The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-03-30


The one who processes at 20 years ol
age has 60 years of impulse ID the
wrong direction to correct. and the
child has only ten years ia the wrong
direction to correct -Four times ID
are 40. Four times the religious pros
peet for the lad that comes into The
Kingdom Of God and into the church
at 10 years Of age than the man az 40.
sin Against Holy Ghost
on. an AFRAID to say anything
I against geviyals Of religion OF against
anything shat looks like them. because
think ii may be a sis. against the
Holy Ghost and you know the bible
says that a sin against the Holy Ghost
shall never be forgiven. neither n this
world nor the world 10 come. Now.
4 you are a painter and speak
against your pictures. do ] not speak
against youg II You are an architect
and Z peak against a building you
put op 7 not SPEAK against you2
y . revival Be the work Of the holy
Ghas. and speak asaiAst that revival.
10 ] not speak against the Holy Gh0st2
And whose speaketh against the Holy
Ghost. says the Bible. he shall never
be forgiven. neither in this world nor
IN the world to come. I think soms-
times people have made a fatal mistake
in this direction.
Many Of you know the history cf
AaTor Dr4rr moe ono Of fHs r,s15f
brilliant men Of his day. suppose
this country never produced a stronger
intellect He was capable OF doing
anything good and great for his coun-
try or FOR the church Of bis God had he
been rightly disposed. but his name is
United States government. which be
tried 10 overthrow. and with libertin-
ism and immortality Do you know
where Aaron Burr started en- the Town
ward road? 1t was when he was IN
college and he became anxious about
his soul and was about to put himself
under the influences Of a revival. and
a minister OF religion said Don't 60
there Aaron; 4Q3RRta Ten tas8ui mat Don't
20 there" He tarried away. His sefi-
Gus impressions departed. He started
on the downward road And who Is
responsible for his ruin for this world
and his everlasting rnin IN the world
to Gomez Was It the minister VINO
warned him against that revival
when / speak Of excitement m reE'f-
ais do not mean temporary derange-
ment Of the nerves. do not mean the
absurd things OF which we have READ
as TRANSMITTING sometimes in the church
Of Christ. but mean an intelligent ~
tense. all absorbing agitation OF Doay.
mind and soul IN the work Of spiritual
escape and spiritual rescue.
coldness Of the objeeior
Now ] come to the real genuine
cause Of objection to revivals. That
Is the coldness Of the objector II IS
the secret and hidden but unmistaka-
BE cause in every case, low state
Of religion in the heart Wide awake
eonseerated useful Christians arc
never afraid Of reviyals. Il is the splr-
finally dead who are afraid Of haYlne
.heir sepulcher molested. The chic
gents OF the devil during a grea
awakening are always uncovered
nrofessors OF religion AS soon az
christs work begins they begin TO gos
alp against 1t and take pail Of waite
and try to put out this spark OF re
iielous influence. and they try TO pa
ont another spark. Do they succeed
As we'll when Chicago was on nr
! might some one have gone out with
. garden water pot trying 70 extinguis
h The dimculty is that when i'
/, vivai begins in a church il begins
~ many points that while you ha'
: doused one anxious soul with q pa
{ OF cold water there are 500 other am
lous souls on FIRE. Oh, how much be
Z Ter it would be to lay hold OK 4
chariot Of Christ's gospel ard he
null It on rather than TO fling on
selves in front Of the wheels. tryir
% block their progress. We will n
/, stop the chariot but We ourselves "
\ be ground to powder.
T. An unconverted Ministrr.
ie But I think, after all, the create
ie obstacle to revivals throughout Chris
e endom is an unconverted ministl
y We must believe that the vast majt
'y itv Of those who oficiate at sacred
II tars are regenerated, but 1 supDc
en- there may float into the ministry
nd an the denominations Of Christia
e. men whose hearts have never be
r. changed by grace. They are ell q
'e- taeonistic to revivals. How did th
get into the ministry? Perhaps soi
81 them chose It as a means Of live
-, hood. Perhaps some Of them were s
- cere. but were mistaken. AS fhoH
l.A.l.,or. anil he had been ma