Arizona republican., 1917-01-23
GOOD MONDAY
CROWD HEARD
EvANCEL|STS


the Tabernacle. was shown by the at
tendance last evening, which was Con
| sidered very good for Monday night.
About five hundred persons were
present.
Rev. Hart despite a strenuous days
work, delivered a strong address on
! Personal Service The sermon was
intended primarily for church mem
bers, and he gave several Illustrations
TO show the inactivity of the members
Of the Protestant churches in personal
work The population of the country
has increased, according to statistics
about 212 per cent he said, while the
churches show less than / per cent"
Before beginning his theme. Rev
Hart made Il number of announce
ments. This afternoon a meeting will
be held in the tabernacle at 2:30
o'clock. Tonight the evangelist will
speak on The Mask Torn off" and
he told his hearers last night that the
sermon viii contain some plain facts.
Thursday night Rev. Hart will
| preach on what is considered his most
| important sermon in the early part of
! the campaign. His subject will be
He'll" Nh Hart says he Will prove
that He'll was not made for man. and
/ that the statements made by many
Coubters that God made Hell that it
]
Beginning this morning. prayer
meetings viii be held in local homes in
certain districts in the city. Through
/ out the remainder Of the car'laigli
/ rayer meetings viii he held on Tues
day, Wednesday, Thursday and Frida
Good Song Service
A good song service was held last
night The choir rendered a number IF
selections and this part of the program
was made doubly interesting by a sole
sung by Rev. Magann.
/ The theme of the sermon last night
was Responsibility or Something
| Worth While The text was taken
| from two passages of scripture the
| first from Genesis f:6, Am M
/ Brothers Keeper and the second from
/ John 4 %. Say We not four month:
and then harvest Lift up your eyes
/ and look at the field, for it is alread,
| harvest
/ in part, Rev Hart spoke as follows
There is no more fearful calamity
] than the loss of an opportunity. There
! is no turning back there is no reeov-
! ery-it is lost forever. "DppartUnitA
| is golden" and brothers and sisters.
/ his is your opportunity to become la
! 3orers in the field for Christ and
| workers with Him. Jesus did not only
preach-Hc practiced. Go into the
| highways and compel them to come in,
/ was His Injunction and because the
/ professed Christians have not done
! his and have not made the burden a
I personal one. the church is not win
ming souls as it should.
In Gods Cause
There is no heresy so great in the
! sight of God as the hcresV Of indif-
| ference. What will YOU do in Gods
| cause: You were saved to save others
and silent life won't do it. As soon
IS the disciples were baptized they
started out to preach the gospel. facing
mockery, ridicule and hatred. bat what
cared they" For the secret Of s.tccese
n saving souls is to lie in the w0rI6
and not OF it. We should he separated
/ from the world as q diver IS protected
| from water
| salvation means more than simply
/ Getting to heaven. 1t is not fire in
surance policy to keep You out IF hel!
nd in no plare i'm the Bible can yoC
ind where Christ preached salvation
I rom fire and birthstone Salvation
means for rs to he pure and clean and
/ { follows that if we are We cannot &C
70 the place of eternal punishment but
will receive the joy Of life everlasting
! with Christ himself our salvation de-
bends on saving others. the response
bility of our brother being placed in
our hands and we will he held account
able to God for any failure in the per-
Torrance of this duty.
Salvation of City
Jesus eXhorted his disciples to 70
bout and gather in the harvest Of wait
| ing souls and if they had not done a!
lie commanded, but bad waited 70
sinners to come to them the wor}
would never have prospcred as it did
out Il
/ burdened for the salvation Of soul
here in Phoenix and if l. stranger
am so DESTROYS for a gracious revival
how much more should you who arc
/ here all the time. be concerned for The
salvation Of the city.
oar greatest trouble lies in the fact
that we are not willing to do persona
work in this great cause and never til
we overcome this can we expect Il
have results. | was greatly surprised
and disappointed to see how few. from
the great crowd gathered here. Sunday
went ont among the congregation ane
lergonaNv dressed the cause of Christ
upon their-friends Many in the after
noon meeting pledged themselves TO dc
this. but when the test came they were
not there Tho cause OF Christ IS not
an easy one to follow, neither can We
do the best work in the church by
staying at home enjoying the comfort
able fire when we should he attending
the service of the Lord
THE greatest sin of the church Is
inactivity. We never think Of having
football game or COUNT fair or some
other worldly feature Of amusement
without advertising it and personally
asking our friends to attend, and YET
when it comes to the work of the
church we remain inactive, believing
that our duty lies in attending the
services ard letting the preacher DC
the work I tell YOU, friends, that the
preacher cannot do a successful wori
unless he has the support of the pew
IN aiding him by personal work. IL i
not big sermons which win men to thf
cause Of Christ. Why do we not WIN
\ silent tongue and inactivity VIII NO
bring our fellow men to Christ. W.
must go down into the cesspools of in
4 iuIitv and shame and bring the wan