graveyard, and here's
tho result today.
"I took out Into the world nnd sco n
mnn living In sin. I argue with him. I
plead with lllm. I cry out warning words.
I brand that man with a black brand,
whoso Iniquities nro responsible for tha
fall of others.
"No mnn lives to himself alone. I
hurt or help others by my life. When
you go to hell you're going to drag somo
ono olso down, with you nnd If you go
to heaven you'ro going to take somo
ono olso with you. You sny you hnto sin.
Of courso you do If you hnvo respect.
But you never saw any one In this city
who hatei Bin worse thnn I do or loves
n sinner moro thnn I.
"I'm Aghtlng for tho sinners. I'm flght
Ins to save your soul. Just as n doc
tor fights to save your llfo from a dls
enso. I'm your friend, and you'll And
that I'll not compromise ono bit with
sin. I'll do nnythlng to help you. No
mnn will nrguo that Bin Is a good thing.
Not ,a ono who does not bcllovo thnt
tho community would bo better oft If
thoro was no sin. I preach against vlca
to Bhow you thnt It will make your girl
nn outenst nnd your boy n drunkard
I'm Aghtlng ovcrythlng that will lend to
this end nnd If I havo to be your cnomy
to fight It. God pity you, for I'm going
to Aght. Tcoplo do not fight sin until It
becomes a vice.
OUGHT TO FEAR SIN.
"You sny you'ro not afraid of Bin. You
ought to be for your children. It doesn't
tako boys long to get on tho wrong track,
nnd whllo you nro scratching gravol to
mnlco ono lap, your boy makes ten. Wo'vo
got kids who hnvo not yet sprouted long
breeches who know moro nbout sin and
vlco than Methuselah. Thero nro llttlo
frlzzlcd-top bIbsIc3 not yet Bproutlng long
dresses who know moro about vlco than
did their great-grandmothers when they
wero 75 years old.
"Tho girl who drinks will nbandon her
virtue. What did Methuselah know
nbout smoking cigarettes? 1 know thero
nro some sissy follows out thero who
object to my talking plain nnd know you
Bhlrk from talking plain.
"If nny ono over tlls you that you
can't bo virtuous and enjoy good health,
I brand him as a low, Infamous, black
hearted liar.
"Ask nny afflicted man you see on tho
street. If you could only reveal tho heart
of overy ono of thorn! In most you
would And despair and disease.
"How llttlo ho thinks when ho Is nurs
ing that lust that ho is nursing a demon
which, llko a vnmplre, will Buck his
blood and wreck his life and blacken nnd
blight his existence And If nny little
children nre born to him they will be
weak anaemlcs without tho proper blood
In their veins to support them. Our
young men ought to bo taught that no
sum they can leave to a charltabla In
stitution can blot out tho deeds of an
Ignominious life. You don't hnvo to look
far for tho reason why so many young
men fnll Why they go through life weak,
nmbltlonless, useless.
"BE MEN AND TALK SENSE."
"Let's be common folks together today.
Let's be men and talk sense.
"As a rule a man wants something bet
ter for his children than ho has had for
himself. My father died bef oro I was born
and I lived with my grandfather. Ho
smoked, but he didn't want mo to. Ho
chcued,, but ho didn't want mo to.
Ho drank, but ho didn't want me to. Ho
cussed, but he didn't wnnt me to. He made
wine that would mako a man Aght his
own mothor after he had drunk It I re
member how I used to And the bottles
and Buck tho wine through a straw or on
onion top.
"One day a neighbor was in and my
grandfather nsked him for a chow. He
went to hnnd It back, and I wanted some.
He said I couldn't have it. I said I
wanted it anyhow, nnd he picked mo up
and turned me across his knee and gave
me n crack that made mo seo stars as Dig
as moons.
"It there Is n father that hits the booze,
he doesn't want his son to. If ho Is keep,
lng some ono on the Bide, ho doesn't want
his son to. In other words, you would not
want your son to live like you If you are
not living right.
