The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-20
That's What Or. Breeder Tells
Large Congregation
Death BED SORROW IS NO 5000
THERE IS NEVER A FUEL FAM.
lNE ARE DEPICTED.

Sixteen sinners gathered at the SpIT-
itual river, flowing by the throne of
Cod" last night. DR.. Breeders SER
mon was the finest one he has given.
1t was on the subject, Repent or
PERISH
The evangelist alternately struck
sledge hammer blows at sin or pleaded
with the sinners in words weighted
with compassion. Even the singing
seemed to be better last night than
ever before making the whole meeting
the crest of tn spiritual wave which
is sweeping over Walla Walla.
Repent or you are lost was the es-
sence of that great sermon of yester-
day evening eBing sorry is not sufr.
cient, the sorry one must go the whole
way And the change of mind involves
change of conduct.
Is 1t Manly?
But remarkable above all else in his
address was the power with which he
held up the sneaking sinner who en-
joys the pleasure of sin anu lf1en at
tempts to sneak into heaven by means
of a death bed repentance. With a
candor not often found in the pulpit
he asked if such eleventh hour re-
pentance was manly, saying in part:
After you have spent the major por-
ton of your days in sin, self indul-
gence and away from God, is it manly
to take the last flutter of the candle
face; to give him the last Pickering
taper after the candle is burnt to the
socket"
Il purpose" said the doctor, speak
ing on the primer of repentance the
old theme, trite but always the same
and ever new. No matter how far
We NAV advance in Christian civiiZa-
ton, we never can get beyond the ne
cessity, the prime. the absolute neces-
sity for repentance. But what Is re-
pentance? Is it sorrow for sin? Is 1t
remorse? Is it regret? Is it emotion
BY no means: it is none of these, but
all these may be included in the word
and vet YOU can have any or all of
these and still be an unrepentant man
in the eyes of God and within the
meaning of the scriptures. Repentance
means something more than spaSmOdlc
emotion brought about by the discovery
that there is something wrong in your
character: it is something more pro-
found and far reaching than regret or
sorrow, no matter how sincere.
Sorry and Not Repent.
MAN can be sorry and not repent.
Judas was sorry but he did not repent.
for if he had done so he would not
have committed suicide and added one
more crime to his list of iniquities, but
he would most likely have been saved.
Repentance does not mean reformation:
but repentance, if it be sincere. leads
to reformation which is one of the
necessary results. 1t means to change
YOUR mind. is that all?' you ask. Yes.
but the change of mind involves change
of conduct: change of character; in
fact change of the whole man. A man
whose purposes in life We're wrong are
all changed. Change of thinking. for
the apostle says, AS a man thinketh in
his heart so is he This change of
mind must be accompanied by Cody
of life and the complete reformation of
the individual.
you remember the story of Fac
cheus. after he had repented and had
a Cody sorrow for sin. was ready to
make restitution to those whom he had
wronged, and restitution should be
made wherever possible. He brought
forth fruits meat for repentance, or
worthy of repentance. and he was ac-
cepted Sorrow sometimes means moth
or self love. David when he cried
Against Thee and Thee alone have
committed this great SIM was accepted
by God because he repented toward
God and had a Cody sorrow for sin
Expressed No Remorse.
According to Lord ROseberry, Ma
poleon, when he was at the dismal is
land ST. Helena, told the reason for
his failure and why Wellington had
eclipsed him on the field of battle He
told that he was unprepared for the
Russian invasion and to that incident
he laid his final defeat and overthrow
He was sorry for his defeat, but
he expressed no remorse for the mil
lion shrouded widows; the millions of
orphan children that his ruthless policy
| of conquest and Dominion had created
| People had cursed him for devastating
their lands and running their cites, and
LAYING in waste their fields, and while
he was sorry for what had happened
! to himself he did not repent toward
God. We cannot repent toward. man:
that would be useless, and to repent
toward society, one might as we'll re-
pent toward a precipice; but repent
toward Him, whose law you have vio-
lated. whose will you have set al
naught. Repent because the kingdom
| of God is at hand, and repent because