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IDVISKIHG LEDGEB-PftlLAMLPHIA, tfHUUHDAY, JAJNUABV 21, 1915.
"BILLY" SUNDAY'S SERMONS
Today s Sermon
TJBJECT: "TEACH tJB TO PRAT"
Textt "Teach u to pray." Gospel of
Luke, stl, i.
"We live nnd develop physically by
exercise. We are saved by faith, but
wo inust work out our salvation by doing
the 'thlngi Ood will. Tho more wo do
(or dod, the more Ood will do through
. faith will Increase by experience.
, "It you are a stranger to prayer you
re a stranger to the greatest source of
power known to human beings- If we
carett for our physical life In the samo
lackadaisical way that we care for our
spiritual, we would be as weak physically
a we are spiritually. Tou go week In
and week out without prayer. I want to
be a. giant for Clod. Tou don't even sing;
70u let tho choir do It You go to prayer
meeting and offer no testimony.
"tou are a stranger to tho great privi
lege that Is offered to human beings.
Some of the greateit blessings that people
enjoy come from prayer. In earnest
prayer you think as the Lord directs, and
lose yourself In Him.
"Some peoplo say! 'It's no use to pray.
The Lord knows everything, nnyway.'
That's true lie docs. He Is not limited,
as I am limited. He knows everything
md has known It since before the world
was. "Wo don't know everybody who la
going to be converted at this revival,
but that doesn't relievo us of our duty.
"We don't know, and we must do tho work
Ho has commanded us to do.
"Others say, 'But I don't get wnat i
pray for.' Well, there's a cause for
everything. Get at the causo nnd you'll
be all right. If you aro sick and send
for a doctor, he pays no attention to the
disease, but looks at what produced It.
If yon have a headache, don't rub your
forehead. Probably tho cause Isn't there
but In the stomach. In Matthew I And
It written, 'Ask ond It shatl bo given '
'Sco!:, nnd ye shall find,' 'Knock nnd It
hall be opened unto you.' If your prayers
aro not answered you nre not right with
Ood. If you have no faith, It your mo
tive Is wrong, then your prayers will bo
In vain. Many timha when people pray
they are selfish. They nre not gripping
tho word. I believe that when many a
wife prays for the conversion of her hus
band it Isn't because she really desires
the salvation of his soul, but because she
thinks if he wero converted things would
be better for her personally. Pray for
your neighbors as well na your own fam
ily. The pastor of one church docs not
pray for tho congregation of another de
nomination. I'm not saying anything
against denominations. I believe In thorn.
I believe they are of God. Denominations
represent different temperament A man
with warm emotions would not make a
good Episcopalian, but he would make a
crackerjack Methodist. Oh. the curso of
ellishness! The Lord Is dying for relig
ion, for religion pure and undenied. Pure
and undented religion Is visiting the
widow and the fatherless and doing tho
will of God without so much thought of
yourself. I tell you, a lot of people Bro
going to be fooled on the day of judg
ment "Isaiah says the hand of Goa Is not
shortened and Ills ear la not deaf. No,
His hand Is not shortened so that It
cannot save. He has provided agencies
by which we can be saved. If Ho had
made no provision for your salvation,
then the trouble would be with Ood; but
He has; so if you go to hell tho trouble
will be with you.
"In Ezcklel wo read that men havo
taken Idols into their hearts and put
stumbling blocks before their faces. God
Is riot going to hear you if you plaeo
clothes, money, 'prldo of relationship be
fore Him. Ytiu know there Is sin In
your life. Many people know thero In
sin In their lives. Yet ask God to bless
them. They ought first to get down on
their knees and pray. 'God, be merciful
to me a sinner.' It you ask God for a
blessing before you ask Him for forgive
ness you are a foot that's what you arc
"Some people are too contemptibly
stingy for God to hear them. God won't
bear you if you stop your cars to tho
cries of the poor. You drag along hero
for eight weeks and raise a paltry sum
that a circus would take out of town In
two hours. "When some people give things
to the poor they rip off the buttons and
the fine braid. Some peoplo pick out old
clothes that the moths have made Into
sieves and give them to the poor and
think they are charitable. That Isn't
charity, no. sir! It's charity when you'll
glvq; something you'll miss. It's charity
when you feel It to give.
"Xnd when you stand praying, forgive
If ybu have aueht against anyone. It's
no use to pray 'if you haveva mean, mis
arable disposition. If you are grouchy. If
you quarrel in your home or with your
neighbors.
"If no use to pray for a blessing when
you nave a fuss on with your neighbors
It doesn't .do you any good. You go to a
sewing society meeting to make mosquito
netting for the Esquimaux and blankets
lor the Hottentots, and Instead you sit
and chew the rag and rip some woman
up the back. The spirit of God flies from
strife and discord.
"People say, 'She Is a good woman,
but a, worldly Christian.' What? Might
as woll speak of 'a heavenly devil. Might
as well expect a mummy to speak and
bear children as that kind tn m., th
world God ward. Prayer draws you nearer
to Ood.