"An old general was at the bedside of
his dying daughter. He didn't believe in
tho Bible, and his daughter said, 'What
shall I do? You don't believe In the Bible.
Momma does. If I obey ono I'm going
against the other.' The old general put
hlB arms around his daughter and said:
Follow your mother's way; It is the
safest.' Man wnnts his children to have
that which la sure.
THE PRODIGAL SON.
"I havo sometimes Imagined that young
fellow In Luke 15. He came to his father
and said, 'Dig up. I'm tired of this nnd
want to see the world.' His father didn't
know what he meant. 'Come across with
the mazuma, come clean, dlvy. I want
the coin, see?' Finally the father turn
bled, and he said; I got you,' and he
divided up his share and gave it to the
young man. Then he goes down to Baby
Ion and starts out on a sporting life. He
meets tho young blood and the gay
dame. I can Imagine that young fellow
the first time he swore. If his mother had
been near he would have looked at her
and blUBhed rose red. But he thought ho
bad to cuss to be a man.
"No man can be a good husband, no
man can be a good father, no man can
be a respectable citizen, no man can be a
gentleman, and swear. You can hang out
a sign of gentleman, but when you cuss
you might as well take t In.
"There are three things whloh will ruin
any town and give it a bad name. Open
licensed saloons: a dirty, cussing, swear
ing gang ot blacklegs on the street, and
vile story tellers. Let a town be known
for these three things, and these alone,
and you could never start a boom half big
enough to get one man there.
"Old men. young men, boys, swear.
What do you cuss for? It doesn't do you
any good, gains you nothing in business,
society; It loses you the tsteera of men.
God said more about ousting than any
thing. God said. Thou shalt not kill,'
Thou shalt not steal,' 'Thou shalt not
bear false witness,' but Qod said more
about cussing than them all au(i they are
still cussing. Thou shalt not take the
nam of the Lord thy God In vain, for
tha Lord will not hold him guiltless who
tafceth His name In vain.'
NO EXCUSE FOR CURSINQ,
"I can see how you can get out of any
thing but ousting. I can see how a man
oould be piased in such a position that h
wail4 kill and b exonerated by the law
of Sod and (nan, If ha MUd to protect
bU life, os (fa life of anotbsr.
"I van sea hw . man oeuld be forced
to ataal U ha mUA to kaap W wife from
MUrvlsf.
'in Chicago suveral yw ago, tbr
wns a long continued trlko and tho last
division of tho trensury had given each
man Hi cents. A man went Into tho rail
road yards and got a bag of coal from
ono of tho cars. They pinched him nnd ho
camo up beforo a Judge. Ho told tho
Judge that ho had only 23 cents of tho
Inst division nnd ho spent that for food.
His wlfo and two children wero at homo
starving and he hnd no Arc. He stolo tho
nnnl t. mnlf tllplr fOO(l. ThO JUdffO
thundered, 'Get out of this room and gel
homo nnd build that Aro as quickly as
you can.' '
"Say, boys, If I wns on n Jury nnd yon
could prove to mo that a father had
stolen n loaf of bread to keep his wlfo
from starving you could keep mo In the
room until tho nnts took mo out through
tho keyhole before I'd stick him. That
may not be law, I don't know, but you'll
And there Is a big Btrenk of human nature
In 'Bill.'
"There Isn't a fellow In this crowd but
whnt would be disgusted If his wife or
sister would cuss and hit the boozo llko
ho does. If sho would put IB or 20 beers
under her belt, he'd go whining around a
divorce court for a dlvorco right away
nnd sny ho couldn't live with her. Why,
you dirty dog, she hns to llvo with you.
WIFE GIVES "MEDICINE."
"I heard of n fellow whoso wHfo thought
sho would show him how ho sounded
nround tho houso nnd glvo him n doso of
his own medicine. So ono morning ho
camo down nnd nsked for his breakfast
'Why you old blankety, blank, blank,
bald-headed blankety, blankety, blank,
brenkfast.' Ho was horrlAcd, but every
time ho tried to say anything sho would
bring out a bunch of lurid oaths until
Annlly ho said. 'Wife, If you'll cut out
that cussing I'll nover swenr again.'
