Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-05-16

Synopsis Of the Sermon of
Wednesday Night, Crowd
ed Out Saturday.

The song service Wednesday night
i was one of the most delightful of
the whole series of meetings. Miss
Nellie Donaldson again sang No. 1874
81 Will Meet You There" Prof.
Excel also sang solo. His selec-
ton was one of his most recent COM
positions and was rendered only as
Excel can render it. 1t is entitled
Make Me Pure and is well adapt
ed to the deep bass voice of its COM
poser. 1t is useless to say that this
new song of Prof. Excel was we'll
received by the large audience pres
ent.
Before beginning his sermon, on
why We Are Not Christians, DR..
Dixon announced that his "child in
the ministry, DR.. Broughton, of
Georgia, would arrive in the city
Thursday morning and would assist
him in the services to be held in the
afternoon and night" DR.. Brough-
ton is on his way to the Southern
Baptist Association at Kansas City.
DR.. Dixon will also attend this asso-
citation, which necessarily shortens,
by few days, his evangelistic work
here.
| DR.. Dixon said that he felt like a
general talk on the subject chosen,
and not a set sermon, would be the
best thing tonight, and maybe the
spirit thought so, too. He said that
he wanted to give some reasons why
men are not Christians, and wanted
those in the audience who had any
season for not accepting Christ to
stand up and tell him what their
/ reasons were. An Irishman once
told him that he liked the Episcopal
church because it gave man a
chance to Jaw back" In Boston in
a meeting of this kind there is a
good deal of talking back" During
one of their meetings they had a
brass band and paraded about town
in order to get men who were not in
thehabit of going to church and soon
had the house full. An old man
rose in the meeting when requests
for prayer were made and said there
was no use in praying for him, he
was too old. This is the excuse-not
Lreason-of a great many. They say
it is ignoble for men to live in sin
until they are old and then give the
little remnant of their days to the
service of God. A young christian
pointed out an old, long bearded
man standing back by the door, told
him that it was his uncle and he
wanted DR.. Dixon to go back there
and talk to him. He did so. The old
man was a wreck of what seemed to
him man of intelligence maybe
bank president. Another old man
arose in the audience and told him
that was not so-he had accepted
Christ in old age and it was the best
thing he had ever done in his life.
Then another old man arose and said
he agreed with the first one who had
given his reason. The first man,
during DIR. Dixan's talk with him,
said that he had come there to please
his nephew, he wanted to be let
alone take care Of my nephew,
it is too late for me. ! have sinned
away the best part Of my life. Yet
that old man was one of the first to
ask the prayers of Gods people.
What excuse have the men of Hop
kinsville for not becoming christians?
One will say that he can't under
stand-there is so much mystery in
religion. When you say a man must
be born again. can't understand
the mystery of the new birth, it is
all Greek and Latin to me. You don't
have to understand; all you have TO
do is to believe on the Lord Jesus
Christ and be saved. A child can
understand that You don't have to
know how it is, all you have to do is
to believe. When ! ate my break
fast this morning ! know was
strengthened by Il, but don't know
how Il was, but l had faith in that
good piece Of steak. but don't know