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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-02-14
FORMER PASTOR AT
FIRST EVANGELICAL
Rev. Frederick Rousch, Who Built
Present Building, Occu-
pies Pulpit.

The sermon at the First Evan
gelical church last evening was
given by the Rev. Friedrich Rausch,
former pastor and builder of this
church The speakers text was
The petitions in SOlomon's dedi-
catory prayer reaches the crux of all
the strange men from God" and
was taken from the first book Of
Kings. chapter s, verses SO and SO.
The speaker told of Solomon's
great wisdom and of his asking the
Lord for the power 10 distinguish
between good and bad. Solomon
knew" the speaker said, "of the
great plague of sin that goes on
within the heart and it is this same
disease that trou bles US today" This
plague, he showed, is gradually de-
stroying us and it is up 10 us if we
wish 20 be saved 10 allow the Lord
10 help us drive out this pestilence
and to lead a new life.
The speaker showed how willing
the Lord was TO help US and that
in all cases it was Up to the sinner
10 allow the Lord TO enter his heart
and make ii clean.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-02-14
MODERN BLUFF FAILS
TO BLIND GODS VISION
You Cannot Follow the Lines OF
Least Resistance and Secure
Eternal Reward.

The concept which most people
have of what it is to be a Christian
would. if applied TO anything else.
brand them as deadweights, ne'er-
do-wells and bad members, declar-
ed Dr. A. Christy Brown at the
Westminster church 'cat uight. His
text was taken from IoEe 1924
TRY TO enter in at the straight
gate"
IF YOU wish TO enter at the
straight gate you cannot take with
YOU false conception Of what II
is to be a Christian. Some people
think that it is the easiest thing in
the word 10 be saved. They think
that they can follow the line OF
least resistance. make no EFFORTS,
make no demands, go 10 church
not very often and that somehow
a lust God will help them in the
gate To enter this narrow gate re-
auires constant effort, struggle, con-
tinuous pushing and pressing. As
I look at conditions nowadays /
think see drift from this the
law laid down by God. We must
Quit our bluffing." stated Or. Brown.
A man in the world may cover
himself with a veneer of religion and
pass among other men as Chris
tian but God sees through 1t all.
He called these people hypocrites
and whitened sepulchres and what
was the truth in that day is the
truth in this day.
I'VE must drop all our sins, re-
pent and make an effort. A sin ism
only breaking the open law, keep
ing out OF Jail IL is a sin 70 know
how to do good and not 10 do IL
We must quit our meannesS. trying
10 get all we can out OF the world,
trying 10 get in through the grace
of Jesus and not by doing good
Christianity is belief. life, growth,
and progress while unoehef Is the
beginning OF all sin. God asks be
lief" said Rev. Brown.
Excellent singing by the choir and
the soloists supplemented the Efforts
OF the speaker. The subject OF the
sermon tonight will be. The tender
sensitiveness Of the Holy Spirit
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-02-14

Belief that Ignorance is Mother
of DeUotion False, Says Minister

sod does not despise brains" be-
gan Rev. Z. Enterline. pastor Of the
quincy street Baptist church, in his
sermon on Reasoning With God"
last night. He puts no premium
upon ignorance" continued the
speaker. There are those who say
that ignorance is the mother of de-
votion.. but il is not. Ignorance is
only the mother of superstition and
superstition is as far from true re-
hgiOn as day is from night" he de-
clared. God expects man TO use
his brains and 10 use them 10 the
best Of advantage. he asserted.
Continuing, he said in part:
Man can use his brains 10 no
better purpose than to understand
the great, divine plan of salvation.
He charges Israel. His people. with
blind ignorance and ingratitude to
Him. He says The OK knoweth
his owner and the ass his masters
crib, but Israel does not know Men
who forget God are more unrea-
sonable and more ungrateful than
the OK or ass. The plan Of saliva
ton makes no unreasonable demand
upon man. Can anything that God
asks may be regarded as unreason-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-02-14

able for such a boon is the eternal
salvation OF his soul?'
Rev. Enterline then told the story
OF a farmer who sent his son TO
college after years OF labor. Upon
visiting the college his son would
not recognize the father. lie gave
this as an example OF the ingrati-
tude of children towards parents: Il
ask you mothers and fathers: Can
there be a more bitter pill 20 swat
low than TO have a son or daughter
whom YOU have lavished affection
upon turn against you ." He stated
that the ingratitude of children to-
wards parents was small sin in
comparison 10 the .ngratitude Of
man toward God. 81 never saw a
dog turn 10 someone because he
was more influential. or fake amec-
ton for a present. / have known
a dog TO lick a hand that man would
kick. He shows what mortals do
not-shows gratitude and never half
wags his tail"
Mrs. L. T. Jain rendered vocal
selection while special music was
provided by a chorus choir. Dea-
cons Norris and Shelley led the CON
gregation in prayer Services will
begin at 1880 O'Clock this evening.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-02-14
BIBLE PROVES THERE'S
A HE'LL, SAYS MINISTER
You Can Form Your Own Opinion.
But Fact Cannot be
Doubted.

