The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-03-05

TIE evening" talk by the evaupa;,st
Il pictures Samson, young and active
~ 2 man with purpose. He was
II love with the heather beauty and
was going down to see this beauty
when the young lion threatened "a
block he II ~ ia OF see
which you'd have turned many ren
aside, bGA Samson knew he must
Overcome his obstacle II he won tho
lprtze
These obstacles that block the way
Of Christians the evangelist char
aetefiaad as Hons. He said Samson
hesitated but a moment. then walked
up and slew the lion as easy as If IT
had been q kid. With this picture
flashed to the minds OF the people he
called attention to how applicable Il
Is 70 the present dag. I'VE are Jour
Heylng down to Timnath--no mat
ter which way you Journey you are
facing the lions, and when you stand
at judgment you viii be judged on
the move you make In front of them
When You merchants, doctors, far
mers and factery men achieve sue
cess you must face and sIay the lion
that obstructs the way to success.
/ You business men must slay the lions
| that block your way or face bank
Irnptcy. You lawyers must Stay the
| lions or It's back to the oblivion for
Xeu, and SO II is On down the line.
After all. to succeed is natural and
failure is unnatural II is our priv
Iilege to stand a success in the eyes
of God and the angels.
| Christians are not the only fail
ures, yet the failures in the church
lare always pointed out as obstacles.
We are told that 65 per cent of the
students Of law fail as lawyers. 70
/ per cent OF the students OF medicine
! fell as doctors and % per cent of the
i business men fail. Shall you fail to
swing out in business simply because
the others fail? 1t would be just as
foolish to refuse to accept Christ be-
cause others fail in religious life.
would put you face to face with God
ard have you ponder wellfailure
is failure wherever you find it.
How many failures there are in
this audience l do not know; prob
ably God looks down on those who
once had the spiritual touch and He
/ knows you have failed because you
refused 10 face and STAY the lion that
blocked the way, Set your face like
flint towards the God-built city
and overcome what ever obstacle
that bars your way.
I'VE have today launched an evan
gelistic campaign which could be
made the greatest this city has ever
/ known. | believe it will cplminate
in the greatest, but If you are to get
in on the victory it means, II you
please. that you have got lions to
| slay. | am not talking OF individuals
| but OF churches. Out in front OF
some Of these churches stand lions
huge. roaring lions. Let ME pic
ture some OF these lions:
FIRST there Is the lion OF fault
gindina. / wonder If there is any old
| sore-headed fault-finder in this audi
enee. there is a difference between
criticism and fault-finding. Criti-
cism may he made an incentive 10
lilies highest and best, and one
should welcome it, Instead of fault
finding. we should give praise. This
old world is all too stingy with it's
nraise ana words of commentator.
/ we Americans are great when 1t
comes to putting flowers on the
graves of the dead, II your pastor
breaches a good sermon 20 tell him.
Now don't confuse praise with fiat
terry. for flattery is always the mean
est sort OF SANDER Only shallow
brains are capable OF giving or ac-
! cepting flattery. The hardest church
In which to preach is that church
which is shot through and through
with fault-finding, for there the
! shirt Of God is handicapped Fault
finding has been Il vicious club in the
hands OF the devil The fellow who
is on the Job for God is too busy TO
stand around and find fault, Il that
is your lion, kill it.
Indifference might be character
izod as lion No. 2. The Indifferent
community is the hardest to arouse
in an evangelistic campaign Fhe
indifferent church is the hardest 10
breach 10. If loved ones are 70 ne