The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-09-27
esgAr spIeITuAL AWAKENING.

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Loose Him and Let Him Go. fldin
them ln John Il.4f. and aid IN part
feel that God wants me to 0rini
,ol This message tonight Those o
yo1 eho are familiar aita this scrip
-l-e sroa. that Lazarus. one WHOM
Jesus loved. ass SICK. The messen
ee- brought this message 70 Jesus
d1- Jesus tarr!ed and then said Il
ai- disciples He sleepeth' ana f
uaur He told them that Lazarus was
dead
aaa, gou 70 notice the faith a.
one o. these sisters. Faith for the
past i- a. right 1rt faith for the pres
ent Is much better. Lord. she sad
-Ii rhou aadst been here my brother
had not dled-now listen but
know that even nov ~hatsOeyer thou
g.lt ark Of God. God eill give il thee
Lazarus was dead and could not ey
crcise faith for himself What he
needed was somebody 10 exercise that
faith for MIN and AZ soon as that
faith was exercised Dy somebody else
for him, Jesus did the work and thea
said Loose him and Jet him go"
The question comes 20 Gods people
tonight: Is there anything for me-
- do? and the answer comes from
God Himself. Yes. there is most,Jf
us have friends who are sin sick.
Tonight We say God can save our
loved ones. God has in the past
saved them, and what We need is faith
that will save them tonight from their
sins. for I believe they can be saved
this very moment.
II you believe the Bible. YOU must
believe hat without faith in Jesus
Christ your friends are lost. ] thank
God We can be messengers for Christ
We can take salvation's messages to
the drunkard's home, We can take II
to the home where sin is having its
sway: through God 1t can be changed
into house like the palace Of king.
Jesus Christ expects every man and
woman OF the church 10 save souls
ar much as the pastor. II every mem
her would lead one soul to Christ in
a year the church would not need
any revival services. The church mem
Der that will not try 10 lead one soul
10 Christ is not worth killing
If YOU are a Christian YOU can by
the grace OF God lead men TO Him,
but YOU must have faith in His power
and willingness TO do it, and then 20
at II as IL We meant business.
went to lodge a few years ago
and / heard a great noise of tin horns
and drums. said What is the mat
ter" They said: "a fellow is drum
ming for lodge members"
II the followers OF Christ would
take that kind of trouble and show
ae much enthusiasm, We would soon
take this old world for Christ
Before the Terrell election law was
passed in Texas, we used to write let
ters and send out fellows to drum
and send carriages to bring men to
the polls to vote for somebody, but
| want to tell YOU that the salvation OF
a soul means more than the election
o. man to office.
The next thing ! want YOU TO no
tice. Jesus said Take ye away the
stone" Some one says: Could not
God, Who has spoken worlds into eX-
istence: could not God. who breathel
into life a mortal soul, not have roll
ed the stone away? | suppose He
could, but he did not.
Somebody says Could not God
have saved the world without the aid
OF human nstrumentality don't
know whether He could or not: that
is not my business know he has
not, know He did not, know God
works through human instrumentality,
not only for His own glory, but our
good
Martha said to Jesus: If thou hads' /
been here, my brother had not died
faith. But when Jesus
commanded the removal of the stone |
hat closed mp the inner chamber of |
he dead. her faith weakened. She .
lnew that decomposition had set in; .
he knew that nothing like this had /
'yer been known before. but Jesus
'ad said. If thou Canst believe, all
hings are possible to him who be-
ieyes. God often SAYS to us: Go
peak TO that man." and we say, Not
Is, tha fellow would insult me, that
ellow has no use for religion. that
elbow hates Jesus Christ: he is too
ar gone
! want to tel YOU that the devil g
he father Of lies. He started in bus