Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-30
Tho Return Of Judsa to. God Made the
Theme for Thursday Afternoons
Discourse-Why People Cease sing
ing Of God-Prayer and Personal
Work Needed in the Church.

paths Of righteousness and wander
away from the church and God were
the special targets for the venom of his
denunciations against worldliness and
sin.
Cleanse Church and Body.
Cleanse the church of inactivity,
worldliness and those things that run
counter to the purpose Of God. Cleanse
the human body of wickedness and sin
ad vice and worldly inclinations -
those were the things he aimed at es-
pecially in his delineation of the king
who cursed Judea and the monarch
who blessed it by leading the people to
God.
Takes Text from Chronicles.
Rev. Mr.. Sundays text was from
Second Chronicles 29:27, "And when
the burnt Offering began, the song of
the Lord began also" The sermon in
part was as follows:
"Ahaz was the seventh King of
Judea. He did not do right in the sight
of the Lord. He worshipped other
Gods He plundered the temple then
closed it. and set up affairs in other
places, and the people ceased to sing.
At last he died and Hezekiah, his son,
reigned in his stead.
Now the temple had been closed for
sixteen years. Hezekiah ordered it OPP
ened and ordered all, including the
priests. to sanctify themselves. Then
he ordered the temple and then the in
ner temple cleaned out and when all
vas ready he ordered the burnt Offer
Ing lighted and when it began to burn
the people began to sing, for God had
enterH into them. And a great. wave
u1 rel lion swept out from the temple
and tie -.dtion was sanctifed.
Why tho Song Dies Out.
1.-THE burnt offering was a sign Of
coming back, to God and the singing
was a manifestation of righteousness.
Now I want to show you some things
that have taken the song of God out
of you, and out of the church. When
you get right with God you will begin
to sing.
1.-THE individual wanders away from
God into the paths Of unbelief, into the
ways of wickedness, and into the paths
of inactivity for Christ. The bible has
been getting out of our churches and
all kinds Of heresies have been getting
in. The bible has been getting sut of
our schools too. If you have got any
people who do not want the bible in
the school, why, let. them pull up and
get out.
Culture Will Not Save.
"Now the city where the temple was
built during the rule of Ahaz become
rotten with lust and RIGHTEOUSNESS.
Virtue was unknown. Hezekiah
cleansed 1t and made it godly, but he
did Il by reaching out to God for aid.
You can't do it with culture. I want to
tell you that all the culture and col
leges will not save this world. What
it must have Is a wave Of the old time
religion. You can have all of these
things ducation, learning and culture
but you will go back to sin and hell
unless you cleanse. yourself in Gods
). way.
Lands on the Theater.
ssDo you think God wants your fee
to take you to church one night and tc
2x4 leg show the next night? Do yor
not know that your body is the temple
OF God. Then go home and cleanse it
Go home and throw away that plug 81
yours. There is not a pole cat in Mar
shall county that would touch it.
ssYou would not think Of worshipinl
in a, church that was dirty, disorderl.
and filthy. Z. DO you think God want:
to abide In a dirty, foul body.
Song Began With Burnt Offering.
ssNow when the burnt offering begar
| The song OF the Lord began. Music il
/ anseparably connected with every grea
revival. So the loss Of the songs in TIN
DAYS Of Aiaz was a great loss Ito tn
people, but they could not sing to Go,
An the temple because it was shut uI
Shut up your home for sixteen year
and see what the accumulation of hltl
win be. Shut your life against God +,
that time and see how wicked 1T vii
become. There's many an individual
and church which is shut up agaius
kGod. And while they are shut up othe
n things come in to take the song Of Co
out Of them claim that God vii
u take away the desire to drink booze an
!. cuss.
Look at Jesus First.
Il ssY,ook at Jesus thru all things. Som
n mt their circumstances between tfer
ana Jesus. You must look at Jesu
thru ell your circumstances. Look a
him first and see how he will protec
you. II you will play fair with Go
there are not devils enough to get 30
away.
"So many people try to salve tlea
conSciences about God by doing variou
things. Some by giving to the church
"a lot hope to get to heaven by givin
to q revival. There's been many goo
| act condemned because of the motiv
| behind 1t.
MANY there are who will not max
the sacrifices God demands. He say
pray and they won't do 1t. He say
Ispay your debts but they won't do !
q Fhese are some Of the things that hay
Ken the song out OF your life.
Z Thor Cleanse the Church.
.sThen cleanse the church as Heze
kiah cleansed the temple. I have n
ympatiy with this deyiltsm in tt