The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-06-19
Evangelist Declares Mere Emotion.
Reformation or Membership
in the Church Does Not
Suffice to Save
TAKES SHOT AT
SHEEP STFALERS'
Faith is Believing in God and
Acting Like II" Lay Hold
Upon Him and Trust Him"
is Preachers Plea

Evangelist big Bill" Tetley last
night very plainly and bluntIy declar.
ed that mere emotion, reformation 81
church membership is not going to
save anybody but that belief In Jesus
Christ alone can do it. Belief in Chris
tianity was defined as faith, and faith
as believing in God and acting like III
The preacher, throughout powerful
sermon, developed the positive neces-
sity fof laying hold upon Jesus
Christ, insisting that salvation would
not operate until the unbehever .was
able 70 do that He pleaded for esch
implicit trust, and at the conclusion OF
his sermon welcomed nursber who
evidenced their willingness and desire
70 seek the Master and conform to
Gods commands.
What Shall | Do TO De Saved ~
That was the preachers text. taken
from the Biblical narrative Of the
jailer, whose fear was excited when
an earthquake liberated Paul and silas
and other captives in prison. The jail
er himself asked the question and re-
ceived quick response from the Apos.
tie Paul, who revealed that trrst Ia
Christ would brush away all doubts
and alarms and satisfy the heart of ths
gnestioner
Tetley showed by Panl's quick re.
sponse. which was directly to the
point, that no matter what emotions
might accompany conversion, conver-
sion itself was simply this indicated
confidence and faith in the Master. Ha
said some believed salvation consisted
Of shouting and weeping, and while
the emotions of the convert might
arouse either Of these actions, yet they
did not in the least constitute saliva
ton, but We're merely exhibited accord
ing to the nature of the man. He said
he wore coat. and although that was
his raiment it was not Bill Tetley who
would remain when he removed the
garment.
Shouting and crying may be put on
when we get salvation" Tetley said.
"but il they themselves were salvation
then every little numbering calf who
weeps when his toiling wife kicks him
out Of the home would be saved
Each individual human being natur-
ally ID worshipfuI, Tetley said. 1t is
nature to be so, and men must cling
to something, If not God, then some
thing else. But God explicitly com
mands that you shall have no other
gods before me, and men should wor-
ship Him alone.
He said education was associated
with salvation, but not in the form
most generally accepted Education
in this line meant God-learning, he
said, and he proved by several homely
and apt illustrations how mankind pre-
pares for the development and growth
Of plants, constructing trellises and
the like that the vines may follow GER
tain trends and thus fulfill the plans
Of the gardener. He said peoIle should
build trellis work for Jesus Christ.
giving instruction In the home and
praying in the family that the young
might grow into full knowledge of
their responsibility to Him and act as
they grew up in accordance with His
plans.
Religion, as we mean ii, is emphat-
ically a matter OF education" Tetley
insisted. Some Of us plan and scheme
well for the plant. but forget that ia
the home Christianity needs treIlis
work so that the tendrils will not be-
come entangled with the sticks and
other hindering objects which viii
make them travel in the wrong direc.
tion and shoot out into the world
Tetley said If Paul had been like
some In Chickasha, when the question
OF what to do with this jailer-nnbeliev.
came up, he would have said, Come
and join my church" Bnt he didn't
say any such thing, the preacher EN-
phaslzed. as be went on 70 excoriate
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