The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-16
EVANGELIST. HEARD
INTWO ADDRESSES
Rev. F. HI. Wright Begins
Series of Services Here
WITNESSES FOR JESUS
WAS EVENING SUBJECT
Forceful Gospel Sermons Heard at
the South Highlands Pres
byterian Church
Yesterday
BY REUBEN A. LEWIS

|
The Rev. Frank Hall Wright, evincinE
| opened the evangelistic services that will
be continued throughout October at the
Southern Highlands Presbyterian church
with two gospel sermons yesterday.
An impression was made by his meth
| DDS. There was lacking in his sermons
! the sensational elements, for it was by
| copious citations from the scriptures
with interspersed comment, that he drove
| home his lessons. Gifted with a powerful
penetrating voice, he spoke in staccato
! tones the homely and unornate words
| serving as the means of telling his mes
| sage.
| With the eighth verse from the first
| chapter of Acts, But We shall receive
| power when the Holy Spirit is come
upon you; and we shall be My witnesses
both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and
| Samaria and unto the uttermost part OF
the EARTH" as his text, he delivered a
| forceful sermon last night upon wit
nesses for Jesus"
There are three ways of witnessing
| for Christ" the Indian evangelist said
in opening. They are: Doctrinally, ex-
| perimentally and enthusiastically.
"Doctrinal soundness is the foundation
! for all religion. There is reason why
| we believe Christ to be the Son of God
| and that the Bible is the word Of God. u
| To convince his hearers as to why he
| believed the Bible to be the word of God
| he cited quotation uporf quotation from
| the Bible, showing what the apostles saw,
said and did. He traced the statements
| OF the apostles and others as regarded
| the statement that Christ died for oul
| SINS" that HE was buried" that He
arose from the dead" and thereby showed
| that there was no doubt but that the
| Bible was the word of God and thai
| Jesus Christ was His Son.
| He followed this testimony with some
| evidence to show why the gospel was
| truth. II have seen people in the slums
regenerated. L have seen the savage, I'M
| able to read His word, made into a new
1 man. There is abundant evidence thai
! His gospel is the TRUTH
| IF you are to be good witness, you
must have eyes, he continued. IF yor
have received the love of Jesus Christ
| you can not hide it, You can no more
| have the love of God in your heart ans
! attempt to hide it than you can plant
| a bean in the earth and expect no growth
| from it.
| I'VE must make personal witness of the
| power of God. 'Ye are my witnesses,
| said Jesus. If we profess that we have
the love of God we must show it, Coult
| one take your life and pattern theirs
after ito" Nothing is truer than thu
| words of the Bible, AS a man thinkett
| in his heart, so is he.'
| Love is spontaneous. The Christian
religion is spontaneous. If you have the
| love of God within your soul, you will
| not have to urge yourself to do good
| You cannot force love of God. We are
| called upon to be witnesses experimental
| ly Your deeds will tell whether or not
you are Christian.
You are called upon to be witness
| of the love of God efficiently; that is by
doing service. The propagation of the
! Bible depends upon the testimony OF
| Jesus Christs disciples. Go we into al
| parts of the world and spread the gos-
! pei He says. 1t is upon us that rests
the responsibility of spreading the gospel
| over the world into all lands and unto
! all people.
There is a trust imposed upon us. Are
we testifying to the gospel of God and
| his love? How do you suppose that the
| gospel is going to get to the children, tc
| the healthens and unbeliecers except by
| our service. / will tell you how. will
| say that some one is going to bear wit
| ness and take it to them. Are you doing
| your part? Go to the individual ana ale
| him or her. Some of the best sermons
| that Jesus Christ ever taught were tc
| the individuals. Do not hesitate Lead
! your brother, your sister, your son, your
| daughter, your wife or husband to Christ
| 1t is your responsibility.
| who can tell of the potentially of any
| soul. Think of what the conversion OF
| John Bunyan, that drunken sot meant
| to the world. Who would have thought
| that Jerry McCauley would have done sc
much for other people? You cannot af-
| ford to think of whether leading a SOU
| to Christ will be ripe in benefits.
| There is honor to come from such
| obedience to the commands of God. But
| you have got to obey his commands, il
| you are to be saved. 1t is an honor tC
| serve God. You are responsible for the
| sphere of your influence. 1t is a HARD
| matter to go to an individual and ask
him how about his soul. 1t is the hard
| est, task that l have ever had. But
| someone has got to do it, some minister
some Sunday school teacher, some deal
| mother, or somebody.
Are you ready for the question? viii
| you save a soul from death? What sort
| OF death? you ask? An everlasting death
| believe in hell. 1t is awful to think OF
such, but you can't get away from the
! facts. 1t is no theory of mine. car
substa ntate it from the word of God ir
| the Bible.
when you think about the dearest
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