The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-07-10
Evangelist Scheduled to Touch Up
the "Speeders' Tonight Will
Preach to Old Soldiers
Saturday Afternoon
GIVES DEFINITION OF
'UNPARDONABLE SIM
Declares that Stubborn Unbelief
Will Not Be Forgiven old
Time Negro Song Melodies
Feature Of Music

Inc objectionable sin, unbelief. was
defined before a large congregation
by Lincoln Mcconnell at the tabern-
acle last night. The service was not
able for its inspiring music and the
intense interest manifested by the peo-
pie. These, coupled, moved the evan
gelist to announce that he would
preach tonight on "Joy Riding" one
of the most strikingly powerful illus
trations Of modern speed tendencies
ever given from the platform. More
than a score persons were converted.
Mcconnell created genuinely
home-like feeling of good fellowship
before he began preaching by taking
up old negro religious melodies. He
presented a new one, whistling it at
first so the melody could be caught.
then singing ''The Tattler," faithful
delineation Of actual life. He said after
ne had sung it once the Rev. Mr.. Teis
and the Rev. Mr.. Smith would sing 1t
as a duet, the announcement causing
a ripple of applause and the two min
listers some embarrassment. They did
not sing it, However, the congrega.
tion and choir gave with will Il Got
Shoes" and Streets OBJ Glcry."
Bob" Stover, earlier, had the crowd
whistling, men and women alternating
and then in unison warbing THE
Church in the WILDWOOD while Ed
Mcconnell played his peculiarly re-
freshing and tinkling piano accompan-
iment. A big orchestra aided singers
and whistlers in the music program,
and Mrs Stover, her husband and Mr..
lshler gave fine trio with cornets
and trombone. Ed Mcconnell sang
rs He Satisfied With Me?" and the
Rev. Mr.. Sherman, formerly a pastor
in this city, offered eloquent prayer.
Mcconnell read that Biblical nara
tie of the blind and dumb man pos
sessed Of a devil, destored to normal
manhood by Jesus Christ. who wrought
a miracle. The Pharisees refused to
give the Master credit for a good act.
asserting that He had cast out the
devil by the power of Beelzehub, their
declaration disappearing God and caus-
ing the Christ to proclaim that bias
phemy against the Holy Ghost shall
not be forgiven either in this world
or the world to come.
Satan has way of tell people that
what they do is not so very bad, Nc.
Connell said; that they can say they'll
turn over a new leaf and that state
ment will settle the matter. that they
can absolve themselves And then he
has another way of reaching a certain
class, by making them believe they
have no hope at all; that they have
sinned so deeply they might as we'll
drink the dregs because they cannot
find forgiveness.
The evangelist said he had met a
man who had slain another, yet that
man could find the forgiveness of God;
that the very people who crucified
Jesus Christ might have been for
given; that sins considered heinous on
earth did not prevent God offering sal
yation-bnt stubborn, tnyiela:ng, ur-
answering unbelief was an unpardon-
able sin. that the man who had a
disposition of heart which refGsad to
give audience to Jesus Christ and His
evidence of divinity was lrrevocably
lost.
Mcconnell eloquently portrayed
that heart which is satisfied in its own
way, which doesn't believe and doesn't
want to, which insists that II will not
let Jesus Christ rule no matter what
evidence is produced in His favor.
That was the attitude Of the Phari-
sees who sinned against the Holy
Ghost. They talked disparagingIy
about Jesus. declared he had no. &c
clesiastical authority and no ssasor
for leadership above ordinary men, and
all those things might have been for
given. But when they insisted that
when Christ performed miracles. when
Continued on rage Two.l