"Out In Iowa thoro wero somo men
standing nlong a fenco when a bunch or
kids camo nlong. One man stuck out his
foot nnd tripped ono for fun nnd tho
youngster got up, about 5 years of age,
ana started such a Etrlng of profanity
that It would seem tho demons In hell
would closo their cars and cry 'Enough.'
Tho man stnggered back. It was his
own son. Ho turned to the crowd. 'Boys,'
he said, 'I never know what an Influenco
I havo been until Just now. If nny of
you every henr me cuss ngaln step up
and knock me down nnd when I como U
I'll thank you for It. 1 never knew what
I was doing to my children.'
"You say, 'BUI, I can't quit cussing.
You Ho. If I was Mayor of this city nnd
hnd authority to put men on the corners
with double-barreled shotguns to shoot
every one who cussed, you'd see how
much cussing there would be. I supposo
If tho law agnlnst stealing wns repealed
and placed ngalnst cussing nil of you
would start to steal.
"Just think, when at Inst they put the
clods In on your coffin nnd your wife nnd
children go home, and try to earn a living
without you nnd look nt your Dlcturo nnd
all they will remember is your curses
and blows. What nn nwful heritage to
leave behind, and yet that's what many a
man docs.
"Tako a young buck that cusses and he
will crush your daughter's honor like he
would an egg shell. If you nover become
a Christian, men, for God's sake Btop
juur cussing,
"You can't go anywhere nny more, In n
car, a depot, a restaurant, but what you
And somo friend with his foul-mouthed
oaths ready to Bpow them out. What an
awful place hell will bo when It gets all
of that bunch down there.
LIKD FATHER, LIKE SON.
"Hero's a fellow who says, 'Bill, I don't
cuss very much, only when I got mad.'
Ho says, 'I don't drink very much, Just
n little, and always put sugar and water
In my toddy nt that'
"Ono father says to his son: 'You've
been chewing my tobacco.' Tho boy de
nied It. Pretty soon ho found somo of
his whisky gone. Tho boy denied thnt.
Then ho missed somo money, and tho boy
denied thnt. Finally tho father said that
his son was no good, but ho would take
him to town nnd get him a Job. Ho goes
to a grocery Btore and tells tho owner ho
hns Just the boy he Is looking for.
" 'Sure, ho smokes and chows and
steals a little," he says, but that will help
tho man out, as ho Is that kind of a busi
ness man. Tho grocer throws him out.
Tho father thinks It is mighty queer that
a fellow like that doesn't want a boy Just!
ll,ko him, so ho takes him across the
street to get him started In the lawyer
business, but ho tells the lawyer tho same
thing and says ho has tho making of a
mighty good lawyer In him.
"But the lawyer throws them out of
his office and asks him if ho doesn't
know thnt as a nation wo are run by law
yers and gives n long list of statistics to
prove It, and tells him that nobody wants
a crook. 'Take the kid and get out' Ho
can't get In a lodge, and finds that C7 per
cent, ot the members of the Masonla
lodge nre professed Christians, and they'll
blackball a mutt like that; 51- per cent, of
the Odd Fellows nre professing Chris
tians; 61 per cent of the Knights of
Pythias, and is per cent of the Woodmen
are professing Christians. Fifty-two
signers of tho Declaration of Independ
ence nvero Mnsons, the Boston tea party
was an adjourned meeting of the Masonla
lodge.
MERCY SEAT WAITS
"Hero's a fellow who stands alone. No
body wants htm. But God has prepared
one place for all, tho Mercy Seat. Man
has Invented tho penitentiary, the Jails,
the scaffolds, hut God has one place for
all who want to be square, and when he
gets down on his knees before the Mercy
Seat and says he wants to live right, he
can get In the lodges, he can get In the
banks, and then the saloon doesn't want
him.
