The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-01-11

EVENING, BEFORE SMALL CON-
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF PAU
PERISM" EXPLAINED -'THE
CHRISTIANS DUTY" OUTLINED
-"CHRISTIAN SOCIALISM,
--BRIEF, BRIGHT SERVICES
TO CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL.
WEEKS.
Taking his text from St. Mark
sixth chapter, thirty-seventh verse,
Give ye them to eat" the Rev.
VIII H. Hitler, pastor of the Central
Methodist Episcopal church, preach
ed strong sermon at the opening
service of the Union Revival meet
ings in the First Baptist church,
Monday evening.
Less than seventy-five of the
Faithful braved the elements to
attend this initial meeting, but they
were abundantly rewarded for their
efforts by hearing a strong and for
chile sermon by Rev. Hitler.
Rev. Geo. S. Wendell, who led the
musical part of the service, made an
admirable choirmaster, being re-
sponsible for fully ninety per cent.
of the volume of sound. When he
stopped singing for a moment, it
was positively painful to note the
difference in the singing of songs
that we know and love to sing"
like There shall be showers of
blessing" Revive us again {"
Count your blessings" What a
friend we have in Jesus" taken
from Familiar Songs of the Cos
pei" the official revival hymn book
The Rev. w. H. Swift, D. D., pas
tor of the First Presbyterian church,
offered a fervent and touching pray
/ er.
Rev. Hitler prefaced his sermon by
saying: Il bring to you tho-night a
very simple message, and yet one that
ought to be on your hearts at the
beginning of this service: Give we
them to eat"
Continuing, he said in part "In
the first place Christ wants us to
share What we have with our fellow
men. Men die, not because there is
not sufficient to feed them, not be-
cause the resources are not adequate,
but men die to-day, because men,
foolishly and selfishly, refuse to
share with their fellowmen what
they possess. There need not be a
hungry man or women in this old
world to-day, if men were living as
Christ taught. Men and women, who
haven't but what they consider a
little, refuse to share what God has
given them to their fellowmen. That
is the secret of pauperism That is
the reason there are so many Door
people, and if their souls are lost
through your failure and mine, to
use what we have, God will hold us
responsible for the loss of their
souls. l want you to feel with all
your might and soul, that it is Just
possible for us to live that we shall
have the blood of souls on our hands.
Christian Socialism.
'lf / had a loaf of bread, and l
knew that some fellowman in this
town was starving, if | refused to
share my loaf with him, all the rea-
soning men might do, could not lift
from my soul the guilt of his death,
if l failed to feed him.
"If we assume that there is no
salvation for men outside of Jesus
Christ, and that if men are not born
again into the kingdom of God, they
perish, then, according to the Word
of God, there are scores of men and
women in this city who are dying.
You and l by Gods grace may res
cue them. They are wondering why
Gods people are not coming to them
with the bread of life. Here in
Honesdale men and women are per-
ishing through sin. Some of them
may be in your own home. You
m1ngle with them, these men upon
whom sin has made these wounds.
They are dying. Nothing but the
blood of Jesus Christ can save them.
They are starving for the bread of
ife."
Several men in the audience led in
prayer, following the brilliant per-
oration of Rev. Hitler urging all "to
consecrate themselves to the work of
bringing souls to Christ, and to en-
ter into close covenant with God to-
night"
Rev. Wendell reminded the busi-
ness men that they would have "at
least fifty opportunities to speak to
men tomorrow and invite them to
come to the services"
Rev. Wendell breaches tonight
and on Wednesday evening Rev. w.
H. Swift, d. D., speaks.
The service lasted only a little
over an hour, and was extremely in
teresting and edifying.
AS the people passed out of the
church, and filed on up Church
street to their comfortable homes,
many of them brushed past a
drunken man, who was lurching from
side to side on the icy pavements,
and hiccoughing 1--WE may fall"
1--WE may fall" AS the reporter
stepped out of his way, he could not
help wondering, whether the princi-
, pies so beautifully enunciated by
Rev. Hitler, would be put into prac-
tice by any of his congregation, and
real genuine effort made to help
such man. I'm as much as ye have
done 1t unto one of the least OF
these, ye have done it unto Me-"
Cost of Running HOnesdale.
The cost of running Honesdale