The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-04-14
EVANGELISM EMUMERATEs MANY
OBSTACLES THAT BEsET THE
LIFE OF THE uNGoDLY MAN.
NEED MORE PREACHERS TO TEAR
OFF THE MASK OF UNRIGHTE.
BUSINESS AND HYPocRIcY.
'r!E MODERN CHURCH COMES I'M
FoR A GOOD SCORING : MUCH
EARNEsTNEss AND ZEAL FOR
CAUSE OF CHRIST SHOWN AT
MEETING.

One Of the most eloquent. powerful
and convincing sermons yet delivered
BY DR.. Lyon was the Sabbath's morn.
iEg sermon, when the book Of Jonah
was takci up in It's entirety explained
in comprehensive manner and ap.
Piled TO the lives OF the Jonahs OF the
church OF to-day aud also the Ionahs
&! individual lives
Cast out the Iouahs OF tue church
aud of individual life exhorted the
great evangelist as nc enumerated the
many Jonahs that beset the life of the
UngOdly man and In his concluding
remarks told. Of the remedy, for til"
casting out OF the Jonans,
.DY Lyon dcplOrcd the lack or HI
thOhty III the mOicrll pulpit and point,
CG out the need Of more preachers oI
righteousness who would tear of flip
rIaSk OF righteousness and hypocrisy
md reveal the soul 10 itself IN all lis
Gi%.ing faults aud sins. He spoke in
10 uncertain words against the mod.
'rrn church supper ice cream res;ivai
aud haZaIr and said don't use this
Find Of sorabiiity for making money
but Use it to win souls to Christ.
Que OF the most notable traiIs OF
charactcr OF DR.. Lyon, is his extreme
Ir%mestness and zral for the rausc ol
! Christ Tie worst skeptic in existence
could nat fail to note this character
istic which stands out perhaps more
than any other one characteristic OF
the make up of the evangelist.
a large audience sat almost spell
bound durInE the delivery OF tho story
o' Jonah and the impression made by
this man OF God on his audience will
live long in the minds and hearts cf
his hearers.
The tabernacle was practically full
for this service and the chorus choir
rendered the finest kind OF muSi"
with the leader, Prof Mitchell, in
tnarse. and Mrs. Powell sang sweet
~, docs Jesus Care" and Rev. II. II.
: p1tzcr read the scripture lesson FROM
the hook OF JQiah.
Dr. Lyon l!Cachcd en- IOnahs trip
70 Ninevch and his experience at sea
oS Il result OF disObediencc. FIc said
1Ae keyward Of th,s 7reaI Iiule
took is disobedicnre. " Now the
word Of the Lord rnmr unto Jonah
savyir :, Arise. 60 TO Nin"vch." At
Orcc the question arises in The mind:
What has the call Of Jonah to To Nith
YOU All me? GOl speaks 70 us Juse
rs personally and us pointcdly as he
las spoken 10 human sous in any
generation OF huplln history, He
sEcakS to usthroush the voice OF con
S"itrrG, telling us what i; right anu
what is wrong; what we ought ond
! wr.i we ought not 10 do. He speaks
to us through / sense of illness for Il
work. pCwCr always travels over the
channels OF least resistance. God
calls 10 you and ne along the line Of
our capabilities, Tie speaks to Us also
by Il ltalizalion Of scmc particular
need to be supplied. II you are I'M
PRESSED with some wrong 10 be right
cd. some soul that Ougi!, 10 be spoken
to, sowe cause that should be rncOur-
eyed, 1t is tplI to your soul 10 help
supply that need. ODD Is calling to
lis also by seasons OF spe"ial oppor-
tunity for se vice Continually there
gre arising to the soul that is seeking
such he chances 70 satisfy some ones
need.
The task Shat the Lord Ind fur jon
| IN to do was indeed diiIlsult. F1e was
lto 20 to a great and wicked city and
TO cry against It, ryou feel t6at ypil
bag l.cpa called ,lp an ..sileeallysar.
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