The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1901-12-12
Union Gospel Meetings.

Union G0spel meetings.
The interest and enthusiasm shown
in the revival services is becoming
more and widespread. The audiences
are taking a more active part in those
parts of the service in which they may
participate.
Rev. OStrom IS talk to the aged ap-
pealed to the heart strongly. perhaps
the most of all the sermons he has de-
livered in this city. During the first
part of the service, Mr.. Ostr I'M read
the twenty-third psalm, and COM
mented upon each verse. He revealed
new and beautiful thoughts which
this much quoted psalm contains.
The sermon of the morning, however,
was taken from the second chapter of
st. Luke. Mr. OStrom showed with
what Difference and hour God held old
age, and what great compliment he
paid to age when he had Christ first
presented in the temple to Simeon and
Anna-both of whom were very old.
The evangelist said that at no other
time of ones life is ones influence for
good or evil so powerful as in old age;
giving as proof instances of the con-
versions of some of the most promi-
nent Christian men of today, their
conversions being due to the prayers
or example of some aged person.
The subject of Thursdays afternoon
service was, ''Man S duty toward con-
yerting his fellowmen. Mr.. Ostrom
said there could be no doubt but that
it was man s business whether or not
his neighbor was at peace with God
that when man was confident that
God called him to help his unSaved
brother, there should be no faltering
nor hesitation.
At the evening service, reading,
from the text, "For godly sorrow
worketh repentance to salvation not
to be repeated of: but the sorrow of
the world worketh DEATH" The evan
gelist pictured the two lives-the one
consumed by selfish, worldlike sor-
row; the other by the noble, Christ
like sorrow. He also developed the
thought that a man seeking repent
ance need not grovel further in the
dust nor enter the valley, but should
rise higher and higher to meet his
Savior and receive his blessing.
The revival services of Friday after
noon and evening were the most ap-
pealing and impressive of the services
of the entire week.
The afternoon IS address was power
full appeal for man to accept the fuller
life which Jesus Christ brought into
the world. Rev. Ostrom showed the
difference in the meaning of the word
''life' as Christ used it, from any
meanings hitherto given to this word
Many church members belong to a
class ssjust alive" Christians-neither
feeling the benefits of such religion
for themselves nor for others. But
this is not the kind of q Christian the
Savior meant for man to be. Man
has only to make himself passive and
submissive to Gods will and the full
Ter life" of Christ will come to him,
in great abundance and all-sufficiency.
The auditorium of the Methodist
church was filed with mostly young
people in the evening, who listened to
Rev. Ostrom's address On ssWhat do
live for?" The evangelist said that
although he has put this question to
many people, the answer he usually
receives is, 81 really do not know
what am living for.''
Mr. Ostrom compares this aimless
kind'of life to ship sailing from
port but whose captain has not de-
cided what her route or course, or to
which country she will go. The evan
gelist sai5 chat often man lived for
unworthy things as appetite, clothing
ease or influence. While the world
was trying all kinds of experiments to
find what was worth living for, Christ
came TO earth and brought to light
Truth and Life, the most sublime end
for which man can live. Rev. OStrom
concluded his address with an earnest
appeal Tor all TO live for Christ.