Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-12-13
HUNDRED CONVERSIONS
At METHODIST REVIVAL
SPLENDID SERMON DELIVERED
SUNDAY EVENING.
This Is the Last Week Of the Meet
ings Which Have Aroused Interest
as Nothing Else Has Been Done.


night was one of great force. The
subject was ''In the Battle-On Which
Side?" The text was taken from
Matthew 1890 He that is not with
me is against me and he that gath
ereth not with me scattereth.'
The sermon in part was as follows:
Christ drew the lines very sharply.
His enemies said that his work was
done by the agency of the devil, that
Jesus was an ally of Satan. He said
that his work was against devils, that
it was not himself but his enemies
that were the allies of the devil. We
must not confuse his different utter.
ances. On another occasion Jesus
said, HE that is not against us is
for US " Those concerning whom he
made that statement were casting out
devils in His name and He said that
such were not to be interefered with
in such work, because they did not
join particular company. But here
He distinctly says that He is the one
who is dividing the world.
Every one is for or against Christ
in His belief or disbelief Of the truth.
Christ is himself the truth. God is
true and the source Of all truth. And
he has revealed all truth necessary for
our guidance here and to the better
world. He has revealed the truth
concerning ourselves. In the Bible
we have a mirror which reveals the
Utmost character of the human heart.
There we find such picture Of our
selves of our sin and our need, that
we cannot mistake the fact that the
ton of the human soul There, too,
We learn the truth concerning our re-
lation to God and to our felloW-men.
We learn Of our guilt, and that there
is salvation with Cod The gospel
gives us the only possible principles
and method for the solution of the
worlds great social and industrial
problems.
1t must not be forgotten that the
question never relates to what you
and ! think about these great ques-
tions-but only what does God think
and what does he say? For his be-
liefs no man is responsible to any
other man or any body of men,
though the minister as minister
is responsible to his church. Each
stands alone before God. We have
been given minds adapted to the
truth which God has revealed, and
capable of understanding and receiv-
ing his truth. And as the truth is
from God and Christ himself is the
truth, our acceptance or rejection of
the truth makes us for or against
God, for or against Christ.
Every person is for or against
Christ in character and life These
correspond to the truth which we &C
cept as the practical basis of our &C
ton. What man believes makes as
much difference in character and life
as what a farmer soWs makes a diff
ference in what he harvests. There
are only two kinds of character and
life. One Is Christ-like, and the other
is not. There is no halfway point
We either are like Christ and thus
for him, or we are unlike him and
thus against him.
Every person is for or gainst Christ
in his attitude towards the cause of
right in its many and various phases.
The battle is on, and it is raging with
increasing fury. In this battle the
great question for every one of us is
this, Which side have we chosen?
There is the saloon. Are your for or
against? There is the world peace,
would you help or hinder? Political
and business life are corrupt. Will
you fall in with the trend, or will you
stand at any cost for purity of po-
litical. and business life? The world
is in sin, will you give yourself, your
sons and daughters and your money
to bring the world and the Savior
into vital touch with each other, or
will you stand idly by while men
drift on to hell? 1t is tremendous
advantage to be right all through
life, to be on the right side and the
only way to begin is to get on Gods
side and into his family at once.
Some one has said, "The human heart
Christ nor the world has supremacy"
1t is a question of eternal import
Whose side have you chosen?
Every one is gathering with Christ
or scattering. The fields are ripe and
the reapers are thrusting in the
sickle. Christ came to gather souls
into the Kingdom of God, the only
desti my Divinity intended for man or
fit for an immortal spirit. For the
achievement of this purpose God gave
his only Son. To this same end the
Son gave his life, established his
church. sent the Holy Spirit. commits
stoned his ministry and continues his
call for laborers in his harvest field. !
On the other hand the devil is in
this world to secure the damnation of
as many as possible. For this pur-
pose he employs all his agencies of
deception the allurements of sin. ex-
cuses put on our lips for not now
becoming followers of Jesus Christ, ap-
pearing himself as an angel of light
and causing his ministers to appear
as ministers of righteousness. He
hangs on to your soul with the grasp
of desperation, determined to have
you do his bidding here and dwell
with him in hell forever. Is it manly, !
is, it womanly, to yield one iota to his