Hell was the subject Of the SER
mon preached by Rev. J. A. AIcIn-
tuff at the First Brethren church.
$. Michigan St. last evening From
the opening sentence, in which the
speaker propounded the question.
rs there a Hell ?" until he made
his final plea for converts, there was
not a dull moment.
Rev. McIntuff commenced his ser
mon by telling of the literature
person finds on his front door steps
from time TO time, always bearing
such fancy titles as What do the
scriptures have to say about help"
What is the modern conception of
hell?" What is hell, anyway ?"
do you believe in fire and brim-
stone heu?" etc. These he an
severed in no uncertain manner. He
told of the rich man who died and
went 20 hell. and of the poor man
who died and went to heaven. He
said a man might be rich in the
sight Of man, and a pauper in the
sight of God.
one thing is sure" continued
the preacher God says most en-
phaticslly in the Bible that there is
a hell. You can form your own con-
illusions of what that hell is. I've
formed mine. l want you to form
yours. Believe il is torment after
death, the terrible fire and brim-
stone that you have heard about
since your childhood; believe II is
separation from God, believe IL is
merely the remorse of your own
conscience, believe it is anything
else, but believe that il is some
thing. that it does exist. and that il
is not the production of some fertile
mind"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-02-14
MEN TOO CARELESS
ABOUT RELIGION
Modern Idea OF Every Man. His own
Belief. Is scored by
Minister.

Men OF the world today are be-
coming careless as TO the kind or
form OF religion that they profess
and they say as long as a man Is
really sincere in what he does be-
neve or profess that he is as good
as any man that processes the true
spirit OF God and lives according 10
His own law and word, said the
Rev Daniel A. Haley at the revival
services in the Mispah Evangelical
church last evening.
Stress was laid on the instances
OF the work OF Christ shown I'm the
Bible. where he rendered bills of
exception against his people in
total OF Is passages. charging them
70 follow his warnings in regard 10
the saving OF their souls. and gain
ing the kingdom of heaven. He
said. that through the observance
of these same mandates of Christ
and through them only can the men
OF today hope 10 attain the end that
So many are striving for. The prin-
cipaI means. and the best means TO
the successful end is through the
conversion 10 Gods own church. the
absolute and complete repentance
for all sin. and finally the signs OF
the last stage. regeneration.
These objects for our attainment
constitute a blue book" in which
is 10 be found the best safest and
rruest route 10 eternal life and the
glory OF God. These great means
OF salvation that have been given
To US also are the great bridge that
will pass US from sin 10 His favor.
over the endless and bottomless
chasm that lies between without
that aid 4 mans very life de-
pends upon his care of his health.
80 does a mans future depend on
his careful choice OF the path he Is
10 get TO his future reward.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-02-14
SPIRITUAL BLINDNESS
AFFECTS MANY PEOPLE
Desire to Initiate Others Causes
Loss OF Heavenly Crown,
Rev. Appleby Says.

Hold that fast which thou hast.
let no man take thy crown" was the
text OF the sermon delivered by Dis
trict Supt. Rev. NJ. II. Appleby at
the First NJ. r. church last night.
He explained that the churches
should hold carefully 10 what they
have and that God will help them
to increase this so they will be able
TO win out against evil often even
men who have given themselves 10
God may lose out in the conflict be
tween evil and right and lose hope
for a future life" he said. Many
people are affected with spiritual
blindness They have made "A sue
cess in life. and have all the mater
ial comforts they can desire so they
are ready TO settle down comfort
ably and enjoy life They do not
realize how poor. wretched and mis-
cradle they are il they have neg-
lected God in their rush for success.
The church should wake them up
and teach theni 10 use their power
TO overcome evil.
An increase i'm spiritual power
should be the aim of "A church and
church people. II people desire 10
be more like other people there is a
strong possibility that they will lose
their crown and power"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-02-14
MAN WHO
REFUSES CHRIST
Jesus Knocking at Heart is
Challenge to Better Self,
Says Rev. R. |. Champion.

