The St. Louis Republic., 1903-01-31
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4 Persons who heard Campbell Morgan at
The Odeon last night reached the building
| Aefore 7:40 o'clock. By that time every
I seat in the auditorium. boxes. balcony and
| On the stage was occupied, and the doors
| were closed. 1t is the policy of Mr. Nor
| gan to allow no more persons admitted to
! his meetings than can be comfortably ac-
commodated.
Efforts of two policemen We're required
TO keep the crowd from entering by force,
ana ana even then when two watchmen opened
the doors to admit some person who was
lucky enough to have a choir ticket some
persons insisted on pushing their way into
the nall before the door was closed.
SPEAKER IN BETTER VOICE.
Mr.. Morgan has completely recovered and
spoke with force and yigor, his voice entire
ly filing the room. AS the close of the
series OF meetings draws near his sermons
to backsliders and pleaded that they re-
turn to the living Of Christian lives.
HIS sermon was based upon Peters de-
Mai of Christ. Tonight he will show tine
steps taken by Peter in returning to Christ.
1t has been decided to change the time Of
the final service from Monday night to
secured and there Mr.. Morgan will preach
the last sermon Of the series. February 1
he begins meeting in Detroit.
o,al;s Services VIII & be held tt this afternoon and
at O'clock Mr.. Morgan will conduct .
prayer meeting in the Pilgrim Congrega-
tiUUdl SNuFCU. ana III the AFTERNOON 4 mass
meeting in Music Hall. All ministers of
the city have been invited to occupy seats
on the stage tomorrow afternoon, and
there will be the same chorus that assisted
in the meeting Sunday.
TENT TAKEN FROM MATTHEW.
The text OF last nights sermon was
chosen from Matthew xvi IS, and Mark xiv.
q. And Simon Peter answered and said,
thou art the Christ the son of the living
God But he began to curse and to swear,
saying. L know not this man of whom ye
speak p" Both selection refer to the same
persons. He said in part:
The very contrast in the two statements
arrests our attention. We tempted 10
believe that the statements are made by
man that spoke the first gave utterance to
tho second. The first commenting Christ.
the second descending to low and vulgar
speech and cursing him.
we may also imagine that a great time
elapsed between the two statements Not
so: but few months. The same man. who
was once anointeu by the Saviour. we
detect in a few months cursing and swear
ing against him.
"Myi message tonight IS 10 backslidcrs
To persons who, having once made II glori-
ous confession. now deny utterly and alb
solutely. We hear a great deal OF so-caled
backsliders who are not really backs!iders.
They have never had anything to slide back
from.
SERMON TO THE BACKSLIDER.
There are scores of persons who, under
emotion, have made professions of Christ
and who seemed to be Christians, who
never really knew the Father. They
thought they We're going to serve him, but
somewhere in their contract was reserva-
tion that in time completely annulIed it.
Il do not speak of those. But there are
persons here tonight who have seen the
glory Of his face, who have tasted and seen
the Lords eraciousness. who are at this
moment far away from him.
Let US. trace the lapse of Peter. No
man could pass from more beautiful
knowledge Of the Lord No man can pass
q rpylS Iovlc., Etrt
IL may be short.
CHRISTS METHOD WITH MEN.
"Christ's method with men is OF two
stages. First. He must make known that
he Is the Messiah. and then when this fact
Is established. that he is the Savior in the
full evangelical seEse. The first part of
his mission ends when he asked the disciples
.Mho w, say ye I am" Peters answer comes;
From that time he began to teach that ne
must go to Jerusalem and suffer the cross.
The first intimation that he was to die
was then made.
When Jesus said this We are told that
Peter began to rebuke him. saying, BE it
far from the Lord or what IN effect
If you are to die? There he took the first
step away. He was willing to follow TO
the crowning. but not TO the cross. And
from that he went down. and down. until
in the end. almost in the shadow of the
cross. he cursed and swore against him.
The other steps in the fall We find in
the twenty-n'nth verse. Although all be Of
fcnded. yet will not L. In the thirty-scv-
enth. And he cometh and findeth them
sleeping: in the forty-seventh And one OF
them that stood by drew sword: in the
Peter followed him afar Off:
again. in the same verse. He sat with the
and in verses from sixty to seventy-one. the
chief of which is the text. the final denial.
OFFENSES OF THE BACKSEIDER.
I'm substance, turning back. boastful-