The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-04-16

DO any thing Dtt CRITIC ze Illey come
home ffom church 81 Sunday lid.
then. a. tie table pick IRE sefnon to'
pieces. logically, blolog ny ana thee;
logically. They criticize The pastors.
whs and childtsh: ii she takes care
Of them. they wonder why she isn't
giving more attention 10 church at.
fairs: II she neglects them they grun,.
bic and say, Why don't she take care
Of her kids!" .:ss
III there are, any special seats in
Heaven, they're to- be reserved for
ministers wiyes;1 they're a sort Of 2
buffer between both sides. The un-
Just gossip and brutal criticism of n
community has sent many a godly
pastors wife tother grave.
"And then, the Lord deliver me from
these anonymous letters" said DR..
Lyon. "They cometin from people by
the scores during all OF our REVEALS.
A person who would write such let
ter Is a coward. Stand by your pas.
tors, friends; pray them up, praise
them up and pay them up, not for my
sake, but for the sake Of the world"
Going to the Dogs.
/ . ~. !. .
The evangelist then reiterated his
statement that he didn't intend to try
Ito please everybody during Fairmont
the campaign, but would try to
satisfy the Lord. There are some
Ireople who think ought TO say benz
dictions at my services" added the
speaker. THAT'S just the reason l
don't have them. Too many people
think a meeting has to be according
TO regular program, or things will
so to the bow.wows. l like to keep
4 the people guessing what is going u
happen next, or at least keep some Of
them asking. AS long as the people
are being blessed and souls are being
saved, don't criticize how things are
being DONE"
Dr.. Lyon then pleaded for conf
lence in his leadership. "For the glory
tcf God and the salvation OF souls put
aside your criticism. How many PEG,
Irle want to sit arould on the square
and cuss the evangelist. They boiler
about the big barn and they say thar
anybody that came here would get n
cold and ammonia on the lungs.
~. !. They Cart Stop It. s
They're like George Stevenson and
Ibis first locomotive. His old mother
kept telling him, George, you can't
start IT," but when the engine did
work, the old lady ran along beside It,
crying, George, you can't stop IT,"
Many OF these knockers who have
been saying that we couldn't start
revival in Fairmont ''wlll be telling
pretty soon that you can't stop it.
he added. "Roll aside your stone OF,
criticism" I'VE 4
Roll away the stone Of envy, bit.
terness. malice, and jealousy. don't.
know OF anything In the church that
causes as much trouble as this. II
you have any bitterness in your
church, God cannot bless you. II
nothing else was done for two weeks
but settle up every church quarrel,
ard get everyone in the church to
] live as he ought to live. It would mean
the greatest ingatherlng of souls that
Marion county ever saw. Have
ycudone what you could to make
things right?
mo church can be blessed as hong
was two members Of that church don't
speak 10 one another.
Then there are hindrances in in.
dIvidual lifep Dr.. Lyon argued "Of.
ten prejudice and pride,stubbornness
Or some lad habit, some evil practice.
There is as much opportunity 70
save scu!s in Fairmont il 1913 as
n any time in the history Of the
world, and as soon as we get the con.
ditlons right, God is going to bless the
people and save, the lost souls.
There's Sin Hid Somewhere.
Drawing his moral. tcom the story
Of a toad that squatted in a water
main, refusing to let the water pass
through, DR.. Lyon said, "You wond ar
why you are neglectful' Of family !
prayer and Gods word, why you have |
so little interest in the saving Of 9th.
ers, why you have lost your zeal and1
The power that you once had. It's be.
cause there is scme sin III your life
that Is choking the channel and your
life is becoming spiritually barren and
dead. ,tif
1.-THE greatest blight or Christianity
is not Eddysm or Dowieism or Spirit
uallsm. 1t is indlfrcrentism.