Mower County transcript., 1906-03-28
MANY FROM 0UTS SIDE IN The AUDIENCES.


EWanglist w. Al. Sunday has cap
tured this community. This us the
middle of the: second week of his
tabernacle meetings and he has the
ear of the MASSES: Night after night
the immense tabernacle holding over
three thousand people is thronged.
People of every. class are taken with
his plain denunoiation of vice and sin
and his; earnest pleadings for: a. con-
sistent and unworldly life on the part
Of professed Christians and church
members. AS we listen to more and
more we are convinced that he has a
method of his own in reaching the
attention Of the masses and
there is no reason from
present appearances, why he should
not accomplish as good results here
as elsewhere. He believes in calling
a spade a spade at all times.
On Wednesday afternoon Mr. Sum
day gave an address on Faith. In
the evening he took the text, "Why
call ye me Lord, Lord, and do not the
things that say. He denounced the
modern idea that the teachings of
Jesus are impractical in Twentieth
Century surroundings. The principles
of the gospel founded on love are
capable of universal application now
as well as ,.ever,. What the church,
needs today.is: Christ not theology
or orthodoxy. christianity never fail,
ed. Churchanity has' failed often.
Love neversfails.s Contra the teach
n
said, "ForgtYe your de ebtersSS" the
Jesus said, 1T Is more blessed to
sect all you can and hog what you
get.''- Jesus said, give to him that.
asketh of thee;'' the world says, mot
per cent INTEREST. Jesus said,,t "You
cannot serve God and mammon;" the
world says, ''That's easy. serve God
on Sunday and the devil on week
days. Jesus said, when they smite
you Zone cheek, turn. the iother;;,,
the world says, '".Call the sheriff or
policeman. Jesus said, :.What God
hath joined together, LET no man. put
asdnde = ~ the world Says, aGet. a
dfySfce y! [ anl S. marty again" /. +. :..- -
Christ said, st.Loves your enemies .,
The eshardest teaching&in the Bible for
me to follow is, rBut say unto you,'
resist not evil, love your |enemies, do
good to. them i. that despitefully use
you Do YOU think it is easy to let
folks lie about yqn, to have your char
acter attacked; y16our good spoken of
as evil? I have a. temper. like a
sheet iron stove. a bunch of shaw
: ings and match: will set it OFF in two
minutes, but am trying to get it
down to the base burner basis. -
IT believe Ia society, In Christian
society. dontsobject to culture be-
. cause I speak, against it, but l. do OBJ
i ject to the idea that culture is every
thing. But the most useless thing on
: Gods earth. is p mere. society woman
with nothing I'd do but to fit and to
f1irt through the world The girl who
i washes your dirty duds is just as
good as you if she loves God and
keeps His commandments. The fel-
low who feeds your hogs, shovels
your coal is just. as good as you if
they love God and keep His com
mandments. Society is lenient when
! impurity arises in high places.
On Thursday afternoon Mr.. Sunday
i drew the contrast between the Phar-
isee and the Publican. Too. many
chu9ch members today are like the
Pharisee, puffed up with pride. There
are a whole lot of these old, pride
puffed, earping, fault finding miserable
sinners in the church The Publican
knew that he was wrong in his heart
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