Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-03-16
THE PRICE OF A REVIVAL
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BY Rev. j. w. Rurgin at Centenary
Methodist church-OId-Time
Gospel Hymns Sung. &


With a strong choir which led
large congregation in the singing of
good old-time gospel hymns that made
everyt devotional christian heart re-
sponY in giving praise to God and
opened up the hearts OF unbelievers
and caused them to long for the truth,
the way and the life, with message
that was a lesson and blessing to
| every person present, and that led
many to respond to the after call, the
revival meeting of last night at Cen
| tenary Methodist church was an in
SEPARATION that heralds successful and
far-reahcing spiritual uplift in our
midst
Rev. Burgin is a forceful speaker
and he presents the Lords message
in a clear and penetrating manner.
His text for last night was found in
II Chronicles. 18th chapter, Nth verse.
Dealing with the truth as there set
forth he called attention to the fact
that price of great or less amount is
required TO be paid for anything of a
temporal nature and also that our
Lord requires a price to be paid by
his people before He will hear from
heaven, and forgive our sins, and
heal our land" Thus God offers Il
revival in our midst: if it is wanted it
may be acquired, but He sets the
price. Are we willing to pay it? Let
us see what is required.
First. We must humble ourselves
by subjecting our pride, by tearing the
beast sin from our breasts. that aw-
full enemy which is sometimes shield
ed by pride and allowed to eat its way
into our very vitals. To do this re
quires courage, grit. manhood or wo-
manhood and willingness to cruelty
our vanity to serve God. He can use
us if we will; He cannot if we will
not
Second. We must pray. Pray until
we pray, until our prayers go above
our heads. till God sees our earnest
ness and our need. Do you pray?
Mothers, do you pray for your family;
are you storing up for your children
an heritage greater than any other
thing in life, something that will last
through eternity? Fathers, do you
pray? No. Then do you curse? II
you do, then you pray, for what is
Swearing but calling upon God to dam
whatever is the object of your dis
pleasure Sad, indeed, is the home
that has a praying mother and wife
and husband that is pulling the
other way, but sadder still is the
Nmel that has no prayer at all
Prayer is a wonderful influence in a
home and our Lord sets it apart as
part of the price for His blessings. All
some time in life every one prays;
sorrow forces us to pray, but why
wait for that? Pay this part of the
price now.
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All christians want to see Gods coun-
tenance. If you never have deep
desire to look upon Him and to com
mune with Him, then you do not love
Him. Seek His face and receive some
of His glorious beauty.
Fourthly. Turn from the wicked
way When in sin we are miserable;
we are in torment on earth. for sin
separates us from God Then why not
drop sin and give your heart to your
Savior? If we will humble ourselves.
| pray in the spirit of prayer, seek
| Gods face and commune with Him
| and turn from our sins. then we will
have a great and glorious revival, and
not only will one denomination be
benefited thereby but the Lord will
gather harvest into all of'the church
es, and the whole community will re-
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