Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-08
THE GREAT REVIVAL.
A THR0NG OF PEOPLE LISTEN TO
THE EVANGELIST PREACH.
Nh, Wilson Reminds Business Men,
Politicians and Church Members
of Their Duty.

tention and desire to obtain holiness The
entire meeting showed that the church is
thoroughly organized and that they pro-
pose to make it torrid for sinners. Mr..
Wilson gave some very strong illustrations
/ to show that holiness is secured and kent
by keeping up continual communication
with God. He thought to present our
! selves holy before God is to give Him our
reasonable service. He thought there was
a disposition in some outside the church to
| misrepresent what he said about holiness,
| but if such people would only investigate
the subject some good would result, and
that would satisfy him. He thought con-
secration was not so much the object as a
| supreme faith in God to sanctify us How
people expected to get to heaven without
purity was mystery to him.
Mr.. Wilson said an effort was being made
on the Pacific slope to organize the Holt
ness element in the NJ. +: church, he
thought that was wrong because holiness
could not be organized. 1t is in all
churches.
The house was crowded at the evening
service. and there were many indications
that the church is greatly revived. AT
this meeting there was great earnestness
in the song service.
The following ministers occupied seats
on the platform: Revrends Guthrie,
Hodgson, Smith, Brink, Niele, Harmon,
Rhodes, Hoyt and Aiken. Mr.. Wilson
took his text in the last clause of the last
verse of the 10th chapter of John. Il am
come that they might have life, and that
they might have it more abund-
IL, & II,v
that Jesus came into the world in order to
make q sacrifcial offering for the sins OF
the world. That is only portion of the
gospel of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,
and at this point a period is put when
there should be only comma. He tells
us that he came that you might live
always. 1t is true that there can be no
life without sacrifice. There can be no
life without suffering. 1t was absolutely
essential that one should die in order that
we might live. We must not, however,
make the mistake of suppesing that Jesus
came and suffered on the cross alone to APP
pease the wrath of God Through the
death of Christ alone comes to US spiritual
life
Jesus was certainly moved by the con-
seriousness that the world was lost to
spiritual life. A life they sought but
could not find. He has showed us how
this life may be obtained, by seeking, and
that it is useless to seek any where else for
it. And yet have lot of corpses before
me tonight. Without life, blind, foolish.
You think there is life somewhere else
than in Christ. 1t would not be surpris-
ing if some of you Methodists left your re-
ligion east of the Mississippi river. You
thought the life here in Wichita in the
early day did not suit your religion. But
Wichita life is dead, and if you depend
upon it you would some day smite
your hand upon your breast and |
say ali, fool that / am. l am away from
the life that is only in Christ May God |
help you to get back, and realize that you |
have sold your birthright for mess of |
pottage. The first Jewish feasts were |
times of spiritual enlargement. They |
came together and had all things in com
mon for seven or eight days. They sung
their songs and played their musical in
and praised God. j sometimes
think what a glorious time they had at
those feasts. But after time the spirit
life of those feasts was lost, but they still !
kept up the forms. They then became
very careless about the forms. They kept
the Sabbath and got mad at Jesus because
be done good on the Sabbath day.
These Jews thought if Jesus
would come to their feasts
he would spoil them, he.had a way of say
ing and doing things that they did not
like. But when Jesus came he saw in
their faces sadness. / have seen such
myself. He did not say anything
he first or second or third day, but when
hey went away spiritually sad he said, IF
any man thirst let him come unto Me and |
will give him drink The Jews no
loubt said, who are you that you
AN do this? By what authority can you
10 these things
Il am come that you may have life
Lifei life. life, Oh, one-half the religious
ervice today is fraud; what we want is
more life. There is not powerful nation
N earth today that does not
this gospel power. That
little band of apostles, fishermen
nd carpenters and tent makers, were pow
rful because of their contract with the
ife Wesley had spiritual life; take that
way and his works fall to pieces. We
want spiritual life and be more like Christ.
3 hen you have this you will not play
ards, and make kitchens of your prayer
Meeting rooms, and dish up plate OF thin
Dup and one oyster for a quarter, Laugh
erl and put up a crazy quilt in a lottery to ,
elp the Lord. You say, Oh, there is
lister Jones: she is such good christian ,
romsn. She can just make the most lovely
razy quilt. Laughter. / hope the time
cor to arrest all such church gamblers ,
here is mouse TO keep up the cry, break
p the Louisiana lottery and let these &
hurch lotteries run. Now, why {
ont You preachers say amen. |
laughter One touch OF the Spirit ! c
ill get Us out Of these old ruts, But the
Dung minister comes from the theological ]
hool and he can preach philosophy and I
gaughterl aud write out i
is sermons first and secondly and thirdly. a
h, they are just lovely daughter, and d
icy don't offend anybody Who ever i
card of our Saviour preaching such a ,
,imon as that. I
Mr.. Wilson told several anecdotes to IL
Istrste the power OF religion in the home
well as in business He urged the ne
ssity Of taking Christ into our homes !,
Id into our business houses
He said: "A man who ignores Christ in ?
lsiness may die rich in this world goods r
1t die spiritually poor. If you want TO :
IN a business that viii never break :
,wn, put your bible along side :
your day book and ledger. :
,me church members do hot take their .
ligiou into their business, but get rich :
I'd then come into the church and tell the >
'eachsr how TO preach, and then break up y