Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1913-10-10


tune With the infinite? Do they take
seriously the value of q soul? Do
they put themselves into q personal
touch with sinful men and leave q
burning thot, 40 Paul said that they
may save some.
Dear brothers, I feel my weakness,
and my constant prayer is more grace
to conquer, more love for souls, and
more power and courage in the
Masters service.
You know in 1876 at the worlds fair
at Philadelphia, there was mounted
gun that was called the automatic, it
took 500 pounds of powder to load 1t
and it would send ball thru thir-
teen inch piece Of steel, and as soon as
1t was discharged it went back to be
reloaded and then it would 60 to the
front for discharge. Oh may God give
us power from the pulpit, from the pew
and from the sanctuary,
1 do not presume to speak with
authority for all churches, but as they
have come to my notice, the lamenta-
tion is heard on every hand, there
never was such a demand for juniper
tree, said DR.. Bund, and such q supply
of weeping prophets, to sit under them,
now is the winter of discomfort, Has
the Lord forgot to be gracious do not
believe all this, believe it 10 false
alarm. The history of the church is
like the current Of q mighty stream
with now and then an eddy along the
edge, with strabilious mourners cries,
the channel flows on to the boundless
ocean. It is true however, there is
something wrong, the attendance in
our churches has fallen off. The
church bells ring, the people pass by to
q picture show, q ball game or some
place of amusement, not the world
alone, p 1T those whose names appear
on the church records as members,
they no more sing the old Psalm, allow
pleased and blest was to hear the
people cry. let us worship the Lord
today" Then there are fewer aooes.
sions to our churches at least, to many
of them. Fewer showers of blessings.
The doves are not docking to our win
dows as of old. Our semineries are
not sending out workers. etc. In view
of such conditions it would be useless
to affirm that things are as they should
be.
WHAT is THE DIFFICULTY?
What is the difficulty. and how shall
we locate it? To begin with, there is
nothing wrong with Jesus Christ. He
is the same yesterday, today and for
ever. His ear is not heavy that he can
not hear, nor his arm shortened that
he cannot save. He is as able and will
ing as ever, His hands are outstretched
still. The fountains of salvation is
still open and has not run dry. Nor
is there anything wrong with the gos.
pei. 1t is just what it always has been
The glorious gospel of Gods great love
and the great heart Of Christ is throb.
bing for suffering humanity, the same
as 1t did over eighteen hundred years
ago. It has not been superanuated by
the logical events because it was adjust.
ed in the beginning to the vicissitudes
of sll time. The CROSS has ever been an
offence to many, but to those that be.
lieve, 1t is the wisdom and power OF
God, nor is there anything wrong with
the church, for it is the pearl Christ
bought and it was perfect pearl, and
1t was planted on rock, thou art the
Christ the Son of the living God, and
1t was equipped with Pentecostal powe,
for all time, and draws its supply from
the never exhausting resources. And
the gates Of hell cannot prevail against
1t. Where then is the trouble? Are
our ministers at fault? It cannot be
denied that many have frequently lost
the force Of their mission; they have
strayed and out loose from their in.
structions Ito seek and save" DR.. Bur
rell said in an address to the general
assembly that he attended church
twice every Sunday for think three
months and never had an invitation tc
accept Christ. read an article few
days ago in one of our rsligious
journals stating that q party stepped
into Q class in Sunday school, and
Jesus was not mentioned. the tesche,
as It were. being anything but deity
How can We expect anything bul
apathy in the coming generation. The
family alter is discarded, the Bible onl,
read when opportunity forces it upon
the parent or child. Our Sunda,
school lessons run into fairy tales, and
some of our colleges ignoring the wore
of God. and it being taken from on,
day schools. and In some of our so
called religious training schools, NOR,
sociology than Gods word. The Y. M
10. A. college Of Springfield, We are told
are not teaching the Bible as they usef
to, It is thing Of the past. The fact,
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