The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-06-05
BIGGEST REVIVAL IN
HISTORY PREDICTED
FIRST BAPTIST PASTOR LOOKS
FOR GREAT GOOD
HERE.

Church continued through Saturday
evening, yesterday and today, with in
creasing interest, especially on the
part of the membership of that church
The evangelist, DR.. Lee r. Scarbor
ough, and the pastor, DR.. John T
Christian, are expecting great results
this week and hoping for the greatest
revival that ever visited Hattiesburg
Dr. Scarborough at yesterday morn
ing's service, literally put the entire
church membership on probation and
demanded that they awake from their
spiritual lethargy and cooperate with
him, the singers and the pastor in the
work they are trying to do. He had a
begin a meeting before 1000 people,
that his engagements were made into
1918, and that his time, which is yalu-
able, could be spent to better advan-
rage where the atmosphere was not
so chilled. He said that the Master
himself could not succeed in a meet
ing if the church membership did not
cooperate with him. 1t was a sting
ing rebuke from a real man of God.
Church members felt it and it awoke
them to renewed zeal Many prayer
meetings are now being held and
Christians are going out TO do per-
sOnal work. AS a result, the meeting
is proving still more fruitful in spir
itual revival and the ingathering of
members.
Saturday night the preacher spoke
on THE individuals Responsibility
for Bringing the Lost to Christ" bas-
ing his remarks upon reading of
Ezekiel Bill Briefly summarized,
his sermon emphasized the thought
that no neglect is so great as the ne
glect of speaking to the lost ut is
an awful thing to have the blood of
the lost upon your head" he said. "If
we neglect we are responsible not only
in this life, but in the next The dea-
con that cannot win soul is not a
good deacon We can discharge the
responsibility by living right In
consistent Christians are stumbling
blocks. We can discharge our respon-
sbility. also, by our words. We ought
to talk to the lost One of the great
opportunities of church like this is
to pray while the preacher breaches"
Sunday morning DR.. Scarborough
preached to a large congregation, us.
ing Revelations 1911 as his text.
He said that a spiritual campaign
not a commercial one-is on in this
city, and that the object is the revival
of the church, the salvation of souls
and the glory of Christ. THE agency
of the meeting is the word of God. the
spirit of the Lord whose power must
be the very center" he said. The pri-
mary, fundamental motive is the love
of Jesus Christ. The agents are the
Christians and members of this church
who volunteer. You cannot conscript
and make valiant soldiers for Jesus.
We are under obligation to hear the
call of the cross and enlist because,
out of the cross come all our blessings |
1t is Christ, lin whom we have our re- |
demption through his cross" What !
he has done for Us we can pray for !
only in consecrated service.
We must heed the call because |
through the cross we get the chance.
through the cross we get the chance |
to pray. There is no chance to talk !
to God apart from the cross. Every i
blessed hour of prayer is made posi- |
BILE by the death of Christ
Because through the cross of Jesus
comes the power to overcome the |
devil. This church will not conquer |
by her numbers, money, prestige, good
works, but only through the blood.
Power comes through a blood-washed |
discipleship, through testimony. God
wins through the testimony of his chill
dren.
The cross calls us to prayer, the lack
in this respect being the greatest |
among you. In New Testament times |
they prayed ten days and preached |
one and had three thousand CONVEX
sions in the one. The cross calls to
a cleaner life and a consecrated serv-
ice, to the life of separation. 1t calls
for loyalty to your church, and above
all for loyalty to the Lord. The Ger !
mans have sacrificed more than 500 900 /
lives in the battle of Verdun, but they |
are fighting for the glory of the
prince Now is the Verdun of this |
church. There is the call of the blood
of lost men in Hattiesburg. Worldly /
places are calling TO you. but heed the |
other CALL
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