"Teach Da to pray' Implies that I want
to be taught It's a great privilege to be
taught by Jesus. A friend of mine was
preaching put in Cedar Haplds, la., and
had to go to a hospital in Chicago for an
operation, hnd' t was asked to go and
preach in his place. Alexander was lead
4ng the singing, and one night Charles
called a tittle girl out of the audience to
sing. 8he didn't look over four or five
years of age, though she might have been
a. little older. I thought, 'What's tht uso7
Her little voice can never bo heard over
this crowd.' But Charlie stood her up in
a. chair by the pulpit and she threw back
her head and out rolled some of the
sweetest music I have ever heard. It was
-wonderful, I sat there and the tears
streamed down my cheeks. That little
irt was the daughter of a Northwestern
engineer and he took her to Chicago when
her mother Waa away. Some one took her
to Patti, who was in the city, Pattl took
the little girl to one of her suite of rooms
and- told her, tq stand there and sing.
TScjj n went to the other end of tho
suits and sat down on a divan and
listened. The song moved her to tears.
She rtn and hugged and kissed the little
Ulrl tnd sat her down on the divan and
said to her, 'Now you sit here and I'll go
oyer there and sing.' She took up her
position where the child had stood, and
t Jilted her magnificent voice and she
sang 'Home, Sweet Home,' and The Last
JtO of Summer.' Sang them for that lit
tle girt. And Patti used to get a thousand
dollars foe a, on, too. She always knew
ow many songs she was to sing, for she
fcad a eheck before she went on the plat
form, It was a great privilege the little
(daughter of that Northwestern engineer
fcd but U'r a greater privilege to sarn
tram Jornu OhrUt how to pray.
"A fntnd of njtne told me na went to
bear S'aganlnl, and the great violinist
ItftHie one qf tho string of his lnatru.
mutt, then another, then another, until
be had only one left, and on that one
ft jUy4 m wonderfully that bis audi
uew.feww into terrific applause. It was
a sjttater privilege to have Ju teach
yr a Jrr
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life i Chrun. In Mark w learn tlmt,
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your hair. You always think of break
fast You feed your physical body, why
do you starve your spiritual body? If
nine-tenths of you were as weak physi
cally as you are spiritually, you couldn't
walk.
"When 1 was assistant secretary of
tin! Young Men's Christian Association
at Chicago, John G. Peyton came home
from the Now Hebrides and was lectur
ing and collecting money. He was rais
ing money to buy a seagoing steam
yncht, for his work took him from Island
to Island, nnd he had to use a rowboat,
and sometimes It was dangerou.1 when
the weather wns bad, so he wanted tho
yncht. It was my privilege to go to
lunch with him. We would go out to a
restaurant ut noon and he would tnlk to
us. Sometimes there would bo as many
as IS or 0 preachers In the crowd, and
now and then some of un were so In
terested In whnt he told us of tho work
for Jesus In thoie far-awAy Islands that
wo forgot to eat. 1 remember that ho
said ono day: 'All that I am I owo to my
Christian father and mother. My father
was one of the most prayerful men I
aver knew. Often In tho daytime he
would slip Into his closet, nnd ho would
drop n handkerchief outside the door,
and when we children saw the white sen
tinel we know that father wns talking
with his God nnd would go quietly nwny.
It Is largely becattio of the Ufa ana In
fluence of that snmo saintly fother that
I am preaching to the cannibals In tho
South Sens.' '
"It In an Insult to God and a dlsgrnco
to allow children to grow up without
throwing Christian Influences nround
thpm. Seven-tenths of professing Chris
tians have no family prayer and do not
read the Dlblc. It Is no wonder boya and
girls are irolne to hell. It Is no wonder
I tho damnable ballrooms aro wrecking the
virtue of our girls.
"In the 14th chapter of Mark It Is
told that when Jmus had sent tho mul
titudes away Ho went up Into tho moun
tain and was thero alono with God
Jesus Christ never forgot to thank God
for answering His prayers. Jesus risked
Him to help Him feed the multitude, and
He didn't neglect to thank Him for It.
Next time you pray don't ask God for
anytning. Just try to think of nil tho
things you have to bo thunkful for, and
tell Him about thorn.
"Pride keeps us from proper prayer.
Hclng chesty and big-headed Is respon
sible for moro failures than anything
olso In this world. It has Bpolled many
an employe Some fellows pet a Job,
and In nbout two weeks thoy think they
know moro about the business than tho
boss docs. They think ho is all wrong.
l never occurs to them that it took
Some brains and some knowledge to build
that business up and keep It running
till they got thero.
"Hero's two things to guard against.
Don't got chesty over success or dis
couraged over a seeming defeat.
"And when he prajed he said, 'Laz
arus, come forth; and ho that was dead
came forth.' If we prayed right we would
raise men from sin and bring them forth
Into the light of righteousness.
"And as ho prayed tho fashion of his
countenance was altered. Ladles, do
you want to look pretty? If some of
you women would spend less on dope,
pazaza and cold cream, and get down
on your knccB nnd pray, God would
make you prettier. Why, I can look Into
your faces and tell what sort of lives
you live. If you are dovotlng your timo
and thought to society, your counte
nances will show It If you pray, I can
see that
"Two famous men walked tho streets
of London ono day. Ono was William
Pennyfather, tho great philanthropist
and devout Christian of Uiutfand, and
the other wob Iladcllffe. tho famous in
fidel nnd attorney. Pennyfather said
to Iladcllffe that religion could bo seen
In a man's faco, and Iladcllffe Jeered tho
idea. Pennyfather was too modest to
offer himself ns an example, but Just
men a poor menaicant, a street beggar.
upiiruucnca anu icauciinc saw, "Well to
It on that follow.' Ah the mendicant
reached them ho looked Into the hard
face of tho Infidel lawyer with his
sneers at religion, and turned away.
