Los Angeles herald., 1891-11-16
THE CHURCHES.
SOME FEATURES OF THE SERVICES
YESTERDAY.
Evangelist Wight on the Unpardonabie
Sin-A Strong Sermon-Meeting of the
Young Mems Christian Association.

The meetings held by Evangelist
Wight at the Temple-street Christian
church aae increasing in power and en-
thusiasm. The church auditorium was
packed at both services yesterday. In
the morning he preached powerful
sermon on Communion. He gave much
light on this institution of the Lords
house. In the evening every available
seat was filled. Many were turned
away for want of seats. His text was,
The objectionable Sin. The sermon
was earnest and eloquent, and his ap-
peals to, the unconverted were stirring.
There were several accessions at both
services and baptisms at night. The
meetings continue every evening this
week with unabated fervor.
Following are extracts from the even
ing sermon:
There is no question so solemn, no
question that has 30 much sadness in it.
The Savior spoke not only to those inn
mediately around him, but to all the
world when he said: "Ye may speak
forgiven thee, but if We speak against
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thee" The Pharisees rejected not only
the Son OF God, but the spirit that was
in him, hence the Savior's words of
warning, if ye speak against the Holy
Spirit it shall not be forgiven thee.
They not only rejected Christ. but put
Him to death, and on the day OF Pente-
cost many were received into the church
and their sins forgiven, but those who
rejected the Holy Spirit after it had
been sent into the world on the day of
Pentecost, and ever after down to our
own day were not forgiven. The Holy
Spirit is the last guide which God gave
to the world to convict them of sin He
had done much before, Gent the
Prophets and His Son to die, sent the
Apostles to speak to the world and teach
it Jesus and His resurrection, but the
Holy Spirit was the last act OF the
Father to redeem the world, and if this
is rejected there was no longer any for
giveness. Christ died once for all. He
will die no more for our sins, but He
will come again, but then in power with
vengeance, with judgment.
Men who have eyes to see and will
not see, ears to hear and will not hear,
hearts to believe and will not believe,
who harden their hearts against the call
of the spirit, that pleading voice, until
at last the voice will not be heard, con-
science will be scared and blinded to
that last cali and the soul lost. When
men will say, "Just let me alone" and
when they have rejected the last CALL
when SO hardened in sin until God will
let them alone, there is no more hope.
There comes time in mems lives when,
if they continue to resist the voice of
conscience in what is right, that that
voice will no longer plead with them.
There are people whose minds have
been so diverted from truth by follow
ing after things of fancy, trashy novels,
imaginary stories, until truth has no
power to control them; they live on
imaginary things mentally and the great
truths, the realities OF life pass un-
noticed. There is dead line beyond
which men are hopeiessly irredeemable.
There are many protested Chris
tians who appear well, move well
in society, and who pass for
respectable Christians, but who are like
the Pharisees of old, outwardiy are as
whitened sepulchres but inwardly are
full of dead mems bones. These are
Christians who have not in them the
spirit of the Master and who, while they
profess with their lips the Savior as
their rule of life, reject the Holy Spirit
and resist the Son OF God as well, by re-
sisting His spirit. Neglect is the great
est enemy to the salvation of the race.
Believing men will put off from time to
time for more convenient season the
adoption of Christianity as the rule of
their lives until this delay becomes
disease so chronic that there is no cure
continued rejection has carried them
beyond redemption. The only safe time
to act is today-today is the day of
salvation.
YIN. C. A. MEETING.
A large audience met at the. Young
Mems Christian associ alton yesterday
afternoon to hear Rev. William Shepard
upon the subject Tomorrow. There
were many requests for prayer and three
professed conversion at the afternoon
meeting. Tonight he will hold the last
of the series of meetings conducted by
him. The meeting will be for men only.