The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-06-12
AT THE TABERNACLE.
Apostasy and the Betrayal Of Christ BY
Judas the Foundation for i Power
f1l Sermon Last Night.

Before beginning his sermon last
night Brother Robson fired few
random shots at the cold and clam
my church members whom he styled
refrigerators in the church. Too
many of them, he said, are riding
when they should be pushing the
wagon. You old hogs come here and
sit in the way of sinners with cold
ness equal to an iceberg. There are
too many dead beats here, said he, and
! would suggest rs a means to get
them out of the way that you get up
picnic or an excursion. That would
catch 'em and then we could have
glorious revival here. To be a church
member means less in Ardmore,
he declared, than any place he
ever saw. He declared he would
continue the meeting twenty days
if necessary.
He throwed few bombs around
the ragged edges OF his audience.
He said complaint had been made
that some of the boys around the
outskirts had created some disturb
ance the night before. He always
noticed that the corn around the out
edges of a field is always worm-eaten
and the shuck torn on. He admon-
ished the boys To take care that the
shucks were not torn of OF them.
Quite a number requested the pray
ers of the Christians for friends or
loved ones. Bro. Robson felt much
encouraged by this demonstration,
and insisted that the pastors whoop
up the cottage prayer meetings.
"Now get your hats and 20 after
the collection, brethren. We must
have grease to run this manchincry.
how was the collection last night?'
Bro. Awbrey-''It was not enough
TO pay the janitor and for oil"
Bro. Robison-"Now amt YOU
pretty set? You old hogs, YOU. Now
get out your quarters"
AFosTA-Y
was the subject Of the sermon, and "A
powerful sermon il was, and the be
Y trayal Of Jesus by Judas Iscarriot, as
recorded in the twenty-sixth chapter
OF Matthew, was the scriptural foun-
dation for it.
"Of all the bad things amy govern
ment has TO contend with, treason is
the worst. See this man Judas turn
ing traitor for few pieces OF silver;
he was q bad man. This government
don't allow any man or set OF men 10
live who commit treason. Aaron
Burr, for instance, who measured
arms with Webster, Calhoun and
Clay, committed treason and was
put to death, and no marble shaft is
permitted TO mark the place where
he sleeps. Judas was the same kind
Of man. Another sin of equal dan
ger and moral condemnation is per
jury. IL perjury were tolerated in
these United States what would be
come of this government? ! don't be
lieve man has to die to go to hell
and he don't have TO leave this earth
10 be a demon. meet men every
day who are - certainly doomed fol
hell as il they were already there.
PERJURY N THE CHURCH.
There are men here tonight who
perjured themselves 10 Join tn,
church. Shining against light ant
knowldge is the greatest sin. Tn,
case of the boy who was raised OF
the western prsiries, away from sun
day schools and religious Oppcrtuni
ties, is entirely different from that o
the boy who had these Opportunitie
and did not avail himself Of them
See that boy who was raised wher,
church spires kiss the skies and sur
rounded by religious influences a
home, and does not avail him Of them
His case is diherentent from that o
the boy on the prairie, whose roo
is the blue sky and the bare prairi
his carpet. ] want TO say one thin
here, and | don't care IL il goe
abroad: God bless the Salvation Ar
my and its work. "A chorus q
amens.l
"Thc Bible clearly sets out tw
classes. To- generated and unreger
-~.cG. Inc sin against the hol
ghost is the sin that damns a man o
earth. Don't trife with God. Don
= profess religion and then 90 on an
laugh about il and say you were eH
cited and didn't know what you wer
doing. That man who is born agai
cannot sin, for the seed remainct
in him. Judas, when he betraye
his Lord, was not as mean a th
e man who drove the nails into b
hesh on the cross; and the man VIII