Then he looked Into the mild and gentle
face of Pennyfather, nnd he said: 'Oh,
man with God nnd heaven in your fnce,
please give mo a penny! Radcliffo was
staggered. 'There must bo something In
that,' ho muttered as ho walked away.
That man didn't know either of us. and
ho didn't know whnt wo had been talking
about,'
"We haven't had A genuine revival In
this country alnco 1857. That revival
started with throe men on their knees
In New York. It spread aulckly. and
It spread everywhere. Teamsters would
Jump from drays, printers would leave
the Bhops with the Ink on their hands,
merchants would leave their counters,
and everywhere men would quit work
for the noon meetings. That rovlval
spread to Boston and Chicago nnd Cin
cinnati and Pittsburgh and St. Louis
and San Francisco and It Jumped the
oceans to Europe a'nd Australia, and mil
lions were converted. We havo had little
revivals local revivals since then, hut
not a religious landslide. What the
church needs is not a larger member,
ship, a new carpet, a bigger plpo organ,
but moro men who know how to pray.
"Every man who has helped to light
up the dark places of the world has been
a praying man. I never preach a sermon
until I've soaked it In prayer. Never.
Then I never forget to thank God for
helping me when I preach. I don't care
whether you read your prayers out of
a book or whether you Just say them
so long as you mean them. A man can
read his prayers and go to heaven, or
he may Just say his prayers and go to
hell. We've got to face conditions. "When
I read I find that all the saintly men
who have done things, from Pentecost
until today have known how to pray.
It was a master stroke of the devlt when
he got the church to give up prayer,
One of the biggest farces today Is the
average prayer meeting.
"Some pray, Thy will be done,' then
go out nnd do something to block God's
will and keep His kingdom from coming.
"Matthew says: 'But when thou pray
est, enter Into thy closet, and when thou
hast shut the door, pray to thy Father,
which is In secret, and thy Father, which
seeat in secret, shall reward thee openly.
They say that the roots of the trees
reach out for many yards around the
secret source of their outward strength.
If you have no secret religion you'll have
no public religion. Bo many people never
pray. They do no personal work and
they don't teach In the Sunday school.
When the revival services come along
they're of no use. At the Chicago Y, M,
C, A. I used to have to get ministers
for the noon meetings, and got to know
Doctor Armstrong. One day he told me
of a call he had made. When he rang
at the door it was opened by a little
girl. He asked for her mother, and she
asked, 'Are you sick J' He said that be
wasn't, and she asked, 'Are you hurtt
"Again he said no: then she asked if
he knew of any one sick or injured.
When he said no, she said, Then you
can't see mamma, for she prays from 9
to 10 o'clock. It was then 9:20, but he
sat down and waited 40 minutes to see
her. At 10 o'clock she came in with the
light of glory on her face, and be knew
why that home was so blight; knew why
her two sons were in the theological
seminary and her girl waa a missionary.
AU hell can't tear a boy or girl away
from a mother like that
"A friend told me of meeting In which,
when people were asked to name persona
for whom they wished prayers made, an
old lady always Jumped up and asked
prayers for 'John.' She waa asked wWy
she was always o noxious about Mm.
and she said (hat all of the other mere
bma of ber family were saved, and that
front the tuns she first took Jtihn in
br arms And tlmj 3)lu he Jioui prayed
4ry day ttat be might b ved too
M4 & was sttf Uutt OoS wui4
save him some day. She was rewarded
when John Morrow, Circuit Court Judge,
came down the nlsle nnd accepted Jraus
Christ as his personal Saviour. Go homo
nnd pray for your husbands, or wives,
or son, or daughters, and wo Bhall haVo
n great rovlval,
" 'And whatsoever ye shall ask the
Father In My name, that will I do, that
the Father may be glorified In tho Bon.'
No man can ever bo saved without Jesus
Christ. Thore's no wny to Ood unless
you como through Jesus Christ It's Jesus
Christ or nothing,
"At the close of tho battle of Gettys
burg the country roundabout was over
run by Federals or Confederates wounded
I or III, and tho peoplo helped both alike.
Itellcf corps wero organized In all the
little towns. In ono of them I think It
wns York a man who had headed thn
committee, resigned as chairman nnd told
hli clerk not to send any more soldloru
to him. Thero enmo a Union soldier with
a blood-stnlned bandage and with
crutches that ho had made for himself,
and asked to see this man. 'I am m
longer chairman of the committee,' said
the man, 'and I ennnot help you, for If I
were to make nny exception to tho rule I
woum lo overrun with applicants.
" 'But,' snld the soldier, 'I don't want
to ask you for nnythlng. I only want
to give you n letter. It Is from your son,
who Is dead. I was with him when he
died. When ho was wounded I got him
a canteen of water nnd propped him up
against a tree and held his hand when ho
wrote. I know where ho lies.' Tho
father took tho letter, nnd he rend It.
It sold: 'Treat this soldier kindly for my
sake.' Then It told how ho had helped
the writer tho dying boy. The father
said: 'You must como with mo to hlit
mother.' She saw them coming nnd cried
out: 'Hnve you nny news of my bo ?'
Tho fnther said' 'Hero Is n letter road
It' She read It and shrieked. They took
tho wounded soldier Into their home, nnd
when ho Wns well sho said to him:
' 'Won't you stay with us and bo our
son? You uerc his friend, jou wero with
him at tho last, you look like him, your
voice reminds us of ills. When you speak
nnd we turn our faces away wo can
nlmost think nc Is here. Let us adopt
you. Won't you do It?' Ho henrd their
pica, nnd ho wns touched and ho stayed.
