The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-12-31
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Mr.. Sunday l%aunGheds into his SER
mon than he gave evidence OF ill
suppressed impotence. Soon it was
forthcoming-the reason for IT.
~ am Informed he said, setzing
a chair and making It the step.way
to the Bible stand, that $4,000
has been raised in Pittsburgh to de-
fame me and 10 disSredit me. Come
on! Come on! yoa ialps q he'll!
No man has, been railed and de-
famed and lied about as have been.
My life is an open book. Come on!
But / warn You that you VIM have
the fight. of. your liyes--and You'll
wish you had never been born be-
fore | am through with you.
Welcomes "A Fight.
"The brewers and the liquor In
terests in this country have raised
a fund Of 100000 to drag me from
the pulpit. Come on! I welcome
the fight! 1 accept the challenge.
Go to it, you creatures Of perdition!"
Then, turning as calmly as could
be imagined to his audience, Mr..
Sunday, already perspiring, took up
the thread of his text, Habakuk S:2:
"Oh, Lord, revive Thy work in the
midst of years, in the midst Of
years made known; in WRATH re-
member meEcyY
And, with the words Of that text
and the suppIiGation for mercy, still
ringing through the tabernacle, he.
began a most merclless denuncia-
ton Of those who secuted the "old-
Fashioned religion" or trembled
lest d revival should afrront Some
sect or section"
,o,n.,G Need OF REVEALS. "5
,ttThere, are some men so low dowp
that. they would have to take an
aIrship to get to hell" lie exclaih1.
ed at one point. Then. turning
toward the clcrgymen on the plat
form, Sunday. one foot in air. in the
attitude characteristic of his base
ball experience, screamed:
1.-THE Christian church was born
at Pcntecost! And P%entecost was a
revival. Wherever Paul : went he
had to call out the cops to protect
him. With him It was either a re-
vtval or u. riot. Don't forget that,
when some pink-tea slipping church
brother tells you that d revival isn't
needed"
Sunday had talked with Maxim
gun rapidfty for 40 minutes when
he paused abruptly. I'm tired"
Then he asked his hearers II they
were weary as well. A shout came
back-"No!"
I'VE hear that u revival is only
temporary" he Baid.99"So is a both.
But The influence Of Peptecost is
felt in Pittsburgh at this moment.
What we need is a panic Of religion
"a cyclone of salvation. The
church seems to have Joined the
world and the world has brought
the church down to- its level Of
worldliness.
You cannot scaId u hog in ice
water. That's impossible. You
cannot get Cows spirit into a
namby-pamby church. Christians
OF Pittsburgh, let us take this city
to Gods batH-louse and turn tle
hose on It,"
The Day of Revival.
Men say the day Of revival is 0v-
er. elbows harp on that in the
Methodist conference, in the Pres
byterian meetings, in the Baptist
associations. in the congregational
associations-the day of the re-
vival is over. No, it is not. No.
only with the fellow who vobits out
the sentiment: but 1t is not over
with God. The day of the revival
is. over. God Almighty leaned ov-
er the battlements of heaven and.
Glroked down into the coal mines of
I&a1ssahd said: "olc. Roberts!" and
out of the depths o 'the coal mine
came that grimy, sopeds man. with
dirty face. with a little lamp in his
cap, and he said: What is it, God"
And God saidt az want YOU to go.
and shake up Wales" and he gave
Wales the greatest revival that ev-
er swept over this land since the
days Of Pentecost. There was not
a college professor or preacher in
Wales that GOD would trust with
tho job.
Tile days Of revival are over, they
said-then God called Tony Alex
ander and told him to go and he.
went, to Tasmania, Ireland, Japan,
China. England, Scotland; he went
around the world.
The days of revival r over
then God called Clip out of his 1T