The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-02-04
one GREAT union
Meeting SUNDAY
EVANeELIsTIc SERVICE WILL
CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER WEEK
--oNE MEETING SUNDAY NIGHT
AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH TO
cENTRALlZE EFFORT.

The union evangelistic service will
be continued another week and come
to a close Sunday, Feb. ~, with a
grand union meeting to be announced
next week. Beginning Monday, the
regular evening service will be resumed
and continued through the week, as
wiz also the cottage prayer meetings.
! tomorrow night the entire efforts Of
the churches will be centralized in a
single union service at the First Pres
| byterian church, at which Rev. ]. NJ.
walters will be the speaker. The serv-
| Ice will begin promptly at 1880 and
extra seats have been provided to ac-
commodate as many as possible OF the
| crowd which will be present. The lee
ture room will have added seating ca
pacity and seats will be placed in the
main auditorium.
A special chorus under the direction
Oh Mr.. DodsIey viii lead the singing
6nd fine additional programme has
oeen arranged by him. including extra
talent engaged Tor this service. II Is
safe assumption that this meeting viii
eclipse in interest and attendance any
previous meeting ever hel din Fargo.
Last nights attendance was very
large and Mr.. Sapp who had been
called upon late in the day when II
was learned that Mr. Walters would
be unable to preach. gave his hearers
scholarly presentation of the logical
and convincing reasons why Jesus
Christ was the Son of God, a divine
redeemer and the greatest figure in
history. ancient or modern.
MT Sapp found his main text i'm the
verse OF Matthew in which the Master
asked. What say We / ann" and pro-
ceeded In an eloquent manner to com
pare Christ as a historical fact with
the myths and gods of all times and
peoples. refuting all the arguments
that have been urged against Him
calling TO his aid Iogicians and legal
authorities who define what is and ia
not good evidence. The weight of evil
dence, from the most scar ching of legal
Standards; the conclusions OF scientists
and evolutionists, who had approached
the question with minds which de-
manded the truth and proof. was thar
Christ was what the Bible claimed
Him to be.
He dwelt upon the simplicity and
beauty Of the character of Jesus. His
wonderful magnetic personality: His
meekness, His kindness and His char
ity toward the sinner: how He healed
the sick; gave the blind their sight:
spoke words of announcement and
hope to the despised harlot: how He
mingled and sympathized with publi-
cans and sinners; how He fed the hum
CRY, clothed the naked and exemplified
in His own life all the beauties NJ
character that He demanded Of those
who follow Him.
His closing period, in which he de-
scribed the answer to II all, "Thou art
| the Christ, the son of the living God"
was a magnifcently eloquent effort
Mr. Peterson made the closing appeaI
and number signifed their wish TO
be brought into closer relations with
the Master
AT the close of the service a Meeting
OF those who have been active in the
movement was called, and after a full
discussion ii was unanimously voted
that there could not be a stop at this
time. The meetings will therefore be
continued for one week at which tinne
they will positively cease, as previous
engagements of the pastors who are
participating will make it impossible
for them to continue.