Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-11
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Evangelist Gray Deals With These
Glasses at City Hall Meeting. -,'-,-

"Hypocrites and Gossips" was the
announced subject of the sermon Mno-
day evening at City hall by Rev. Ora
Samuel Gray of Amherst, Mass, the
evangelist in charge of the special
religious services now in progress in
this city and Hallowell. The attend
ance was large ana the music under
the direction of Charles f. Allen OF
Winona Lake, Ind, was noteworthy
both for it's spirit and volume. A ser
mon lecture upon Home will be
given by DR.. Gray tonight.
Mr.. Allen sang solo Monday even
ing when the chorus had finished its
opening numbers. DR.. Gray read the
Scripture lesson and then FOLLOWED
with strong address upon the very
practical topic which was announced
as the subject of his discourse. He
was forceful without being bitter anC
strong in his delneations without.
any tinge of denunciation that de
scends to rank. His address cannot b.
adequately reported for DR.. Gray j:
difficult to report as type will not con
vey the full power of his quick, eXac
and graphic utterances. He is
great preacher Augusta seldom hear:
his equal and City hall will not long
hold the crowds that will want to hea'
this man." said a local clergyman il
discussing his sermon at the close
the meeting Monday evening.
DR.. Gray's text Monday evening wa:
from Luke Xiv:1S. He said in part:
MANY men are kept away from tho
Kingdom of God by gossip We ough
to be very careful how we make
doubtful suggestion concerning an.
person. The person who constantly
goes to the garbage heap of GOSSIP
loses taste for what is better DOwr
South there are buZZardS that hove
over the unclean carrion, the gossip:
II the North like the buzzards of tho
South hover over what is unclean ant
impure and stencil. 1t is possible t.
ruin a mans reputation by gossip
women have been driven to suicide b.
gossip. This rose in my hand-I canno
paint it, or sculpture it, or describe it
II / could 1 would be famous forever
but l can take that beautiful thint
and tear its petals and ruin it abso
lutely. Multitudes of men and womei
are wrecks, as now that rose is whicl
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gossip.
There are hypocrtes. There ar
men and women in the churches who
are not true, but the way to judg'
IN institution is not by its failures bu
by it's success. There are in the churc
If God the best men and women thi
old world knows anything about
Longfellow is judged not by the poem
he threw into the wastebasket but b!
the immortal poems he wrote. VIII
YOU Judge the church by these fail
ures? Are you hiding behind the hypo,
critic, for you must necessarily
smaller than the object you hide be-
hind.
Men give various excuses for not
being Christians. Some men say thai
If we are sincere we are all right nc
natter what we believe. Sincerity is
a great virtue. but sincerity does no.
make evil harmless. That man who
took poison the other night thought he
was taking medicine. he was sincere
but he died. 1t is not only necessary
to be sincere, but to be right. Goo
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Some
men feel that they are too bad for
Jesus Christ. some feel as if they
were too far down. No cases are toe
hard for the Great Physician. He can
save to the uttermost all who come
into God by Him.
Many requests for prayer We're made
at the close Of the service. The meet
ing closed with a 5-minute testimony
service.