The Daily Missoulian., 1913-02-06
WINNING OF SOULS.
SERMON THEME
EVANGELIST SMITH HAS TWO
SPLENDID MEETINGS At
ELITE HALL.

Added seating capacity and plenty
of warm fires made the Elite hall very
comfortable last night for another big
crowd which came out to hear Evan
gelist G. G. Smith. In fact the in
terest in the revival meetings is in
creasing so fast that the committee in
charge believes that the Elite will not
be able to accommodate the crowds
after a few more days The after
noon meeting at o'clock was also
largely attended yesterday and Mr.
Smiths address on Prayer" was thor
oughly enjoyed. He treated the sub
ject under three heads, Where Pray"
when Pray" ITO Whom Pray" Rev
G. B. Allen, D. D., of the Baptist
church led in prayer.
Evening Service.
The evening service began last night
at 7:30 and after the singing of sew
eral soul-stirring songs the 121st Psalm
was read alternately as the scripture
lesson, Rev. G. r. Bond, leading. Rev.
G. r. A. Blomberg led the audience in
prayer Mr.. Klingler sang solo, and
Rev. j. w. Bennett offered prayer. In
short talk DR.. Allen made a stirring
appeal to Christian people in behalf of
the. afternoon meetings held each day
at o'clock at the Elite-meetngs
which Evangelist Smith holds to be
as important as any planned for the
series of revivals he has undertaken
in Missoula.
The trio, Messrs. Smith Gilmore and
klingler sang, His Love Can Never
Fail. and the song touched
many hearts When these God
~ men pour forth their souls
in song, with such harmony as
the blending of their voices pro-
| duce, few that hear can not help being
moved and inspired.
Mr.. Smiths theme last evening was
the winning of souls Again his talk
was straight from the shoulder but
his blows strengthened rather than
bruised for they were directed from
a compassionate and understanding
heart
The Sermon.
Mr.. Smith selected as his text He
that Winneth souls is wise" Prov.
1880. He said: 1T is casv to saw.
passage of Scripture Is significant.
for the whole Bible Is significant
book, but You may hunt it from end
to end and not find a portion of it
| more significant than my text He
that Wlnneth souls is wise or as an
other version states it, HE that is
wise Winneth souls 1t is signifi-
cant because it is so contrary to
spirit of the world, which says the
man who has the largest bank account
is the wise one l surely am not 60
ing to deny the wisdom of money
making, when one has the right mo-
tive in mind, but the money maker is
not the wise man according to the
Bible. Others say. the learned man
Is the wise one I would not only
not be wise, but very foolish to dis
courage mental attainment but the
intellectual man is not the one God
counts wise. The soul winner, is
that one
The text is significant in the sec
ond place, because 1t shows that if
we are wise as Christians, we are
bound to be soul winners. In other
words, 1t forces the fact upon us that
the mission of the church and the in
| dlVidual Christian is to win souls to
Christ. The church should be So
clahle and SO the Christion. The
church should be generous and so the
Christian, but these should be but
steps to our great work-soul winning
Three Reasons.
There are three Scriptural reasons
given showing why it is wise to win
souls. The first one is suggested by
Christs question: What shall it
porfit man if he gain the whole
world and lose his own soul, or what
shall man give in exchange for his
soul? mark $3.50 You have heard
sermon after sermon from the thought
that II man, for any reason. lose his
soul, there is nothing he can give in
exchange, but YOU have not heard so
many sermons from the truth which
the verse just as surely teaches,
namely, that a soul is worth more
than the wealth of the whole world.
II during this campaign only one ten
year-old child is converted. it will be
worth all the meetings cost. and yet
many of you would say it was a fail
ure. But if You could really realize
the worth of the soul of that boy or
girl in Gods sight. then you would |
know my statement is true, Fact Is. |