Accepting the invitation of Evan
CELLS, r. ]. Champion. five converts
hit the trail" and were taken into
the Lowell Heights NJ f. church
last night I'm his sermon, Rev.
Champion took as his text, Behold.
/ stand at the door and knock. and
if any man Will hear My voice and
open the door / Will come into him
and sup with him, and ne with Me. -
Il pity the man or woman here to-
night" said the evangelist, who
bolts his or her heart to Jesus Christ
and will nat answer His knock"
How may l know that Jesus is
standing ct the door OF my heart and
knocking, is a question which many
people ask. When He comes He will
work wonderful change in you and
you need not fear that you will not
hear Him. A beautiful manifesto
ton of Jesus is when we are inspir-
ed with the great desire To be a
Christian and a better man, when
we are filled with a burning wish 10
see Him in all of His glory. There
are too many people who Will not
open the door to Him till they are in
their last illness and ready to step
into the world to come"
Speaking of the difficulty of Civ
ing ones self TO God. the evangelist
said: 1t may be that the knocking
of mis- is Ip1 70 ha
best that is i'm you and me 1t is
often a challenge TO do things that
duty and conscience demand that we
do, and we must sympathize with
the man who has to battle with him
self TO force himself to do his duty
Men who are strong and capable
otherwise. say L just can't when il
comes TO giving themselves TO Jesus
Christ.
God sometimes stands at the
door and knocks, and His voice is
heard through the working of provi-
dence. Providence takes its course
and brings people To their senses
with sudden shock. letting them
know what it is TO be a Christian.
The gospel is the biggest and most
wonderful thing in the world and
God will bring it TO you if you will
only let Him. But remember that
Christian cannot live a Christian
outside Of the church"
The pastor, Rev. Guy II. Black.
made a short address, in which he
urged the people Of the congregation
TO call upon others and to see per
sonally that they come to the meet
ings. Bring those Of your friends
who are unsaved." he counseled,
for they cannot be saved at home"
At a meeting yesterday afternoon,
for women only. the church was
crowded. There will be another
meeting for women Thursday after
noon. A special meeting for the
men will be held next Sunday after
noon. Tonight the choir will prac-
tice at Z o'clock before the services.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-02-14
SINS MUST BE GIVEN
UP AFTER FORGIVENESS
Rev. VI. G. Hant SAYS Wrong Doing
Will be Exposed on Judg-
ment Day.

He that covereth his sins shall
not prosper but he that confesseth
his sins shall have mercy" was the
text used by the Rev. Melvin c..
Hunt in his sermon at the Trinity
Methodist Episcopal church last
night. He told OF the folly of hiding
sins in the heart instead of con-
Tossing them and doing good The
man who hides his sins may some
times be successful during his life
but on the judgment day his soul
viii be uncovered ard exposed be-
fore the eyes OF the world
"A man who tries TO ignore sin or
shows a belief in it is doing him
self a great wrong. Cod came into
the world because OF the sin OF man
and many times in his talk He spoke
Of sin" said the preacher.
lie then showed the necessity Of
confessing and forsaking sin as real
Christian men and women should
do.
There was good attendance at TIE
church and ten converts wsTe made.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-02-14
SOUTH BEND NEEDS
VISION OF CHRIST
Evangelist Warns Boys and
Girls of Emptiness of
Worldly Pleasure.

To-day South Bend needs more
than anything else vision of God,
declared Rev. G. l.. Elliott at the
Epworth Memorial NJ. +. church
last evening in his sermon for
which he used as his text: There
is a way which seems right unto
man but the end thereof is the way
OF the dead" Wednesday he will
speak on the Personality of the
Devil.
The world does not satisfy man, "
said the evangelist. You can put
ali the gold, all the bathrooms, and
all the pleasures of this world into
the human heart and can not fill II.
Pile up the wealth and you desire
more. Get as many hOnors as pos
sible and you seek others. Your
ambitions can never be satisfied.
but they rise higher. But seek
Christ and you will be completely
satisfied. To learn to know Christ
is the one road TO happiness.
lit seems TO the young man that
he has a perfect right 10 enjoy him
self in this world. 1t seems to the
young girl that there should be
nothing 10 prevent her from having
her fill of worldly pleasures. do
not blame the young men and young
girls for seeking the good times and
pleasures of this life. but l will warn
them that sin brings no JOY.
AT first sin brings a sting OF
conscience. but with repeated viola
tons OF the laws of God and the
dictates of conscience, our inner
voice ceases to warn us when we
have committed sin and we seem to
enjoy il. Our conscience dies. You
can not trifie with sin. however. and
get out of il without stain. In the
end il always brings remOrse and
sorrow 1t causes your own loss
and the loss OF your friends here,
and the loss OF God hereafter.
Death follows in its wake both in
this world and i'm the next.
You cannot follow your con-
science which becomes hard as you
commit sin. 1t attempts TO make
the wrong appear right when ii is
to pour advantage that the wrong
should be right. We must therefore
seek something more ultimate than
our conscience to guide us. We
must seek the word of God"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-02-14
SAYS WILD OATS
NOT NECESSARY
Foolish for a Woman to Marry
a Man to Reform Him, De-
CIareS Rev J. A. Groves.

