The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-02-04
REPENTANCE.
Subject of Sermon by Rev. ". NJ.
Nevins Last Night.

The Baptist church was allied
Wednesday night to attend the re-
yival services. Mr.. jolly, the singer,
arrived Wednesday and was at both
services, but on account Of cold
was unable to sing a solo. He Will
| probably do so tonight, A great
number of tags are being distributed
and everywhere the men are wearing
them looped through button hole.
The card reads, "Meet me at the Bap-
fist revival
A large chorus choir is being or
gained and the music will be a
special feature of the services. The
choir is composed of singers from
the different churches. The morn
ing services are being well attended
and the pastor is delivering a series
of lectures on the book of Romans
Services are being held daily at 10
a. m. and 1870 p. m. At p. m. a
prayer service is being held in the
Sunday school room.
Pastor Nevins' sermon Wednesday
night was il part as follows:
Repentance subject of sermon
Text, 18th chapter Luke, 5th verse
| tell you nay, but, except ye repent
ye shall all likewise perish.
"Matthewson. the blind preacher
has brought out beautifully the story
of creation. There is a scripture in
Proverbs. The spirit of man is the
candle of the Lord
The blind preacher said, God
wandered all through creation and
, rested when he made man. When
God made the armament, he didn't
rest. When he made the seas he
didn't rest; when he made the ami
mails, he didn't rest This is an il
| Illustration of the truth in Proverbs.
We were the candle of the Lord that
led God on through all creation. This
truth may be carried further--not
only Is man the browning creation
but all things are for man. The flow
ers, the seas and all are for man.
God couldn't rest till He rested in
us. This is a beautiful thought. Be-
fore God was our light we were His
light All things God has made are
for us-for us today. This earth is
but the training school of that life
beyond and God has put this world
here and put us in the world that
we may be prepared All about us
are beautiful lessons God is teach
round about US are that We may be
prepared for the life beyond In
every earthquake, flood and storm
there is lesson for you and me. In
the scripture lesson tonight we read
of the fall of tower in Jersualem.
This tower of Saloam had fallen and
killed some men--an ordinary oc-
currence. Christ said to- his disciples
speaking of these men, Think We
that they were sinners above all men
that dwelt in jerusalem Ahere is
a lesson for you in that catastrophe.
Christ said Except We repent, ye
shall all likewise perish. We need
to get this truth. In every catastro-
phe God has a lesson for us and is
preparing us that we may better en-
| joy the world beyond. o! pity that
| man. who thinks this world is all
of it. This world is only little prep
aration ground, a little foretaster.
/ Christ would teach us here that all
men need to repent; unless you do
you are going to perish. There is
need that all should call upon God.
For all have sinned and come short
of the glory of God Not long ago
| we learned of that terrible earth
quake i'll Sicily 1t was too horrible
| to contemplate and yet some of you
may have read it and yet it had no
| bearing on your life at all. Christ
| would take this very thing and say
| except We repent, We shall all like
| wise perish,
II want to prove to you that there
| is need of repentance. If an earth
quake should come here, there is not
a man out OF Christ but what before
| his mind would flash the sins of his
whole life and you would call upon
God for help. How strange that man
will wait till such an hour to call
| upon God. Why do you wait? Be-
cause you are not honest with your
self. There is need for all men to
come too late This is implied in the
warning OF our text. How suddenly
they were cut OFF in Sicily. Without
any preparation they were ushered
| in before the great God of Heaven.
| Why can't we repent in quiet
hour? Some people are like Phar-
oah. He wouldn't let the children OF
Israel go and God told Moses to tell
him he was going to send plaques.
| You remember those awful plaques
+! and last of all God sent the death
angel and In every home there was
| one dead that night. The wall OF the
people went up to God. Pharoah said
Send for Moses and he said to Mo-
SEES, / will let you go now. Moses