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FULL WIRE REPORTS OJF THE UNITED, PRESS
THE DAY BOOK
5Q0 S. PgORIA ST. 398 ; TEL. MONROE 353
Vol. 1, No. 282 Chicago, Wednesday, Aug. 21,4912 One Cent
WHY SOME PJREACHERS HAVE EMPTY PEWS
Rev. E. H. Baroody, at Savannah, 111 , took for histext, "What
think ye of Christ," and among other things, said:
"Jesus" fjevef worried over the people-being indifferent to come
and listen to, Him. He always had a large, audience, and sometimes
whole cities assembled around Him to listen to the words'of wisdom
come out of His lips. Thousands followed Him into the seashore,
and the whole surrounding country flocked around Him, like sheep
around their shepherd, to take from. His hand the food for their
souls. Three hundred millions of people at present take Him as
their teacher and esteem all what He said as final authority."
" Thevrqasonjwhy Jesus .never had to worry about having an au-
dience is made plain enough in the rest of the sermon, where Mr
Baropdy tells of His work as a teacher arid a social worker.
His Ibve of "humanity was so sincere that everybody understood
it, and his ministry was a! ministry of love. His influence on the
lives of his descipjes and all with whom he came in contact Peter,
Paul, Pilatej even the" thief 'on the cross, was due to his love of all,
even the sinner.
This preacher says: "He helped the downcast and poor and
was the angel of peace to many a distressed and burdened soul. He
mingled wjth the rich and poor, the ignorant and the educated, the
men of influence and' the men who have lost everything. All to
Him were one and seeking salvation and craying for divine guid
ance in theirperplexities'. Before the great God's bar of justice every
man was a brother to the other, and Christ tried to instill such
thoughts into the minds of 'the people. He knew theirlirieed and
He supplied their wants. He was the ideal social worker.'"-
In" that we think one will find the answer to the problem as to
why some preachers preach to empty pews, The greatest preacher:
of-them alfwas hot only a great preacher, but, a great teacher and a
great social worker as well. He didn't preach His beautiful' and just
philosophy on Sunday and get busy aboiit his own creature-comforts
the other six days in the week.
He .actually gave all of his life to humanity before the cruci
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