Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-26
REVIVAL WIDE As COUNTRY
Presbyteraus Start Services in All Their
Churches Simultaneously,
WEEK 10 &c DEVOTED TO THE WORK
Omaha Has Three Churches In the
Movement witch Aim ut an
AuakenInE OF the PabIic
on REELECTION,

In accordance with the suggestions Of the
assemblies committee on evaugelistic work,
three Presbyterian churches OF the city
began revival services sunday, They are
the Second Presbyterian. the Castelar,
street Presbyterian and Westminster
Presbyterian The other churches are not
holding meetings for the reason that THEW
REVEALS had already been arranged Tor
other dates when the suggestion of the
committee was made to them
II was urged that all churches OF Pres
byterian denomination IN the United
states should begin revival services Web
rusry Is, under the direction of the pas
tor and the session, the meetings to con-
t'nue two weeks and az much longer as
deemed advisable, Present arrangements
with the local churches are for this week
only though It may he thought best to
continue the meetings next week Ad-
vices received by the Omaha ministers
indicate that the churches Of the country
are responding 20 the suggestion OF the
committee The appeal which was sent
out Is slgned by James ID, Moffatt, mod
orator Of the general assembly: John H.
Converse. LII. ID. who recently gave 500,
90 tn the Omaha Theological seminar,
and Rev. J. Wilbur Chapman, ID,
Services az Omaha Churches
Al the CASTELAR, Street church the SER
vices began Sunday night, and Rev
Thomas X. Hunter Of the Dundee Pres
bytsrian church will preach each night
this week except Saturday. Services are
to he held each night except SATURDAY. at
Westminster church at which pr Stephen
Pholps viii preach, Rev r V. Moore.
the pastor will conduct Bible study and
prayer service at $50 and 800 each after
noon. Al thc Second PRESBYTERIAN church
the sermons viii he by the pastor. Rev.
Newman Han Burdick Sunday morning
Dr Burdick preached a sermon on revival
In which he said:
One Of the main objects to he accom-
pllShcd In revival Is to stir up Chris
tians to new Efforts for the salvation IF
the lost, Why. there are people in the
church who never think Of the salvation
Of souls; they take leading part beeause
It gives prominence to themselves Each
soul brought to Christ costs S3N in money
and the work Of sixteen people for one
wear. If the church ablded by the stand
ards OF The business world it would close
up business and call for a receiver. But
the salvation Of a soul is worth the cost
Nine thousand persons will be murdered
In this country in the next year. II Is a
startling fact but | say il Is Infinitely
more startling that one soul Is dropping
into he'll each second Then why in the
name of God should not Christ ans awake?
world starving spiritunIism.
Another object OF the revival is to show
men the sinfulness of sin. which Is a fes-
tering mass Of putretaction in the nostrils
OF God. We do not realize the enormity
or our sins. Anger. iealousy envy mis-
Judging are sins. just the same as drunken
ness. adultery and murder. which men
regard as heinous crimes. They are Of
the same nature, and II there is any diff
ference u Is In degree. Il is vastly inn
portant to give men the right conception
OF sin
Or Burdick said the world is starving
spiritually because the people are acting
spiritually on the principle Of the farmer
VINO didn't SOW any seed because he had
enough TO eat. God Will not send a re-
Nlval he said. except the people of His
church work for it,