The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-10
A REVIVAL Of
RELIGION HERE
SECOND OF SERIES OF SERMONS
BY ARDMoRE MINISTER scoR-
ES "llLlCIT LOVE-"

Rev. G. w. Lewis, pastor of the Car,
ter Avenue Methodist church deliver
ed, last night, the second of a series
upon the question, What is Required
to Bring About a Revival of Religion
in Ardmore?" Rev. Mr.. Lewis, be-
fore starting this series of sermons
asked this question of a number OF
Ardmore business men and each Sun
one or more answers to the question.
The inclemency of the weather pre-
vented as large an attendance as
there would have been otherwise, to
hear last nights discourse. Had the
weather have been fit the church
would have been crowded to its ut
most capacity, as the first sermon,
delivered a week ago, had caused a
great deal of the most favorable COM
ment upon the part of all. The third
sermon will be delivered at next Sun
day evening meeting by Mr.. Lewis.
A synopsis of last nights sermon
follows herewith:
Many members OF the church need
to be converted"
This buiness man sees the great
need of real conversion on the part of
SONS church members. Brother, SIS
ter, ask yourself this question, Am l
a converted man or woman? But you
may say that this business man has
no right to judge, for Christ said:
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
Yes, but Christ was here talking
about rash Judgment or criticism that
business man spoke of in his answer
on last Sunday night. Christ said in
that same sermon that 'Ye shall know
them by their fruits When you would
rather be at lodge or theater than at
your church there is something
wrong, you have never been convert
ed, or if you have your love is waxing
coldlWhen a man would rather be with
another woman than his wife, his
love is waxing cold. Does the young
man tell his sweetheart he was too
tired to get up and dress to come to
come and see her? Does he grow
tired when with her? Does the time
drag? Never! Oh, his love is hot,
inn Lei MT
is the cause of non-attendance: We
need fervent love. And il you haven't
this may brother, sister, you need to
get a good case of old time Holy
Ghost religion. You need the love
OF God shed abroad in the heart by the
Holy Ghost. If your religion does not
take you out of the world, theaters,
ball, card parties, dances, it is like
vaccination that did not take There
is an eternal difference. We want
to hear the gospel when we go to
chruch, and not poety and philoso-
ply. Christ was a puzzle to the world,
he was peculiar and came to purify
unto himself peculiar people,"
when all Christians will make
united effort regardless of denomina-
ton and business men will close their
doors for two hours each day and go
to church with their clerks
This answer shows that this bus
mess man has good idea of what it
will take to bring about revival.
Now, brother, sister, Brother Masters
of the Broadway Baptist church is to
begin a meeting soon. Now if you
had rather go to the moving picture
show every night than to go to the
meeting he will not have a revival
that will do any good. And if the bus
mess men will close for the service
as this man says and go to church
with their clerks, Brother Masters
will have a great revival and all of our
churches will be blessed"
Let the members of the churches
of the town stop having card parties
where they play for prizes and attend
the prayer meetings of their own
church, and stop giving and going to