Semi-weekly herald., 1909-09-13
DUTY OF
THEHOUR
Winning Souls Greatest
Business in The
World
loWryisns.

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Some will be saved, but without
any reward--soins into the presence
of God empty-handed."
what the church needs is digna-
taries who will dig, deacons who will
deak, and stewards who will stew"
"a preacher isn't any good unless
he will draw, neither is a chimney,
nor a porous plaster, but the preacher
can't do 1t ALL"
al have never found a protesting
Christian whose name is worth hav.
ing on church record when it comes
to practical work and soul saving who
don't know himself saved"
According to the way most church.
es are doing today Christ's command
should be rendered as follows: Go We
into all the world and get up ice cream
socals, fairs, rummage sales, bazaars
and oyster suppers and see # you can't
make little money to support the
| church,"
''Yes, many Of you will read novel
through and through and then what
have you got--a mouthfui of froth,
that is ALL"
| To hear some preachers talk you
couldn't tell whethe~ man came from
a geological garden or the Garden OF
Eden. Some fellow comes out in
long black frock and reads profound
| " from an essay on evolution and
peoples eyes fairly hus-out as they
say, what a -vvend.trfnl.- .--ph hslesephee.
don't. | say. What d fooIospher.'"
| There was large attendance at the
| tabernacle last evening and the most
| impressive sermon OF the week was
| delivered by Evangelist Lowry. The
subject, Winning Souls" is one that
| causes the speaker to warm up. being
the greatest business In the world
| today" Mr. Lowry puts his heart into
| the work. It is beyond question thai
he is firm believer In what he pre-
sents TO the people. There is no sham
i
day life The past week demonstrate
this fact, hence the power he exerts
wherever he goes.
| The choir was the largest of the
week, numbering over one hundred
singers. And the audience contains
some fine voices, a fact clearly demon
| strated last evening. The chorus is
well worth hearing. After the sermon
Mr.. Moody sang Ninety and Nine"
with great pathos. Then followed an
| after meeting Tor church members and
Christian people generally for the pur.
pose OF receiving instruction in the
work of winning souls
| Mr.. Lowry took his text from Prov.
ll:SO, .The fruit OF righteousness Is
a tree of life, and he that winneth
souls Is wise. He spoke in part as
| follows:
How strange 1t Is that the great
majority of The people of the world
are allowing the things OF the great
est importance to them to pass, while
| they are giving their time and ener-
gies to the things OF lesser import
ance. People as a whole seem to set
little value upon things eternal, and
are looking TO the things of time to
satisfy their souls. The words of this
text were spoken by Solomon. who
has been considered the wisest
man the world has ever seen-he had
an opportunity of tasting all the
| sweets OF life, yet he exclaimed In
Eccl. I:14, Il have seen all the works
that are done under the sun, aud be
hold all is vanity and vexation Of
spirit Often II II said of man, "He
is not a success" But who can .elI
ahat success is: Napoleon .created
an empire and died like an eagle tied
to rock; Caesar stood as the first
man in Rome. yet he fell. assassinat.
ed by friends whom he trusted; Alex.
ander founded an empire. and con
quered nations, and died as the re.
suit Of a drunken debauch; Mozart
composed strains OF mai chless melody
and yet he died In poverty and was
buried in the potter's field; Herod
reached the height of his glory
/ when the people hailed him as n Goo
and then was smitten by the angel
! eaten with worms and sunk into
dishonored grave. No matter what
J man may do or undertake to do II
! worldly pursuits, the results are for
7 ever uncertain, but | am going /,
] talk to you tonight about business
In which II you engage you may b.
sure of the results for both time AM
D eternity. and that is soul winning
! They that be teachers shall shine q
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