The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-06-23
Remarkable Demonstration Follows
McConnell's Powerful Plea
for Fervent Prayer Hun
dreds Kneel on Floor
OFFER AUDIBLE AND
SILENT PETITIONS
Evangelist Points Out Necessity for
Earnest Supplication to Make
Revival a Success Strong
Arguments are Used

somewhat awe-inspiring demon
stration of Christian devotion and OF
craving for the salvation OF others oc.
cured last night at the tabernacle
when, at the conclusion OF Lincoln
McConnell's sermon hundreds knelt
on the hare floor beside the benches
and offered Ilp silent and audible
prayers. While they lxnelt a number
in the congregation uttered brief bur
sincere prayers, while others signaled
with the appraised nand their desire to
be Christians.
Immediately following this unusual
and remarkably impressive demons
tration. scores Of men and women and
young folks arose in their places and
one after the other specifically men
toned the relationship they bore to
| those for whose salvation they yearn-
g, and for whom they begged the pray
ers Of all Christians.
| Mcconnell was intensely earnest
and eager throughout this season of
petitioning, and when he pronounced
the benediction without giving an in.
| vitation for the unconverted to express
themselves he ended it with the strik-
/ ing plea for God to "set Chickasha
afire with mighty craving for a
mighty revival"
The eyangelist's sermon was deyot-
ed to prayer, which he insisted would
be answered if what was asked was
really wanted and If ii conformed with
the will of God. He proved by illus
tration and otherwise that oftentimes
prayer is Offered for many things the
petitioner never expects to get and
doesn't desire to get, and which If he
did get would scare him to death,
therefore the prayer amounted to nil
when it reached the throne and ear OF
God Almighty.
Prayer the Great Need.
Il am convinced that the great need
OF the church now is the right kind of
prayer" he asserted. "You can have
a meeting without prayer and God and
the Holy Ghost, but nobody'll be saw
ed. 1t isn't enough to get together
and talk about and sing about relig-
ion. If we are to have great revival
OF religion here it viii be because OF
unusual pressure OF God with us"
Mcconnell explained that term
unusual used in reference to the
presence Of God. relating how he was
! once criticised by theological stu
dent for making any such statement.
He showed how God is everywhere. in
a way, but If He's in harroom He's
not working at His business.
Il believe in the omnipresence OF
God, to be sure" Mcconnell said, Shut
it's like the presence Of electricity
everywhere. Did you ever notice there
isn't SO much electricity in the coun-
] try? The only place where there is a
great deal is where it is centralized
localized, concentrated YoM have d
dynamo in town and you say it Il
making electricity. 1t isn't Electric
a ity is already here but the dynamo il
g eentraIizing and concentrating ang
a loealizing it, that's all
G. "And the same is true Of the spirit
n uaI force Of God. His spiritual powel
n is much like electrical power which il
a put into this world. 1t is ready, it i
ss here, but it must be localized. central
III lied, concentrated God is every
al where but He'll be centralized whel
ge ever praying men and women concen
ID trate His power We go out and tur
la on the gas, SO to speak. | have neve
IS. yet seen real conversion where tn
person did not come sin touch wit
IA Godi1
81 The evangelist said ri Reno had
ng fine meeting because, after awhil
ry the people said they'd be led and the
,r prayed much and God was manifes
it. He told Of several FL Reno folk bah
es HI Chickasha yesterday. returnir
'pi from gospel team work elsewher
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