The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-17
DAY IS IMPORTANT
IN REVIVAL
EvANGELisTic SERVICES At ZAP.
list CHURCH ARE INTER.
ESTiNG-A SERMON.

Yesterday was an important day In
the revival services that are now be-
in. conducted ut the First Baptist
church by Rev T.. 4, Agar There
We're large congregations at the various
meetings Of the day and the interest
manifested was keen. During the
coming week the services are to be
continued, every evening excepting
Saturday and on the afternoons, If
Tuesday. Wednesday. Thursday and
Friday. The afternoon meetings are 10
begin at ) o'clock. The singing ,f
Miss Laura Salberg Is giving Srea;
pleasure: her solos were enjoyable
features OF the meetings of yctcr-
day.
we have Abraham To Our Father"
taken from Matthew 3:s. was the text
of REV. Mr.. Agars sermon yesterday
morning. In part he said:
AT the time when these words We're
spoken the Jewish nation had per-
mitted the worship of God to fall into
mere Journalism. Its faith and power
had departed. The open boast of the
Jew was. that ~ IA child of Abraham
he inherited the promise Of Cod" for
getting that the necessity of possess
ing the characteristics of Abraham
was. an essential to real sonship. The
words of the text We're used by the
preacher as II warning against such a
life of Journalism and hypocrisy. There
are some things to-day in our religious
life. good I'm themselves. that are used
to destroy vital faith and H:ri.e
work for righteousness.
Membership in church. while
commanded OF the Lord as essential
to a growing christian life. is often
allowed 10 become the source of II
eomplaceni. formal religious bearing:
form of godiiness but DENYING the
power thereof. Every child of God
must find his place in II christian
church and the church must not be
come Il mere pursers. nor a hospital.
nor yet cloak To hide the person.
but it mast be a sehoolhouse where
activity. progress and knowledge
abounds. Ii YOU Use Your church
membership 10 hide II wrong life yoa
are like the Pharisees whom th''
preacher condemned in my text
Every christian must have a
progressive experience, | am u great
believer in experimental religion. that
is putting the truth of God into ac-
ton 50 that You can testify from per-
sonal experience Us To its truth. Taefe
al some who experienced the new
brit. were born again int the hing
! dom of God five. ten. YES even 81
wears ago. yet all They can speak about
/ today Is Of that PARKWAY experience.
They should have an experience OF
divine grace belonging to yesterday
or today if they are living right with
God. To have but one experience
/ with divine grace il similar to the
/ Pharisees being children of Abraham.
! "Heredits has i'll it no promise II
! -odlness for soul. Many sons Of
! Abraham were the most apt sons Of
satan in real life. To have had u gp'l-
+ ly father OF mother has in il no
/ promise Tor Vol. Remember Eli ai'
/ his sons also Aaron and his children
] Personal responsibility is the one note
/ To strike. You must hay out Your
own course In life: determine your
own actions: answer for Your own
/ righteousness or lack Of II. Make
yourself right with God and never
again undertake. to let anything divert
your mind from a sense of Your own
accountability, both for cause and Ct
feet"