South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-01-24
LITTLE ME- n ARE
NEVER CONVERTED
Takes a Big Man to Confess
His Mistake Says DR..
Walter White.

you don't find the little scrawny.
two-by-four man doing much re-
penting. IT is the big man. broad
and Of large caliber. who sees his
mistake. who sees the error Of his
ways. and then comes forth 10 re-
pent with the prayer on his lips. "
This was the keynote Of the sermon
delivered last night at the First
Christian church by DIR. Walter
White. pastor Of the First Christian
church Of Cedar Rapids. Ia. and
evangelist at the local church dur
ing the simultaneous campaign.
The theme Of DR.. Whites sermon
was The Orthodoxy Of Living,
and he chose his text from the
passage "Ana Jesus said, We are
the light of the world. That the
true Christian must find somebody
iu despair, somebody who needs TO
be shown the light of Jesus Christ.
was the belief OF Or. White. He
said in part:
1T doesn't matter in the least
how much bank stock a man has
what his social standing is. or Of
how "a prominent position he occu-
pies in the world. before he may be
shown the light. Jesus said. 'fe
are the salt of the earth, and Jesus
intended that his disciples should
count for something i" the world.
some day the salt" viii work
out its intended purpose, and then
shall we see the whole world bios
som as a rose and men call each
other as brother Let your light
shine before men that you may
ylc.ify your father i'm heaven, was
the message of Jesus
What we must do today is 20 get
hold OF some man beyond he doors
of the church. get hold of them in
some way. I repeat, and bring them
into the fellowship of the church
Tut il must not be our only purpose
L. bring them inside the church
doors. Build on that and we are
doomed To disappointment once
when they are inside the church,
show them the light and they shall
be drawn into our circle as steel is
drawn towards a magnet.
We Must Deal Fair.
Further We must deal fair with
our God who is i'm heaven. 1t IS
the will of God that We should be
lieve. otherwise He would not have
lived as lie did nor died as He did.
Men must believe If he doesn't
his thoughts are like the shifting
sands.
And TO believe i'm Him we must
repent. The penitent man or wom-
an is the one who IS big in heart
and mind. The most wonderful
event i'm all history, aside from Cal
cry itself was the transformation Of
Saul OF Tarsus from a dOer of evil
Ways to n follower in the paths Of
Righteousness. Saul saw the error
OF his ways and although it cost
him everything he had in the world,
he stood by his convictions.
Shows Real Manhood.
The man who shows real man
hood is he. who like Saul, sees the
error Of his ways. comes up the
aisle. takes the pastor by the hand
and SAYS. Il haven't been living
right. ] am not right with God, and
I vant 10 make my peace with
i'm
Friends. tell YOU To- get right
with God Get right with your fell
l5w man. Remember thar ye are
he light and that on ye depends the
basis of the orthodox of living IL
IS Gods will during this life that
va should minister 90 the needy.
feed the hungry. clothe the naked.
and do good TO all men with whom
we come i'm contact. Let the world
see Jesus anew.
The one reason today that men
and women rebel against the church.
the reason that the church has no
place i'm the lives OF many. is that
You and haven't gone into their
life. Do what Jesus would have YOU
do. Go out tomorrow and minister
i'm the name of the Master
Issues Invitation
Just before the close OF the SER
Yaon. Or. White extended an invita-
ton TO an who were not already
members OF some church 10 come
forward and confess themselves.
Special music. provided by W. r.
VI. Hackleman of Indianapolis. and
assisted 10y chorus of specially
trained voices assisted I'm the ser
vices. Mr.. Hackleman gave solo.
DIT White spoke at the sunday
morning services on The Signid-
canoe of Personal Religion" He
said that the church was and is de-
pendent upon the personal religion
Of each OF its members. ON its very
existence. likewise. was dependent
upon the Christian life as exempt
red i'm its mem bership