The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-05-13
SUNDAYS REVIVAL ENDED
1878 CONVERSIONS REPORTED

out. You never saw such a mood tia
OF religion. 1T was never easier. You
resist. God pity you. Choose We to
take the stand for Christ and II We win
serve Him."
The Morning Sermon.
A great many people believe that
after they have Joined the church,
said Mr.. Sunday in his morning SER
mon yesterday, that that Is all there
is to 1t. For there is something
else comes after this. There Is the
getting OF the reward that will sure-
" ON to them that love God. Why,
I think that the greatest reward that
I can get when / get to heaven will
be to sit and look into the face of
Jesus Christ, my Savior. You will
never get so good in this world that
you cannot be tempted, but let me
tell you, and / want you to listen to
1t, that you a get so good that Q
will never yield to temptation. You
are not responsible If you are tempted,
but o are responsible IL you yield
to that temptation.
Every believer and every unbe-
lever will be present at the judg-
ment. That is just as sure as | am
standing here. The believer will be
there, not to be judged, mind you,
but to receive his reward. 1t is the
unbeliever who viii needing the
judging. I won't need any Judging.
/ win be there to claim and receive
my reward, for I have followed as
nearly as I know how the way Jesus
has showed me to go.
There isn't a preacher in Fargo
but would have his power increased
by a praying church. And here Mr..
Sunday gave many Illustrations Of
what prayer had accomplished in diff
ferent churches that had come under
his own personal observation. You
never did a thing in your life in the
name of the Lord that you either
didn't get your reward or will be
sure to get one.
Hates the Conservative.
A man don't start to run a race
with weights hanging about him. and
a preacher wants to have a praying
congregation and not a dead weight
attached to him. Just remember that.
If there is a word in the English
language that 1 hate it is that word
conservative" when 1t is applied to a
church. That means a culture
church, one of the worst abomina-
tons to the Lord that / know of. I
love to see a church of God agrees
sive. It. is the aggressive churc'l in
this world that is the successful
church, not the church that is half
dead.
If the people don't come to your
church, go right out after them, drag
them in if necessary. Get them into
them of their sins, and you'll get &C
ton, and don't you forget it. 1t don't
appeal to me to see a man spending
$50 gold pieces for the devil and Civ
ing God a plugged nickel. Not much
it don't. If there is one reward above
another that will come from the hands
of God, / am inclined to believe that
it will be for the soul saver. The
soul savers reward, I think, will be
the highest. Every body in this world
has a commission to do Just what
Jesus a done.
I aspire to be an intelIec.
tual preacher. No. indeed. ! would
rather have these ten seats filled witt
boys and girls than with college pro.
fessors, and don't you forget thai
either
Knows What God Thinks.
know what some people in Far.
go think of me, and I also know whar
God thinks Of them. I know whaf
some people in Fargo think of re.
vivals, and 1 wouldn't want to sa!
what God thinks of them. If it WASH
for REVEALS this town would hav,
been in hell long ago..
T. would advise any convert to sta!
out OF a church that does not believ
in a revival, for it is dangerous t
him just as sure as you live.
wouldn't go to a church that didn'
believe in a revival. And here tn
speaker was given most generous ap
plause. I never knew a town tina
|, spent the o to build a tabernacl
in which to meet and worship Co
that didn't get results.
Its hard to start a sweat in a,
icehouse, and it's harder still t
start a rweat in a church that has
: cake Of ice for a preacher. If a ma
Z should fall, go to him and help hir
along. OF course, there will be som
converts fall, but we hope not: bu
, when they do, din't carry it to til
; newspapers and make capital of It; &
/ to them and try to get them bacI- int
/ line again.
i The BottIe-Fed Churrt.
d A b~ottle-fed church is about til
: worst I know. and it makes Of til
k preacher a sort of wet nurse. Whe
milk is to the baby, so the word I
God is to the young convert. w
S don't feed the baby in the refrigel
v ator. No. indeed; we take HIM to
warm room and wrap him up an
z that's what these young converts nee
h You that are strong must bear OF
It another's burdens, or, rather, bes
the burdens of those who r W FAX.
Saturday Night.
3 Mr.. Sundays text Saturday nigI
2 was from Acts 16: 30-"What must
q do to be saved and he told the stol
2 of Paul and Silas and the Phillippia
jailor.
It sWhen Paul and Silas were waikiki
le through the streets of Phillippi,n ga
Sunday, "a girl followed them WI
o had the power OF divination. or
d we would say, she had the devil al
st she Knocked them until Paul turns
l. around and commanded the devil
ID come out Of her and it came.
S, when the miserable parasites al
s. masters, saw that their hope of ga
was gone and that their clutches h;
been snatched from her mortal thro
~ and that they could no longer bai
~ her into a corner they seized Paul al
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