So heaven will bear your prayer If it I?
in tne name or Christ
"Lord, teach us how to pray."
Last Night's Sermon
SUBJECT: "I BESEECH YOU"
"Text: 'I beseech you, therefore, breth
ren, by tho miracles of Ood, that ye
present your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God, which Is your
rensonablo service.' Romnns IZ'1.
"We havo here a cnll for volunteers,
not an order for n draft. The nrmico of
God aro never mado up of drafted men
and women, ordered Into servico whether
willing or not. Qod nover owned a slnvo.
God doesn't want you to do anything
that jou can't do without protest. This
Is not a call to hard duty, but an invi
tation to the enjoyment of a privilege.
It Is not a call to hired labor, to tako
tho hoe and go Into tho field, but tho
appeal of a loving father to his children
to partake of all he has to give.
"If thero Is nothing In you that will
respond to God's appeal when you think
of His mercies. I don't think much ol
you. The Impelling motive of my text is
gratitude, not fear. It looks to Calvary,
not to Sinai Wo nre being entreated, not
threatened. That's the amazing thing to
me. To think that God would entreat
us would stand to entreat us! He Is
giving mo a chance to show I love
Him.
"If you nro not ready to offer It In.
gratitude, God doesn't want your ser
vice. Ho doesn't want you to serve Him
through fear, but because you realize
His love for you. nnd appreciate and re
spond to It Just think ir God linn been
good to us, how many times and how
much has He been good to us I
"Just think of the things we havo to be
thankful for. A visitor to an Insana
asylum was walking through tho grounds
and ns ho passed one of the buildings
ho heard a volco from a barred window
high up In the wait, and it said:
'Stranger, did you ever thank God for
your reason?' He had never thought of
that before, but he says that he has
thought of It every day since. Did you
ever think that thousands of people who
wero Just as good an you are, nre beat
ing their heads against the walls of
padded cells Did you over think what a
blessed thing It is that you aro sano and
you go about among men and follow your
dally duties and go homo to be greeted
by your wife and have your children
climb about you? Did you, or you ever
thank God that you have a mind and can
think.
"Did you over thank God for your
eyes7 Did you ever thank Him that you
can see tho sunrise and the sunset and
can see the flowers and the trees and
look upon tho atprm? Did you over thank
God that you havo two good eyes while
so many others less fortunate than you
must grope their way in blindness to the
coffin?
"Did you over thank God for hearing?
That you can hear music and ho voices
BREEZY COMMENTS HEARD
IN TABERNACLE AND NEARBY
Scenes and Incidents That Form a Kaleidoscope of Human
Interest Centred About the Evangelist.
"Eureka!" one man exclaimed. "I hnve
found how 'Billy' Sunday does the trick.
He makes people split their bMoh with
laughter. He then can see Into their
souls. The rest Is easy."
Marie Tempest made quite a hit her
self at the tabernacle. She stood during
the entire sermon and appeared inter
ested, to say the least Her costume
waa the object of considerable attention.
She wore a long sealskin coat, short
skirt, high white-topped shoes and tan
silk hose.
Two "kids" would insist on matching
pennies near the tabernacle door. One
wore a checkered cap and from tho re
marks of passcrsby a checkered career
Is awaiting the youthful miscreant
"I must hear 'Billy" Sunday," one
schoolgirl remarked. "My supply of
slang Is getting decidedly low, It needs
refilling. They say hi language la Im
mense." None Fore, a Celestial, living at lOOjl
Ilace street, has been to several taber
nacle meting. He says that they have
nothing like Mr. Sunday in China or
elsewhere, as far as he knows.
One woman spied Fore on the plat
form, and remarked to her friend: "I
wonder if he is trying to learn English?"
Two youngster make a trip of several
miles on roller skates every day Just to
hear "Billy." They doff their skates on
nearlng the tabernacle, because they
"know Ur. Sunday Is afraid of noise."
Speaking of nolie, little Gertrude Ack
ley, daughter of Mr. Sunday's secretary,
had a bad cold. She keeps away from
the tabernacle. She might cough and
disturb the "boas."
A practical view of tba calibre of
"Billy" Hunday sud bis pronouncement
was overheard in a saloon opposite tbo
Cramp Shipyards yesterday wh a
crowd sf itnstnpUiyajl shipbuilder and
machinists wext aaksd what thr tfeu-ih
cf the- v-t tvanceiut
of friends and dear oues7 That you
can leave your home nnd business and
come hero and hear tho songs nnd tho
preaching of the word of God? Did you
ever think what It would mean to be
deaf?
"Did you ever thank God for the bless
ing of taste? Some peoplo can't tell
whether they are online sawdust and
shavings or strawberries and Ico cream.
Think of tho good thlngB we enjoyl
Others hnve tastes so vicious that thoy
find It almost Impossible to eat God
might have made our food taste like
quinine. God might havo made every
thing tasto like garbage but He didn't
Did you ever thank Ood that we don't
havo to hold our noses when we Bit down
to the tablo?
Did you over thank God that you can
breathe without pain? One person In
every 10 dies of consuptlon and you
can breathe. Think how many woman
die of enncer, one out of eight and you
aro free from It
"Did you over thank God that you can
sleep? If not, you ought to bo kept
awake for a month. Think of tho thou
sands who suffer from pain or Insomnia
so that they can sleep only under opl
ates? Did you over wnko un In tho morn
ing nnd thank God that you havo had a
good night's rcst7 If you haven't, God
ought to keep you nwako for n week,
then you'd know you'vo had reason to
be thankful.
