The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-03-15
GREAT INTEREST
ATTENDS REVIVAL
At BAPTIST CHURCH

u at the First Baptis,
church continues to grow IN ,n.
tors po"er and results. Although in
lerfered with by the bad uo.tha -
was u"s' the church auditorium
dsv u oWaeo to its capacity on Sun
oay morning and evening
~. ~ Z. Dodd, of Shreveport
VINO is the visiting evangelist con
1u.''ns thls revival, spoke Sunday
.ns from the thirtieth verse of
the eleventh chapter Of proro.,e
" 'na' wlhneth souls is wise.'' He
spoke feelingly of the inst.nao
Ahown to so many occurring in y,
'So some few years ago. A voun.
couple had gone hunting tho 49,
eniaiiiihg IN the buggy beside rho
oau "hlie the young husband went
'n'o the prairie and underbrusb
snootlng' After many weary hours
<.e-
ol waiting, she spread the alarm on \
."e news OF lost man went from
'o"h 10 town and over the portions
Vi 'hree States-Texas, New Mexico
Gnu arizona. Parties were organ
ized IN every town, and the govern
meht soldiers were loaned for the
nuhl TO the number of over ! 600
ana yet said the speaker we sir
calmly by while men pass by us ey-
cry day. lost to fate a thmsand
times worse than mere morta,
uea'h' ana DO absolutely nothing to
point them to the way of life.
AT the close of the service there
were five additions to the church
TWO OF these being for baptism. The
greatest success of the meeting, so
iar' however, was DR.. Dodd's address
10 the Sunday school, on THE Road
10 church. Drawing on black
ooard the picture of boy starting
out to church, DR.. Dodd first pic
tured great ditch, or valley as he
termed 1t, naming this valley re
pentance, or sorrow for sins, fol
lowing this came great mountain,
on the top of which was placed the
cross OF Christ, and this mountain
was named faith. Telling them in
simple terms how that sorrow for
their wrongdoings, and faith in
Christ were the only things neces-
sary for complete salvation, and
then showing the river of baptism
as pre- requisite to church mem
bership, the speaker called for
manifestation on the part of those
who were willing to accept Christ,
and twenty five of the young PEG
pie came forward.
Last evening DR.. Dodd's message
was THE Mission of the Master r"
Christ came first, he said, to set the
world right with God, for to as many
as received Him ito them gave He.
the right to become children of
Cod" The world stands condemned
before God, Gods face turned away
from them, Christ came to pour out
his blood on the cross. that those
who would accept this atonement
might come to know God as Father,
might be reconciled with Him. Sec.
ondly, He came to teach us the
truth. The world is full of false
teachers, they arise every day, they
were prevalent in Christ's time, but,
according to John grace and truth
came through Jesus Christ. His
third purpose was to take away the
sin of the world that they might
stand uncondemned before God. The
heavy blight of sin was upon all the
universe, load they could not lift
crushing them down to
eternal perdition. John said, BE
hold the Lamb of God that taketh
AWAY the sin of the world.
There were four additions to the
church last evening, making total
If nine thus far.
DR.. Dodd will speak this evening
IN Gods Ultimatum to the Lost.
tomorrow. Tuesday morn
ng, there will he regular services
It 10 each morning. This will be in
he nature of conservation serv
ce. dealing more particularly with
he personal workers From the
wonderful emphasis placed upon
his part of Christian service, and
he hearty reception having been
-iven these particular MESSAGES of
he evangelist, it is expected that a
arge crowd will assemble each
for these services. They