The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-06-26
Revival At The
First Baptist Church

At the evening hour OF worship,
ali eloquent opening prayer was
made by our pastor, invoking Gods
blessing upon the services, that the
Holy Spirit with all his quickening
power be present to move upon the
hearts of men and women-to con-
vict them Of sin, that they repent,
ard flee from the wrath to come
Bro. Wear expressed his qualification
at the result of the Sunday services
and his pleasure at being with his
people again and how very near his
feart his people were. Mr.. !Ians-
ford told us in song of the Wonder
full Love of the Savior" DR.. Kings
text was Psalm 1912, "Cleansa thou
me from secret faith /" Subject, Sec
cret SHINING" DR.. King stated in
his Introductory remarks that he had
only heard secret sin discussed once
before. With fear1essness DR.. King
discussed secret sins of all kinds and
their results Emphasizing in closing
that there should be clearer line
drawn between the good and the bad,
also between the church and the
world
This morning DR.. Kings mes
sage was based upon the 36-3S verses
of Math g. where our Lord in his
ministry of healing saw the multi
tude was moved with compassion and
his words to his disciples that they
pray the Lord of the harvest to send
forth more laborers into the harvest
Three keywords saw, moved, pray
A great many people in this world
have eyes but they see not-are blind
to the opportunities near them. Il
is theblackest hypocracy to cry on
Sunday over the lost in Africa when
you do not try to save the colored
people who serve you. Opportunities
are all around us. Take as your mot
10. Il will discover way, or l will
make way" Why spend time
hunting the opportunity that lies al
your door. Open your eyes that they
may see the heaven-given opportun
ity Christ was filled with compass
sion; his great heart was filled with
sympathy. Theoloeically, we know
there are lost all around us, yet We
are not moved with compassion foI
them. When we are genuinely moved
we will act-will speak to them OF
their souls welfare. In our families
those bound by loves tie; in oul
Sunday schools the boys and girls
whom we teach are lost. some how
some way that We might awaken tr
sense Of our responsibility Jesus
saw the multitude-the great harv-
est Of souls-and said "Pray the
Lord of the harvest that he send la.
borers.
Some in this church and in my
church at Fort Myers should be la.
borers, but the Lord can't use them
for their lives are not consistent. II
we had the good old-time prayng ia
theirs and bothers with the family al
tar of worship, our boys and our
girls would be saved AS sure as God
reisrs in heaven he answers the
prayers we offer for our children in
his own good time and in his own
way thev are answered DR.. Kings
whole life influenced by the prayers
of his godly father and mother. III
closing, DR.. King made an earnest
plea that we look for the opportunit,
and when found, go to God in prayer
fer power to lead that soul to Christ
These meetings continue to grow in
interest with many additions to tho
church. On Wednesday morning al
$50 there will be a special. service
FOR women. DR.. Kings message is
for women only; every woman il
Lakeland is cordially invited to heaI
this message of vital importance
Eaptisimal services will be held or
Wednesday night at the close of DR.
Kings message.
Thursday night will be observed
in the revival services of the Baptis
church as Sunday school night AL
pupils above the primary department
} are expected to be present and will
be seated in classes with their teach
, ers. All teachers are earnestly urget
to use every means to have thei
, classes present and thus make thi
/ an occasion of great importance an,
, interest to the young people Of on
[ large Sunday school
REPORTER.