"Did you over thank God for the
doctors nnd nurses nnd hospitals? For
tho surgeon who comes with scalpel and
trochor to savo your llfo or relievo your
surferlngs7 If It hadn't been for them
you'd bo under the grass, For the nurse
who watches over you that you may bo
restored to health?
"Did you ever thank God for tho bread
you ent, whllo so many others aro hun
gry? Did you over thank Him for tho
enemy who hna been baffled for tho llo
against you that has failed?
"Henry Varlev sold to Mondv. uhm
that great American was in England,
tl at God Is waiting to show thin world
whnt ono man could do for Him. Moody
Bald; 'Vnrley, by the grace of God I'll
bo that man:' and God took hold of
Moody nnd shook the world with him
God would shako tho world with us to
day, if only wo would present our bodies
ns living sncrlllco to Him, as Moody did.
Aro you willing to present yourself7 I
am tired of a church of 600 or 700 mem
bers without power enough to bring ono
soul to Christ. I believe that tho angels
aro leaning out over tho battlements of
glory tonight wnitlng to henr how you
will answer this appeal to God.
"At tho opening of the Civil War
mnny n man was willing that tho coun
try should be saved by able-bodied mate
relatives of his wlfo who made them
selves bullet-men, but he didn't go him
self. God Isn't asking for other men's
bodies. He's asking for yours. If you
would all glvo to God what rightfully
belo:
ngs to Him, I tell you Ho would
crcato a commotion on earth and In hell.
Ho has a hand In this campaign. If
God hnd tho feet of somo of you He
would point your toes in different ways
than you havo been going for many
years
MANY DELINQUENTS.
"Some people work only with their
mouths. God wants that part that's on
tho ground. Some soldiers only sit around
and smell the coffee and watch the bacon
frying. Somo preachers need the cush
ions of their chairs upholstored much
oftener than they need their shoos half
soled.
"If God had your hands Ho would make
you let go of a lot of things you hold
on to with n deathlike grip. If you don't
let go of somo of tho things you hold so
tightly they will drag you down to hell.
Ho would have you let go of somo of tho
things you pay taxes on but don't own,
and Ho would mako you let go of money
to pay taxes on somo that you do own.
Somo peoplo aro so busy muckraking that
they will lose a crown of glory hereafter.
If God had your hands how many count
less tears you would wash away. A friend
of mine bought a typewriter, and when
he tried to use it his Angers scorned to bo
oil sticks, but now he con write 125 words
a mlnuto. Let God have your hands and
He will make them do things that would
mako tho angels wonder and applaud.
"A young man wont down to Thomas
vllle, Aln., and while there wns Invited
to a dress ball or rather an undress ball,
If what I havo read about such affairs
proporiy uescriDes me unirorms. A young
lady a young Indy with eyes liko tho
aove ond with beautiful tresses, camo up
to him and said to tho young man,
'Won't you pledge a glass of champagne
with me?' Tho young man thanked her,
but said: 'No, I don't drink.' 'Not with
me?' she said, and smiled; and again ho
answered, 'No.' Then she said: 'If I had
thought you would reruse me I would not
havo asked you and exposed myself to
tho embarrassment of a refusal. I did
not suppose you Would think mo bold for
speaxing to you in this way, and I
thought you might be lonely." A little
later sho came back to him nnd repeated
her Invitation. Again he said: 'No.'
Others came up and laughed. He took it
and hesitated. Sho smiled at him and he
...t'J0 ?.. aU right." "He's the goods,"
He s the biggest thing that's hit the plko
since the breadline stnrted," and similar
replies were given. Asked why they were
all so agreed and If any one of them had
been converted by "Billy." the most lo
quacious of the lot 'said:
.h'lN,la ,conver,t. but any man who say
lu 08t p.eop,e ca" flnd Chf'st quicker
through a ham sandwich than they can
lookln through the Bible knows what
he a talkin' about an' don't you forget It."
..TTn8..PPD,lcoJtttJtne "hernacle are among
"Billy" Sunday most ardent admlrerB.
Besides reminding any one so thoughtless
as to become profane that he Is altogether
out of style, several of them want to tako
an active part in the services.
Policeman Weaver, of the lth street
and Woodland avenue station, requested
Choirmaster Bodeheaver to sing "I've An
chored My Soul In a Haven of Best" The
hymn was so effective that a marine was
able to conduct three civilians up the
"eawdust trail."
At one afternoon service the congrega
tion sang 'The Home of the Soul," at
the request of Policeman Taylor, of the
zOth and Buttonwood street tatlon.
" 'Billy' Sunday i doing a lot of good
for the men that come to u.'" said George
W "Wllklns, thff uprintendnt of Indus
trial work at the Galilee Mission, which is
In the heart of the Tenderloin. "Wo see
result every day. and are helping the
convert to get back to the kind of live
that they should lead."
"Speaking of graft," said one of the
jiahers, "see that minister? He ha three
wives here tonight At leat, he said
they were hi wives when he was getting
reserved seats for them."
A woman masquerading as a roan wu
ejected from the tabernacle Bunday night
All went well with the nuwquerader until
It was time for her to take her cap off.
