The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-14

 splendid result would ensue. Chickering's in the church would cease divisions would be healed ranks would be closed up, the millennium would soon come, our prayer would be answered, thy Kingdom come."
 ''The Passion For Souls" by Dr. Wal ton. was the second feature on the pro- gramme His talk was an especial mes sage and was listened to with special earnestness. He said:
 Passion for souls is our subject for tonight, and in explanation of this sub- ject I want to give you Mark 9th chapter and 34th verse: And Jesus, when He was come out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having shepherd, and He began to teach them many things
 This text gives us a glimpse down into the secrets of the heart of the great master, his compassion for the lost You would be much interested to look at the connection in which the text is spoken. The disciples had come to the Savior and told Him how 1t was that John had been brutally murdered, and they had taken his body and laid 1t away to rest You can Just imagine what 1t meant. and what words they used when they came and told about John, the greatest of all the prophets, and then when Jesus said to them in reply, as much as to say We will not discuss taat now, but go ye apart and rest awhile Oh. what a beautiful invitation to the gospel ministry today. I would not have misunderstood Doctor Little: I know you will not; l know you would not misunderstood me. or any of the other speakers in saying that we do not appreciate the fact that every min ister in the southern church is the most tg,s., xrtha fd ar11h n that church. I am sure you would be far from the truth of what we really be- lieve, If you were to judge us, to think that these men were not dead in earnest, and that we did not realize that every officer of the church, and so much of tho membership of the church were deeply interested in the progress of the cause of christ.
 Now when We announce these sub jects my friends. 1t is only this: That we love you, and we want If possible, to share with you all the failures of the past, and we want the privilege of join ing in with you in all the great successes of the future successes sucn as we know God Is going to readily bestow upon us.
 Blessings Everywhere.
 Doctor Little has already said, we hear of blessings elsewhere, why can't they fall upon us. l believe the time is ripe when this is going to bo the case not only upon tho Presbyterian south, but upon an order that is equally conserva- tive, the Southern Baptist church and upon the Methodist and upon the Chris tian and upon the Episcopalians. I say that because l love that church. I came very near being confirmed in it myself. In many places 1t Is an evangelstic force; in other places It cannot be deserving to be called a church of the Lord Jesus at hat a nH U But look at the text: And when He was come near and saw much people he was moved with compassion; he suffered with them, if you please. He just looked down and saw them as they were. in their ignorance and in their sin, and fin their need of divine help.
 What l want to ask you tonight does 1t not strike you with peculiar force that when Jesus. the one all-powerful, when He saw mans dire need of help, that He should not rush to the great treasury of His resources and say: I will supply your need, I will supply it, as the rich men of today say: oh. well, I will send you a ton of coal, I will send you a barrel of flour, I will do this, l will do that will raise someone from the dead, that you are mourning for with heart-broken cries and tears
 ''He did not say that but the greater Master who knew how to meet the needs did this; He began to teach them many things. Now, that stands out to me, my dear friends, as the indication of direct instructions, If you please. or what He wants the ministry to understand His special mission should be, and when we so understand it, l think we can full fil it, if we have passion for souls.
 Does it not strike you. my dear friends, especially that our Savior had implicit confidence in the truth that He taught. Oh, such confidence. Whenever you hear Him speak He is speaking the truth. whenever He speaks He speaks as one who believes that the words that He speaks will transform men from slaves into the liberty of God, and bring them from darknes into the marvellous light and liberty of the sons of God
 Spirit of God cometh.
 Oh, in that night time when He sat down with the ruler and said to him con- corning the truth: It is power to re- generate, it is power to make new How he explained it. how simple He was about it. He just went on to say that the spirit of God coming and entering the believing heart, there is the conception. and the
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