Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-17
REV. WINSTON HAS
BEEN DRAWING FULL
CROWDS At MEETINGS
WITH ASSISTANCE OF ROY SIM
MONS AS SINGER AND
SOLOIST
BASEBALL SERVICE WAS
INTERESTING AND GOOD
He Demonstrated With A Chart the
Manner to BE Followed in Play
ing Life's Ball Game

The meetings in the Church of
Christ, conducted by the Whistons of
Nebraska, and assisted by Singer Roy
crowds attend nightly That the
evangelist is intensely in earnest, is
evidence from the first word to the
last. and his onslaughts are on the
will and intellect and conscience as
well as the heart He is distinctively
a mans preacher, dealing in strong
truths and up-to-date phraseology.
He is humorous, pathetic. pungent
and at all times human. The meet
ings will continue each night next
week Saturday eXcepted, beginning
at 7:30 sharp. Roy Simmons grows
better each night as song leader and
soloist and is pronounced by the evan
gelist as the best he has ever heard.
Tomorrow night. Thursday, the
EVANGELIST will speak on Universal
ism Exposed" and the Loyal Daugh-
ters. Jr, will be guests. Friday night
will be another big NIGHT, the climax
of the week. The subject of the SER
mon will be "Short Reds" a lecture
sermon. The evangelist announced
that on Sunday morning. the sermon
would proceed the communion, and
asks that all come as near to the l0:3O
hour as possible. At that service he
will give his snecial on the book of
Revelation. "The Old Love" At
11:45 the live wire Bible school. and
at 700 the subject will be Sowing
and Reaping" Seating has been
provided for 500. and when the seats
are filed the ushers will refuse to ad-
NIT others
The Base Ball sermon Wednesday
night hacked the building to the doors.
and Winston demonstrated that he
knows the game. He stated that the
Apostle Paul used the Grecian Race
to illustrate divine truth, and that
the race stood in the same relation to
the people of Paul's day as the base
ball game does TO us. 1t was their
great national game. He said. "The
game Of ball is plaving on a diamond
Of pine positions. When one becomes
a player he puts on uniform, and
wears the same uniform throughout
the game When man begins the
Christian life. he puts on the uniform
of faith and should never take it off
BY faith he reaches first base in re-
pentance. second base in confession
of Christ, third base in Christian
baptism, and by faith he lives the
Christian life, going from third base
to the home plate. Faith is elemen-
tai and fundamental
"The game of ball is governed by
rules. and the rules that govern now
are the rules of 1915. 1t is immater-
ial what previous rules say. the rules
of 1915 alone have authority. Even
20. the rules that govern the Christ
ian in this twentieth century are the
rrlles of the New Testament and not
those of the old. We are not under
Moses but under Christ.
"The game of ball is under the con-
troll of the umpire. and what he saws,
goes. But the umpire is under the
rules even as are the players, and his
decisions must be according to the
rule. At the great judgment. Christ
the umpire of life, will give his final
decisions according to His truth in
the New Testament. If He were to
go back on his word and law, we
would have lawlessness.
"God is love but He won't put aside
His law in anv case you must be
born again will hold in the judgment.
In the ball game no man can cut bases.
He must touch every base or be call
ed out. In Gods plan Of salvation,
involving faith. repentance. confess
sion and baptism. we can't cut bases
Every command of Christ is essential
with every other command. No mans
run is counted until he crosses the
home plate and he that 'endureth un-
to the end shall be saved.
"A base hit is good. two-base hit
better, a three-base hit or home run
better still-but many a player has
died on bases. The run only counts as
the player rounds all bases and crosses
the home plate. The Christian must
endure, must live what he processes.
must make good. or he is ruled out or
dies on bases" 1t is difficult to write
up Rev. Whiston's sermons, as he acts
them out with hands, feet and every
part of his body