South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-02-05
REVIVAL
A GREAT SUCCESS
Conversions on First PentiCoSt
Day is Theme of Rev.
Brundige'S Sermon.

ION the first Pentecost day was
held the greatest revival thai has
ever been recorded in the history
of the world" declared Rev. W. A.
Brundige. the pastor evangelist at
the Indiana Avenue Christian
church, in his sermon sunday night
in opening the revival servises at
that church.
For the theme OF his first sermon
the evangelist chose the historical
significance Of the revival as re-
Aected in the early church. In IN
PRODUCTION some attention VAS given
to the breaking off Of the old law
and the initiation of the new testa-
ment In the sermon delivered to
the men Of various languages at the
beginning of the public careers Of
the apostles ne found the first re-
vical service.
In his use of posters illustrating
the subject matter of his talks, Rev.
Brundise has introduced an limo
walton into South Bend. Graphically
just behind the speakers platform
was pictured the Lords library. the
books comprising the old and the
new testaments; and on another
was depicted in algebraic simplicity
the relationship between the life of
man here on earth and his future
happiness.
First Il the Pattern.
This first revival" declared the
speaker, had all Of the requisites
of "a great revival and it is the pat
tern from which all others must
be drawn. 1t was the first Chris
tian sermon delivered by the first
great speaker of the church"
He went on 10 show the things
that are necessary TO make a great
revival. Following out the prin-
ciples set down i'm this first revival
we arrive at the conclusion that for
a really great revival there must
be first a great occasion; second, a
great preacher; third, a great
theme, and, fourth, great results.
All of these are notably present in
this first great sermon.
THE great occasion of the first
sermon is found i'm the fact that il
was delivered on the feast Of the
PentecOst of the Jews when in the
city of Jerusalem were gathered
Jews from every corner of the globe.
1t was only at that time that it
would be possible for a single man
to address such a large audience
representing so many different
parts of the world"
Here TO Repeat Sermons
In expanding upon the fact that
St Peter, who delivered this first
sermon. was one of the greatest
preachers set down in church his
tory. Rev. Brundige declared: I'VE
are here only TO repeat the sermons
of the first great preachers. They
lived with Christ and heard from
His lips the great truths that COM
prise His message to the world. We
can but follow III the words that
they have handed down to us in SER
mons recorded in the Bible
The great theme, Jesus Christ
and his love for the world, is the
common subject matter treated in
the sermons of that day and of
this he said, in talking on the third
point OF his lecture.
Finally the great results Of the
first revival furnished the structure
about which he built up the latter
part of his sermon. More than
5000 were converted by St. Peter,
who seized the sword Of the word
of God and with it pierced the
hearts of the very men who some
days before had formed the bowling
mob that put Christ to death. Now.
st. Peter, with divine assistance.
conquered them and baptized them
i'm the same sacred name"