The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-09
HIGHER SPIRITUAL LIFE.
IN ACADEMY OF MUSIC.

There was good attendance again
last night at the closing session in the
Academy. Rev. Joseph X. Dixon, d.
d., of the Penn Avenue Baptist church.
presided, and the West Side choir led
III the congregational singing. Rev. G.
L. Malice, of the United Evangelical
church, Capouse avenue, conducted the
opening devotional service.
William Turner. chairman of the
nominating cOmmitte, read the recon-
mendatiOns agreed upon and they were
adopted by an unanimous raising of
hands.
The committee of '96 was brought to
the stage and each in turn introduced
to the audience. Each. was greeted
with generous applause and veritable
ovation was rendered Charles Il. Dan
iels, the chairman of the committee.
Mr.. Daniels acknowledged the recep-
tion with few graceful remarks, con-
Guiding with the statement that no
convention could boast of its finances
being in better shape than are those of
the convention of 96.
The new officers We're next intro
| duced. Rev. DIR. Philputt, the new
president, was the only one to make re-
marks. He commended himself and the
| work into the hands of God and trust
operation of the EndeavOrers of Penn
sylvania, the results of the year would
be most gratifying.
WINNING SOULS.
Rev. J. II. Woodring, Of Allentown.
spoke on the subject, winning Souls.
1t was a mastery address alnd won for
him warm commendation from DR..
Dixon, the presiding officer. and the
audience, which frequently Interrupted
him with applause, and as he concluded
gave vent, 20 such enthusiasm that it
brought forth the remark from DR..
DiXonsthat the convention was waking
up. Rev. Mr.. Woodring spoke as fol-
lows:
said Rev. DIR. Francis T.. Clark at
Allentown, February, 1896: This new
Observation-Disclosures movements the
old evangelistic movement, the old
soul-saving movement l am glad
| that DIR. Clark, the father of the En-
| deavor movement, Is keeping the soul
| saving idea to the front and for this
| reason, it emphasizes the need of deep
er, fuller. stronger spiritual life. a
| brother wrote me the other week:
Nothing this side of Heaven is like
| helping to save human soul I fully
concur in this. I can truly say that for
years, and more and more so as the
| y
| ing like the exuberant joy that comes
| to my heart when successful in WIN
| ming n soul for the kingdom. What
wonder that this should be so.
Let Him know that he who con-
verteth the sinner from the error of his
way shall save soul from death and
shall hide a multitude Of sins.
Think a moment of the Scriptural
description of the dignity of a soul
| ,t DO :
Thou hast made him a little lower
than the angels, and hast crowned him
with glory and honor and didst set him
above the works of Thy hands If
any of us could claim to be lineal de-
scendants of the Queen of England or
Emperor of Germany, what lofty de-
meanor would distinguish us. Every
body would take off his hat and say
Good morning. We are vastly higher
in rank. We are creatures made in
| Gods likeness. little lower than the
angels. If you win soul you have
the double honor of being a prince and
elevating prince: of blessing yourself
| and another on whom Is the seal and
stamp of Divine royalty.
THEY MUST BE WON.
Now, souls can be, must be, won.
He that winneth souls is wise Chris
tian Endeavor is Christian effort 1t
is an attempt to do something for
Christ and for others. The true En-
| deavorer Is the young man or young
woman who is making an honest effort
to discharge his or her duty to Christ
and to humanity. Young people, wake
up! Your work Is not the maintenance
of an organization; it is the salvation
Of souls. 1t is not the gathering of
members into the Christian Endeavor
society; it is the crowding of the gates
of Heaven with redeemed souls
There are certain forces which we
may call winning forces'' which are
indispensable in soul-winning Endeavcr.
These forces are of two classes: Those
on Gods side-those on the human
side. Those on Gods side are, Grace,
the Scriptures, The Holy Spirit. We
cannot win souls without these. The one
who would win souls for Christ and the
Kingdom must himself be thoroughly
converted person, must have the garce
of God in his own heart. He must have
to know how to use the word of God.
This is the sword Of the spirit. 1t is the
instrument God uses to convict of sin,
to reveal Christ and to regenerate men,
The Bible is the instrument upon
which we must rely and which we must
use in bringing men to Christ. And
then,of cardinal Importance is the "bap-
| tlSIn OI the Holy dnOSt. snail re-
ceive power after that the Holy Ghost
is come upon you," said Jesus to his
disciples after having given them the
great commission to go out and be His
witnesses.
1.-The supreme condition of soul WIN
ming power is the same today. After
that the Holy Ghost is come upon
you" This is an absolute necessity.
This trinity of forces on the God-ward
side. Grace, the Book. the Holy Spirit
is omnipotent and Is always operative
when the conditions are met. Twas
these that Peter had on Penticost.
Paul always relied on them; hence his
mighty work. Luther, Knox, Wesley,
Whitfield, Albright, Sebert did the
same.
GAS STOVE USELESS.
"A man from the country went to
the city and saw there on exhibition In
a store a gas stove and was so i'm
pressed with 1t that he invested in one.
although there was no gas in the
4 small town in which he lived. He did
not know why the thing would not
4 work until he had made second trip
ito the city with his complaint. A gas
stove without gas n a useless an en-
cumbrance And SO any kind of ma