The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-11-10
MANY EVIDENCES
Of Big REVIVAL
EvangeIIsts Receive Inquiries
for Information and Are
Asked for Prayers.
DEFINITEnEss OF JESUS
WAS the sUOJgcr OF A POWER.
FUL SERMON THE REV. MR. MA.
Nv DELIVERED LAST NIGHT TO
4 Olo AUDIENCE.

Nv DELIVERED LAST NIGHT TO
4 DIG AUDIENCE.
Interest In the union cvangelistic
meetings mt the East Main Street
Friends church IL becoming general
and BY the end OF the first week there
promises TO be q widespread concern
among the people OF the city In regard
10 them. Many evidences. most Of
them not evident to the general pub
lie. are being found by the workers
In this meeting that genuine revival
IL coming on. There are many In
quiries after information. many re-
quests for prayers and many expires
sions Of a desire 70 live better lives.
There II also . general feeling that
there never was q better or more IA
vorable time to accomplish great
religious work here than just now.
Az the FIRST week OF the meetings
near . close the evangelist. Rev. Geo
H. Many. now has his plans well laid
and he has filled his helpers and his
audiences with the same spirit that in
fuses him-a spirit of hopefulness
and confidence.
Services Last Might.
The services OF Wednesday evening
were again attended by . large au.
dience that heard o forceful sermon on
THE Dsfinitsness OF Jesus" To tho
mind OF the evangelist Jesus Is not
some obscure something about which
there can be endless argument. with
arrival mt nothing. but he IL q definite
character and Q character who was
very definite a. to his own relation to
God and to the world. AS bearing on
this subject, he cited many quotations
from the old testament. making pre-
dictjons regarding Christ and then he
eavo quotations from Christ himself
70 show how definite he was regarding
himself. There were several things
about which Christ vas very definite
and these included his own nature
and authority. his mission. the neces-
sity for new birth. the consequences
Of rejecting him. the future Of unbe-
Movers, about his Invitations to men
ana about his power. Under these
circumstance there u one thing the
ovaneolist dos not understand and
thak - why. with al this definite In
formation. the philosophers and unbe-
Mevers undertake 70 argue about
Christ. There - no room for argn-
ment and their 'only remedy. II they
are not satisfled with the Christ Of
The Bible. 10 TO. invent .. Christ for
themselves.
e4e Dsllsves In He'll.
Mr.. Manly siili cciines to the belief
IN future punishment and he says he
can't read his Bible without being
compelled to look into black md aw.
fnl future for those. who are without
Christ He declared that many who
heard him were walking In darkness
who might have the light Of the world.
for Christ has said. "He that followeth
me shall mot walk In darkness" There
are three things. 70 me mind Of the
svsaeelist, that will open the glory Of
Jesus Christ TO every soul. One IL
clear ana honest thinking. one II def.
mite decision and the third II Inn
mediate action. Mr.. Many deplored
the last that many people are follow.
Ing after lads and fancies, after
wealth ind culture. only to find they
are unhappy and dlscontented, be-
cause they lack the one thing that
could give them real happiness.
nr. 8. q. Lyons. In delivering the
PASTORAL greeting previous to tho
service proper. made an exceedingly
strong testimony % to what Christ
10 10 him-the center Of his faith. the
center Of his thinking. I'VE know
that We can trust Jesus. and that we
can follow without being ashamed .
he said. DR.. Lyons said he had had
occasion to learn much Of philosophy
and he discovered this difference:
The philosopher 10 like q vessel In the
great ocean. without rudder and pilt.
IN his efforts to account for the con.
ditions that exist. while the follower
Of Christ 10 safely anchored and
knows that he 10 ''the child of q
king"
Prayer ~ Pennington.
The opening prayer was delivered
BY the Rev. Levi Pennington and the
responses with verses OF scripture by
the audience was led by the Rev. Ar.
thure Gates. This was . sort Of testi.
mony meeting. the passages In many
Instances being those that led to the
conversion Of the one repeating them.
The announcements for the week
include services ThursdAy and Friday
evenings 1t 1880. but none on Satur.
day evening. Sunday afternoon II
1850 there win be = gcnaral service
at East Main Street and again 1t 1880.
The special meeting for men. planned
for Sunday afternoon at one Of the
theaters. has been postponed until
Sunday. November 80. Following the
service Friday evening there 10 to be
. conference Of Sunday school Off.
cers and teachers that II to be impor.
tant and all such are urged to b in
attendance e the services, remaining
for the conference.
For oale-fluuseAoad goods includ'
ing hose burner. dining table. chairs
s cupboard. etc. 49, 8. 18Th g. II
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