The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-03-07
COLLINS
0N UNION
OF CHURCHES
PASTOR IF M. +. CHURCH
GIVES ELOQUENi lkIBUTE
TO TABERNACLE MEETING


which practically all churches ar
agreed This fast makes a unio
eYangeiistic movement possible an
practical thing Conditions arls
when union Of the <hurcaes in re
sival e.9ort is necessity TO promot
the best interests q lie kingdom @
Christ The mni>4.. al alliance q
Guthrie considered shat an opportun
time had arrived TO unite the Chris
tian forces In great revival effort
In this city
The selection OF en evangelist L
lead the forces was the most diff
Cult problem. Mature deibers ION up.
on the part Oh 1Ae ministers lea p
the selection q LcoEa Adair, of Dal.
las, Texas. as 4 s2le, tactiui and etf.-
Client evange.' stiy leader. NF. Adaii
asked that the incidental expense
should be arranged for in a business
like way. He asked Eo guarantee
whatever as to his own remuneration
for his services, simply asking that a
free will offering be taken for him on
the last SUNDAY OF the meetings. The
usual Misrepresentation. in regard TO
the pay the evangelist was to receive,
and the guarantees he required, were
made by the class al peo lie who argue
that II costs too much TO lift the world
to the plane OF decent Christian liv-
ing
Under conditions more difficult
than usual Mr. Adalr entered upon mis-
work. uppositien, prejudice and mis-
representation gave way before the
truth Men who had been Irving God
less lives for years beard and heeded |
the call TO repentance. Each day souls |
found God The evangelist grew In |
Favor and influence with people to the |
very close OF the meetings. Regard |
less Of religious belief men came TO
believe in the honesty and earnestness
OF lJockett xAdair sr. Adair does ncs
seek to exalt himself He is loyal to
the CHURCHES and the pastors and
seeks TO ancsor bis converts to the
church
Mr.. Adair is a good areacJer. He
uses Jest, aneedote and sarcasm in
skilfall way. but wnen these are not
essential to arouse and attract az
tention, they disappear frcm his dis
courses
aMr, Adair Is no, an eIucate1 man H.
the sense OF having had college
training and diploma, but he is edu
Gated In the sense that he knows men
The sins and shortcomings Of human
ity are an open book 10 him and he is
able to point men to the way up and :
out, and TO fellowship vita sv-u>
Christ
l,Mr Adair has read mucA and a fine
retentiye memoir enables him 10 en-
rieb his discouIles With quotations
and illustra tons lscn the best au-
thors.
Adalr Is . fighter. but fights only a
the things that are sinful and de-
structiye His discourses are Tree ,
from all personalities No clique or
faction. political OF Otherwise can use
him or deceive him for moment He
knows tae devious WAYS OF polHics d
from actual experience His long {
service as a policeman has given him p
a view OF the other side Of ife which .
few possess Bishop MsIntyre. WHO u
heard MIN preach in Guthrie. said; D
II is a splendid thing to have men Il
Who can preach like Adair. and VINO G
ire able TO reach drmkards. gamblers ''
md blasphemers with the saving truth
md power OF the gospel" "
The Adar meetings in Guthrie ="
cached many people who we're out ol ~
ouch With the churches and who y
ould not have been reached by the ~
rdinsry agencies Of the church One III
4 the best results OF the meetings Is -
he organization Of an earnest and ag- '
ressire Gospel Team. through whica -
be work begun may BE- continued a.
'hough not a college trained man.
4dsfr emphasizes the value e1uca- I'D
on. He is loFai 70 al the interests q
the church and the state. and g. 80
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, become sequsihtej wi'a iSd WON
a-fully saved, lntensels earnest.
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