Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-04
BAPTIST Meeting
IS Still GROWING
MORE SEATS PROVIDED FOR IN
cREAsiNo CONGREGATIONS.
Evangelist Solomon Delivers Able
Sermon on Subject. "And He Must
Needs Pass Through samaria."
Diamonds in the Rough.

At the revival tent on Main street
Yesterday afternoon there was most
gratifying attendance and though
more seats have been put into the
tent it was filled almost to its capac H
ity.
The services were most interesting
for the sermon delivered by Rev. Sol
onion is said to have been one OF the
best, if not the best, that he has de-
iivered during the series and every
one was greatly pleased and edited.
The text was the fourth verse of
the fourth chapter of John: "And He
must needs pass through Samaria,
and Mr.. Solomon spoke in part as
| follows:
at was the custom of the Jews
when they wanted to get over on the
other side of Samaria, not to go
through. but to go all around. They
thought it would be belittIing to them
as Jews to go through Samaria, as
they and the Samaritans were not OF
good terms But when Jesus wanted
to go over on the other side where
John the Baptist was, he laid aside all
the customs of His people and went
straight through His disciples were
with Him and about the sixth hour
they sat down at well to rest The
q disciples went away to get something
to eat and left Jesus alone; and while
they were away poor sinful woman
came down to the well to get water.
Jesus asked her to give Him drink
of water and she was surprised that
LIE, a Jew, would ask water of her,
; a Samaritan; but her establishment
! was even greater when He told hei
, that if she knew who He was she
would ask a drink of Him. And be
fore those disciples got back with
their little sardines and crackers, He
had told the woman who he was, she
. had received His into her heart and
had gone away to bring the rest ol
the town. The first thing He did wa;
to put His finger down on the verj
sin that had wrecked her life.
There is not a preacher in thu
State of Mississippi that would no
g be willing to give his right arm jus
# 10 be able to stir a town like tina
v woman stirred hers. His disciple
3 went after sardines and crackers ant
IS they got them; the woman went afte
IS the folks and she got them.
How did Jesus accomplish thi
result? He was earnest. don't car
how much gospel you may preach,
Of you don't believe it down deep in you
m own heart you never can make an
,s body else believe it. The Bib
m dished up on ice will come about a
ne near saving the world as Shak
to speare.
lie. Sam Hadley says in his book tn;
SIS every woman falls through love, an
by that she must be brought back b
Ill love. Christ came to this woma
al with His great love. But look at Il
MS way the world approaches that XIII
st Of a character. Let man do
thing like that and after he shaw
and puts on nice suit Of clothes
young woman will receive him in
her parlor as her equal, while il
=, sister woman does one ten-thousand
part as bad as he did, she will wa
around the next block to keep frc
meeting her face to face on the sire
We are afraid our own characte
will be degraded If we try to
- same fallen person up, and so
stand off and try to raise them up w
a pole. Hear me; when you try
reach lost souls that way you gu
ton your own character. You mi
-. get down on a level with them, a
- like the sunshine in mud hole, p
tfy them by your own purity.
ulEhere is great difference betws
)1>infuepce would rat