South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-02-16
SHOULDER DELIVERS
POWERFUL APPEAL
AttendaCe Large at Churches
Continuing Revival the
Fourth Week.

Lively interest marked the sery-
ices at the four churches continuing
the revival Tuesday night and a
number of conversions were report
ed.
Special sermons were delivered in
all the churches and enlarged choirs
were the order OF the evening.
Rev. r r. Shoulder delivered a
sermon at the First Baptist church
which made particular appeal to
the audience.
Or. Shoulder said in part:
Truth. knowledge and freedom
are revolutionary in the life of an
individual or Of nation. Truth
exists; knowledge Of IL is possible;
its reward is liberty. Shakespeare
says. knowledge is the wing where
with we fly to heaven. Tennyson
says. Truth crushed TO earth will
rise again Patrick Henry said in
his memorable address delivered be-
fore the council in Boston in 1875,
Give me liberty or give me death.
Jesus says. Know the truth and the
reward is liberty indeed. Men claim
10 be free. but II they are sinners
they are in bondage 10 sin.
Truth is Iibcrating.
To know nature is 10 gain free
dom in regard 20 her. To know her
fully is 10 conform ourselves TO her
with profit and reward. But Jesus
speaks OF a truth concerning God
that liberates the mind, dispels the
mists. chases the clouds from the
intellectual brow, widens the hori-
zon. enlarges the vision, and gives
the soul wings OF light like infant
morning. To know God is 10 cease
TO be afraid Of Him; 10 know Him
fully is 20 love Him dearly. To
know Him in personal experience as
Father is TO conform ourselves 10
Him with much delight and with
great profit Natures laws are dis
covered; the laws OF the spiritual
world are revealed. The former are
found out the latter are given. 1t
is revealed truth and given laws
which received and Obeyed Jesus,
who was hampered by no priest
hood. intimidated by no ~ ranny.
and trammeled by neither king nor
potentate. Independent OF cOndi-
tiOns and environment, He lived as
the truth among us
Catching the inspiration from
His life. Paul and Silas in the Philip
plan jail. in the inner prison. with
their feet in the stocks, were free.
The truth had made them free. John
was free in prison, the truth had
made him free. Herod was a slave
upon the throne, sin had bound him.
Johns vision was clear in the light
of divine approval. Herod's vision
had vanished in the night OF dissipa-
ton. Jesus upon the cross, a seem
ing victim in the hands Of mob.
was crowned with victory while His
executors were doomed TO defeat.
sin had played its part, but truth
conquers. veritas vincit. He was
the truth.
ANY kind Of knowledge that pro
duces purer thought and nobler pur-
poses in life is worth the task OF
getting il. The arts and the sciences
and the polite accomplishments and
above all spiritual knowledge that
makes wise unto salvation. all these
are worth while. Job says. Wis
dom is above tho price OF rubies. and
the beginning Of it is the fear OF
Cod We are confronted with stag
gering and infinite problems and
possibilities: electricity, radium.
LIQUID air and wireless telephony
give promise Of modified civilization
and attainment OF which this gen
Grafton has scarcely dreamed But
life and liberty and death and destiny
are vastly more infinite. revolutions
AIRY and urgent It is the truth about
these with which Jesus is concerned
and insists that if we know il we
shall be liberated from the bondage
OF sin. No matter IL creeds are shat
tered. odious dogma rejected and
plundered. the truth remains un-
tainted and the life Of Jesus un-
CHALLENGED as the world moves on.
ITO know Jesus. the world
Saviour. is 10 behold the truth i'm
action. To Obey Him is to be active
i'm the pursuits OF Christian service
Paul lamented that All men have
not faith Very little will be ac-
complished By half-hearted. skepti-
cal discipleship. With humility we
confess that agnosticism is a pop
ular phase OF thought today. nor Is
all or it outside Of the church. II
is the Greek equivalent OF the Latin
ignoramus Pyrrho OF Ellis was the
original agnOstic lie said. We DC
not know anything, nor even that
we know nothing Jesus said con
corning the way of salvation. The
wayfaring man, though a fool, need
not err therein. Matthew Arnold
the apostle OF culture, defines God