Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-01-24
GREAT REVIVAL OPENED
TABERNACLE CROWDED AT BOTH
AFTERNOON AND NIGHT
SERVICES.
SHOOTS SOLID SHOT
Rev. Adsir a Foreeful speaker-mIse.
Eioquenee and Homeliness.

The great revival by Evangelist
Lockett Adair opened at 3 o'clock yes.
terday afternoon at the rink taberna.
Gle and large congregations we're pres.
ent at both the afternoon and even.
ing services.
The evangelist opened his first dis
course by saying be was glad to be In
Bryan. He thanked God for Bryan
and her people. He wanted every
body TO feel at home. II they wanted
to cry. cry; II they wanted TO shout.
shout: that nobody would get scared.
and II they wanted TO laugh. laugh.
He thanked God for the large taberna-
cle-skating rink. Some may have
skated themselves 20 helL he now
wanted 10 try TO skate many to heav.
en-.
The afternoon sermon was on Soul
Saving" and II was a fine presenta-
tion OF the subject The evangelist is
plain spoken. hits straight from the
shoulder. mixes tears and smiles. true
eloquence with homely expressions.
but strikes you at once as a man OF
strong personality and grips you with
his intense earnestness.
Before the evening service opened.
prayer meetings were organized in
every part OF the city. and these will
be kept up daily as an aid TO the meet
ing
In the evening his subject was. Il
Am Not Ashamed OF the Gospel" and
said in part:
Paul was not an ignoramus. but one
of the brainiest men OF his age. Paul
knew that there was not enough sal
walton in learning and philosophy TO
save an insect The old gospel still
has power to save men and women
from their sins. II has never been
mixed up with any failures. Il can
save the drunkard and the outcast.
we are not ashamed OF the gos.
pei in heather lands. II can trans
form the lives OF the heather and
make them a prosperous people. The
gospel puts its arms around the poor
In dens OF vice and novels OF sin and
helps them TO a better. life.
once in a while we hear one OF
these little street corner pop-head
skeptics: He goes OF to school and
gets a little philosophy and science
in his head. thinks he is the hot stun.
Son. you look like a dime with a hole
in Il by the side OF some OF these men
like Gladstone. Mckinley and Robert
F. Lee. I am proud TO say that the
best blood OF the nation has been
Christian blood.
have no use for a pauper Chris.
tian. have no use for man who
apologies for doing right. know
some OF you fellows are ashamed OF
your life. like TO see a man who
Is Just as religious in Dallas and
Houston as they are here in Bryan.
Some times an old church member
goes up to Dallas and meets an old
friend who asks you to come in have
a drink. so you say have been rid.
ing on the cars and my stomach is
out OF order. so | guess iwll. The
first thing he knows he is blind on
that bug Juice and you come back and
wonder why people know why you
have been drunk.
like a religion with a backbone
in H. The only reason some OF you
fellows are not Christians is because
YOU haven't the grit 20 walk down
these streets and tell the gang you
have quit and let them say "he fined
last night"
Il like n game rooster. You can
put n domanicker In the pit and gaff !
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