Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-11-01
TIE FIGHT Is ON
Contributed

the direction of Evangelist and Mrs.
Rochester Irwin, who are making this
their life work for the Lord and Mas
ter, Jesus Christ. Mrs Irwin has
charge of the music and singing and
her solos from night to night have
the winning pathos found only
in this work.
The theme chosen by Mr. Irwin
for his opening address was "Reviv-
ais or as he very ably translated it,
an awakening, spiritually, of the
soul. The speaker cited many in
stances in bible times and also up to
the present time where awakenings
(revivals) spiritually, worldly, men
tally and personally, We're of natural
consequence; why not an awakening
of the soul and hope for the glory
of an eternal life?
Divine Knocks" and others was
taken as his subject for Friday even
ing from Rev. 1920. This discourse
was composed of the present day
manner in which church members
knock the divine teachings found
in the bible. The church as founded
by Christ was a divine institution
and it should be the constant aim
Of all protesting Christianity to live
close to the instructions given by
Christ. Another KNOCK" is the claim
made by some that they can be a
Christian and not go to church. This
was clearly explained by the speak
er and it is believed that is is plain
in the minds of all those who were
present that in order to be saved
they must unite with this divine in
stitution.
The address on Saturday night was
"a lesson from the faith of Nehemiah,
stroyed Jerusalem and in the rebuild
ing of the walls of that city In
stead of asking the King for permits
sion to rebuild the walls, he prayed
to God the King of Kings and then
made request of the earthly King
and his prayers were answered. Ear
nestness in prayer means an answer
ed prayer.
On Lords morning at II o'clock,
nearly hundred took communion
with the Lord and Master, after
which Mr.. Irwin took up his topic
Deep Sea Fishing, taken from the
fifth chapter of st. Luke, in which
he portrayed his shallowness of the
the service to God of many so-called
service to God of many so-called
Christians of today If one stops for
a serious thought along this line it
will be seen that the shallowness is
not only in the Christian life but al
SO in the political, and social circles
as well. Launch out into the deep"
Why not take this as personal COM
mand and see the good that can be
done by a little personal work for
God?
Sunday evening Mr. Irwin adj
dressed a packed house on the sub
ject of "Backsliding, in a way that
only those who heard can know This
was taken from the book of Jeremi
ah 2:19 and 3:14 were verses read
in connection with the theme. Many
who backslide are enough in earnest
at the time of their confession, but
do not realize the many evils there
are to contend with, and when temp
tatiOn comes they fall victims to it.
Others set selfish conscience and
think they are doing right when they
are doing wrong, and soon think all
evil is right. In backsliding one
looses self respect, respect of others
and a lot of valuable time that ought
to have been spent for the Lord.
On Monday evening a large num-
Der listened to the evangelist as he
spoke Oh "The Law of Christian Har-
mony.' The scripture used was part
of Matt. 5, and also portion of Phil
ippians 2. This was given with ref
erences to harmonious workings of
The organs of the human body, and
many other things that advance for
good where harmony prevails The
lesson here was to have harmony in
he divine work and all would get |
light with God An unrepentant spir- |
t will cause a lot of unharmony Re- |
)ent and make wrong right.
Meetings Nightly
Meetings each evening, Saturday |
included, at 7:45 sp. m.
At p. m. Saturday, there will be
| meeting for boys and girls at the
church. Every boy and girl in Lady |
smith and surrounding country is in
lited to come and bring a string as
ong as the one who brings it is tall
There will be four great services
Sunday, as follows: Bible school at
600 a. m. 200 is the mark in at