South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-02-15
DECLARES MANY
RUN FROM COD
Evangelist Ludgate Tells
Story of Jonah Who Dis
Obeyed Commands.

Pleading with his congregation
and hearers TO pay closer attention
20 personal work in this last week Of
the simultaneous campaign. Evan
gehst J. G.. Ludgate at the Grace
Methodist church Monday evening
called attention 20 the Biblical story
OF Jonah, who was swallowed by a
whale. Like Jonah. many people of
today are not following the com
mands OF God and Christianity 10
carry on the work OF the gospel.
declared the speaker and he warn
ed that they do not try to run away
lest they be cast into the prison Of
condemnation for their disobedience.
The speakers subject for the even
ing was The Preacher Who Took
a Submarine Trip" and he said in
part:
There is i'm the New York city
museum Of natural history the paper
macEe model Of a whale captured on
the coast Of New Jersey which meas
ures Sc feet long with a depth OF
- feet through the girth Of the
body, with a throat capable Of allow
ing "A man eight feet tall to walk
straight down the throat If in our
time there still remained a whale
OF such huge dimensions as this
model made from the natural size
OF the captured fish, what must have
been the size Of the great fish that
God made TO swallow this runaway
preacher?
Jonah was commissioned Of God
TO preach u a certain city. the size
OF which may be guessed when the
scriptures tell us there were 60. 600
little children i'm il. This was a
very wicked city, and the preacher
ran away from his divine call and
appointment and took ship 10 go TO
Tarshish from the presence of the
Lord, leaving Ninevah TO rot in its
sins.
But God followed this preacher.
out 10 sea, and blew with His
breath upon the waters. until the
ship was in danger of being wreck
ed. Then when the preacher saw
what damage had been done TO the
ship and the crew by his disobedi-
thrown overheard, which, when they
had so done. the storm ceased. and
a great fish swallowed up Jonah and
he took a submarine trip lasting
three days and nights.
Then. in the solitary confinement
of his submarine prison, he had time
for reflection. and said. 'Ninevah
with all it's wickedness will be bet
ter than this and prayed for de-
liverance, and promised he would
preach. and soon the great subma-
rine came TO the surface, and in a
little while Jonah was on his way
TO his preaching appointment, and
as a result of his preaching soon the
whole of this great city. from the
king on his throne TO the lowest
slave was repenting in sack cloth
and ashes.
Many in South Bend are running
away from God. He has called them
TO confess their sins. quit their
meannesS leave the ranks of the
ungodly. break away from the devil.
and join the church Of the Lord
Jesus Christ. but they are running
away. some TO the theater. others TO
the dance, some 70 the card able,
others to the saloon, and others are
deliberately staying in their homes,
rather than come TO the house OF
God. But we are praying that dur
ing these last few days OF this meet
ing that the Holy Spirit will follow
them and shake them up with His
convictions Of sin and remorse, un-
til. like Jonah. they will get so sick
Of sin they will begin to cry out for
mercy.
IF there should be church mem
bers that God has told 10 go to GER
tain ones and try to win them for
Him, and YOU have refused 10 obey,
YOU had better repent, go and de-
liver the message God gives YOU, and
YOU will have the JOY OF seeing them
repent with tears and contrition and
turn 10 God and seek His pardoning
love Go 10 your Ninevah tonight
and do not try to run away TO Tar
shish. lest YOU should he cast into
the prison Of condemnation"