Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-03-27
WORLD NEEDS
sunny PEOPLE
Says Evangelist Jones, and He
Tells Of People Who Enjoy
Their Religion.

The evangelistic meetings at the
First Presbyterian church continue to
attract large audiences and one not.
lceable feature is the large attendance
OF men. People from the various
churches are giving loyal support to
the work and night before last there
were seven clergymen in the audience.
Evangelist Jones expressed himself
as highly pleased with the attend.
ance and the degree of interest which
Is manifested and encouraging reports
are coming from all sides as to the
manner and method Of conducting the
meetings.
World Needs Sunny People.
The first three verses of the fortieth
Psalm were read as a scripture lesson
last night and the speaker used the
same as a basis for his remarks. The
word patience" in the first verse and
the new song' in the third verse
We're made prominent. In brief the
speaker said:
IF we are to attract the world to
u churches and to Dull religion, we
must have something joyous and
CHEEKY in our lives. Henry Drummond
once said, christianity wants moth.
ing SO much in the world as sunny
people, There is just as much relig-
ion in smile as there is in a prayer
and it is much easier to make a sane
timonious public prayer than to be
happy and cheerful about the house
when things are not goingjust right.
A woman who had been confined to
her bed for eight years and suffered
constantly, said to me when l called
to see her, Young man, do you enjoy
religion" Now that is an old fashion.
ed expression but it sounds good to
me and;5if l didn't enjoy religion, l
would quit jpreaching right now.
Religion Not Fire Insurance.
Religion with some people is a
sort of fire insurance.; they want to
get to heaven and hope to escape hell,
but instead of enjoying religion, they
simply endure it. The church has
lost her song and the world will never
have another great revival until it
be regained. Restore unto me the joy
Of Thy salvation al the earnest cry
of the Psalmist of old, then will l
teach transgressors Thy way and sin
nersners shall be converted unto
Thee y,-.
"Show me a protesting Christian
who is always whining, complaining
and finding fault and l will show you
someone who is not In communion
= With God. l know an old deacon who
1 for twenty-five years has gotten up in
prayer meeting and given the same
dolefu1 testimony about the world get
ting Worse. He complains about the
preacher; he complains about the
heavy expenses; he complains about
the heavy expense; he complains
about the young people and declares
that they are all going to the devil,
and no one ever heard him sound a
note of victory.
Young People Driven Out.
".This old deacon with his mournfNl
and pessimistic wall has killed many
a prayer. meeting and driven most of.
the young people from the church.
Good cheer is one Of the unfailing
imarkstof a. Christian anditI maintain
that a true follower Of Christ never
wines. No one eve heard Paul
whine and if any person ever had a
good reason for whining, it was Paul.
His friends, forsook him and this is
certainly a great calamity. but Paul
stood no ike a man and said. None
of these things moved me- He was
persecuted; he was stoned and left
for dead: he was hungry. cold and
shipwrecked, but once again we hear
him about with triumphant voice.
These light Affections which are for
a moment worketh for us a far more
exceeding and eternal weight OF
glory
At Midniuht They Sing.
paul was beaten with many stripes
and cast into prison and vet he never
lost the song of victory, for while his
feet and hands were fast in the stocks
Ne and jSilas sang a duet at midnight
that shook the foundation of the pris'
on house, and caused the jai'er to cry
out, What must I do to be saved!
So the author of this Psalm which
have read tonight had learned the Sc
cret of a true revival when he said,
He hath put a new song into my
mouth and many shall hear it and