Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-16
/. LIZ HOWLERS' HIT
ARD BY EVANGELIST
NICHOLSON IN DARBY
sellism and Christian Sci
nce Also Attacked in Ser
mon Urging Everyday
Christianity
DEBTS ARE PAID

9iy howlers and shouters and
rs, Russelsm and Christian, Science
among the modern things which
W igelist William p. Nicholson attacked
w IS Darby tabernacle sermon this after
~ = He insisted that in order to have
.r all church members must be ortho
al and let the world see what they are
y. their acts.
F,ie snow and cold kept many from the
ernoon service, but a fair.sized audi.
~ occupied the long benches and ap.
ided the singing blows at those who
~ double lives by claiming to be Chris.
'saiis. but live in sin
f'hysicians. grocers, bakers, milkmen
anu other tradesmen are praisng the
rerk Of the Nicholson. .Hemminger revival
J ause a wave of honesty Is sweeping
Darby. Colwyn, Colllngdale. Sharon
ltaL Glenolden, Paschallvlle and other
ms in Delaware County. Mr.. Nichol.
told the church members they were
{ going TO heaven IL they were dead
ats And many old bills have been
Tid since the warning.
In his terp1on OH Power" Mr.. Nichol
y said In part:
The glory OF our Gospel is its power.
We boast of II, and rightly so; but the
~ pie of the world do not want to hear
" at we say. They do want to see il re-
aled In our lives. Every day we are
rssenting and representing the Gospel
others. Their conception OF II is the
evelation we are giving in our lives.
We boast about its power TO save and
So nctffy and fortify; but do our lives
ast of this, too, or do we contradict
th our lives what we profess with our
ns1 Are oJr lives clean and white
rough and through? Are we fortified in
ie hour or sorrow and loneliness or
irouble or trial or tribuation or are we
~ orn1 fuII
ee profess that the world takes notice of.
'iut what we reveal by our lives.
The sad thing is so many are utterly
unconscious of their powerless condition.
They still preach or teach In the Sunday
rchool, or sing in the choir, or try to
70 personal work, but the power is gone.
they have no power to live n pure and
ioly life. They are being defeated con-
tantly by some besetting and upsetting
pin. Habits dominate them.
SCORES TIMID CHRISTIANS.
"others are as much addicted to dscour.
1genent and doubt and timidity as the
irunlxard is to liquor. They are slaves
20 their doubts and depression and they
lon't seem to have the power to get rid
of them. and still they say that their
Gospel is the power of God unto salvation.
others are victims of shyness and timldty |
when II comes to working for the Lord !
shy then, but when II comes TO talking |
about the Lord they are too shy II !
would nearly give them Mysteries IL you
ask them to say a word of the Lord or
cad soul TO Christ. why is this power
ess condition so prevalent in the church
Ind in our lives today?
THE loss of power always means the
oss of moral sight The next thing that
with Samson and happens with
svery powerless Christian is, they are
bound, and become slaves to their own
passions. Is there any greater bondage
than the bondage that comes after one
has tasted the sweets of freedom. All |
they do is under compulsion. II they still
work In the church. they do so because
hey cannot very well get out of it, but
is a weariness TO them.
Some have lost their power by delu-
lion of the devil. There never was day
yhen there were so many delusions. We