Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-02-09
REVIVAL IS ON,
Great Crowds Listen to the Rev.
DR.. Dawson at Montpe.
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Montpelier. Fob S.--The attendance at
lhc thrc" services to-day. at which the
Rev. DR.. W. j. Dawson of London spoke
WAS larger than those having the ricei-
ings in charge had anticipated. Follow
ing the confer, nee at tic church this
forenoon Or. Dawson met about 100
Ul"rgsmcn in tn" iirlors of the Pavilion,
1Iotcl. Wh.r, prayers for "A revival Of re-
li-inn wrrr ofio,cd and where DIR. Dawson
i,aNr Wany helpful hints ree'iiIil 1nc
ii,i hods II. has followed in reaching the
rl.,n in the street.
EarolN il il hat l:cthany Church t.,
crowded in the day time with SC. largo
congregation aS gathered there to near
DIR. Dawson this afternoon. His sermons
hay" been described as punY mt. original
md stimulating. Lbounduu in strong
common sense ANA in succc ssful arp,ca-
t"n of the TRUTH to his hearers. Ills ld-
dr"ss"s 10 day and this cven,r, surely
i"ie ont thn; reputation.
II" said in the op"nin" that he had
strong conviction that the wprli was at
~" beginning of "A great nlcv"mon. that
VIII hc earth wide. except for this It.!
: direct call TO evangelical Wori, he fc,
j." had received he would never have
j. fl his church. his family and his conn
'rN. Under the circumstances he icioiccd
'lat be could take part in this great for
ward noN omcnt
pr Dawson told in tlctail Of "a mission
] Id last year at Brighton, IA suburb of
London. in whi h he was awakened as
r"Ncr before to the necessity Of labor
i.fnong the MASSES. This mission WAS fol-
lowered by a ten days mission in lis own
;irietooratir church in LONDON. M This
Was told illustrating tho tEnucht of nor
nal evangelism and that every pastor
may he an evangelist.
lie said tho work done in his church
il London. in which over go were con-
N"rted. ought to be lone the world over.
We cannot be too direct in speaking IL
the people about their souls. There is
force en- ough in the churches to evangolize
Inc world IL IT IS rightly applied No
ln,n or woman ought to name the name
of Christ unless they try to win souls 10
Inn. 1t is time all ministers Preached
s.r'Nons that people c:innot enjoy.
DO We want revival" If so we can
lave it. The Lords arm Is not shortercd
chat it cannct save. When We are tuned
up to the pitch of Jesus Christ. power will
come TO us. II We have faith in prayer
tie Kingdom may come to use even now.
ton and as far north as Newport and St
Johnsbury and in large numbers from
Waterbury. Mortified. Barre and other
towns in Washington county came crowds
Of people tonight to hear Dr. Dawson
I'll" spacious Bethany Church was pack
td ard it was necessary to fill the aisles
with chairs 50 that fully Loo people heard
The sermon of the evening. Dr. Dawson
took two texts. one. Hebrews. 2-S 'Thou
hast put all things in subjection under
his feet" and from Hebrews. 80 "Whcrc-
foro he is able also to save to the utter
most all that come unto God by seeing
tc ever liVcth TO make intcrcession for
us
Living hard life IN 4 hard and diff
ticult world" said the speaker, ''it is
not easy for us to get clear vision Of
Christ. But St. Paul who lived in II
hard world had very clear conceptions
of the Savious. The Apostle Paul had
three fold view, namely the lost
povorcienty Of man. second. that sOver.
eighty reganed through Christ and last
J. Christ triumphant over death" The
three fold vision of St. Paul formed
the basis Of DIR. Dawson's discourse with
e'rrng incidents that had come under
~" speakers personal knowledge. Con-
tlnung he said "As Christ was a man.
- a man be as Christ. In any man Is a
suggested AN embryo Christ, but still
81 Christ. ana you and may be conoucr-
sis over sin and death even as WAS ne"
Th" idea that Christ saves the uttermost
was forcihly elaborated. The speaker
closed with an appeal to his hearers to
accept this uttcrmost salvation and let
the po"or of Christ come into their
lives.