The police have been expecting a fw
eccentric parsons to turn up at the tab
rnaele, but tea? plaits of hair, tiny feat
and trouier wore a bit too much, for Un
WF.
gave In and drnnk the champagne, then
drank another glass nnd another, until ho
wnm flualtAfl ToltH It. fllPtl tlf danced, At
2 o'clock the next morning n mnn with n
linen duster over his other clonics wnmcu
back upon ft rnllrond station platform,
waiting for a train for the North! and as
he walked ho would exclaim, 'Oh, Godl
nnd would pull a pint flask from his
pocket and drink 'My God,' ho would
Jay, 'what will mother say?' Four
months Inter In his homo In Vermont,
with his weeping parents by him nnrt
with four strong men to hold him down,
ho died of delirium tremens.
BAPTIZED HIS POCKETBOOK.
'The Epworth League's motto Inr 'Look
up. lift up, but you'll never lift much
Up unless God has hold of your hands
Unless He has, you will never put your
hands deep In your pocket up to tho el
bow and bring them up full of money for
His cause. A man who was about to be
baptized took out his watch and laid It
nslde, then ho took out his knlfo ond
bankbook nnd laid them aside, 'Bet
ter glvo me your pocketbook to put asido
for you,' said tho minister. 'No,' saia
tho man, "I want It to bo baptized, too.'
"A man snld to his wlfo that ho had
heard tho preacher say that religion Is
Tvnrth iust what Is costs, nnd that ho
had determined to glvo more for re
ligion, nnd to deny hlmsolf na well
'What will you give up?' sho asked. Ho
said thnt ho would glvo up coffee, for
ho dparly loved coffee used to drink sev
eral cups at every meal, tho very best
Sho snld that she would give up some
thing, too that Bho wotdd give up ton.
Then their daughter snld sho would give
up somo of her little pleasures nnd tho
father turned to his son Tom, who wns
shoveling mashed potatoes, covered with
chicken grnvy. Into his mouth and ho
said: 'I'll glvo up salt mackerel. I nover
did like the darned stuff anyway.'
"Th'-ro nro too many salt mackerel peo
plo like- that In tho pows of our churches
today. They will tako something that
they don't like nnu Hint nonoay piso win
have and glvo It to tho Lord. That Isn't
enough for God. Ho wnnts tho best wo
have.
"Tno llttlo girls wero playing Noah's
nrk In the bath tub, and after they had
become tired of the gnmo ono of them
pulled out the plug nnd snld: 'Flood's
over.' Noah had a sacrifice. Tho other
ono snld: 'Let's havo n sacrifice.' So they
took the soap dish and placed a piece of
paper on It, and put a broken Bhcep from
NonhV ark on top of that nnd set fire to
It God wants your body with blood In It.
Cain's nltar wns bigger than Abel's, but
It hnd nothing valuable on It, while
Abel's had renl blood. God rejected
Cain's and accepted Abel's. God turns
down tho man who merely lives a moral
llfo and does not accept tho religion of
Jesus Christ. You must como with Jesus'
blood. If a mnn gives his wlfo a ton
cent pin cushion at Christmas to show
how much he loves her, he's n gcozer
tho devil's stuck on. How thankful you
nro depends on how much you nro willing
to sacrifice '
WILL MEN BOB GOD?
"If when you make a present you do
not mean to glvo it outright you nre not
honest Will a mnn rob God? You bet
he will a heap quicker than ho will rob
nny one else.
"Your body, that takes tho head ns well
as hands. God wants brains as well as
bones and muscle. Wo ought to do best
thinking for God. God is In tho greatest
business thore is. nnd llo wnnts tho best
holp Ho can get. Some of you old dea
cons nnd elders mako mo sick. If you
used such methods In business as you do
in the work of the church tho Sheriff's
snlo flag would soon be hanging outside
your door. I don't usk nny of you busi
ness men to curtail nny of your business
activities, but I do ask that jou give
moro of your energy to tho things of re
ligion. You wnnt to use good business
methods In religion. The Republicans and
tho Democrats and the Socialists use
good business methods In politics. The
farmer who hasn't any sense Is still
plowing with a forked stick. The farmeV
who hnB sense uses a chilled plow. Use
common sense
"What n f.ico your face will be when
God puts His shine on It. If you nro
one of these long-faced brand of Chris
tians, got rid of it God never put such
a faco on you. That'n tho kind of a
face tho Pharisees wore, and Jesus said
'they lengthened their faces to make be
lieve they had religion. "When a man
tries to mako himself without nskinir
Ood to help him, ho will make a face
as long as a smokestack. I tell you,
the devil will bank his fires and go to
church to hear a man like that give tes
timony. God doesn't want you to look
and act as if religion affected you like
a toothache, or a corn. If It does, it
Isn't God's kind.
"If God Almighty only had possession
of your mouths. He'd stop your lying.
If He had your mouths Ho'd atop your
itnocicng. it no nau your mouths He'd
stop your misrepresentations. If He had
your mouths He'd stop your swearing.
If Ho had your mouths He'd Btop your
backbiting, If Ho had your mouths Ho'd
stop your slanders. There would be no
criticising, no social lies, no talking
behind backa.
"If God had your mouths so much
money wouldn't go up In tobacco smoke
or out In tobacco spit If Ood had your
mouths there would be no thousands of
dollars a year Bpent for whisky, beer
and wlno. You wouldn't give so much
to the devil and you would glvo more
to the church, Many of you church
pillars wouldn't bo so noisy In politics
and so quiet In religion. So many of
you fellows wouldn't yell like-Comanche
Indiana at a ratification meeting and alt
like a bump on a log In prayer meeting,
"FEEL ASHAMED?"
