The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-03-21

Fls. The new Baptist church IS on,
and one half years old In it are
ten paid workers. see great
future Tor The church tAere. This
future is partly dependent on the
}nan who will address YOU this eve
uing I've never heard a man speak
whose message gripped my heart
more. That is because he is do
ing things and God is using hlm to
accomplish works.
Dr. Norris read frem 81. Luke.
chapter 9, verse So: And Jesus
said unto him. no man having put
his hand to the ploW and looking
back, is fit for the Kingdom OF
God.
The simplicity OF the teachins-
1T our Savior Is the greatest thing
aYout his teachings. The finest art
a.. the farm is laying oil fiei|
Nth a pillow perfectly uniform a
rows are concerned To do this i
man must keep his eyes on the
blow and iii front of him, not look
iHs back. II is my desire 10 helF
someone this evening If YOU nave
come b4re expecting TO hear me
denounca someone, Eoa viii be
previously disappointed. have
never denounced man, but | have
denounced out and out evils With
every Word at my command I've
been living in this part Of TeXas
Ter about thirty years and / like
| it pretty We'll. / am not going to
! preach tiis evening. I'm going to
| slve testimony. That is almost out
- Gate II | am a success aud il
here IS any success in any OF ny
s,o,N, the man who is talking to
! you gives God credit fer ever. bill
q it. No man could have prousA.
about the present bright pros,
poets. do not want you to listen
for word Of a personal nature,
bat | do want to quicken the con
science OF church lie.
The one great question and the
one great proposition Of today in
the church is the inside life OF the
church 1t is the things inside the
church that shut out the power OF
cod and not the things outside the
church. Il is not the Bob niger
soils on the outside Of the church
that do the harm, it is the niger
soils in he church and III the pull
pits hat do the harm, The great
question for five years in Forj
Worth has not been the city hal
81 court house gang, but it Wa
d cAarch question
DT. Norris then described SOME O
MS services and conditions eXistiuf
in his church when he first Wen
to Fort Worth. He said tnat or
Sunday mornings when he entered
mac pulpit with hi little sermonette
and III his frock coat his church
PeWs were filled with fashionable
dressed men and women and that
he preached So as not 10 offend
5A"m. lie then said that al thu
ifvcnlrG service only few attend
| Cd. >a> between one and two hun
4reG and that tie people no at
tended this service did not need
4 g,t- IL tt,,, .
puipif was a good place 10 begin It
church house cleaning. He then
said that he became convinced that
his was moi the right way That
he mad failed grievously He also
stated that he determined to under
stand and either leave the church
forever or make good. In touching
directly on tho Fort Worth matter
tie said. III had been the only
would have left on the first ira
hut there Was a great issue al
stake. had my life threatened.
Il did not worry me, 1t is nor the
| big barking dog that harms, but
i, is the silent dog that makes his
tush and begins to bite when he
tands that hurts. At one tiIne |
hardly knew what to do That is
not uncommon. Very few men ever
get through lite without having
problems confront them and ii you
have never been in the dumps YOU
Ii We never Aeen very high II YOU
have never been in deer valleys
you have never been on tn piEacle
of lofty mountains. | admit ii, |
was a failure my first year IN Fort
Worth. There is no use t4.lGe TO
cover it up. II was the so ness of
it that made me sore. Those WHO
needed TO be in church and needed
the benefits to be derived from
church life didn't even know where
the church was. My Sunday night
audience didn't need preaching to