The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-09
ONWARD MARCH OF
CHRISTIANITY IS SHOWN
Victories Won by the Bible
are Legion.
Evangelist Finncll Addresses Large
Audience and Delights All with
His Unimpeachablc Truth.

A large audience that filed the
auditorium was in attendance at the
revivals at the First Christian church
last night. to hear Evangelist Finnell
and Miss Kimble. Miss Kimbles solo
Somebody" was rendered in an es-
pecially pleasing way and her strong
ccntralto voice filed every corner Of
the room and gladdened every heart.
Rev. Mr.. Finnell took for his sub
ject, "The Gospel of Revolution" and
forcefully spoke in part AS follows:
you will find my text in Acts 1876
where 1t says. '"rhey that have been
turning the world upside down have
come hither also" / do not mean
by that ] have been q party to lit
orally turning the world upside down.
This text sets forth what those Jews
thought OF the work of Paul and Silas
as 1t had been done with the gospel
in the sections of the country where
they had been before. What the gos-
pei will do in one place 1t might be
possible for the same thing to oc-
cur in another. and l hope to be able
to upset few things I'm the minds
of some OF Marion's good minds be-
fore leave the city.
my text suggests that the gospel
does not come begging place to eX-
list. II comes making no promises
not to disturb the notions OF men.
1t comes with no compromise and
holds out no Olive leaf to the devil.
1t comes asserting its right to exist
and demands entrance into every
heart. That demand is made by
God Almighty and we who refuse \to
hear what he says and demands do
so at our own peril.
There are certain ones who yet
seem to believe that Christianity is
on the wane. They have the wrong
word; its on the wing. Caesar once
thought he had Christianity about
stamped out. He said: we will soon
root 1t up; off with their heads!' And
he prosecuted the Christians with ev-
cry conceivable plan dragging them to
death behind the heels OF wild horses
placing them in dark dungeons to
starve and rot, tore their flesh from
their bodies piece by piece, daubed
them with pitch and placed them In
his garden at night to burn; the lions
tore them to pieces and the wild
bulls tossed them upon their horns
and yet Christianity spread All the
swords OF the legionaries which had
plH to route the armies of the ma
tions. and had to overcome the in
vincible Gaul and the savage Briton
could not withstand the feebleness OF
Christianity, for the weakness of God
Is mightier than men,
Jesus Christ has upset every ar
gument of the skeptics from his day
down to the present and has over
thrown all their works. The print
ing presses with gave the world Vol
taire's infidel works were worn out
printing Bibles. The place where
Chesterfield once had his fine parlor
and infidel club-roon Is now a pray
er-meeting room for Christians. Hume
predicted that Christianity would die
in twenty years, but he has gone to
his grave and the first meeting of the
Bible Society of Edinburg was in the
room where the prince OF skeptics
died. When Paine landed at New
York. he was foolish enough to say
that FIVE years would destroy every
trace of Bible in the United States.
But IL is fact that there are more
Bible societies today In America than
in any other country in the world.
In every other important point the in
fidels have failed to make good. as In
these. The hospitals and the aims
houses and the asylums and all char
table work has been built by Chris
tianity. Nowhere Is there cred
table monument standing to inf
dels or to their works. This should
satisfy every seeker after truth.
The services commence every night
at 1890 O'clock.