Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-03-03
REy.GUY WILSON
SPEAKS Of SOUL
Gifted Orator Delivers Another
Splendid Sermon at Methodist
Church Revival.

Last night was the third in the Sc
ries Of revival meetings at the Nc
Gable Methodist church. The attend
aEce was good and the services were
characterized with great earnestness;
70 say that the discourse was a
mastery intellectual effort and that 1t
was noted for it's great flights of ora
tory and finely turned phrases and
rounded sentences would be to make
a mistake. But if one would say tina:
it was a great plea for a stricken
soul; full OF love for such a soul and
faith in a Divine Savior to meet. that
soul in its agony and give 1t peace
and rest then the facts would be stat
ed correctly.
The text, Psalms 142-4. The full
verse was read and the last clause
taken fer the subject, which reads,
mo man careth for my SOUL
The speaker said that a correct
translation of this passage from the
original would read, mo man is en-
orcising after my SOUL That this
is one Of the most sorrowful express
sions to be found in the Bible"
Care For Everything But the Soul.
In his discourse Rev. Wilson said
in part:
when the disciple struck off the
ear of the one in the garden Christ
said, put up the sword; if I were IL
ask a, legion of angels would descend
and render aid
MAN through all the ages has car.
ed for the mind. # we dig up old
tablets or search old manuscripts we
find that in all the past it has beer
the same; if we look at Egypt we see
how the ancients cared for the body.
Today We are intensely interested in
our educational institutions. And we
are Guiding great factories to pro-
duce cloth of cotton and wool that
our bodies may be beautitied and kept
warm: we are having great packing
houses where food is prepared for our
use and there the inspector: are
watching to see that nothing unsans-
tary or unhealthy can possibly be
passed out for consumption.
Our legislators are looking QUE for
for the purpose of seeing that our
taxes are reasonable and thai we do
not pay too much for our gas or cleo
! tricity. Our schools and colleges arc
busy. teaching Jul children the Won
ders Of nature and how to use and
preserve our bodies. Even our min.
listers are telling us how careful we
must he in what we breathe or eat
lest we get tuberculosis.
Sensible Missionary Work.
"Vcu can 20 into any city and YOU
will see placards saying the Eev. SO
neu SO VIII lecture to the masses
and yet ha will loose sight of til" in
dividual. You make a great; Cry about
the needs of the labor union but what
IRE you doing for the servant girl in
your kitchen or the poor ma that is
serving you?
"Once IN chapel work | took the
census and found that q were going
to China as missionaries and x like
number to Africa, and the same to
India. These, people praised God for
the, great privilege and shouted and
wept over the thought. But Just
across the way was a Chinese laundry
and asked them how many had ever
spoken to the man that washed their
| clothes about his souls salvation:
net one; and I asked those who were
going to Africa how often they had
spoken to the colored %janitor about
his soul?
Getting Nearer Home.
81 remember when | was only a
child hcw my heart was nearly brok
en- because people in the congrega'
| ton spoke to the older ones but pass.
ed me by. And reminder how J
took my little brother to the altar al
a later date. 1t is not hard not TO
pray, I, am SO glad we are all saved
but it takes grace to enable use to 20
ont and taxi a sinner by the hand anG
osk him to come to Christ.
Some Men Are Well or.
we say of mel they are well OF.
We mean they have money or wealth.
Some men are wise, hut how about
their souls? We build fine houses
and have beautiful rooms for II
hoods and music and everything OF