Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-03-10
REVIVAL OF GREAT POWER.
Or. Packard One Of the Greatest
Preachers Who Has Ever Visi-
ted Bryan-Meeting Bring
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The services of Sunday and yeeter-
day marked great progress in the 70
vival meeting at the Methodist church.
The Sunday audiences were very large
and gave profound attention. The
crowds yesterday and last night were
earnest and sincere in attitude.
DR.. Packard preached Sunday morn
ing from James 3:17: Therefore 10
him that knoweth to do good and
doeth II not. to him IL Is sim" The
sermon was a profound discussion OF
the sins of commission, or the violation
of the injunctive commandments, as
greater sin in the sight of God than
the violation of prohibitive command
ments which result in overt acts. IL
was made plain in all the parallels
Christ emphasized the sins OF omis-
sion and neglect-that the sins OF
omission are in every instance parents
to and the result of the sins of COM
mission, and without the sins
of omission there would be
no overt acts Of sinfuiness.
If men loved God and their neishbors
as commanded there would be re sin
in the world. He said the prohibitivo
commandments have been emphasized
by laws and courts and jails and pub
lie sentiment until the world mas lost
sight of the greater and more import
ant injunctive commands. Acts under
the prohibitive ban are but the symp-
toms of the diseased souls of men suf'
fering for the application OF the IL
junctive teachings of the gospel. Puri-
fy the fountain-the heart-out Of
which are the issues of life. The
greatest of ali sins is the sin OF un-
belief which obscures the spiritual Wis
ion of the soul until 1t becomes as
blind as cave fish. What a man
will not do. after awhile he cannot,
do. which is the reason the bible says
many shall seek to enter but shall not
be able. IL was made very. plain that
! II soul is lost it will be because OF
the refusal to be saved-because OF
the shutting out the light and the neg
lect of all the spiritual attributes or
senses which give the soul sustenance.
In Brownings mental vision the great
est sin imputed to the ghosts OF lost
and shriyeled souls is the unlit lamp
and the ungirt loin.
The subject of the Sunday night ser
mon embraced five definitions of sin:
THE transgression of the law; all I'M
Righteousness: the sin Of whatsoever
is not of faith: the sin of knowing to
do good and doing it not, discussed at
length at the morning hour; and the
sin of unbelief. Each of these points
was wonderfully elaborated in the re-
markable discourse.
Yesterday morning DR.. Packard
spoke on what would 1t profit a man
TO gain the whole world and lose his
own soul. and drew some striking pic
lures contrasting the godly and the
worldly life that will never be effaced
from the memory of manyNwho heard
him. DR.. Packard is a man OF rare
literary gifts and power as an orator;
also a man of intense spirituality ano
the ability to project his mind with al
most prophetic vision into things thai
ARE eternal. Those who have not heard
his preaching have missed an intel
llectual as well as spiritual feas
which has not been surpassed by an,
speaker who has visited Bryan within
the writers knowledge of the city.
The pastor, Rev. j. B. Turrentine
being confined to his home by serious
illness. the membership of the churcl
has rallied to the support of the meet
ing and earnest prayer and praise ser
vices are held in advance of each ser
mon. A number of the Methods
business men closed their stores dur
ing the morning service yesterday an'
will continue to do so during th'
meeting. A committee of ladies Wis
tied other business men and asked
them TO arrange to let some of thu
force attend each day and were re
ceived with a cordial response in com
pliance.
There have been a number of con
versions and additions to the churcl
| and some have given their names TO
membership in other churches. TIT
people are talking about the meeting
and great results are anticipated dur
ing the remainder of the week. DR.
Packard can not remain longer thai
Thursday night, and those who desire
to hear him should not miss the re
naming services. Rev. E. l.. Shet
ties will have charge of the meetin!
after departure of DR.. Packard
DR.. Packard preached on Love
last night and his marvellous insigh
into this heart of Christianity stamped
him a Drummond. There have beef
ten conversions to date since th'
meeting began. Eight have unite'
With the Methodist church and TIVE
have signified intention of joining 9th
err churches.