The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-11-12

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eran and St Paurs Lutheran
churches.
In the addresses by the Rev. Levi
Pennington. pastor Of South Eighth
Street Friends church, and Evangel
ist George Mahy last evening two
strong messages Of gospel exhortation
were given the large audience In at
tendance. Mr.. Pennington who ex-
tended the pastoral greeting, laid
especial emphasis on the Importance
of the harvest time and to the fact
that there is a harvest awaiting the
Christian workers in Richmond at the
present time. AS the basis for his
talk he used the words of Christ:
Lift up your eyes; the fields are al
ready white unto the harvest" From
this he drew two strong points, one
the advantage Of lifting up the eyes
to the contemplation OF better things,
and the other to note that the harvest
field is awaiting the workers. Mr.
Pennington gave as illustration how
when the harvest time Ii on all those
who can be secured are pressed into
service In order that the harvesting
may be done as quickly as possible,
and the crop saved from ruin by the
weather or from spoilation by becom-
ing over ripe. It 10 the same In Gods
workthere Is something for every
one to do, even thought be only to
carry water to those who are bearing
the heat and burden of the day. Mr..
Pennington believes too many people
are looking down in encouragement
or trying to satisfy themselves with
trivial things that are unworthy Of
immortal souls. He said he knew OF
people who went to see the dancing Of
Pavlowa when they shodld have been
engaged In the work of the church.
He declared that there is plenty to do
right here In Richmond and this, he
said. was not necessarily due to the
fact that the city went wet and may
do SO again. The burden OF Mr..
Pennington's Anal exhortation was to
do something God has job for ev-
cry one.
Mahy Urges Preparation.
Mr.. Mahy spoke on preparation to
meet God and he emphasized in many
ways the overwhelming Importance
Of such preparation. Sin. he declared.
cannot stand in the presence OF God.
There are Christians here who would
not want their lives opened up to
public view but God will bring every
secret thing into judgment. We pre-
pare for other things and why not for
the long journey from which no trav-
eler ever returns? The preparation,
he said. should consist in the confes-
sion of sin. the forsahng Of sin and
seeking Christ God ID profoundly
concerned that we should be prepar-
ed. The Bible quotations and the ex-
amples used to make plain the
speakers theme. were unusually In
teresting and Illuminating.
Mr.. Mahy was quite well acquainted
with the late Senator Dollver and he
took occasion to pay hfm high trfb-
ute for his worth OF Christian char
acter. Mr.. Dolliver had enjoyed q
SIOuS Su1lStAAu S4pSIiSHSS AuQ ne
testified to this fact when opportunity
presented to do 80.
The services for Sunday are NJ In
dicated at the beginning Of this arti-
Gle. Thousands Of special tickets Of
invitation to the principal services are
being distributed today and special
invitation is also given for those who
can sing, especially men. to join the
large chorus. There will be no sery-
ices Sunday evening In any OF the
churches united in this movement, ex-
cept as indicated above. Interest in
the meetings has been maintained
throughout the week and 1t il felt that
with the services Of Sunday the In
nuence OF the effort will begin to be
more generally felt. The services Of
tomorrow will mark the Inauguration
Of the soul winning campaign that
consistently follows what has been :
week Of careful preparation
In the services OF last evening the
scripture lesson was read by the Rev.
Hardingham, and prayer was offered
by Captain Deuter Of the Salvation
Army.