The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-03-19
A FAITH WHICH OBtYS
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Another large audience assembled
at The Main Street Chdsiian church
/ for the noeu-Conrad meeting last
night Arer the sermon thre" per
sons confessed faith ia Jcsus Christ
and eight were baptized making
forty-ou" additions during the
meeting Among the latter number
were a pair OF twins whom Ar
| Mcpherson lowered together under
the liquid surface The baptsmat
services are impressive
Mr.. Conrad sang ass "a solo some
Iume. Somewhere The song reveals
! the heart cry OF one who
/ thinks that the prayer which he has
SO often offered is unanswered yet,
/ and then leads the soul TO believe
sometime. somewhere. IL We des-
pair not. these anxious longngs viii
! become precious realities.
MIR. Boeu spoke on the words by
/ Faith the Walls of Jericho Fell.
! When he reached the point where the
trumpets sounded be digressed to
say "A few words on the great help
/
| in the church of Christ He said the
only place where music, vocal and
| instrumental. will not be found is
! in hell. That there no lips will sing,
no finger touch the strings of harp
or the key of organ. because this
would be out of unison with the
walls of the lost and the spirit of
demons, Music is the only universal
! language In a far away land where
! he understood no word of the people,
| he heard the music of instruments
| give the strains Of Home, Sweet
! Home" and he knew that all hearts
speak our language and that
brotherhood runs through all peo-
pie. The dead in Christ will be
| raised as the music of an instrument
is waited. but no note will sound
when the lost come forth to condem-
nation.
The Jewish people We're discour
aged when Moses was taken ava.
from them. but God is equal to ever,
emergency. and Joshua was appoln'
ed to lead the people into the prom
Used land The story OF the crossan
OF the river, the command to marc
the surrounding of the city of Jer
cho. marching once a day for seve
days. on the seventh day goin
iaround seven times, the curiosity O
the people within the walls. thei
possible taunts and sneers, the faitl
in God of Joshua and his people
their continued obedience, the final
shout the crumbling of the walls.
the attack, the pile of ruins today
where the old Jericho stood, the
saving of Rachael and her house
hold-al this was told briefly and
pointedly. and lessons drawn from
! it for today. Among them were
these:
|. The church member who is a
| do-nothing is in the clutches of the
! devil. Some women call themselves
| Christians who are far more prompt
! for card parties than for serving
the Lord What kind of Christians
are they? Some men are Jealous in
politics but sluggish in church work.
Weak Christians
.. There seemed To be no reason
for Gods command to march around
the walls of Jericho. and yet the
walls fell when they obeyed. Some
can see no reason for prayer, for
baptism. for being buried in bap-
tsm, and in other things required by
the Lord. The reason is his business.
the obedience is ours
3 When we have faith to DC
just what God asks OF us, We can
then throw down the walls of sin.
There was a time when the saloon
keepers sneered at the idea of the
people banishine the saloon from
Waxahachie. but somebody believed
aud somebody acted and the saloon
Is no more
{ The woman Rahab was bad
woman hut Gods love reaches the
ycry yilest OF the lost vino WITH turn
to him
The song service will begin this
evening GO $50 and the sermon
about N o'ciock The meeting will
I continue over next Lords da, 5t