The Cairo bulletin., 1905-05-22
Strong Discourse Delivered
Last Night from a Very
Live Subject
ELOQUENT APPEAL
FOR BETTER LIVING
SAYS IF WE EVER BUILD
"GREATER CAIRO" WE MUST
BUILD IT UPON TIE BIBLE
NOT THE ALMIGHTY
DOLLAR.

A large congregation heard Rev. T.
]. Porter at the Cairo Baptist church
last night preach on the subject
What Shall Greater Caro- Do?"
The text was from the twenty-sec-
ond chapter of Acts. tenth verse;
What Shall Do. Lord?" In part Dr.
Porter spoke as follows:
Or. Porter's Sermon.
This is in deed and in truth a
startling question for each and every
one to seriously consider We may
ask-what shall Cairo do? What has
Cairo done for the glory of God and
the advancement Of his cause in the
past? What will Greater Cairo do? Il
is not my intention to discuss tonight
1.-THE prospects Of a Greater Cairo from
the standpoint of materialism, but il 1:
! my intention to bring before yoI
things of more importance than thing.
that perish
"First-What SHALL Cairo do wher
j God calls her to judgment?
There is no time for procrastina
t tion-the question must be answere,
and it is not wise to wait until thu
Judgment to examine the record. Nor
ally and religiously Cairo has tel
rible record. Ii lesser Cairo has sucl
past what shall Greater Cairo do?
Two Classes of People.
There are three classes of peopl
in every community the friends Q
Christine enemies of Christ and tn
neutrals. The bible only recognize
two classes friends and enemies
The good and the bad. The sheep an
the goats Children and rebels. Saint
and sinners. lost and saved We war
70 put this question squarely an
earnestly to each one in this presenc
: and we want you to answer il Il
yourselves and answer Il now.
eSecond--To the enemies Of Chfi
T and his church, in Cairo-what sha
Q you do when you hear the voice Of 4
Q mighty God in death2 What will 70,
9 answer be? You may plead for MOI
9 time Yes. Ike Queen Elizabeth--yc
y may offer million Of money for OF
J minutes time but II will not be give
Il join heartily with the Commerce
club and every good citizen OF Cairo
the effort to make our city a great
city commercially and morally, b
this can never be accomplished sc
i arate and apart from the religion
d Jesus Christ, which Is the only su
n foundation Of moral and busine
IS city. Then is out of peace to a
70 what part shall the churches of Cal
a. have in making Cairo a greater city.
should like to see the churches rep
scented in the new Commercial cl
and that club represented in t
w churches.
~ Should Work Together.
~ In other words they should wc
e. together to make our city 'Grea
TX Cairo Are they doing it? No, tn
~ are not, as can see. In the langua
~ Of Jesus, the worlds great redeem
and reformer, let me ask what won
it profit Cairo should she gain the c
:. ted blessing and become the gre
" est city in Illinois and then when G
~ calls in the trying hour of death
~. down to the grave in sadness a
a despair, crying as the poor man W
or had lived and was then dying an
OF envy Of Christi am dying, the dc
s. has come for my soul and | am 10
All, proud Cairo, boastng of the I
best rivers In the world--what 81
you do when the black fog Of de-
at and hell overshadows you? Yot
he man, when your soul is torn and r
ex- by a consciousness of your gull
m. what shall you do? When the BIZ
nd winged, hony fingered monster cor
TO knocking at the door Of your de
os- chamber-what shall you do? Pr,
and wicked Nineya was cast down
hell and Jesus said the men Of
neva shall rise up in the judgm
m against the wicked and the enemy
N q more enlightened age
N Churches Are Too Weak.
Our churches in Cairo must
n come greater churches If Cairo G
becomes Greater Cairo The chu
es In this city are the weakest
numbers and finance of any city in
state OF this size Why is this II
1t Is true because so many who cl
to be the representatives of
= churches have simply stolen the
cry of heaven to serve the devil
But the fellow who stays on
outside and ignores the church, v
n hall you do? The short comlngs
the hypocrte win not shield yol
death. You are an cut and out en-
biz of Christ What shall you do?
n Some wishy.washy, slishly-sos
I goody.good folks will say: Pc
Il has turned pessimist I have