Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-28
CHURCH OBSERVES
FIRST BIRTHDAY
Occidental Heights Institution Takes
Anniversary Sail and Visits
Fields Of Foreign Mission.
ary Work

Yesterday was the first anniversary
Of the organization of the Occidental
Heights Baptist church, corner of
East First and Hicks streets. The pas
tor. Rev. Louis Agassiz Could pro-
posed to celebrate the occasion as an
anniversary sail" and sent out letters
to the church members calling special
attentionsto It.
At the morning service an appropri-
ate program was carried out. At the
rear of the platform was suspended a
large map OF the foreign field, the pas
tor having been In missionary service
In China. Above the map were the
folds of the American flag. Across
that was suspended the pennant In
customary triangular form, five feet
long and inscribed with the words,
Soul Winning" the motto for the new
year. The pennant was raised" yes
terday morning, the church members
standing in semi-circle and the pastor
putting one halyard and a deacon of
the church the other. This was fol-
lowed by the hymn, "Blest Be the Tie
That Binds"
The sermon was upon the theme,
Soul Winning" The text was found in
Daniel. 1913: "They that be wise shall
shine as the brightness Of the firma-
ment, and they that turn many to
righteousness, as the stars forever and
ever" Mr.. Gould said in part;
Soul winning is the Christians
business. Souls were made to be won.
Christians were made to win them. Not
enjoyment, but service, is the Chris
tian's watchword. 1t is noticeable that
the words y will make you to become
fishers of men were spoken at the be-
ginning of Chrst's Galilean ministry,
before the sermon on the mount and
before the choosing of the twelve. 1t
is noticeable that Christ's last words,
Go, make disciples, We're but an echo
of the initial sentiments. There's an
other man., said the rescued miner, and
Christianity will still have a mission
to serve while there is another man to
save.
Wlnsomeness Necessary
"Winsomeness is a necessary quality
for soul winning. Christ was attract
i've He said: And if 1 be lifted up,
will attract all men to myself He
who would be wnsome for his Master
must be winsome In imitation of his
Master. Harshness repels. Spurgeon
tells of the heart that was barred to
the law, but opened to the soft. pierced
hand Of Christ. The mother woos, the
lover woos, the slum worker woos, the
birds WOO.
"Longfellow sings:
The nightingale among the sheltering
boughs
OF populous and many nested trees
Shall teach me how to WOO, and shall
tell me
BY what resistless charms or incan-
tations
They won their mates.
Patience is a necessary quality for
soul winning.
God is patient. He was patient with
the antediluvians, the Sodomites, the
Canaanites, until their wickedness
compelled their destruction.
Jesus was patient until the cry was
wrung from him: How long shall l
suffer you?
scientists, inventors, geniuses have
been patient to the point of brilliancy.
Newton, Carlyle. Audubon had the lit
erary accumulations of many years de-
produced them. Kepler was asked If
he was not irritated because his dtscov-
cries were not appreciated. My friend,
he answered, God waited 5000 years
for one of his servants to discover the
laws of the stars, and cannot l walt
also until justice is done me?'
IF patience Is needed in the phySi-
cal and intellectual realm, much more
is 1t needed in the spiritual realm.
Perseverance is a necessary quality
in soul winning.
THE Savior followed the wandering
sheep till he found it. The king of
Israel lost a national victory because