The age-herald., 1902-04-05
DOERS OF THE WORD
 AND NOT HEARERS
REV. DIR. MyNHALL ATTaAeTs A LARGE eeNeHEeATieN fe THE
 FIRST METHe1isT CHURCH. CITY NEEps CHRISTIAN WeRM

The Rev: Dr. l.. ": Mnnhall attracted a larger congregation to the First Meth- ealst church last night than has attended any service since the opening ef tie Fe= vivai: His sermeH was mere Of the eVaH- eeiieai efaer than ahg brevieus seFfAeEi, and was given fapt attention.
 He a!7hsuneea that fie Services weHld be heie tsaay nor tonight but that spe= elai yedng peoples service wesia be held Sunday afteFneer at e'el6a. YeIfig people 6f beth sexes between the ages 6f l2 and g5 years will be admitted t9 the church for this meeting-and iie 6th6Fs. Sunday night services will be held beth in the church and if the Sunday seh6el room: pr. Dickinson will preach Fl the latter Feen!
 Ali women were requested te bring men with them. No children under i2 years of age are desired at thls special sefVieeI the preacher making request thet all business men attendi
 The sermon last night was based upon A text from James 1.s2i "Be ye deeFs of the Word and net hearers enly' lest ye deceive yourselves"
 The four points especially brought for ward and deliheated by the preacher werei Why, hew, where and when sheald we be deers In the sense ef the words of the teKt7. The answers came In the form of quotations from the Bible and experienees from the life of the preacher,
 The first is simply because the WeFa CT God teaches this In several instsneesl the second. everywheroi the thira' in eve cry charitable Tnanner, and the last at- ways.
 From the sermon the following pithy statements were taken
 "A preacher that cannot He will ae nc goed They cannot establish bend et sympathy with members of eongfegatiens or with those not members who can iiet Still preachers should not lie, We de need those who can but will not
 Anybody who Is conscientious can be faithful. The very sense of the former word whom applied to the church mem bers calls for the faith. And faith calls forth doing action, work. All is required of the conscientious; and they whe do accordingly alone are the faithful. Ex- cuses are easy but they are valueless when given at the Judgment bar"
 "If the conscientious of this church would really work Birmingham would soon be as good as Heaven. One per son. conscientiously working, can save 1000 souls. Only few would be required
 f-ff who are not conscientious would get out of the way and not set bad examples"
 while in Rochester. conducting evan gelioal services at one time l walked form my pulpit to encounter woman with her face covered by heavy veil standing near the doorway. When ap- proached she threw back her veil and face of exceeding sadness was seen. She explained that for years she-had been in- timately associated with a very dear friend, but that she had never talked to her of her souls salvation. though she had many times felt a desire to do so. Only the night before she had been with the friend for more than an hour. But, though during all this time, she had felt an impelling desire to talk to her of the future she had failed to do her duty. When she awoke that morning she was told that the friend who had been strong and robust was dead Maybe her soul was lost AS she talked tears ran down her face and she left me sad and heart weary.
 ''So it is with you. Possibly you will pledge tonight that after some future time you will begin work. Don't Begin now Boast not of tomorrow for you know not what today may bring forth"