The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-06-14
THREE SERMONS BY ONOEROONk
The Preacher Speaks to Large Con-
qreqadon Sunday Night

| Ihat interest Is increasing III Tue
Onderdonk- meeting at the
! Methodist church was indicated by
I the large congregation which heard
! the sermon Sunday night. The church
was taxed to its fullest capacity and
chairs were placed on the porch in
front to accommodate the overflow
| part of the congregation. The must
/ cal part of the service was the best
/ of the meeting Prof, Ramsay sue
ceeded in filling the choir platform
+ with singers and an orchestra aug
mented the regular musical instru-
ments of the church. Prof. Ramsay
! sang one solo at the morning service
and two at night, one before the ser
mon and the other during the invi-
tation.
The night sermon by Rev. Onder-
donk was decidedly the strongest and
most effective gospel message he has
delivered during the meeting 1t was
| full of sympathetic eaTnestness that
went right to the hearts of his hear
ers. The subject was The Love of
God-What 1t Can and What 1t
Cannot Do" Text, St. John 3;16.
The preacher said ne thought this
text was enough on which to base
the entire doctrine of christianity. 1t
treats of the greatest thing in the
world-loye This love cannot exist
without manifesting itself in some
way This principal of love is the
great principal of God made manifest
1 in mankind.
| He told of the great sacrifice God
made when he sent his Son into the
world that through his death the
great plan of redemption might be
established He said if sinners were
lost it would not be because God
wanted them to be lost He said:
: There are some folks here tonight
who are presuming on Gods love and
Imercy God S love cannot save The
love of God has neyr saved a sinner
from the foundation of the world to
the present day. 1t provides a way
by which a man may be saved.
There are people here who are trust
ling in the fact that in some way or
at some time Gods love is going to
save them When it is too late they
will realize the serious mistake they
are making"
AT the conclusion of the sermon
sevral persons asked for the prayers
! of the church
A special service was held for the
benefit of the Sunday school chill
dren Sunday morning, and as a re-
suit there We're twelve conversions.
The services will continue through
this week at 10 a. m. and 8 p. m.
At four O'Clock in the afternoon a
large congregation of men assembled
in the church to hear Rev. Onder-
Gonk's sermon on the subject of "A
Man in the Middle of a Fix" The
text used was a part of the eighth
verse of the first chapter of Daniel,
"But Daniel purposed in his heart
that he would not defile himself
The preacher said he always des-
pissed dishonesty and unfairness. He
said a preacher had no more right to
be unfair in the pulpit than a man
lin his business He said that in the
world a mighty struggle is going on
against evil This struggle is the pro
cess of forming and shaping charac-
ter This character forming process
is accomplished by the human will
divine grace is always ready to as
sist God does not propose to live
your life for you but he can live in
your life A man in the world with
out a purpose is simply doing moth
ing, He said right is right, wrong is
wrong and sin is sin whether in the
heart of darkest Africa or i'll WaXa-
| hachie
The preacher then told the story
Of Daniels life during his captivity
and drew many beautiful lessons
| from the experiences Of this old
J pro 1het
| Discussing the practical side OF re-
'Ngion he said too many folks look
! upon religion as being thing OF
mystery He said the whole thing is
| based on the principal of right.
| Rev. Onderdonk read for his scrip
ture lesson at the morning service
the ninth chapter of St. John. Text
ST John 1917, Even the spirit Of
truth; whom the world cannot re-
ceive, because it seeth him not
neither knoweth him: but ye know
eth him; for he dwelleth with you
and shall be with you" The subject