Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-09
BILLY ASKS LORD
TO GIVE ATLANTA
SECOND PENTEC0ST

ened church door Sunday night. Only
10 per cent of themi Only about 50
Per cent o. the 10 go Sunday morning.
Some FOLKS never so near. I never could
understand why Gods sheep want 20
leave the Lords clover patches and go
up the back alley and chew rags and
tin cans with the DEVILS billy goats
All the 12O knew Jesus better than
anybody else. No two knew him ex-
actIy the same way. but they all loved
him. I don't see how the themeSot that
meeting could be anything other than
Jesus Christ We have got so many
people I'm our churches at the head OF
thfnxs-aIl these deacons and stewards
and elders and committee men and sun
day school teachers that don't know
Jesus Christ They know something
about him, but they don't know him. So
of course. they are not in sympathy with
the revival effort They have never
been converted themselves. II they
were I would not be here If they were
converted they would be in sympathy
with God
II IS said that If Moody had his life
n live over again he would go into
town and preach month and never elNe
an frvItatiou TO the unsaved, preaching
70 arouse and stir up the dead PACK 70
church. Il took Moody all his NE 70
learn. nv friends. that that snoulo haN {
been done TO-DAY. He used TO 80 IN anu
r,reach .erd the first night give the IN
,,i+st4on TO the unsaved. Later on ne
,siS~oysrad that il was wrong. he ought
40 have spent all his time preaching IN
ths church and getting them before Goo
.n5 then they would so out and DO II
frS+a.6 Of expecting somebody else ~
wear his life out doing It.
- rbev all knew Jesus, and Wneh
,bav- came together fresh from tile
NTonrt of Olives. they watched nm Is
ing slowly out OF their sight ana me-
,.,ouId all tell about the last houI ~ -
were with him. and about the iast "A
- very word that he uttered anu
80 -, ,,,-,,-,isa would be remembered and
,,-o,,id he repeated to somebody e;
TSS,-sd I'll have something to say anu
49, vvo,IId g on day after day
WANT no KNOCKERS
~ REVIVAL MEETINGS.
or ,bs hest way 10 take strife. and
null and fight. and factions ana Ieuus'
.. 81 Individuals and the church-for
err devils cheer every time they nave
. church scraps TO get everybody 10
I-,,oyr Jesus Christ And II some stran-
ger had happened TO actually stroll into
tb.t meeting. sat there for five min
utss and listened TO their testimony
be urouId have had born within MIN
desire to know this Jesus that had done
SO much for the world
Now. what is needed to produce
revival is an atmosphere where every
body is in sympathy and praying ana
know Jesus = There wasn't a knocker
in the bunch. not 4 one. Now, another
thing. The last promise that Jesus
gave 30 His disciples Just before he
went over 10 the cross was, AND l
will pray the father, and he shall give
YOU another comforter, and he may
abide with you forever" And the last
promise that He made TO them after
His crucifiction and resurrection. and
lust before His ascension was this. e
shall receive power after that the Holy
Ghost is. come upon you And the
last thought that Jesus had for His
disciples before He went on the cross.
and the last thought He had for His
disciples before He went TO heaven were
for the same thing. Il want you 10
have power" And He wants His church
to have power today. They haven
got it for they don't believe in Jesus
Christ They are a lot Of God-forsaken
infidels. heretical preachers. standing out
in orthodox pulpits. sprouting and pour
ing out ,damnable lies. and xou know IL.
know preachers that are preaching