The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-23
Evangelist Hills Preached a Very
Descriptive and Powerful Ser.
mon to His Large
Congregation.
THE GIANT OF KEoKUK
Attractive Title for the Sermon This
Evening at the Special Ser
vices Being
Held.

Evangelist c. e. Hills preached
very descriptive and powerful sermon
last might at the First Baptist church
from the text in act 1880, What
Must do to be Saved?D It was
most masterful discourse.
He said, this question was asked
by the jailer at Philippi and the
answer was given by Paul and Silas.
The circumstance was this Paul and
Silas We're arrested for preaching the
gospel and were put into prison This
possibly was done about A o'clock in
the afternoon. Then at midnight,
Paul and Silas We're heard to be sing
ing, and then all OF a sudden, in order
that Gods power might be seen, there
was a great and awful earthquake, SO
that the foundations of the prison
We're shaken by it. At the same time
all the doors and windows flew open
and the bands and letters that were
on all the prisoners flew off. The
keeper of the Jail starting up from his
sleep, and finding the prisoners at lib
erty. was so terrified lest he be
charged with breach of trust in let
| ting them escape, drew his short
sword from out of his belt and was
about to stab himself, but Paul
| knowing his wicked design and moved
with love for him though he had
treated them SO badly cried out
aloud, do myself no harm jailer for
we are all here not a prisoner has
left the building" The jailer then
calling for a light ran with all speed
to the inner prison, and then as it
were, struck dumb by the holy spirit
and seeing the favor of God in behalf
of this two servants, he fell upon his
knees and cried out in the words Of
| the text what must | do to be
saved?" A more important question
has never been asked 1t behooves
every person to ask themselves the
question what must do to be saw
| ed?'
Now, said the evangelist, let us con-
slider first how we are not saved
find that a great many people have
all sorts of ideas what it is to be a
Christian or to be saved We are
not saved he said he because we. wear
good clothes and have plenty money.
There he gave an instance of a man
! in one of his meetings in the South, in
| Texas who when asked if he would
4 not give his heart to Jesus Christ and
be Christian, said as much. that be-
cause he was wealthy and wore fine
A clothes that he didn't think it was
necessary for him to be a Christian
/ In the next place said he, we are
not saved by morality. Morality is
good so far as it goes, but it does not
go far enough. 1t is impossible fol
it to save you. | like to shake the
hand of man who says II am living
good moral life,,' but Jesus said
you must be born now what are
you going to do?' Your moral life
that you are priding yourself on now
unless you repent, will land you al
last in hell lost forever
Again said he the church canno
save you. You are not saved because
/ you are member of the church. bu
; when you are saved your place j!
I in the church, don't forget that Tht
/ church of Jesus Christ is the grand
est and purest organization in th,
i world, it towers colossal above ever,
| other organization the world has eve
7 known. but my brother you are no