Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-15
in preparat,on - NOT lost


Goods will had a clear track in that
ten days Of the pentecostal revival.
Everything else but this work got out
Of the way. There were no parties, no
socia1s got up just to interfere. There
WIS no business, no lodges, and meet
ing, no dances, no feasts, no house
cleaning and no wood work that had to
be scrubbed that was alleged to get
in the way. Now God has got to side
track for every little jack rabbit prop
osition that comes along. When a re-
vival and house cleaning come at the
same time Gods work suffers.
Had Al Night Meetings.
"They held all-night meetings. They
did not begin to yawn at 8 o'clock and
wonder when the meeting would be
out. And the brethren were there too.
II we had more men in the meetings
we would have better meetings. Judg-
ing by the church attendance heaven
is not going to be overcrowded with
men.
Their meetings were full Of the
spirit and they had a warm time. 1t
was no pink, tea, Ice water, chilly pro-
positions like are held now.
"They were with one accord in one
place. The place is not the thing, 1t is
being there in. .one accord and in one
spirit. They all took hold Of God in
earnest for the same thing.
There was none of that spirit Of
criticism that. you find in the church
today.I wonder will there ever be an
other meeting like 1t?
Church Needs One Accord.
1.-THE church needs one accord, one
spirit more than it needs high steeples,
more than it needs organs backed off in
a corner; more than it needs new car
pets or opera singers up in the choir.
"They were all of one accord. There
were no UNCONVENTIONAL fuses. These
church fuses are the biggest thing OF
the devil that ever came down the
pike. There was no hair splitting there.
Everybody who was there knew
Christ. They knew him before and at
ter the resurrection. Every one of
them knew him. Perhaps the leper was
there; perhaps the blind man, whom
he caused to see, was there. The lame
man, who was made whole. was there.
Lazarus, the disciples, Martha and
Mary Magdalene were there. Every
body in that little meeting knew Jes-
us.
"If they called for testimonials ]
believe that everybody would have
wanted to talk at once.
You Do Not Know Christ.
zone reason why 1t is 80 hard e
have a revival now is because so many
Of those who are at the head OF things
the preachers, do not know Christ. The
preachers who do not know Christ
they trim with that billy goat crowd w
1.-The alleys and chew tin cans.
| when those at the pentecostal re-
vival came together, they came fresh
from the Mount Of Olives. They had
watched Jesus disappear in the clouds
Each one of them had received some.
thing from MIN. The best way to take
pull and strife and cross purpose ou
of the church is for everybody to know
Jesus.
you will never succeed in God:
work without the holy spirit. Many o.
our churches are going daffy toda.
looking for preachers who can get VI
and deliver a beautiful literary essa,
but who has not the power. I hav,
heard men preach who could touch thu
stars, yet their preaching made II,
4 more impression 'lQau DSatlnS a drum
Why? Because they did not know
Jesus
Way to Got Holy Spirit.
GLOW is the church going to receiv
the holy; ghest2 ItssmeH,bsrs, have go
to get insthe right state OF mind. III
can not give you the spirit until 20,
get in the right spirit to receive II
There is no power on earth that cal
save sinner unless he wants to b,
saved. -s.s'
you take the path Of Righteousness
and you follow it wherever 1t leads
leven IL it leads to the brink Of tn
grave. and there Is nothing so goo
that the Lord will not do it for you.
you can get the spirit only by be
lief, not by feeling. Feeling is the re
suit of the spirit having come into you
When you plant your feet on Jesu
Christ and fight off the doubts thel
the blessing will be yours.
"If you can bear the light tina
streams from the throne of God with
out throwing up your hands and cry
ing, 'unclean,' then you have the RICH
to say you have received the Hol