Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-19
POOR CHRISTIANS -.
DUE TO sINFULhEss
Wickedness in the Lives Of Church
Members Prevents Them From Be-
ing q Power For God-sunday Urges
Members Of Churches to Get Right
With God and Go to Work.


vival. was the target aimed at by Rev.
Mr.. Sunday in his sermon Tuesday aft
ternoon. He had an audience of 700.
He urged his hearers to get rid of the
things in their lives which put them
out of harmony with God, and which
stood between them and the first duty
of christians-to bring others to Christ
"The devil is in some of you church
members" he said, "that's why you
have not got behind this revival with
all of your force"
Quotes Saying Of jeremiah.
He took his text from an adnoni-
ton of jeremiah given to the Jews, and
found in the fifth chapter and the
twenty fifth verse of the book by the
prophet, your iniquities have turned
away these things and your sins have
withholden good things from you" His
sermon was in part as follows:
'In that verse Jeremiah gave 'iile
Jews an explanation of why some
things had happened to them. God
promised the Jews rains, peace. plenty,
Joy of the heart and victory. They
were the things which any sane man
or woman could not fail but to long
for their fulfillment. Instead of rains,
there was long drought. Instead Of
peace they had wars. Instead Of plenty
there were famines. Instead of joy
there was sorrow. Was God making
promises that he could not fulfill? Not
r. Of Gins
of the Jews, His church of that day,
that their iniquities had turned away
these things, and had withholden good
things from them.
| Look for the Same Things.
"You have got to look for the same
sources for these failures and in the
same places today. Jeremiah knew
where the sins Of the Jews belonged.
God can do nothing among the
churches of today until a lot Of you
go home and burn up those cards and
quit lying about your neighbors.
"The church and many of those In 1t
have no power in Gods work because
| of the sin in their lives which with
holds and turns the things they should
do away from them.
What the church people need is not
always what they should have. Some
| times my children want an orange
4 when they need a slipper and you bet
they get what they need
Devil Has Got Hold on You.
"God promises emancipation from
your sins. Why is 1t that the devil has
got such a hold on some of you church
members? Why is it that when the
card party and prayer meeting comes
on the same night that you go to the
card party? 1t is because the devil has
got a hold of you. God will supply al
Of your needs, not all of your wants
You always want a lot of things thai
YOU do not need. These are some of the
things which God promises that ought
to fill the christian heart with joy
Assurance of salvation and perfect
peace. Because they have no assurance
Of the keeping power of Jesus Chris
Is the reason that so many fall from
grace at every card party"
"why is 1t that the christian life
led by the majority Of those in church
is such sad contrast compared with
the picture OF the christian life as pic
tured in the new testament? Do you
think that standard too high? YOU
know It is not. It's because you do not
want to live up to that standard.
Is God TrifIing?
sIs God trifling? Not so. The failure
is in ourselves, not in God. The trou.
ble is with us, not with God. The frs
thing to do is to submit yourself to 9
self examination. What is in your life
secret. or otherwise that puts you ou
of harmony with God? What sin, VIVA
1o sinful inn1{nQ
ton? What is there in your life tina
binders you from being used by Coz
in his work? Search yourself by the
candle light of Gods truth and no
by the opinion of your friends.
Two Pillars Support Gospels.
"There are two pillars that supper
the gospels. They are the thou shall
nots' and the thou shafts Thou shall
not steal, etc., thou shalt love tn!
neighbor as myself, etc. You are jus
as much of a sinner If you do not d.
what he tells you as you are when 70,
do the things he tells you not to. Tit
sins of omission are as great as thu
sins Of commission.
"The sins Of omission are one o.
the troubles of the church. Dom
you think your church membership Il
going to pull you thru when you d.
not pay your debts, when you do no
read your bible, and when you do no
have family prayers in the home.
IT find in the bible seven definition!
Of sins: Sin is a trangression of thu
law .to him that knoweth good ant
doeth 1t not, that is SIM all UNI
righteousness is sim What are yol
going to do, you ask? First, confess
your sins. Seize that thing in you
heart or life that is causing you to sill
and drag it out. If you confess an,
forsake your sins he will forgive you
The man or woman who is in earnes
will point to the sore spot in his Hf
and say there it is Lord. Some OF yol
will have to run out your tongue
which has become sore from talkin
about your neighbors. You must no
only resolve to not do what he tell
you not to do, but you must also
what he tells you to do.
Bring Your Sins TO God.
/ Bring your sins, all you guilty, an
throw them at the feet Of God. Then h
will take ont of your life all the thing
of which you are ashamed. He wi
take out of your life those thing
l. which keep you from him. He will tax