The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-06
REVIVAL SERIES
COMES TO CLOSE
Singing Evangelist Stout Will
Begin Meetings in Provo
Wednesday Night.
MUCH GOOD ACCOMPLISHED
EVERYONE PLEASED WITH RE-
MARkARLE SUCCESS.

The series of revival meetings at the
First Baptist church were closed last
evening. There were three services. at
IL, and O'Clock. Great interest was
shown and large crowds attended at all
the meetings. The meetings closed the
stay of Professor B. p. Stout. the IA
nous singing evangelist. Yesterday he
sang a number of his best songs. So
intensely did he stir the emotions of the
congregation that. after the rendition
OF Some Sweet Day. in the morning
service. his audience was in tears. He
viii go to Provo to hold a similar series
of meetings there, starting next We'd
nesday. The evening sermon was
said:
| want TO speak to you tonight upon
the subject. How | May Know that l
An Christian and the text of Scrip
ture upon which | base the same is
John 3:3; Jesus answered and said
unto Nicodemus, Verify, verify, say
unto thee, except a man be born from
above he cannot see the kingdom of
Center of Life.
Il bring this subject before YOU to-
night because it is the center of your
lie. No matter how far out in the cir
cumference of life we may live the
radli OF experience continually lead US
to Jesus Christ. The wonderful works
that Jesus had done were the radii
thao lead this man to their center. And
he came to Jesus. His mission to the
Christ was to find out how these Won
derfui works were done: How can
these things be?' Learned man and
teacher that he was. Jesus implies in
his conversation that he himself ought
TO know about these things However,
like many so-cailed Christian teachers
of this day the man assumed ignorance
and then Jesus gave him the reason for
MS ignorance: Except a man has en-
hghtenment from above he is not able
TO discern things that are spiritual
A fundamental Principle.
This power to discern is funda-
mental in all of life's relations. Jesus
makes 1t fundamental in the souls re-
lation with him. Men in sin cannot dis
Germ; their power to discern is Initiated
The Scripture admonishes us not to
walk in the counsel of the ungodIy.'
Men really Christian pay no attention
to the eavillings of ungodly men. They
know that they have no power to dis
Germ righteously. A man would not en-
one employed did not have the power to
discern qualities and grades of goods, TO
discern mis- employer from another en-
ployer. and did not have power TO dis
Germ his duty and his conduct Jesus
said, 'Ye cannot serve God and Nam
mon,' which is only another way of say
ing that man must have power to
discern between the two. Solomon had
this discerning relation with God. He
asked not for long life nor vet for
riches, but for wisdom, that he might
discern righteously.
Open Door of the Soul.
open wide the door to Your soul.
ana let the light from above shine upon
II. Do you see-do you discern the
things of the kingdom of God? Is Jesus
Christ your Savior? Is He the one be-
fore whom YOU can bow, as did Thorn
as, and say as you look upon the marks
OF His Crucifixion, Ny Lord and my
GodY Then you have been born from
above, for you are able TO see the king
Of the kingdom Is the cross of Jesus
Christ the power of God unto your sal
walton? If ii is. then you are a Chris
tan; you are able to discern it's mean
ing and its message. For the preaching
Of the Cross is to them that perish
foolishHess. but unto them that believe
It is the power of God"