"If Ood had our eyes we'd bring the
millennium. His eyes run to and fro
through the world seeking for men to
serve Him) and If He had our eyes, how
our eyes would run to and fro looking for
ways to help bring men to Christ How
hard It would be for sinners to get away.
We would be looking for drunkards and
the prostitutes and down-and-outs, to lift
and save them. How many sorrowful
hearts we would find and soothe, how
many griefs we would alleviate I Or eat
Godl how little you are doing) Don't you
feel ashamed? Aren't you looking for a
knothole to crawl through? If Ood had
our eye how many would stop looking
at a lot of things that make us proud and
unclean and selfish and critical and un
christian. '
"Ood wants you to give your body. Are
you afraid to. give It to Hlm7 Are you
afraid of doctor when you nx$ lok? Your
body that thing that sits out there in
the seat, that thins that alts up there In
he choir and sings, that thing that sits
there and write editorial, that body
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THE BARCEU3iNAl'BI'
which can show Jesus Christ to fallen
sons of Adam better than arty angel
tlmt's whnt God wants. Ood wants you
io bring It to Him and say! Take It,
God, If yours.' If He had your body
dissipation, overeating nnd tihdersleeplng
would stop, for tho body Is holy ground,
wo darn not abuse It.
"God wants your body as a living sac
rifice, not a dead ono. There's too many
dead ones, A time was when God wns
riitlsfled with n dead sacrifice. Under
old Jewish law a. dead shoep would do.
He wants my body now when I'm nllvo
nnd not when I nm dead and the Under,
taker la waiting to carry It out to tho
cemetery, but the day" of that dispensa
tion Is past, and now ho wants you, n.
living sacrifice, a. real sacrifice. A trav
eling man who wants to make his wlfo
n present and sits up all night In the
train instead of tnklng a berth for J3, and
uses the $3 to buy n present for his wife,
makes a real' sncrlllco for her. There
never was a victory without sacrifice.
Socrates advanced tho doctrino of Im
mortality nnd died with n cup of poi
soned hemlock. Jesus Christ paid with
n crown of thorn. Abraham Lincoln
paid with a bullet In his heart If you
mean to glvo yourself na a sacrifice to
God, get out nnd work for Him. Ask
men to como to Him.
OOD IS HEASONABLH.
" 'Your reasonable service.' God nover
K? anything unreasonable. Ho Is nover
exacting. Ho only nskB rights when He
asks you to forsake sin. A man must be
an Idiot if ho docs not see that man is
unreasonable when unrighteous. God
nover made a Inw to govern you that you
wouldn't havo made If you had known ns
much ns God knows. You don't know
that much and never can, so the only
sensible thing to do is to obey God's
lawo. Faith never nska explanation.
"God asks some things that aro hard,
but never any thnt nro unreasonable. I
beseech you brethren. It was hard for
Abraham to tako his son up on tho moun
tains and prepare to offer him up as
a sacrifice to God, but God had a rea
son. Abraham understands tonight and
Abraham Is satisfied.
"It was a hard thing God asked of Paul
of Tarsus to bear witness to Him at
Homo and Ephcsus, to faco those Jeering
heathens, to suffer Imprisonment and bo
uenion wuii w stripes, anu iinany to put
his head on tho block and havo It severed
by tho order of old Nero, but God had a
reason. Paul understands tonight, nnd
Pnul Is satisfied. It waa n hard thing
God asked of Jesus to leavo tho songs
of tho nngcts nnd the prcsenco of tho
redeemed and glorified nnd como down to
earth to bo born amid tho malodors of n
stable, nnd bo forced to flee from post to
post, nnd dispute with -tho learned doctors
In the temple at 12 years of ago and con
fute them, and to still tho storm and te
troubled waters, and to say to tho blind,
'Bo whole,' nnd finally to bo betrayed by
ono of His own followers nnd to bo
murdered through n conspiracy of Jews
nnd Gentiles: but now Ho sits on tho
throno with tho Father, awaiting for the
tlmo to Judge tho world. Jesus under
stands, nnd Jesus Is satisfied.
"It was a hard thing for mo when God
told mo to leave homo nnd go out Into
tho world to preach tho gospel and to
bo vilified and libeled nnd havo one's llfo
threatened and be denounced, but when
my tlmo comes, when I havo preached
my last sermon, and I can go homo to
God and the Lamb. He'll say, 'Bill, this
wns tho reason ' I'll know what It all
meant, and I'll say, 'I'm satisfied, God,
I'm satisfied.'
AT THE TABERNACLE TODAY.
S p. m.3lr. Sunday delivered his
sermon, "Teach Us to Pray."
3 p. m. Miss Baxc met her iBI
blc class on the platform. Her sub
ject was: "Difficulties of the Scrip
ture and Iloio to Meet Them."
7:30 p. m Jfr. Sunday delivers
his sermon, "Ilcpentance."
For other campaign Information
see another column.
STATISTICS.
Attendance.
Yesterday afternoon 10,000
Yesterday evening 20,000
Approximate grand total. . . 020,000
Converts.
Yesterday afternoon 102
Yesterday evening 091
Total to date 5,851
Collections.
Yesterday afternoon .... J5B0.0I1
Yesterday evening 050.07
arand total S7.070.31
Average contribution
from each person.... .0V4
Sermons.
