Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-01-06

Lewiston VIII Soon
Find Ont says the
Evangelist. /
"lewioton 10 at the Door Of . Great
Victory" eays Oasksrvills - He
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Win and Enter.

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The seating capacity Of the NJ. r.
church is being taxed to its utmost
these days The trustees have ar
ranged for about 100 more seats. all |
that the three rooms win hold. which
since they have been arranged into one
large auditorium can be seated 30 that !
all can easily see the speaker.
Evangelist Baskerville created quite |
q laugh last night by requesting all
the ladies' to remove their hats. that II
all who were prepared. and any who
were not might wait until the next
night.
Down 70 Business New.
Last night was the last sermon In the
series Of preparations sermons. Mr..
Moody sang one Of his sweet solos and
Mr.. Baskerville preached with earnest
ness and made clear the duties and the
possibilities of the Christian warfare.
He spoke Of the utter stupidity Of
church members when It comes to
working for God. I'm everything else
we are senaible." said he. "and apply
ourselves a. though we expected things
to come to pass, but in religion we are
90 dull and 30 outrageously lazy and
stupid as to disgust the world entirely
about VI. A business man who 10 .
church member will apply himself
earnestly to his calling and then abb
solutely go about his call from God
in the church as though he had not
life enough left to drag his heels after
him. Then he wonders why the world
IL not saved and Christ's kingdom
does not come at once.
with the spirit of God burning out
the dross of sin and giving man re-
ligious life one can have liberty ana
he can work for God. but without this
he will be dead. and dead fish ioat
with the tide, while only live ones swim
against 1t. These dead church men,
bers are worse than no members al
all. They just create a lassitude that
is awful. why stand We here all the
day idle?' IL a question God asks Vi
all, and the only answer we can giv'
Is this: I am dead
Spirit Need 70 Do Thin0s.
1.-THE spirit brings a community un
der conviction and leads the soul t
where 1t can realize Christ and thel
IL the will is ready full acceptance vii
be found. God tells US that we mus
have the Spirit II we are to do any
! thing for Him. Without Him we ar
weak and of no account in the king
dom, but with Him we can do al
things.
I'VE can talk to anyone about every
thing excepting the one great thin
of destiny, and when we come to tina
Oh. what towards we are. How "
stink away from duty and how we jus
drag the banner Of Calvary in the dus
and ground our arms before the eak
est enemy.
what are we here for? What doe
God expect of us? What does tn
world expect Of US? What are we &c
ing to do? Sit still like Eastwood me
and allow the tide OF iniQuity to ju
roll on until everything Is submerged
I'VE are right at the door OF II
greatest victory Lewiston has ev'
dreamed OF for the kingdom. Shall '
enter or shall we allow It to pass
and defeat come? This all depends
US now. We shall either get gre
= victory or we shall suffer great d
feat. Which shall it be?
Shall we go forward. leaving I
- parting Of the waves to God, and sh'
We do what He wants us to do or chi
we lust sit still with our hands fold
and let the world go to hell In raj
procession?
"Havs We Lied TO ood7"
- DO we believe what we have be
protesting before the world In reiati
to the danger before all men lying
God and to the people about 1t all
m. 'Well, Lewiston will find out W
soon which we have been doing.
what we are as professed Christia
and may God grant that victory
be won for Him. The world VIII
disappointed II failure comes. God
te the same yesterday. today and fore'
He Is lust as anxious as at Pentec
r. and Just as near and as ready to 81
and all. His love Is just as great az
and YOU do not need to howl to br
q God down. He Is right here ready
willing to bless and He Is waiting