Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-09-27
A SCORE were Converted
LAST NIGHTS EFFORT ECLlrSlO
AlL TINE FORMER
MEETINGS.
BIC MEETING ON SUNDAY
sunday Afternoon Stuart win Ten of
The Dcyil, Bid for
Man in Tulsa.

From the standpoint Of effective
ness Evangelist George X, SmartH
sermon last night ecnpsod all his for
mer efforts at any of the night meet.
ings so far held by him n the big
revival tent,
over a score Of persons were con-
verted to Christianity and fully that
many, or more. asked for the HTayera
OF Christian people through rising
from their seats. The spirit Of Chris
uanity pervaded throughout ana
everybody left the tent feeling happiJ
and better for the nights work.
The evangelist preached one OF his
strongest sermons, based on the three
resurrections performed by Christ, the
rulers young daughtg" the widows
son and Lazarus. who had been dead
| four days. lie lilSened these three re-
| spectively to the one Just dead in sin,
the mediocre death in sin and the ono
who had been dead In sin for years.
when Christ performed a physical
miracle" said the evangelist "he also
performed n spiritual mi~acle. Every
time he healed n sick man he healed
that sick mans soul. Death is II
picture of sin, and these resurrectlona
are pictures of souls taken from the
dead.
The one egregious blunder OF tho
church Of God Is the neglect Of the
regeneration Of childhood.
Nobody seems to be Interested in
these old slnneys here in Tulsa, those
! where putrefaction has set In. They
are represented here and under the
proper influences they may be saved
in these meetings,
christianity adapts Itself to the
case in hand. The religion Of child
hood Is not the religion of folks grown
older. We ought to tell our chlldr IN
and We ought to tell everybody that
they can be happier as Christians
than as sinners. Being Chrlstilh
doesn't stop your fun, and If We coulo
only get people to see that we could
turn thousands to God. We ought TO
take Christianity to our children IN
their homes, quietly and gently.
IF We will only go to God with
our children we can save them from
the devil, and let MS remember that
the spiritual b.-th OF anyone is just
as great as the physical birth
"As in the case Of the widows son,
God often has to stop the procession
hafnpa hn a
are lot Of professions here in Tulsa
that ought to be stopped. God will
come to the help Of the earnest soon
er or later, and when a mother fol-
lows her boy Jesus Christ will come to
hu- aid, 1t may be after she is dead
and gone.
There are men in this town who
haven't been to these meetings, and
there are men who are not coming.
dead IN sin and with the stone over
the grave. The stone Of difficulty IL
before them but you ana | are tho
only helpers of God on this earth. and
we ought to do something to remove
that stone Of difficulty. Many man
could be brought here If We would
only take away that difficulty. Lets
60 out and get to them.
when the rulers little gA-l was
raised Christ told them to give her
something to eat. and II every boy
and girl was nourished after rcgener-
alton they'd be in the church yet. II
is as easy to get people regenerated
on money and service as IT is on any
thing else, but what we've got to do
is to have rellglon-home religion,
street religion, business religion, re.
liRion all along tho line. TOO many
fathers and mothers let their children
starve to death religiously.
Sometimes It takes the thunders
OF God to save men and soma VINO |
will not be saved here will never ba /
saved. This is the best chance you /
will ever have, and it IS not at all |
likely you will pass up the ben
chance for an infq-ior one. You
don't know how long you'll live, yet
you put off the biggest question you
ever had before you for consideration. /
"You can say what you please about /
a deck Of cards, but when they 30
into home the family altar goes out.
"IYe could save this town II we
would only help others to be religious.
If friends would only help we could
bring everybody to Christ. God Is
a Iunve near hut thara a ro tiunaq vvhon !