The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-02-28
The Edifice has Been Nice
ly Redecorated.
REV. Il. C. BERGER BREACHES
Delivers an Excellent Ser
mon to the People.
Rev. @. r.. Smith, Finds 10 Impossible
TO Remain In Marion as Pastor Of
the First Christian Church And
Another Minister Is Called.

Celebrating the occasion of the re.
opening of the church auditorium a,
, Calvary Evangelical church, specia
services were rendered Sunday morn.
ms. Despite the inclement weather
, a large crowd attended the mornins
II Getting and an exceient program was
rel dered.
4 The church trustees have been eff
fecting many improvements in the
temple of worship. The interior of the
auditorium has been re-decorated and
Thoroughly renovated
A particular feature of the pro
gram was the excellent music furnish
ed by a male quartette which was
composed of Messrs. L. d. Zachman,
is. V. Mullisor, William Stoll, Earl
Ruhlman A mixed guartctte COM
posed of Miss Ada Berringer Mrs 10.
Il. Wcatherwax, l.. D. Zachman and
Earl Ruhlman, rendered number OF
pleasing selections
Rev II. G. Berger, presiding elder OF
the Columbus district with headquar.
ters in this city, delivered the ser
mon of the morning. His sermon in
part was as follows:
|
a great deal depends on prayer. and
am going to keep on praying all the
days of my life. God gave me q mes
sage for the occasion, and these words
have come to my mind so clearly
that | was convinced that God gave
them to me. You will find them in the
93rd Psalm, fifth verse; 1t reads as fol =.
lows: Holiness becometh thy House
oh, Lord forever"
"a church may be becoming or unbc.
coming. This may be true of the build
ing itself There may he something
about the foundation or building that
may be unbecoming The dark, dingy
walls were not becoming this placJ
any longer. and so far as [ know,
every member of the society said Let
us make II becoming" And you hav1
undertaken the project. and you have
nobly succeeded. The unbecoming Is
gone. and the becoming is befere us
now, before our eyes. and this is as ].
should he. We ought to see to IL that
our Houses of Worship are as beauti-
full as our homes David felt this i'm.
preston, and he kept on and on, until
God had the most beautiful and most
costly temple in the whole world AMI
so you people have said '"our homes
have nice walls, and why should the
walls of the Church be dark dingy
them" and everything so far as APP
pearance is concerned, becomes tho
House of Worship.
But another requirement Is men
toned, that becomes the house o'
God besides the beautiful walls, conf
Portable seats, etc; holiness becometh
thine House, On, Lord. There Is moth
ing so beautiful I'm the eyes of God as
holiness. The garments that we are 10
wear to please Him are the garments
of holiness. He has always been holy,
and always will be holy. and so he
desires that his people shall be holy
people God gave MS, you know, q
holy religion, a holy Bible. and this
Bible was written by holy men, in
spired by the Holy God, pointing out
to MS the way of holiness, leading to
the city of holiness. where we are as
socated with holiness and holy wor-
shippers throughout eternity. Tho
definition of holiness means Wilderness.
His holiness becomes the House of
God. Then | learn that the building
itself ought To be set apart and dedi-
Gated for holy service. and holy wor-
ship. This was the case with the
tabernacles and temples of old. Every
thing was sacredly set apart for holy
services. That means that when we
come here we ought to pay due re-
spect to the House of God.
-"The most important thing is this:
How to obtain holiness. That is after
all, the most important thing in the
text, How shall obtain It? There ara
different steps that lead into this ex
perience. First, a sound. thorough con
version, to know you have been born
out of darkness into the marvellous
light of God. After a sinner repents of
his sins. then comes the appeal to
seek holiness of heart, Conversion i3
a great thing. IL is i'm fact heaven be.
gun here below. That Is holiness in al
measure. When God comes and saves
a man. holiness has begun but II is
not the completion. You must have
great desire for IT, You must want
IT, You must desire H. You must hun
ger for IT, as the starving man hun
gers for bread. You must seek IL with
a determination TO find 1t. ''If you seek
me you will find me. II you seek me
with all your heart" Present your
bodies living sacrifice, then believe.
that he will do II. You say. 81 want to
be holy, and ! now believe that ,thoJ
dost make me holy" Then you ar
going to find 1t, brother and sister
Holiness is as considerations an ex
erence as conversion is You knos
when you find the blessing of holiness
II may come as a still, small voice
and say: This is your sanctfcation
And II may come like wind upon
you; but your heart will know. and
the outside is going to know It. II Is
like measles in the body. II must break
out, and people are going to know "
You see 1t in the prayer, In the sing,
ing, in the face, yor see II every
place 1t is the greatest thing under
the sun; In heaven and upon earth.
Have you got 1t, brother, sister? You
cannot afford to live without II. You
can afford to die as poor as Lazarusu.
without n friapd at xFonr hadofda hnt