The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-04-19
I25 CONVERTS MADE
LAST NIGHT AT The
SUNDAY MEETING
Continued From Page one

Norwegian Baptist, 3; Swedish Bap-
list, Pontoppidan Free church. Free
Lutheran, Evangelical association,
German Lutheran, United Lutheran.
English Lutheran Evangelical, / each;
German Evangelical, q; Lutheran un-
classified, 8; no preference, 6.
In Moorhead: Norwegian Lutheran,
2; Swedish Lutheran, q; Presbyterian,
3; Congregational, Norwegian Trim
ity Lutheran, Methodist, no preference,
/ each.
Outside cities; Norwegian Luther
an s.; Swedish Lutheran, 1; Baptist, 2;
United Lutheran, 2; Moravian, 2.
The workers in the Sunday party
stated after the service that the NUM-
Der Of converts compared ~favorably
with what had been done in other
places where Mr.. Sunday has been re-
Gently, and everybody seemed gratiied
at the results of the first evening.
Mr.. Sundays sermon last night was
one of power and moved a large num-
Der in the audience to turn over a
leaf in the book of life and begin anew.
It was felt that some of his passages
In his sermon last night were deserv-
ing of great places in literature. as
some OF his thoughts were couched in
such beautiful language that so moved
his listeners.
The evangelist began his eloquent
address with a description of the crea-
ton Of man and his place of abode
in the Garden of Eden, telling that
God gave him free reign over every
thing except to taste the fruit Of one
tree, which commandment was dis
obeyed. From that Mr.. Sunday rap
idly traced the famous Bible story
down to the time OF Christ and the life
of the Nazerene to the evening of the
last supper when the disciples looked
on the worried face of the Savior and
inquired the matter and ali asked
Lord is 1t ~"
Judas had the nerve to ask that
question along with the rest" said Mr..
Sunday. Jesus answered, it is the
one to whom / give the cup and hand
ed 1t to him. Judas was pierced to the
heart and left. He took with him the
money because he was the treasurer
of the little band"
The Groups.
Describing the entrance of Jesus and
his eleven disciples into the garden
of Gethsemane, the evangelist contin-
ued, Il van you to notice the groups.
There were eight on one spot near the
brook, three in another and in an
other Jesus alone. Each was classi-
fed. You classify yourself.
You don't owe to the world what
0 W to God. I owe to Mrs. Sun
day what I don't owe to you. You owe
to your wife what you don't owe to
anyone else. l am a child Of God. I
owe to him. If you are truly convert
ed o owe to God a debt of fidelity
everlasting.
A Social Institution.
@The church today is no more than
a social institution" he went on after
a beautiful historical allusion to an
incident in the lie Of Flavius and
Constantine. "Ycu have forgotten
God in your mad rush for money. so
cial and business power. The old
time fire, spirit and enthusiasm is
lacking. The social club leader who
has eve been converted is not a fit
person to lead. The churches need
more Of God and less OF dress. You
think you are as good as the next one.
You are not. That's why the world IS
not won for Christ.
There was a difference in eroups.
When Daniel Webster said he was
going to be a lawyer, they told him the
profession was overcrowded. He
swered that he was going to the TOP
where there was plenty of room. over
here we see the eight disciples in n
group. over here three and over next
to God was Jesus alone praying. Christ
praying all alone was a great deal like
the preachers today. They are stand
ing alone. Judas bought a ticket for
he'll for thirty pieces of silver and it
wasn't a round trip ticket either. When
asked where Judas was going, the
eight disciples said he just went by,
That Jew was too shrewd to tell where
he was going.
"Multitudes of people think they
have a through ticket to heaven in a.
Pullman palace car and a porter to
wake them up when they arrive.
They'll be sidetracked in a hot box
and will go in the ditch. II I had
100 tongues and every one was speak
ing / couldn't describe what the church
Is doing.
Church Is Sick.
THE church is sick. They work with
q delicate massage. / am on spiritual
osteopath. l am a surgeon and I step
out with q lance and drive it to the
hilt into the evil influences that sur
round the church.
you say I stab the church. You
lie. I am trying to remove that which
is gnawing at n very yitals of the
church. Five out OF the disciples are
doing nothing to bring souls to Christ.
The church is counting the world.
Lewd art and social Iuxurieg are maxi
ing inroads into the world. Some.
make a great deal out of Lent and
Easter customs. / believe in Lent and
Easter customs to be kept 365 DAYS
in the year. Some would go to he'll
sure II they died out Of Lenten sea
sons"
Tells Story Of Life.
The baseball evangelist then related
the story of his own life to HIS inter-
ested audience, telling of his struggles
since he had been 6 years OF & and
that with his brother, Ed Sunday, VINO
now resides near jamestown, N. d., he
had been sent to a soldiers orphan
home.
7 graduated from the university Of
hard knocks and poverty and took
three post graduate courses" he said.
When my mother sent as away to-
that soldiers orphan home, she prayed
while we slept. liz you know condi-
tions as they are and still sleep / pity
you and have lost my sympathy for
you.
n 6(rYoIIg.
Tell me now much you read in your
Bible and pray and III tell you how
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