The Daily Missoulian., 1913-02-28
SMITHS PULAR|!Y
UND|M|N|SHED
AFTER A MONTH OF NIGHTLY
MEETINGS, EVANGELIST At
TRACTS BIG AUDIENCES.

After having preached every night
but three since he opened the series
of revival meetings in Missoula Feb
ruary 2, Evangelist Smith continues to
attract splendid audiences and hold
the interest of his hearers and per-
suade men to turn from their sinful
ways. The crowd at the meeting at
the Elite hall last evening was fully
as large as usual and Mr.. Smiths ser
mon was forceful and pleasing. The
musical numbers We're all well rem
dered, too, the quartet singing Beau
tiful Land" and Mrs l.. Fl. Van Patten
singing "Show Me the Way, Q Father
as special numbers. AT the meeting S
close Mr.. klingler sang Wont You
Come Back Home" effectively. The
meeting for women yesterday after
noon was largely attended and the
evangelist was much pleased at the
interest shown, pronouncing the gath
ering a great meeting.'
Evening Sermon.
For his sermon last evening Evan
gelist Smith took as his text, Were
there not ten cleansed? Where are the
nine?" Mr.. Smith said in part:
From the healing of ten lepers |
wish to draw some lessons. Leprosy
is a type of sin. First of all this awful
disease found it's victim out. There
was no escape. If there came upon
the flesh a blemish of any sort, those
in authority soon discovered whether
it was this dread disease or not, and
sin in like manner finds it's victim out.
BE sure your sin will find you out was
the text of last evening, and we learned
that it is undeniably true.
"Leprosy also marked it's victim,
and placed a discount upon him. One
of the greatest Illustrations of this
was Naaman, the Syrian leper, who
was great, honorable and mighty, but
he was a leper, and there was the aw-
full discount, and it is just as true with
sin. If you think you can sin and be
as though you never sinned, you are
mistaken. True, Christ can save and
keep from sin, and does, but the dis
count of sin is also a thing undeniable
Then leprosy separated it's victim
from his loved ones and all else he held
dear. He was banished from home,
and when he saw anyone approaching
was compelled to cry 'unclean. God
alone knows the aWfulness of sins
separation. Close your eyes and think
of the home of the drunkard in Mis-
soula, and you viii catch vision of
sims separation. That separation does
not apply to the life to come alone, but
to this life. Think of the innocent chill
dren born into the world, only to bear
the scoffs and scorns caused by the
sins of a father. Think of the anguish
caused mother, the sleepless hours
and days of sorrow caused by a sinful
son. and you have a SINS separation.
Think of the home with the unSaved
husband and father and the Christian
wife and mother, and again you see
an indescribable separation caused by
sin.
Then leprosy meant sure death. 1t
was only a question of time when the
victim of the horrible disease would die
as a result of it. Sin alone means
death-eternal death: and as with lep-
rosy, SO with sin, but for the healing
touch of the Christ it is sure to mean
death. The analogy is as true here as
IL Is III all lHe rest. SIN is the Most
awful fact in the world.
But again we tur nto the way of es-
cape.' Then ten saw Christ and He saw
them. They prayed for deliverance and
He heard their cry, and by faith they
took Him at His word, and blessed be
God they We're healed. SO with the
leprosy of sin. Come to Him tonight,
and you shall be healed
but / want you to note now the at
ttude of these ten men towards the
Christ who had delivered them. Think
of all it meant and then wonder and
wonder again, that only one of the ten
returned to thank Him. Then think of
His pathetic question, Were there not
ten cleansed-Where are the nine?' DO
you wonder that he asked it, and have
you ever given a thought to the appli-
cation of it today? Remember, to be
saved from sin means precisely what it
meant for these men to be saved from
leprosy, and then ask yourself, Am |
the one of the ten to show gratitude 2
l assure you it makes all the difference
to Christ, all difference to yourself and
all the difference in the world to those
about you, whether you are that one, or
one OF lHe ilHe AIN aSllallleu vi lily
self and ashamed of others when
think how easily we let the devil de-
lude us with the idea that it is undig-
nified to be enthusiastic over our sal
vation.
"Once there was a king who had q
subject whom he loved and favored in
every way. One day he discovered that
this subject was traitor to him. He
called him into his presence and said
You deserve death, but | am simply
going to brand across your brow the
word ingrate,' and he went forth tC
bear that shame. l fear that many OF