Preached to date 33
To be preached before closing
the campaign 84
MRS. JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER ILL
NEW YORK, Jan. 21. Mrs. John D.
Rockefeller Is reported to be extremelv
HI at the Rockefeller homo at Pocanttco.
It Is said that sho Is suffering ffom
malignant anemia. Mrs. Rockefeller is
75 years old.
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Photos of prize-winning birds in various
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EVANGELIST'S WPR
RECALLED MOTHER!
PRAYER TO
Former Saloonkeeper Qu
TD n - m
oooze ousmess tor Kc
and Is Now Climbing
Ladder to Evangelism.
By I-llEDEBICK T. WAlREny
Mr. Walter teas nt -.. "!
wealth, but more recently a ?,?'W1
outer," an Australian twJkma. "MJ
vlct and a saloonkeeper, lie tea., ".
Pike BunkaTta7ernZrTerL
lng and held a crowd 7 Zl?'??1 KM
people Jor nearly an hour ultl xi" 'WJ
. . rcrJ
I'm out of the booze business for v.
and I'm going up the ladd.r ? .' k3
Ism, I went through a fortune jmS
another .w'non I went wrnn2."lai"1
lost It all. - "!
It all happened because T ,,,,.... ..
I could go out for an occwIonVl CS
tlmo and beenimn T ii,n,,.i. T .Ju? KalS
go oft and forget Christ whenere? ffil
like It and nothing would happl J-',!
""" miow ii j. was hlttlnr ik. .
I thought I was'smart JusuWlS
many young fellows today. I had .
mother, and hor heart was brok.n i?4
she found It out Sho cried ana
for me, but I Just laughs at hW
know It all. hut I knew a who!. ..iLf
when my moi.ey was trnn. . .Ii7
gang
left mo on tho rocks. CWJ1
I was a disgrace- to my nrettr l,.J
town in England. I was alwar. in hMl
uiu. ujr jnoiners ncart w i.i JBI
Then I went to Australia, i' ,?,
years in
In tho bush nnd was arwiid 2
tlmos that. I havo fotMtaT . 1
many
number. Every tlmo I got out f . ,1
jjoozo and dopo
..v. .i,hui ,ii u,o jan. uooze did it tii Of
Boozo nnd dopo nro strong alllea flM
wnon moy go niter you togethr yc.il
stand a good chance of going to hell bJS
thn shortest rnntn " "'lal
Ono tlmo I was able to get some nonet
together, and I went into the 6wi
uamurst, out in Australia. The bona
for. So I opened a saloon.
I thought that everything was n!u1
well. I was making money and drfev
Ing booze, but ono day Mrs. C. M, AIu
andcr, tho wlfo of tho evangelljt ctaV
to tho door of tho saloon nnd pointed ter'
iiiiBc m inu mm buiu, --jour mother utd
to nrav fnr vnii "
My wholo llfo shot before me In i:
idh. a ruumiiiucrca mo aays Tvhea 1
was respected at home, I saw the Oi'
gone Josh mo because I did not drink. I'
runiemncreci now "cocKy I relt after tht
first drink. Then I saw mother prayloj1
and rrjlng, then tho dirty Jails. iW
was all I could stand, nnd I dropped
uuvu uu my nnces anu accepted
right there.
Slnco then I havo led a Chrlillin
life, I havo mndo two trips around the
world seeing moro of Chilst's blesjlnit'
I went to a "Billy" Sunday meeting if
Denver nnd got a Job selling song boolu'
so tnui i couiu near him. Then I w
to Dcs Moines nnd followed him here.
I want to do moro good thnn I couM
uo selling song dooics, so I'm going
preach the Gospel. The booze game j
mo down, but Christ lifted mo up.
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Unitarian
Christianity
To tho Unltnrlan, religion Is not
way of cscapo from hopeless en
tanglements. It Is, rather, a ong
that brings tho thought of Ood Into
all tho relations of life, a powr
tvunin ino soui mnt cnnDics it to in
fuse hone into all entanglements.
Our religion Inspires us to love
God, to loyo our follow men, and to
Inn.l ..in., ' tl.,.. T7nfln.tn la tt. M,
v:ll4 HUUU KVLa, lhVtl(.IUII , V IM
what It was to Jesus.
Come and fcol this power tonight
at tho First Unitarian Church, 2l
Chostnut street Orunn recital st
7:45. Servico nt 8. with a sermon by
itev. w. u. Sullivan, or New yorif.on
"Tho Splrltunl Power of a Liberal
Faith." Mr. Hulllvnn preaches here,
also, on Friday evening, and (o
brines to an ond this Unltarlin
Week of Special Endeavor.
Tho Second Unitarian Week of
Special Endeavor will open Buna-
evening at The unitarian unurca oi
Gormantown, Cholten avenue sna
Greene street, with Mr. Sullivan
tho preachor. Ho will be follows
bv Rov. A. R. Hussey, of Baltimore.
who apcakB on Monday and TueiiHr
evenings: Rev. E. H. Reeman. Of
Lancaster, on Wednesday and Thurj
dny, nnd Rev. U. G B. Pierce, of
Washington, on Friday and Satur
day evenings, and also on Bunqtr
morning. . .
For tho details of this secpnd irtti
of Religious Awakening see ear
notice among tho church notices of
Saturday, , ...
Havo you yet visited or written
for literature to
The Unitarian
Bookroom
1815 N. Logan Square
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