Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-08
CHESTER REVIVAL
RECORD BROKEN
Largest Attendance of Cam
paign Marks the Afternoon
Meeting.
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CHESTER, Pa. April s.-The largest
audience that has attended an afternoon
serice since the opening Of the Nicholson
Hemminger campaign in this city as
sembled in the First Baptist Church this
afternoon to hear the Rev. William =.
Nicholson deliver his sermon, "Scrlptural
Experiences" The evangelist was at his
best. and shortly after beginning his ad-
dress became so enRrossed In his sub
ject as to lapse into the true Irish
brogue which characterized his best ef-
forts.
Although his sermon was in the main
upon the theological phase of the sub
ject, the evangelist deviated from time
to time to score church members for
their inactivity in church work and their
progress to seek the pleasures offered
by society.
mo two Christian experiences are
alike the evangelist said in opening his
address, and you are very much mis-
taken If you think that Just because you
have had a certain religious experience
that some one else will get the same
thing just because you did, nor should
you imagine that because you are a
Christian that your experience was nee
essarily a Christian experience, for the
only reliable Christian experiences re-
'1f yours do not correspond with these
you had better forget them.
Before Christ left the earth He gave
the disciples eternal evidence whereby
they and we are told whether the Holy
spirit has come to us or not Now, listen,
" YOU have come to realize that you are
living in sin and despair OF trying to save
yourself, that is evidence that the spirit
has come. for the Lord said: When the
Spirit comes to you He will teach you
all things and bring to your remembrance
all things that have spoken to you
You people who are always complain
ing about not understanding the wrd'
make me tired OF course. you can't
understand IT, for you have never put
yourselves in accord with God and been
filled with the Holy Spirit, and until
you do the Bible will be a sealed book
to YOU Why even the disciples never
understood His teaching or the word of
God until He filled them with His spirit
In closing his sermon the evangelist ap.
pealed for more active support OF the
campaign.
II have no complaint to make about the
numbers that are willing to come every
day to attend the services" he said, but
YOU ought to be ready to go out and
hustle for God for once in your life. and
you will never have q better opportunity
to show your colors for Jesus Christ than
you have right here today in Chester"
j. Raymond Hemminger. choir leader of
the evangelist's party, resumed the train
ing of 400 school children OF this city this
afternoon at the tabernacle in preparation
for the temperance demonstration sched-
ued for Saturday. The children have al
ready learned a number of 'antl-booze"
songs and yclls and are quickly learning
others.
An interesting feature of the service
last night was an address delivered by
big" Frank Carr, eX-convict and safe
blower of national reputation, who told
details of his life of crime, described his
bits in the pen" and then his CONVEX
sion and subsequent life as a Christian.