The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-21

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1.-TWO BIG MEETINGS WILL BE
HELD SUNDAY, ONE FOR MEN
| AND ONE FOR WOMEN. syi
Because Of the great interest, It has
been decided to continue the revival.
At 3 p. M. Sunday. there will be two
simultaneous meetings. A great mass
| meeting for men in the N. p. Temple.
The praise service vii be led by a
large mems chorus. In the First
Methodist church there viii be held
/, a great mass meeting for women. The
two tchurehes ought to be packed.
Atf7:3o there will be two slmultane.
GUS meetings. One will be held IN
, the First Methodist church and the
other in the NJ. p Temple. An over.
flow meeting has also been planned.
/ The regular services will be held at
az the churches i in the morning
While some. Of the lellyerances OF
the preachers. seem to! be contradlc.
tory, because Of the tendency to cling
to an obsolete theology; but people
protesting to believe the most con-
trary doctrines. are very similar In
life. In actual practice the Calvinist,
and Arminian are one. Both pray to
the same God. through the same
mediator. Both preach the same COS.
pei, and demand the same obedience
and teach the SAME practical Christian
duties. Both 90 to the very ends Of
the earth with the message OF, sal.
walton. and pray as II all depended
upon God. but they act as though all
depended upon man. Close scrutiny
Of the preaching that is being done
In the union revival, now In progress
In our city, will reveal the fact, that
underneath and behind the tenets
about which the ministers may DIFF,
! fer there is vital creed that rules
the life in Its larger. aspects and
grander currents that all posses In
common. This creed is simply Christ
in the heart, This is the vital creed,
behind all true Christian lie.
A few, nights ago We had an illus.
tration Of the above saying. The
preacher began his sermon with a dc.
Tense Of. the old doctrine OF total de.
prayity. saying that the sinner was
so dead that he could not be revived,
there was nothing in him TO revive,
might as we'll expect corpse to re.
yive" and like expressions. But at
the close of the sermon this same
preacher plead for sinners to come to
God and some did come. Charity
makes men feel that preachers, I'm.
consciously, preach doctrines which
are an Inheritance from the mysty and
dark past, that II carried to logical
conclusion, would make Cod cruel
monster The Bible teaches that He /.
Is our Father, and that He loves us
with an infinite, love. But the theory
OF the preacher the other night makes
Him aGheartless monster. cruel and
arbitrary. He tantalizes all with the
offer OF salvation. but refuses to exert
the necessary power In the case Of
many, and thus .mocks them in their
misery, and trifles with them when
the souls eternal interest are inypl.,,
we'd. II you, a father. had two boys,
weary and hungry. would you spread !
a tempting, feast before them, know
Ing that they could not reach It with.
out special help from you. and vet
you extend the help to one and With
hold It from the other? If SO, would
you not be a merclless monster. and
deserve, Us you would receive, the
execration Of all men. Oh. brother
preachers, can We not see that any
theory which SO represents God must
be wrong. Let us leave the confusion
and uncertainty Of, tradition and 60
to the Holy Spirit, as He reveals the
source of,llfe in the New Testament
and and through which 1--WE have our
knowledge Of Jesus. the life glver.
WOULDN'T BEHAVE AND 81
II; HE WANTED HER SPANKED,
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