The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-06-07
BAPTIST REVIVAL
DRAWS HUNDREDS
MORNING SERVICES, IN PARTlCU-
LAR, BEING MORE LARGELY
ATTENDED,.

The meeting in progress at the FIRST
BAPTIST church continues to add num-
bers to the membership there. Inc
house was well filled down stairs last
night AMI tn: morning crowds con-
tinle TO increase. a feature OF the
revival is the number Of prayer meet
ings being held daily in the church.
at Newman's Chapel, and in the prl-
waite homes. The list is larger each
day.
The sermon delivered last nl9ht up
on the subject of the lost after
reading of the parable OF the prodlgal
son and other passages Of scripture
was rated as one of The most powerIui
andconvincing of those preached by the
evangelist, Lee r. Scarborough, so far.
Jesus came to earth" he said, 20
save that which was lost. TO be lost
on earth out in the dense woods VIII
bring fear to the heart, but the awful
lest thing is to be lost in soul, 1t IS
sad to lose property to see all that
YOU have made and saved go up IN
smoke before your eyes. 1t is Sdu
Thing to lose health, to be stricken
down in the vigor of life to pea Oh
weakness. But the saddest thing is TO
lose your soul.
Tonight you are dead he said
emphasizing and accomplishing dead
lin trespass and sin, and the wrath
of God is upon you. You are without
Christ and without God and without
Lone in the world. There are two
kinds of sinners, the saved and the
Insayed. The saved have believed I'M
to eternal life. The unsaved are con
demned already because they nave not I
believed on the only begotten Son Oh
God. God is everywhere, in the flow
ers. in the singing birds, in the WINK /
ling stars. in all the works OF nature
except in your unbeievng heart Which
shuts Him out sad incident when
was a personal experience, the pfeach-
or related at this point of hotel
man who refused to listen TO an INV
tation 10 attend church and blasphem-
ed. and who only a short time later a9
the family and preacher stood by MS
bedside, went into another world re-
heating again and again until at Inc
very last in the faintest whisper Tue
enc word, hopeless.
THE lost man lives constantly al
great danger and peril. They are
standing on slippery glass in the Ozark
ness" I'm due time your feet shaii
slide" Hell from beneath is moVeu
to meet thee at thy coming.
Incidents were related showing tue
application OF these scriptures. ile
spoke especially of the great danger
the Hattiesburg fire laddies were III
on their run yesterday morning, anu
of the great risk on every run. ln''
church." he said, turning to Christians
her membership realizes that men are
lost"
The sermon this morning was al
endeavor TO persuade Christians 10
realize the reality of Jesus Christ
'rrhe best endorsement of God is per
sonal experience with God he saiu'
Speaking on the promises, he SAID tilat
we can never appropriate them until
we have endorsed them. GOD is pc
fore the Christian He is behind hlm'
His strong arm is underneath, lie Is
with him. My own testimony after =
wears experience is that Christ has new
or in a, single instance failed me. What
the church needs most today isa Chrls-
tianitv that believes in the reality Oh
Jesus Christ.
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