The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-07
REVIVAL ATTRACTS
AN IMMENSE CROWD
DR.. Thacker breaches on the
PROBLEM of SIM
DISCUSSES IT'S NATURE
Church Is Crowded Every Night
and Morning When Prayer
Service Is Held

The great Presbyterian revival in which
all the Presbyterians of the district are
uniting is now attracting large crowds.
Last night the main auditorium was en-
tirely filled and the congregation enjoyed
a season of song and prayer and lis
tened to one of Dr. J. E. Thacker's best
sermons.
Those who attend the Thacker- Fisher
meetings are spreading the news abroad
and telling their friends of the simple
practical talks and the inspiring music.
Mr.. Fishers selections last night with
his sweet. clear voice, were especially
impressive.
The morning short hour prayer services,
tracing large crowds, and the business
men are intensely interested in these
little heart to heart lectures.
Last night the text was Romans
7.9, and the subject was the PROBLEM of
Sim" 1t was a mastery treatment of
the great question of sin, in its nature,
results and remedy. DR.. Thacker elabor-
ated and enforced the following points:
l. What is sin? "Sin is any transgres-
Sion VI Tic law VI 1OQ Vi wait VI CON-
formity thereunto."
This definition was reinforced by nu-
merous Bible texts. Sin is physical, or
against the body; mental, or failing to act
upon the dictates of the reason, judg-
ment and intelligence; moral, violations of
the moral law of God; spiritual, or sin
against the interests and needs of the
SOUL The last is the greatest of all.
g. What is done about sin? Gay Re-
pentance. Repentance means the heart
broken for and from sim (b) Comics
sion. Not other peoples, but our own
sin. The preacher said people wouN bet
ter be deaf and dumb than spend theiI
time in gossip and SANDER, talking about
other peoples sins. Confess your sins
to God, and He will forgive you. (c) Hate
sin. Sin is the only thing men should
hate. Sin is supremely hateful. 1t has
caused every heartache land broker
home and death of aspiration and life
The devils met, to consult how to trouble
st. Chrysostom. One said "Imprison him.
| mo-" replied the other, "he would JUS
spend the time singing and praising God
| "Put him to death, them NO, FOL
he says it is far better to depart and bt
with Christ" III tell you" said a third
tempt him to sin, for he hates sin
and that is all he hates.'
| What will God do about sin? Al
unrepented and chung to, God will de
nothing; he can do nothing. he will jus
| lei 1t alone, and "sin, when 1t hath con
ceived bringeth forth DEATH" Sin bring
its own ruin. God does not delight il
Furnishing men. They punish themselves
"God hath no pleasure in the death o
the wicked He calls man to salvation
and does all He can to bless and make
happy. The preacher spoke with tender
earnestness of the terrible results of sir
that is unrepented, and the remorse thai
comes too late: quoting from the last
hours of many famous men and women
who had chung to sin too long, B.-Sin
repented and confessed Is forgiven and
forgotten by God. "Blotted out as a
cloud. Cast in the depths of the sea-
Removed as far as the east from the
west"
The sermon closed with a very impress
sive and beautiful description Of Gods
love and 6ympathy in dealing with those
who have tried to give up evil and fol-
low Him, though their talents were small,
and though they seemed to fail.
1t was a sermon of great force. and
the large congregation listened with alb
sorbing interest from start to finish. DR..
Thacker does not fail to declare the
whole counsel of God. He neither flinches
nor compromises, and is very faithful in
his preaching to church members and
protested Christians, as well as to the
unsaved He has also made one thing
clear: If any man is not saved, or con-
tnues to suffer from sin, 1t is not the
fault of God or His love and salvation.
God is exceedingly rich in love. of In
finite tenderness, and supremacy desires
the salvation of all men, and their high
est good.