The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-07-18
A STRONG SERMON,
The One Preached by DR.. Tai.
mage to an Open Air Crowd
in Nebraska.
Faith Must Save Souls. Ac.
cording to the Evidence
of the Witnesses.

Acts. iii. 15 Following in his sermon.
In the days of George Stephenson. the per
fector OF the locomotive cnmine. the scientists
prove conclusivcly that II railway train could
never he driven by steam power successfully
and without peril; but the rushing express
trains from Liverpool to Edinburgh, md
from Edinburgh to London, have made all the
nations witnesses OF the splendid achievement
Machinists and navigators proved col clusiye
ly that steamer could never cross tho A tlnn
/ proved the imposaibiity OF such an under.
| taking than the work was done. and the ms
sengcrs OH the Cunnrd. aud the !nmun aud
the National. md tine White Star lines nre
witnesses There went up u gutlaw oi wise
laughter ut Pro. Morse's proposition Ia
make the lightning OF heaven his errnn,l
boy. and it was proved conclusivcy that the
thing could never be done: but now all tho
nrws ofthe wide world, by Assoriated Pres.
I md J,nt.J p,o.. ,vt T., ,,,, ,,,,I
,n,r,,i,, o,, ,.;.',,. - so"' '""'e az, e.'''
,n;,., ,s "'. ".s", ".s ""'e ~. hn'''''''
"''"tSs's' 80 Ill 'he time oi'h'lSi II was
proved c"nclusively that it was impossibl,
! for Him to rise from the denl 1t was
| shown logically Tint wien II mnn WAS JooJ
he was dead, and the hcart and III. lr.r and
| a. F. ,. 80 Wv ''',' """ '"f "''' ''"'
.nr 'a"is naNihs eeaseu 10 perform thcii
o'''ceS' 'ie ilmps would DO rigid beyond al
power of :riction or nronsnl. They showed
| il to he an absolute nbsur,lty that the ,lru,
Christ should ever cot nm nl;vo, brt n,
sonrrr had thov ,r,uoI .i,;, .,,., a.,
fl,r;., .' .''"" Wv '' mt'''
,,.' "''''' anu '.'e aiseip'es neieii itih
h'a'" i's voice ana talked with iiiiii, AM
| they took the witness stand to prove that to
he true which the wiseucres O the .loy I'm,
proved to bc i,nnossih,c. tbo ,..c,rl rs III,
oxnor;oroo ,,,i ~ ,I,a -. =: ~ .,''
~. ..II;,., I". ,,,. '"e :e''' nis - !" 'n'
"A'. ,''n' '''''" """ raised from tiie dead
whrreo' we ar" witnesses
| Now, let III" play the skrptic for n moment
"'rlcre is no God "suys the sk.n,i, ..fnr
have never soon him viii, NV ,,l,r.;,,, 90.
.;,,ht y,,,r r;,.,,,;,., :.
~, "' '''''''' - - i'''A V. ".'""tr'''ie'iohS
inerr never was miracle. Lazarus wash
raised rom the dead, and the water wns
never turned into wine. Your religion IL N,
imposition on the crrduity OF the ages >
| There il an aged man moving over Won
dor ns though he would like to respond
| Here are hundreds O. people will, faces n III
| tie flushed at these announcements, and all
through this assembly there is n suppressed
feeling which would like to spenk on, in he
hal OF the truth of our g!orions christianity
as in the days of the text, crying out, we
The fac, is that il this world is ever
brought to God it will not hc through ar-,l.
mrnt, but through testimony. You might
cover III" whole earth with apologies lor
| Christianity and learned trc;ltisrs in ,ie,,,,.r
oi rcliginn-you would not convert n soul.
Lectures on the hnrmnny between science
| and religion arc brautiul mental ,l,scipIin.
but have never saved Il soul and never will
save II soul. Put II man OF the world and /,
man OF the Church ngni,ist each thrr and
the man OF thr world will in all probability
| get The triumph. Their. are n thousand
| things in oar religion that seem illogical Ia
| the world. aud will always seem Illogical.
Our weapon in this conllc, is faith, not tlogc;
| faith. not metaphysics; fnith, not pro undi
| ty; fnth. not scholastic ex.;Ioration. But
| then in order to hive faith we must have
testimony, and if 800 men, or 900 men. or
| 400, 900 men, or 3, 900, 900 men prt I'M md
tell me that they have felt the religion %.
