The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-12-13

People did not allow the rain to
keep them away from the Y NJ c. A
gospel meeting at the EpwOgth NJ. f..
church last night and Evangelist Dave
Hfl addressed large audience among
which were many employees Of the
Huber Manufacturing company to
whom a special invitation had been
issued. The evangelist based his re-
marks on John IS chapter, IA verse,
''Ye are My friends IL ye do whatso-
ever / command ye."
Before beginning his sermon proper,
the speaker offered a few suggestions
to his audience I'm the way of prelim-
iinary remarks. lie sG d, 81 believe in
doing things for God and religion but
religion is not for folks who sit around
and look like a lot of tomb stones in
= country grave yard. Some people
want to go to church TO look pious.
They are afraid TO smile for fear OF
cracking the enamel on their faces.
ct seems that some women are go-
ing crazy over pink teas and progress
s.ve euchre pa-ties and ii would have
to rain harder than II is raining to-
right to keep them away from such
affairs. Pink teas are too thin a diet
for Dave. 1 must have beer steak for
was reared i'm saw mill. When
these people find out that we are hav-
ing better time than they are having,
they will want to come over and join
our crowd and when we get in earnest
about our religion, the world will get
In the sermon which followed, Rev.
I'm said, in part: "There is "A ten
dcncy in this day to believe that IL
is impossible to keep Gods command
mcnts. Therefore, the majority OF
men look upon Christian life as a
thing impossible for them. They faint
before they start. The world believes
that Christianity and the church de-
E.ands something which 1t can not
do.
"To the shopmen, | want to say that
the members OF the ministry are your
friends and would do aynthing for you.
Some sly, If we had better ministry
we could save more people but say
the trouble is on the other side OF
the pulpit.
"Religion Is not what man pro-
fcsses. II is what man possesses.
1t is not what / profess to know about
God but what the grace Of God has
done for me- God never gave us a
command without backing it up with
"A promise God demands a thing OF
me and gives me the power to fulfil!
IL
Don't tell me it is no use to try
to live a Christian life. / know bet
ter. Before l give my heart to God
Jesus Christ, l couldn't get a nickle
by a saloon. Since that time, l have
been sober for q years.
"Your boy and your girl in your
home need Christian mother and
father and a family altar If you look
about you and see sin and immoral
i,y. you will readily see the great
need of religious influences.
In closing Rev. Hin related a few
% his personal experiences. 81 left
home" he said, "when / was II years
old and / left a good home with n
fImly altar. 1 fell in with bad as
sCciates, ungodly men who drank and
gambled. The father of the man who
backed Jack Johnson in his recent
prize fight led me into saloon at
the age Of IA and gave me my first
drink of whiskey. That was my down
fall.
IF there is a man in the world who
has seen the need Of Christianity /
am the man."
Two persons accepted Jesus Christ
at the conclusion OF the sermon.
Yesterday afternoon, Evangelist
Jimmy Crooks spoke at the Epworth
church commenting on the Is chapter
of Isaiah.
The meeting tonight will be for the
benefit of the high school students.
Everybody is Invited to attend