"O, yes) Tho boys are going fast thess
days, I suspect you can remember when
a stage coach went across Pennsylvania
at thiee miles an hour, then they went
In relays, and went four and one-half; then
the first train went 15 miles an hour, and
now today look at tho Pennsy, Eighteen
hours from Chicago to New York, and
they go 9 miles an hour, A friend of
mine was on a train not long ago when he
noticed it slowing down. He asked the
conductor what was the matter. 'Oh, I
have orders to slow to 75 miles an hour
here.'
"When I was Playing ball I got ray leg
hurt and I was going home on No. 6. I
looked out the window and thought that
we were going about 50 miles an hour. I
asked the 'cop' when he came through
and be said wa were going about 50 miles
an hour then, but we would go 75 as soon
as he rounded the curve below.
"Q wa're going fast these days. Every
few years there Is a teat made on a
oouple pf roads out West to see whloh
shall carry the mall. They mako the
testa In February when the going U
hardest ,
"OOINO FAST FOR OOD."
"A train on the C. B. and Q. was 10
minutes late and a friend of mine was
asked to. take her out The superintend
ent came out and told the engineer that
he could throw the schedule in the fire,
box u h bad a elaar track. I was b a
train condor eat and w ware slotr aakti
fur the fast taftU- I saw bim oiff. I
yelled -whopae,' aa t wa gone.
luwii below wbr w wtr stifidh)
there was n doublo curvo and tho Are
man sold afterward! 'Tho blankety
blank fool Just pulled her out three more
notches.' Tho flromnn began to pray, al
though ho was not n praying man. But
she stuck to tho track and when he pulled
Into his Inst stop ho was Just two min
utes ahead of tlmo nnd tho C, B. and Q.
Is carrying tho mall today.
"If you'ro going 100 miles an hour for
God somo ono will follow you, and If you're
going to hell at tho rato of 80 miles per
hour, some one will follow you.
"Thoro was a wreck up In Now York.
Tho engineer was pinned down under
neath tho wreckago nnd would soon bo
Bcalded to death, but ho yelled: 'For God's
sako, boys, flag tho second Boctlonl' The
flagman ran back, put torpedoes on tho
track. Tho train hit them a bang, bang,
bang. Tho engineer set tho brakes. Ho
flattened every wheel on tho train, but
lin brought the lioso of his pilot to a. stop
six feet from tho roar car of the wrecked
train.
"Somo of you out thero nre llko the en
gineer, too far gone to do you nny good,
but I am plondlng for tho second soctton,
the coming generation. If I can only flag
tho second generation and bring them to
a stop and not lot them rush pcllmell to
hell!
COAXING A BOY TO DRINK.
"Hero Is a man who was a drunkard
and a boy who doesn't drink. Tho man
urges him to tako a drink. 'No, I won't
'Aha, Prohibitionist, oh?' scoffs tho man.
'No, but father and mothor don't want
mo to.' Finally ho coaxed tho boy Into
taking a drink. All of his dormant pas
sion for liquor arises and ho Is In flames.
His grandfather and father wero both
modorato drinkers and now ho was all
aflame. Before ho was 21 ho was n
wreck.
"Now you can understand what David
meant. If such n man Is to tempt your
boy to take a drink which will lead to
his ruin he should bo consumed out of
tho earth.
"Llko produces llko in ovcrythlng.
Theso nro tho days when wo "aro striving
to produce the puro strain of blood In
stock. And yet you'll lot "that little
cigarette-smoking llbertlno marry your
daughter. What kind of offspring do you
think will como from a buckwnrt propo
sition llko that? If you aro a consump
tive nlno chances out of ten your chil
dren will bo consumptives."
(Mr. Sundny hero gives statistics taken
from SU persons In 215 families to show
how bad traits aro Inherited.)