Jesus Christ Il joy, u comfort. n help. an as
piia'ion. nm hound ns u nirmin'ici man
10 accept their testimony. ! want lust now
to put before you three propositions. the
truth of Which think this audience will at.
test with overwhelming unanimity
The iirst proposition is, we are witnesses
that the religion Of Christ il able to convert
Il soul. The gospel may have had IL hard
tin" TO conquer. We mny have ought it
back. but we were vanished Yo,l saw con.
know better. I'VE are witnesses" There
meyer wns 50 great n change in our heart and
lie on any other subject as on this. People
laughed nj the missionaries ut Madagascar
h"rnusr they preached 10 years without ON"
convert: but there are 33,OOO converts in
Madagascar to-day. People laughed at DR..
Adonirnm .In,ison, the baptist missionary,
hcrans" Il. kept on preaching in Buimn! five
years without single convert; but there are
20. O0U l,artists in Burmnh ia. o.duy. P.oulr
laughed at DR.. Morrison, in China, for preach.
ing there seven years without n single con
version; but there are 81. 900 Christians in
ChIna today. People laughed ut til. mis-.
annarirs for preaching ut Tahiti 10 wears
without a single conversion, and at the
missionaries for preaching in Bengal { years
without !, single conversions yet in ali those
lands there are multitudes of Christians 10.
| dnv.
But Why go so fnr to find evidence of the
gOsprl's power to save u soul. I'VE are
Witnesses" We we're so proud that no man
could have humbed ns; w. we've so hnrd that
no earthly power could have melted ms. nm.
gels God were all around about us they
could not overcome us: but ON. .iuy. ,nrlu,is
at n Methodist anxions seat. or nj :, prcslv.
tcrinn ratuhrt;rnl l.r;1r. or nt n Luri.I 1r
on horseback. power seized us, nnd mad.
ns get down. and made Ms /, re,nlIe u,,,l ,nnJ.
us kner and mad. us cry for mercy. and ~,
tried to wrench oursrlves AWAY rom ,;,.
grasp but could not. 1t flung us fiat. and
when W" arose we were as much changed as
Gourgis. the hcnthcn. who wen, into i, pray.
er m'eting with dagger and gun. 10 dis.
turb the meeting and destroy it, but thcnryt
day WAS found crying "Oi, my great sins,
Oh my great Snvior!' nnd for eleven years
preached the gostcl OF Christ to his ...ow
mGnntnincrrs. the last words on his diving
lips being, Free grucc." Oh, it was free
grace,
There is "A man who was for 10 years Il
hhrd dilnker. The dreadful appetite had
sent down its roots around the l,nln,e and
the tongue. aud on down until they werc in
lerlihEel WIN the vltal' OF body, mind, and
soni' sn b.' he ms nor taken any stllnlilnntstnr
Io!eafH' nnat dii That Not Temperance
': soc,G,rs' Hot prohio''ion JAWS. Not moral
s"nSi"h. nhScrsioh dl'i u. why. said
one uI'oh Mhom the greht change had come.
,i,,, s'': ".i g. 'nsi hs thoneh were somebody
.i tise' ihere ~ 4 sen captain who swor" M!
t,., ems Wy i,, a'on' NeM iork 10 harhna. and
rom i'n'.t,''l 10 ohh Francisco ana when
!.e "nr ~, u. por. Nv Mas worse thaii when he
,;. S,S VI. '.e stl. ', "tht power was II washed
i'is 'o"Sne rie'i'i ol !ro hhi'ies. anu made
''i tt'i, e,''", r., slnetl conversion by IN"
i.'s 'i'n.,a. nrr. hrn 'honshhhs OF people
~ ~. ''.'. 'H'l"Sn ."-''hv VINO hfe no more
,';a.,,.,, t".y "n'. W.T.. !hhn wh'"riiiy Is
M .i,.;, VI '"orhnhs iarh Is Il Vhiture,
10Y ., "E"'.
Now. II sionid demand that all those
peoIl' mere lr"seht VINO nave ielt the con
'ett'fs power OF reiision should rise. so far
RON oeii'2 hShhmcd' thry would spring to
.hr'r 'rr. WIN more aIncrity than they ever
III FlIt.sr i.