The daily sentinel., 1913-10-22
CROSS TO LECTURE
ON GOSPEL FOR
THE HOUR
Evangelist to Give Popular Ad-
dress This Evening; Big
Crowd Last Night.

A great audience is expected to-
night at the Christian church TO
hear Evangelist Gross deliver his
first popular lecture here on THE
Gospel for the Hour" This address
has won sincere commendation in
many states, where it has been de-
| livered, and should be heard by all
who are interested in a virile, prac-
tical Interpretation of Christianity.
W. r. Pearson of the Y. NJ. C. A. will
sing a solo at tonight's meeting. The
service will begin at 1880 sharp.
Thursday and Friday nights the
evangelist will deliver black board
lectures on THE Growth of the Cos
pei" The church orchestra will
play tonight and throughout the
week.
Evangelist Cross spoke last night
on The Work of Four Unknown
Men" A good sized audience was
present who thoroughly enjoyed the
sermon as well as the vocal solo by
Miss Edna Lille. She sang lis He
Your Saviour. Too?" with touching
effect.
The sermon was based on the ac-
count in Mark 2;1-12 of the bringing
of the palsied man to Jesus by his
/ four friends, who let him down
through the roof in their eagerness
/ to have him healed. Rev. Cross re-
told this story in modern language
and with many imaginative details
that seemed to make the scene so
real and so vivid that the audience
could almost see 1t re-enacted before
their eyes. The speaker held that
the four classes of actors in this
story are typical of all life in action,
Then, as now, we have the helpers,
the hinderers, the Healer and the
doer.
Characterizing the four friends
who brought the palsied man to
| Christ as the helpers, Rev. Cross
paid high tribute to those whose SYM
pathy leads them to feel the weight
of the worlds burdens. But perhaps
the thing that made deepest impress
on the audience was mis- fiery invect-
i've and bitter sarcasm against the
hinderers, represented In the story
by the Pharisees who criticized Jesus.
THE world has always been encum-
bered by such narrow. selfish, in
grown characters. said the eyangel-
list. We have them in every church.
They are the loud takers and the
little payers. When the rest of the
crowd wants to go ahead, they whine
and pull back. II question comes
up, they ask, is So and so for it?'
Well, then I'm agin it If every
one else would come over to their
side, then they would flop to the op-
posite side for the sake of keeping
up the argument"
The attitude of the palsied man.
who instantly arose at the command
of Jesus, came in for the eloquent
commentator of the speaker. He
had been helpless on his bed for per-
haps many years. he might have hesi-
tated and proclaimed his inability to
arise. but the account says, And he
arose and straightway took up his
bed and went forth before them all;
linsomuch that they were all amazed
and glorified God There was no
complaining, no murmuring, 4 don't
feel like 1t, but when Jesus spoke,
the man arose straightway. What
a lesson for us. How many of us
want things just SO before We are
willing to do anythingl Unless the
weather is just right, and the preach
er suits us exactly, and the choir
is quite to our notion we will not
even come to the house of God. And
when we do come, we are mere bench
warmers. We Just sit and sit when
he ought to git up and git in the
work of making the world better, of
restoring humanity to its rightful
heritage as sons of God. and usher
ing in the glad day prophesied by
Jesus when the meek shall inherit
the EARTH