"God is still on tho throne, gentlemen,
nnd He hns Bald, 'Tho sins of tho fathers
shall bo visited upon the third and fourth
generations of them that nro evil. Down
to the third and fourth. There Is a fifth,
for tho fourth will bo a lunatic, and n
lunatic, born that way, either male or
female, Is sterile. If they could bear
children tho offspring would bo Idiots, so
you seo how God protects you.
"I never used to know, when I was a
kid, what they meant when thoy said
'Chickens come homo to roost' but I
know now. It means If you aro a drunk
ard your children will be drunkards. If
you aro a llbertlno, your children will be
libertines. In other words, your children
will return to disgrace you or bless you.
STORY OF A GAMBLER.
"When I wns In tho Y. M. C. A. work
I knew a gambler who was converted.
Ho was making $7500 a year and he waa
going up and down tho country showing
that .you can't beat a gambler at his own
game. Ho tells the story of a gamo
which was on and one mnn was accused
of ringing In a cold deck. Tho He was
passed and a man shot another dead.
"Ho was sentenced to die and as he
was being prepared on tho scaffold, his
llttlo 4-year-old son toddled up the stops
and Bald, 'Como homo papa.' The Sheriff
was a kind man and ho unbuckled his
feet and hands nnd let him lift tho child
up. Ho told his son he couldn't come
homo and for him to go nway now and
the Sheriff would take caro of him. Then
ho turned to tho crowd and cried: 'For
God's sake, boys, don't let my son be
what I havo been.' Tho trap fell and ho
shot Into otcrnity.
"A collection was taken for thnt child
among the crowd and ho was placed In
a Christian homo. When ho was 21 they
gavo him his monoy with accumulated. In
terest. Ho Btartcd out on a career of
crime. He got down so low that they
wouldn't let him sloep In the police sta
tions. He tried to get enough, and would
clean cuspidors In dirty, filthy saloons
to get enough to llvo.
"Oh, men, blood will telL I'm pleading
with you that you yield to Christ, bo that
your children's lives will not be blighted.
"Men, there's three things you should
always remember whero your wives are
concerned. First, show a deep personal
Interest In her. Bhe'a entitled to It anU
she'll love you tho 1 tt r for It Second,
treat her as a companion. She Is your
llfo companion nnd you should treat her
as Buch, Third, show her the affection
every woman's heart Is craving for. If
you don't, you shouldn't wonder If Borne
day another fellow appears on the scone
and gives her all those little attentions
she is craving for and that you have
neglected to give her,"
CLOSES WITH PRAYER.
"Billy" closed the afternoon and eve
ning services with a, prayer of thanks
for tha men and women he had won for
Christ.
"Oh, God" he shouted, "Thanks be to
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lulahl" Tho words Bwept the XSl
Jl w on tho pulpit, leering oTttigj
"Thank God! Mr. Dovll, you look .M
ful V S ok lllat nnw nk .?..... V W
ting busy tomorrow with your hS
In this city. You'll hnvo all th, ffi'
dovlls falling over themselves to harffi
"But, thnnk God, you can't do , ? ffl
can't do ltl Philadelphia today "htffl
... . .,.w t adit, jiume tonrtt
sober, Bent homo to sleep as th67
fhfllp mothM-n1 fit-mat nn, . . .'u .
turns ngaln homol Oh, thank yJnS
'JTflln thf an rnnvirtn v. t -j
Izo i that now their sin's nro blotted wil
"I can hear thn ht1o nt . 7'vhs
, , -v .l . . :l ,,B,"w nnr-isj
mm nnw mey ring: xno angels of thV
Lord nrn irnthnrorf nrnnnA k ..,- . .
tlements singing nowl Tho great sroiV
ets Ellsha nnd Elijah, tho evangelist Pjm'
and tho mnrtyrs nil aro gathered thtti
nrnlslnir thin rlnvt "
"If there's Joy over ono sinner that tJl
v...w., .. JU, ,o uitm m neaven ta.
u ..J wfitui uiu uuunuia 01 me .Lord I ril.
vunon rou aown mo streets of Phlld,!
phlnl Pralso God I '
"And from this, oh Lord, will itnM
Now York wako to Its manhood. BaltU
more nnu Wilmington, Now Orleans, SO
Paul wako to their regeneration. Thw
will Bhnkc, oh Lordl Yeal eveh NewOivj
leans, tho rotten, and Peoria and era
Milwaukee and when you get MllirH-J
Keo, l.ora, youro going somol if
"ATnlfA linrn Thu mlirhlw n-m v .
