Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-01
Evangelist breaches Strong Sermon on
Compassion for Those Who Arc in
sin-Wants Christians to Pray for
Workers - Hits Wicked Church
Members as He Goes by.

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No one, he said, was right with God,
who could look on the multitudes of
shining ones and not feel compassion
for them in their sinfuiness. He i'm
plored his audience not to pray for
the harvest, but for the laborers who
would go into the highways and by
ways and save men. They who were
saved would take care Of the harvest
He said Jesus sent out his disciples
because he was moved with compass
sion for the multitude which was
scattered abroad as sheep having no
shepherd. Incidental to his sermon he
said some sharp things to the church
and to church members.
Do as jesus Did.
His sermon was in part as follows:
"And when he had called unto him his
twelve disciples he gave them power
to cast out all sorts of devils, save the
lost, and heal the sick. Why don't you
do the same? It's the same old devil.
Why haven't you got the power to
cast him out? Some people seem to
think that when Jesus left this world
he forgot all about them. He is just
as able to do for them today as when
he was on earth. If you are a chris
tian you would be doing just as Christ
was doing. You would not be knock
ing these meetings.
Christianity is Saving Men.
!, zone of the first evidences of Christ
in the life of an Individual is that that
individual Is trying to save people. The
law of service is the law Of growth. II
you serve God you will grow in chris
tian faith and strength. You grow spir-
itually by exercise just as you grow
physically by exercise. There must be
spirit In your life before there can be
any work"
Referring to the lack of Gods spirit
in the church he said zone of the
curses Of the church today is the put
ting Of nnconverted men on official
church boards. In some churches Of
ficials are not even members. You
never heard Of any one but Mason
holding an office in the Masonic lodge.
Trustees-I would want them convert
ed before I would trust them very far.
Jesus Preached the Gospel.
Returning to the direct theme Of his
sermon, he continued, "And Jesus went
about preaching the gospel. If preach
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it's up to me.
1.-THE harvest if plenteous, but the
laborers are few. If the christian peo-
DIE of Marshalltown would see the
people as Jesus saw the multitude they
would do as Jesus did. 1t all depends
on the life and the viewpoint. The life
Christ Lived was in the Immediate
presence of God He had his tempta-
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work for God the more some will
criticise YOU. You begin to she'll the
woods for God and the devil will be on
your back in no time.
"Christ's vision of the multitude was
from Gods standpoint 1t caused him to
send his disciples out because he was
moved with compassion for them. II
you haven't compassion for people who
are going to hell you are no christian.
Compassion the Key Note.
"Compassiop-that was the key to
the life of Jesus. He saw men and
women in all kinds of conditions of sin.
Tle saw the drunkard, the harlot, the
self. willed, the self conferred and he
saw the graft and rottenness of his
time If we see these things in life we
must preach against Them"
Turning to his critics he hurled at
them: II have never found the man or
woman who criticised me who was not
SHINING in some way in the sight Of the
Lord.
'.Aii tf1e uplifting Of humanity de-
ponds upon compassion. And you can
not have compassion unless you look
at sin from the right viewpoint.
Compassion tts Moving Power.
"when Jesus saw the multitude he
was moved with compassion. If you
are a christian and see men going to
hell it will move you. How does a
crowd affect you? When you see men
staggering in drunkenness, when you
see .infidels, when you see Sabbath
breakers, when you see the bleachers
full at a Sunday baseball game. does
1t move you to compassion?"
Stopping long enough he flung this
at baseball. Sunday baseball. that's
one of the biggest curses. + have no
more use for the man who keeps his
store open on Sunday than have for
the man who plays baseball on Sun
day.
"How does a crowd affect you?" he
asked returning to his theme, sit de-
ponds on your point Of vision. You
can't sit at a card table and have COM