The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-02-01

Every available seat in the big
auditorium of Epworth M. Il. church
was taken at 1880 o'clock Monday
evening, when DIR. w. ]. Dawson, the
London Evangelist made his initial
appearance. Standing room was at a
premium during the evening and It is
evident that overflow meetings must
be held in the other city churches in
order to care for the number of peo-
pie. DIR. Dawson will be here two
weeks and will preach at Epworth
church each evening and also at the
First Presbyterian church each after
noon at 2:30 o'clock.
| In an able sermon delivered in q
manner quite impressive, the distin-
gulshed minister and evangelist urged
his hearers to leave the school OF
Christianity and get into the work.
shop. "Are YOU a Christian of the
tabernacle or of the market placer"
ask the evangelist Or. Dawson told
of the work of Christ. how he was
rebuked because of the fact that he
! had eaten with the publicans and
sinners, and how that during his
ministry he exploded Judaism by de-
claring that men should be kind
even to those who do them injury. He
spoke of the three parallels related in
the fifteenth chapter of st. Luke's
gospel, the parallels of the lost sheep,
the lost cion, and the lost son. The
mission of Jesus Christ in the world
! Is to seek the lost and he rejoices in
being able to associate with men in
the shops and work places of the
world.
DIR. Dawson took his text from St
Luke 1910 "For the son of man came
to seek and to save that which was
lost"
Have you ever thought II out to the
very end?" ask the speaker Have
you ever thought that while you were
sitting in yonder pew that you were
a child of the eternal? That long after
the last star has burned itself away
into a cinder that you still live. You
cannot be q Christian only while you
are In the pew. If you are not
Christian on Sunday you are not one
on Monday Christ wants none of the
Christians who sell their up town sites
in the big cities and build houses for
clubs under the name of Jesus Christ
in the fashionable suberbs.
when Peter proposed building a
temple for Christ on the mountain
side he was rebuked for Christ wants
no temples along the high mountains
but among men Christ's Christianity
takes you where men need you and
where you can do work among men.
The nearer Christ could get to the
common people the more he loved
them and the more beautiful their
lives appeared to him"
The evangelist stated that he had
once been tabernacle Christian but
that after preaching for a time, he
awoke and found that he had been
dreaming and that near him there
was street full of souls who were
hungry for Christ and soon he had q
number of new people i'm his church.
"You will never know what religion Is
until you see 1t at work" declared
the evangelist. "The great trouble
now days is that the people never see
Christian people doing anything.
When Christianity gets at work new
people will place their confidence In
the church and blacksliders will have
their trust renewed. You have been In
the school of theory too long you had
better get into the workshop.
'There are three reasons why
Christian people should get out and
become active in seeking men. Among
the first is that men cannot keep
their spiritual sincerity unless they
do In common gratitude men should
be active in seeking others because
some one once brought them and
the final reason why they should
work is that men must be brought
home. They will not come unless the
waters are troubled. 1.-THE evangelist
told of being in the Alps where monks
go high among the mountains to seek
and save the lost travellers. A cross
is near by and light shines out from
the windows of the cabin but lost
men cannot reach them. They must
be brought and this is the work of the
monks, who after few years of the
hard work in the ardurous climate
come down the mountain to die after
having done a noble work. Christians
should be of this sort, seeking those
who are lost.
The evangelist close by giving an
Invitation for all persons to make a
stand for a better life.
Rev u. f. Griffith. of GAINESVILLE,
was present at the meeting and was
in charge Of the singing. At the close
Of the service a large union chorus
was organized and some time was
spent In practicing.
During the evening, Rev. George II
Barnard, was In charge and intro
duced the evangelist and the singer.