The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-04-09

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bear &itii'a sore Head Chi gtto@f. Many
people in2tlte church can do nothing
but complain. II you cannot do any
thing 70 help the cause Of Christ
along get your old carcass ont OF tDt
way, or It is liable 10 be run over.
Living colorless Livss. 4
There was evident also in the early.
Christians Il spirit OF separateness;
They refused to use the imprint on
their seals of false gods The heather
world said, Come into our festivals
for the worship OF Jupiter, Bacclus
and Venus, and then we will come
into your religious service. Put the
statue OF your God Jesus in the Pan.
theon with the statues Of our gods
The Christians said, no, we will not
do that Then the heather called
them narrow and blgoed and said,
I'VE will discipline you Why are not
the Christians prosecuted now? The
chief reason is because so many pro;
fessed believers are living such coll
orless lives, that no one would know
whom to prosecute. Some people are
trying to conceal their in0delity IN.
der u cloak of liberty. Liberalism is
too frequently mere libertihism.
1.-The average church member Is llv-
ing so nearly like the world that you
can detect no practical difference be,
tween the one and the other, That
is why it's hard to bring about re-
vivaI," said DR.. Lyon. THE church
of Christ was never injured by an.
tagonism. Tie days OF the martyrs
were days Of great victory. We don't
need to fear the 'antagonism Of the
gambler, the boozer OF the debanched
and degraded. The real reason why it
is so hard to start a revival is be
vause OF the indifference and incon.
sistencics in the lives Of PROCESSING
Christians" he declared,
Churches Are Stagnant.
"1'he trouble with our churches IS
that they have a lot of members who
have Joined just as they would join Il
worldly organization, without know.
Ing anything of the personal experi-
ence OF the salvation OF Jesus Christ,
and this is the kind that stands back
and says I'VE don't believe in reviv'
ais How can you expect anyone 70
believe in something he knows moth.
ing about?"
There is natural inertia in hui.
man life and the unwillingness Of
people to change from their present
condition. and you never will get the
world enthusiastic until they can see
Ia radical difference between the lives
of the protested godly and the un.
rodly," declared DR.. Lyon. You can't
get q man WHO lives in novthern Mich
ipan or Minnesota to spend the win
ter in Florida or California II he does
lot think It will be warmer in Palm
Beach or San Diego than in st. Paul
or Sault Ste. Marie.
Can't Distinguish the Good Ones.
You can 20 out into the world.
and I'll challenge you often to tell
the difference between the Christian
and the non.Christian, between the
believer and the inlldcl," he contln-
ued. AT election time you can go to
the polls and lind proFessed Chris
tan walking arm.in.arm with saloon
keeper. II you ask the saloon keeper
where he expects to so when he dies
he will tell you truthrully, I expect
tc go to hell when die The Bible
gays that drunkard can't 20 to heaY.
en- and I'm making drunkards every
day But II you ask lae other. hall
get angry and busted, You don't know
who l am. Why. am a church mem
ber.'
yet they are both going to vote
for the liquor business. lf'you are
voting the same ticket with the drunk
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