The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-11-04
Sunday Afternoon.


The meeting on Sunday afternoon
was continuation of what happened
on Saturday night. The church mem
bers began to realize that this revival
meeting is for them, and not for DR..
Bulgin. A large audience composed of
the best people in vinita came out to
hear him and were heartily scolded for
their trouble.
The text was from Luke 1877, Cut it
Down Why Occupy Here Space to
no Purpose" In forceful and convinc-
ing argument, he proved that the
church in Vinita was not bearing fruit
and could not expect to Influence 9TH
|ers with such cold exterior asRthey
were showing.
Nothing but leaves, the spirit
grieves ore years of wasted life" he
quoted and while Mr.. Rose sang this
beautiful poem to a fitting Cmelody,
each one looked into his own soul to
see if the life was indeed barren. 1t
would be hard to think that such an
audience and people with faces Of in
telligence and refinement, men and wo-
men with beautiful children on their
knees would be barren of fruitfulness
for Christ. 1t is not this in truth for
the natural trend of such people can
be but kindness, and gentleness to
their fellow-man Like Aben Ben
Adam their names may be written to
head the list in the last judgment, of
those who love the Lord.
What the people lack is courage, .
said one of the ministers in his Sunday
morning service. Moral courage to
go forth and do the right 1t is easy
to have physical courage-Dut moral
courage seems TO come hard
Yet that is what the people Of Vinita
lack at this time; courage born of a
spiritual faith within, on the other
hand, it takes presumption more or
less on the part of christian people to
take another by the hand and say,
Come and be saved from your sins"
They feel too deeply their own un-
worthiness.
SO what should have been done at
first is being done now, and the church
itself is becoming purified and made
ready for the reception of others who
may make a profession of faith. Dr..
Bulgin thought they were ready and
began his work with that belief to
strengthen him. He soon found some
thing was wrong; he didn't feel right,
and looking night after night into the
faces about hi mhe discovered that the
trouble lay with the church.
Sunday afternoon he made them
ready. He did not spare them. He
told them what was expected of them
and they accepted willingly all he said.
Now, in every heart the spirit Of re-
vival must be burning, and with CON
slant prayer much can be hoped for in
this community
Sunday Night.
Sunday night DR.. Bulgin was greeted
by the largest audience that has yet
come out to hear MIN. The song ser
vice was very interesting and the choir
did splendid work. The congregations
are beginning to learn the songs, and
sing with more spirit The chorus of
little boys in the front row can be
heard above the others when the choir
T is not singing. and their sweet treble
voices blend beautifully together when
Mr.. Rose allows them to, sing alone.
Their favorite song is I'm on My Way
to Heaven, Shouting Glory" and they
do sing it we'll The little girls come
too, but most of them are in the audi
ence beside their mothers. Seldom
does child become sleepy as there is
so much to interest them here and
there during the seimon. They would
not like to miss one word of it. Now
and then we notice little tired head
dropped over on the ehoulder of an
other bigger boy. and Sunday night
two little girls sat together; one hold.
ing tie tired head of the sleepy one in
her lap But she was wide awake, and
the sweet little face showed as much
Sgrown up in the house.
The text chosen by DR.. Bulgin for
this sermon was, Watch Therefore for
We Know Neither the Day nor the
Hour, Wherein the Son Of Man Com.
eth" Matthew 25-l2, and he asked
Rev. Burger to read the lesson CON
tanning the beautiful parable Of the
fan VIRGINS Rev pnrqer ie voilur