Tho manhood of Philadelphia standi tfi
tno urossi xno worm ircmDies with Tbj-
name!"
Whpn tt Tvnn nit nVAi nnil "rt!!lit ,..'
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on his way to his temporary h6m t:
i'jh epnng unrucn sireoi, no turned It
"Ma" and said: p
"Well. I'm nrettv nearly all In. hut Vm
glad. It was great. If wo can only ketp
them coming this wny by knocklni t
nnmcr every uayr v
Anrl thnn "niflu" "l.tf Mi fnAlt.atJ
trnll," to Bnatch a fow hours' sleep tt-M
fore his departure for Washington this IB
morning for "nnother shot nt the devU."
Sunday Morning
1 SUBJECT:
"THE THBEE GROUPS"
Rntiirrt.av nlpht'n nrrmnit. when RtfflJ
day enacted tho tragedy of the Crew
wua sciicuieu yusLvruuy luicuuuii. j
"There on tho cross Ho hung," Sundw
shouted through cupped hands. "That
Ho hung, feeling the burden of your!
guilt, you boozo fighter, you HbertlnV
you deadbeat!
"Oh," ho cried, "why are you Indlffw
ent? Jesus struggled on. He clenched
His fist over the cruel nails. What forfV
And Sunday's voice was a scream u lit
Aung the answer over a sea of tense,
faces. "To keep you out of belli"
"Como on, church," he challenged
"coma on! In the name of Ood, let's
rescue tho perishing! How many will
take their stand for Jesus Christ ssl
llvo nn out-and-out life for Him?" Hi
hurled a torrent of adjectives at the
ushers, at tho choir and the minister,4
urging them to lead some sinner down;
tho "trail."
They camo by twos and threes, not It
scores, In an endless stream, as on &
previous night, when he preacned tci
same sermon. But of tho 162, there vert,
few who wore dry-eyed. One man, t
young giant his .eyes streaming tear!
knelt In the sawdust, his arms tUtt
around a friend, and tho two pr&yeJ
audibly. Several In the great choir JUfi
gered from their seats to the "aandtatl
trail" and crasned "Billy's" hand, W,
huddle weeping in tho first row of peal-
tents. i
Tn thn emirsa of his sermon Eunalf
flayed tho churches and church peoplH
ior iuck ui Biurituiw jv". a "ra
failure of you church people, God n'WM
you, to llvo as you ought to live, thMiM
makes infldels nnd skeptics," he charret
"The churches want more of God J4j
less of strife, money and politics. TfJ
old-time flro and spirit nre mlsslnff, awi
when I try to drive your faults home v,
vmi th.v nnll tn n. trrnfter." i
Sunday worked Wmself up Into ""
mendous rage. Ho stamped and ;fp
his fists at the ministers' section. Ia
getting tired of being called a ffj"'"'
h. vHa1 (.rni.bltir n. knotted fist UUJil
an open palm. "I'm getting tired, tn
by my faith In God I'll knock the W
,K-- Anrwn thnt nntln ITIS OUft SJlU
hear him." ,, ,..i1'sj
He banged at tha "fashionable cnB"S
with religion left out." iook a n r-qm
shots at some churchmen he corc"i3
Ized as "ossified, petrinea, uyea-'u"r"l
wool, blown-ln-tlie-ootno, auiwo-"-w
cold-as-a-dog's-nose" kind of "plllari cfl
the churches." , , JM
"Oh," he sneered, "there are lots
you Just like that, some of you P""gB
terians. Congregationallsts. EpIscopalUjW
Baptists and lots more you -
bound, tnavs wnava mo u
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