The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-27

their hands) How pany OF yo'
preacher brethren were saved durinl
reyiyal?" (Here Rev. c. r. Gray
~ s. Johnson, W. L. Witt and 9th
er preachers stood up you see, my
friends he continued, IF it had moi
1een for a revival every pulpit in
Ardmore would be without a pastor
today"
"A revival is needed TO unite
Christian people the Methodists ana
the Baptist may live on opposite sides
of the Jordan river here but we VIII
have to live together in Heaven.
Some Of us may be very ugly ami
unloyely but we Lad as well get used
TO each other here for after all we
serve one common Lord.
Some object to revivals because a
lot of the converts backslide. That's
frequently true, but I'd rather have
fellow that 'froitslides' awhile,
backslides awhile, then frontslides
again, than the fellow who never
slid.s at all. Deliver me from the
fe low who never makes slip. That
is, who thinks he doesn't
Nothing is so necessary to cold
church members as a real. genuine
revival of grace, Most people doubt.
Whenever you see man or woman
who stands up and boast they never
doubt, YOU may doubt them right then
and there. John the Baptist was the
greatest born among women, said eJ-
sus. yet he doubted his Lord. Church
members 90 into comatose state.
When | was a boy | came upon a
moccasin snake on tank dam. !
turned him over and he looked as il
he was dead. | touched his tail with
my foot and he moved a little and
so did l. | watched him while and
pushing him with my fishing pole,
he could move only part of himself
at a time He had just crawled out
Of his winter hole. | have seen a
lot of church members go into this
comatose state, neither dead nor
alive. They need a great revival.
The greatest trouble with the
church is utter worldliness. The
church is life. There is much truth
in the criticism that church members
do things that a sinner does. ! said
to my choir in the First Baptist
church of Fort Worth: Il don't want
anybody up here holding a song book
singing Come to Jesus when you
use those same hands to deal the
devils deck Of cards Why don't
some of YOU preachers say Amen
/ Chere came a chorus of amensO
Il am not talking about Ardmore
church members now, for | do not
know them.
"A revival is needed for home life
instead of the old fashioned altar
ltduluS lNNtlNlltt anu uloNll4liti w
have scandals divorce scraps. fast
living and devitry of all sorts, shapes
and sizes. | have known men to go
, home and jump on their wives and
children with all kinds of abuse. They
/ were mad because some fellow had
skinned them in a trade. They were
too hig a coward to cuss out the fel-
/ low they were mad at Now there is
just one thing the matter with such
men, they have the old devil in
/ them. | believe in real walking
4 talking, seeing, hearing. personal dew
/ il. He comes to church every ser.
vice, he takes the place of most
church members at the midweeli
prayer meeting, he always comes to
doacOn's meeting. He never fails
to sing in tho choir, Why, actually,
he breaches some times. All We
/ preachers know that
The large audience that heard Rev.
Norris was in fine spirits throughout
On next Monday morning a special
service for the old folks will be held
] and committees were appointed last
night tc make ARRANGEMENTS to get
all Cd people out to this service.
Conveyance will be provided for
those who live at a distance. Rev.
Norris announced that tonight he
would preach on the Omaha storm.
or God in the Storm"
The point of emphasis in all of Dr.
Norris preaching was that a revival
must come as a result of the church
people repenting and getting right
with God The marvellous results
achieved in his own church at Fort
Worth was never realized until there
was a thorough house cleaning upon
the part of the church