The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-24
LARGE CROWDS FLOCK
TO HEAR DR.. FO0kS
At CUMBERLAND
Pres. REVIVAL

The services at the Cumberland
Presbyterian church throughout Sat
urday and Sunday were rich, rare
treats for all who attended. DR..
Fooks preached four wonderful, soul
stirring sermons, and there was more
outward manifestation of Gods pres
ence and power in the midst than has
been shown in any of the previous
meetings. He expressed great appre-
citation of the splendid congregations
at both the services on Saturday
which is usually an off-day in reviv-
ais; but those who had already had
taste of the good things in store
gladly left their duties and came.
On Saturday morning, he spoke on
Heavenly Recognition using for a
text Matthew SILL. This" he said,
lis not a Bible essential to us, and
there are various opinions concern
ing it; but | believe with all my
heart that we shall know our friends
and loved ones. 1t affords me great
joy. The first one | want to see when
get there is my Saviour, who died
for me: and should like to PROSTATE
myself at His feet and tell Him then,
as cannot now, while handicapped
with this earthly body. how | APP
preciate the sacrifice He made for
me. Next | want to see that dear
little woman from the old home in
Kentucky, whose face is furrcwed
with care and whose hands. tina.
show the marks of loves labor, are
dearer to me than the softest ones
wearing diamonds | want to tell
her as | shall then be able to tell
her and cannot express 1t here, how
value her motherly love, devotion
and prayers.
AS our interest in a distant state
or country increases as we have
loved ones living there, so We grow
interested in the great, unknown
world as our loved ones so out into
i, it-as the little mounds under tee
willows grow in numbers. Never. as
long as live. win I cease t. love
the place where Ord Is gathering to-
gether so many CT my family.
Dr. Fooks gave many proofs tho
the beathen, even, ami the ancients
have always believed in a final meet
ing place, where each should know
lis former friends
He said: "Well all be members of
one great family, with God as our
Father; so we'll all love one another
as we love every individual member
of our earthly fathers families. And,
as | know every member of my ia
Tiers family here, so will ! know
every member of my Heavenly. Fa-
Tiers family, for | shall certainly
have no less sense then than | now
have.
He cited a number of Bible in
stances, as well as some that have
come into his own experience, prov
ing that Christians, in dying, see and
recognize loved ones who have pre-
coded them to the soul-world.
Saturday evenings subject was,
"The Question of the Hour" or
what Shall ! Do With Jesus?" He
said, in part, Our nation, at the
present time, is being brought face
to face with the question of prepar-
edness, trying to solve so many puz-
cling local and national questions of
commercial and social life, but the
importance of all these sink into in
significance when compared with
that of this great question, What
Shall | Do With Jesus?" No matter
what our social prestige, each must
answer this for himself.
He pictured the circumstances un-
der which this was asked-when
Jesus was on trial-and said, Jesus
is again on trial: this time before
the culture and refinement of the
goth century. There is no doubt by
the learned, educated world that He
is what He said He was. You are
to answer this question with the
light of 10 centuries and more
streaming full upon the face and
cross of the Son of Cod. Sometime,
perhaps before long, we'll each one
stand on trial before Christ Himself
and will have to account for the dis
position we made of Him here"
On Sunday morning, regardless of
the inclemency Of the weather,
crowded house greeted DR.. Fooks
and anxiously awaited the message
he was to deliver. They were more
ers, for the entire service was a
beautiful one throughout Following
the SONG service, which included
solo by Miss higgins, he spoke upon
the subject "A Tribute TO Mothers; f"
and it was the most touching SER
vice Lakeland has witnessed in
long time. Being such a universal
subject, it appealed to all who heard