The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-09
TOUCHING INCIDENT
IN THE REVIVAL
CAMPAIGN
Was When Father Started
Prayer For Salvation of
His Own Son.
THE BEST INSTITUTION
On Earth is the Church Said
Rev. Hunt on Friday Even
ing at Tabernacle.
(By the Commlttee.O

moving incidents of the revival SER
les now in progress occurred in the
noon meeting yesterday. Mr.. Bar
CATER delivered the message taking
his text from Jer. 1924. Arise and
go down to the potter's house and
there l will cause thee to hear my
words. Then went down to the
potter's house and behold he wrought
work on the wheel and the vessel
that he made of clay was married in
the hands of the potter; so he made
1t again another vessel as it seemed
good to the potter to make It," The
preacher gave very fine description
OF the process of clay modelling and
used it as an illustration of how God
molds the lives of men and women.
He said sometimes as the onlooker
sees the potter take sharp instru-
ment and make an incision in the
side of the clay he is holding he ex-
claims "Oh. there you have ruined
it," But not so for presently from
the heart of that incision a beautiful
cluster of grapes will emerge under
the shaping fingers of the potter as
the wheel turns round and round.
And so sometimes Affections are used
by the Almighty Father to produce
some beautiful virtue of sympathy or
christian kindness in a human life.
Boy Goes Forward.
In the midst Of his speech Mr..
Barcafer asked how many christians
were present. ALI but one person and
that young man arose. Before he
went on with the remarks the evan
gelist asked him if he did not wish
to be prayed for. He lifted his hand
In response to that question and at
the close of the sermon came to the
front in token of his surrender to
Christ. While the people were pray
ing for the young man suddenly his
father who was present offered a
touching prayer for the salvation of
his own boy and it need not be said.
that everybody present wept in SYM
pathy and for joy when the young
man yielded himself to Christ.
Mr.. and Mrs. Barcafer are not only
acceptable gospel singers but very
earnest and effective personal work.
ers and their presence here is felt
to be a great blessing.
Mr.. Hunt at the evening service
preached to packed house upon the
theme Danger Signals" or Evils
Which Beset Our Youth"
Teaching the Young.
His subject was one of those in
which the speaker takes occasion to
bear down upon the prevailing sins
and the doubtful customs of society,
like a practiced ,swordsman he slash
ed right and left and up and down,
giving his opponent no time for
breath and no opportunity to return
the thrust. He spoke with evident
conviction and great vigor and his
words seemed to awaken q sense of
sin and moral responsibility in many
hearts. He referred to the fact that
no young person could be saved un-
less his thoughts were pure for out
OF the heart are the issues of life.
He said it was all right to educate
people. He himself believed in edu-
cation but it was a mistake to give
young people schooling unless first
of all they were taught to honor the
word of God, study 1t and to make it
the man of their house for 1.-THE fear
of the Lord is the beginning of wis
DOM" Many young people he said,
are educated fools or thoroughly
trained criminals. Another safe
guard of young life is the teaching
the habit of prayer. The best acad-
envy is the mothers knee and it is
manly thing for boy to lead
prayer life, and womanly thing for
girl.
Early Confession.
Mr.. Hunt declared himself in favor
of an early confession of Christ. He
thought that many of the sunbeams
were ready for church membership
and he urged them to push their way
past deacons and pastors, boards and
committees into the church itself. He
advised parents to encourage their
children but he reminded the young
people themselves that they must give
good evidence of having received
changed life. Only as they were able
to show the parents, teachers and
pastors that they really loved Christ
and have put away sin could they
expect to convince them that they
were converted.
Mr.. Hunt paid glowing tribute to
the church. He said it was the best
institution on earth. That though 1t
had many faults it was still the best
agency for Gods purposes to save
man. He spoke of the ministy as
being composed of faithful, hard
working men and said that he had
no word OF condemnation in his
heart for the 1900 and more with
whom he had worked during his
evanglistic services. Some of them
had passed to their great reward and
their memories are sacred to God and
to their people.
The evangelist made reference to
the teaching profession in the follow
ing language:
The Character.
] am not SO particular about what
you teach my boy as I am about the
character of the person who teaches
him. do not think any teacher in
the university or college or high