in our reach. If Christ were to come to the earth
to-day, He would say unto us: 'Woe unto you, church members,
hypocrites!' He would say unto us: 'Woe unto you, young disciples in
name, who have promised to love and serve Me, and then, ashamed of
testifying before men, have broken promise and prayer, and ridiculed
those who have kept their vows sacredly!' He would say to us men who
have made money and kept it to ourselves: 'Woe unto you, ye rich men,
who dress softly and dine luxuriously and live in palaces, while the
poor cry aloud for judgment and the labourer sweats for the luxury of
the idle! Woe unto you who speculate in flesh and blood, and call no
man brother unless he lives in as fine a house and has as much money in
the bank! Therefore ye shall receive the greater condemnation!'

"O Self! god of the earth yet! With two thousand years of the Son of
God written into the world's history, still goes up the cry of those
who perish with hunger, who break into the sanctuary of their souls,
because they cannot get work to do, and are weary of the struggle of
existence. Self! thou art king; not Jesus Christ! But oh, the shame
of it! the shame of it! Were it not for my belief in the mighty
forgiveness of sins, I would stand here to-night with no hope of ever
seeing the paradise of God. But resting in that hope I wish to say to
you who have beheld the example of my selfish life, I repudiate it all.
In the world I have passed as a moral citizen and a good business man;
in society there has been no objection to my presence, on account of my
wealth and position; in the church I have been tolerated because I gave
it financial support; but in the sight of that perfect Crucified Lamb
of God I have broken the two greatest laws which He ever announced. I
have been a sinner of the deepest dye; I have been everything except a
disciple of Jesus Christ. I have prayed for mercy. I believe my
prayer has been answered.

"I am conscious that some here present may think that what I have said
has been in poor taste; that it has been an affront to the object of
the meeting or an insult to the feelings of those who have called the
audience together. In order that the people may know that I am sincere
in all I have said, I will say that I have placed in the bank the sum
of 10,000 dollars, to be used as the committee may deem wisest and best
for the education of children in bereaved homes, or for any other help
to those who need