Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-07
TELLS AFTERNOON AUDIENCE
HOW TO BRING MEN
TO CHRIST.
THE THINGS NEEDED
FOR PERSONAL WORK
To Bring Men to Christ You Must
Have the Holy Spirit and Other Gifts
Urges His Hearers to Begin at
Once Vigorous Campaign for God
and the Church.

Looking forward to the time, which
is now not far distant, when the
| word will be given for the
christians and church members to go
out and bring men to Christ, Rev. Mr..
Sunday preached first of two sermons
on personal work and how to do it, to
an audience of 400 people at the tab
ernacle Thursday afternoon.
He told his hearers what qualifica-
| lions they must have to win success.
and how to and not to proceed in the
work of personally bringing others to
Christ. He described the different
classes of people with regard to their
relationship with God, and why they
were not christians.
Urges Personal Work.
| In preparing for the personal work
of the campaign Mr.. Sunday told his
congregation that it was thru personal
work alone that very many would be
brought to Christ or even to the tab
ernacle meetings. He took his text
from Proverbs 1880. "He that win
meth souls is wise' His sermon was
in part as follows:
II believe there are hundreds in the
church who do nothing for God They
are hearers and not doors of the
word. There are thousands in the
church who must do work for God if
this old world is to be made better
The first recorded words of Jesus are
'Wist We not that / must be about my
fathers business? What God wants
is men who will work to save men
friends who will grow pale for friends
who are going down to hell.
The Gifts You Need.
There are several gifts you need tc
do personal work. First of all, you
need salvation. believe there are
hundreds in the church who have
never been converted. There are null
titudes in the church who, if they dice
today, would be in hell the next mo.
ment Another gift you need is yor
must know Gods book. You mus
pack your mind and heart full of Gods
book. The word of God is the SWORD
and the spirit You have got to use
the bible to convict men Of their sins
You have got to use 1T to show a mar
that he needs the Saviour. You have
got to use it to show a man what he
has got to do to have a saviour.
Must Have the Holy Spirit.
"You must have the holy spirit
Without it you can do nothing. But
the spirit works thru clean and not
dirty people There are not hall
dozen saloons in the city but what
are running by the consent OF church
members.
"You need prayer. Two-thirds Of
the church people never have prayer
in their home. They never read the
bible. and they never ask the blessing
before meal They never pray
with their children. Some people dc
more effective work away from home
than at home. OF too many it is said
Physician, heal thyself.'
Must Have Clean Heart.
ITO do effective personal work, you
must have certain endowments. You
must have clean heart and pure
mind. You need to have love for the
sinner to help him to Jesus Christ
The church needs baptism of horse
sense. You have got to be clean to
have power with God. You have got
to go home and tear UP those cards
break those bottles of beer and destroy
that wine which is in your cellar, and
take that decanter off your sideboard
before you will have power with God
Get something new in your mind sc
you will be able to get the devil out
of it. Sermons have no more effect on
some people than it would to shell
Gibraltar with peas.
The Glasses of People.
Rev. Mr.. Sunday described the fol-
lowing classes Of people whom the per-
sonal worker must reach. "First there
are those who can not attend church
owing to disability or duty. You could
write them a letter, you could let them
know of God. Second, there are those
who can attend church but who do
not, and who never darken church
door, except when they attend fun-