Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-06-22
THE SWEETEST
STORY TOLD"
SUBJECT OF REV. HARRETT's SER
MON WEDNESDAY EVENING AT
ELBOWS GREAT REVIVAL.
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Eldon, June 2o.-The great tent
meeting opened last evening by pray
or by Rev. D. M. Reed. The topic was
"The Sweetest Story Ever Told" as
told by Rev. Barrett. The sermon IN
part Follows:
II take an interest in stories, II
clean ones. A real good story, with
good, healthy laugh In it is an enjoy
ment II we'll told, but In the telling OF
it is the best part. Jesus was God
manifest in the flesh. When he told q
story it was perfect. The most won
derful Of all, Jesus told the story Of the
lost sheep. It Is the sweetest one mor-
tai ear ever heard. That is the reason
I like it more than all others.
Il am not a Christian through fear
Of hell but the love Of God. Tonight
I am. going to talk to you, but not on
creed or church.
II chose my topic, as it shows GOD
loves man. Will you consider what
God has done and Is now doing for
you, and what He has in store for
you? ! believe in preaching hell FIRE.
] don't believe the ten commandments
ever saved anybody. If I am going to
be Christian, ! want to know 1t per-
sonally. AS long as q man is driven
to do right, he Ia not a son Of God,
but q fearer Of hell. know God loves
man from my own experience and al
so from the testimony Of others. We
don't understand the parable of tho
lost sheep. We think OF the intense
value Of Its wool and meat. When
we drive sheep to market we have
dogs and horses, but Christ said, MY
sheep know my voice and follow me-
"Talmadge, while In the Holy Land
saw a flock OF sheep with guides and
he said Why guides?' and was told
-. 50 - 1,,,t
not seeing different brands asked how
they knew whose sheep belonged TO
each guide, and the answer was that
each guide would have peculiar call,
and the sheep, knowing the voice.
would divide and follow their guides,
but sick sheep will follow anything.
Preach the Love Of God.
20. how many sick sheep we have IN
our churches that follow others In
stead Of Christ. Moody preached hell
in Boston to great crowds Of people
and hundreds Of souls were saved, but
he learned to preach the love of God.
When Moody was in London
preaching he met little red headed
freckled faced runt of an Irishman
who was preacher, and he was SO
taken with Moody, he said, Mr.. Moody,
you are from America and preach In
the great city of Chicago. Now,
want to visit Chicago, Mr.. Moody. and
I want to go to your church there and
hear you preach, and Mr.. Moody, can
! preach In your church in Chicago?'
Moody Of course said yes, little think
in gthat IN years he would meet the
little Irishnan in Chicago, but one day
he met him there and was reminded
Of his promise. Being in for it, he
made an appointment for the next
Sunday.
1.-THE members were up in arms at
him, SO he left the city for several
days, and when he returned he ex-
pected a hot time but was met by
his people with praises of the Irish
preaoher. He was told that his text
was God SO loved the world that he
COVE his only begotten Son, that who-
soever believeth on his shall have ever
lasting life 1t was so full of love of
God that he was invited to preach
that night. The church was crowd
ed and hundreds could not enter. His
text was the same, and for weeks he
preached from the same text and hun
dreds were converted. Moody learned
to preach the love Of God. The name
of the Irish preacher was Harry More
rouse. II could only make you be-
heve that God loves you, there would
be no need of preaching"