Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-01-04
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NEED FuINls,,,3,
FOR TAt:::';NeRk
Movement to Farm 400
Band for the
Revival
Interest in Meetings Steadily Inereas.
ing-6askerviile Praises the Press
Of Observation-Disclosures Eloquent
Sermon.

me revival meetings at the NJ. r.
church are steadily increasing in at
tendance and in interest. Last night
a very fine meeting was held. Mr..
Moody sang one Of his favorite solos
and Mr.. baskerville preached a very
able sermon.
He prefaced his address with the re-
mark that he thought Lewiston was to
be congratulated upon the fact that it
had a press worthy of the largest
places. His work, he said, had never
been more fully nor ably reported than
in this place and he advised all the
people to subscribe for their own daily
papers. No town knows how much it
owes to the press. said he, and a good
press means a lively and progressive
town. They do more than anything
else in building up place.
The pastor in taking up the collection
spoke about organizing 400 band that
is to have 400 who will give toward the
expenses of these meetings, which will
liquidate the matter and make all feel
good. While the members of the church
have their hands full financially, they
Will do all they can. yet there must be
at least 400 here who appreciate the
coming of these men and who will give
accordingly.
Had a tabernacle been built for them
agreed last May, they would have to
raise 81 1000 for that beside all the other
expenses, but as it is the NJ. f. church
has simply had the faith to get these
men here after the other matter drop
ped through and now they look to the
public to help out In the matter, and
that it is just as much a meeting for
all the town and for all the churches
as It ever would have been.
Mr.. Baskerville preached eloquently
from the text whatsoever would be my
disciple let him take his cross and
come after me-
He pictured Christ in all his sell
denials and his sufferings most graph
cally and then after reaching most
beautiful climax turned the matter
practically to account with the congre-
CATION. asking all members of churches
present how much they We're deny
ing themselves for Christ and if they
expected to win the world to Christ
or have any honorable feeling arise in
the hearts of others when they just
simply did nothing for Christ or denied
themselves nothing for His kingdom
profound impression was made
Many serious faces were seen in the
audience. Mr.. Baskerville is especi
ally strong in relation to making clear
the fact that the only thing that can
ever defeat the work of the church is
the church itself that the people are
always willing and ready to aeknow-
ledge real religion wherever found but
that the same people will have no con
fdence in nor give any honor to a pro-
fession which has nothing to show II
the world in the life except doing jus
what the world does and having nj
victory whatever over the world
An Inconsistent church member doe.
| more harm than anything else, sale
he, The world looks to the church fo
light and if the light is all put out b,
the spirit of the times and the pleas
| ures of the world the church loses al
it's power and all it's influence "Unles
we bear our cross as Christ did, w,
cannot be His disciples. We may b.
disciples of the world declaring tina
we are those of Christ but the worl,
itself will see the ears of the beast be
meath all our professions. hollow ant
without any real sincerity. Let tn
church become earnest and have a rea
| life before the world and God will bles
it and will give it the victory ever,
time.
Here Is where the victory mus
come and in this way alone can 1t eve
be attained. The church should coun
| 1t great privilege that 1t has all tn
resources of God at hand to live 70
the world with and that it has the mos
glorious work that can ever be i'm
agined in it's own hands"
I'VE are now in great revival time
all over the country" said DIR. Euste
this morning, land it is hoped tina
Lewiston will not fail. These men ar
not working for any one church and n
one here would ever know to wha
church he really belonged nor to wha
denomination Mr.. Moody adhered
These men are just the kind that MI
Custer has been trying to get for a.
his revival work. as he believes in
broad and a real fraternal Christianit
and a church life that will neither stea
anything from another church no
place anything in the way of any othe
denomination in the city, of whateve
| ~ that he