1T is foolish for a woman to
marry a man to reform him" de-
clared the Rev J. A. Groves of War
saw at the Conference Memorial
church last night. How can a
Christian woman love a sinner?
How can love form between saint
and sinner? What a desperate
thing it is when children come into
a home divided by the Shiny trail of
a serpent"
Taking as his texts John Ia: In
Him was life, ." and John. 1910: Il
am come that they may have life
and have it more abundantly," Rev.
Groves gave the first of three con-
secutive sermons on the New Life
i'm Christ" Last evenings sermon
was on the necessity of life in
Christ" Methods of Getting in to
This Life" will be the subject of
this evenings discourse.
1T was a calamity when man fell
in the garden of Eden Man had
struggled under the curse which
was a punishment. until Christ
came. When a man unites with
Christ he enters into a new life. He
is regenerated. So with every child
born into the world. Each and all
are born under the blood into the
kingdom, saved When Christ shed
His blood. it was for children as
well as for any one. Did He not
say of them: OF such is the king
dom of heaven. Did He not say.
Unless We become as little children,
ye shall not be saved And one day
that child born under the blood
comes to the turning point when it
must choose to receive Christ or re-
jet Him. Until that hour. it must
be trained TO receive Him, trained to
the love of the Lord. Can such
training be given in a home where
discord must reign, where the ser
pent has entered in?"
1T is a hellish doctrine TO hold
that a man must SOW his wild oats,
continued the speaker. When a
man gives his life 10 the devil, he
can't stop reaping the results when
devil will taunt him with his for
mer life, will fling his evil deeds into
his face II is the business of the
parents. the Sunday school teachers
and the pastor 10 save children
from such a career. But what is
TO be done if they reject Christ? We
must hope for their conversion
through which they enter the new
life.
Thus il is necessary that a child
on reaching the age 20 Judge,
should have been SO trained that
he will accept the Saviour and
never lead an evil life. But if he
does this, and yet later is lost. ne
must become as a child again in or
der 10 enter into the kingdom"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-02-14
HOW To FORGET.
PASTORS TOPIC
Jesus. by His Shining Memory,
Teaches the Things We
Want to Remember.

Rev g. o. Shirley OF Fort Wayne.
evangelist az the Trinity Presbyteri-
an church, preached a sermon last
evening in which he delineaIed sew
eral methods showing How 20 For
get" lie said in part.
There is much in life that we
would gladly efface from our mem
Dries. We would forget our sins and
failures-opportun which We
did not take-good that we fafled
to grasp.
There IS much we would not for
get The kindness-the touch OF
friendship-the unselhshness shown
in the actions OF friends
But we can not forget that
which we would
Jesus brought as the gospel
the good news. lie sets shining
memory by the side OF every dark
thing we would forget. lie helps us
forget.
L "Our lost opportunities bs
promising US better. with firm
faith in Him and His promises
Men may rise on stepping stones o.
their dead selves 10 higher things
.. our worldly losses. Paul lost
position, friends. and promotion.
but he gained an opportunity TO
help save the world. and received
zoe friends for every one he lost.
g. "Iife's WEAKNESS and drudgery.
When we see lie as a preparation
for endless ages of development.
and catch a vision Of our place and
part as co-workers with God in a
cause that angels might covet and
realize that we may have a delight
full fellowship with him in every
task, then we endure as seeing Him
who is invisible and e-er rejoice
T. And last we need 10 forget
sin. The father who has sinned
away his home and love, is there
anything possible In the way OF a
larger memory that outshines the
darkness Of his life? Paul says
there is Where sin abounded
grace did much more abound And
thousands Of reformed sinners can
bear witness 10 the truth OF this
promise
Would YOU have a memory that
will glow with such a brilliant light
that all the darkness of the past
all the failures OF the past-aIl the
losses OF the past-shall be as
though they were not? Jesus offers
such a memory and IL is our privil-
eye to offset the saddest or ali
thoughts"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-02-14
Real r eHgion
One That Works
Here and Now

Any man who barriers away his
right of franchise is a traitor 10 the
stars and stripes and miserable
sinner before God" said Rev. Jesse
=. BOgue in discussing the activities
Of the churchmen Of indianapolis
in the election last FAN in his SER
mon on Valuable Religion" AZ TIE
River Park NJ T.. church last night.
The men Of all churches went 10
the polls and stood before the doors
OF the saloons. where they stood as
Christian citizens. not as politicians.
and forced into that cleo ion the
principle of justice and fair play.
If we are rotten politically. we are
rotten religiously.
Think of the struggles between
capital and labor. strikes. lockouts
and labor wars, Aiong with these
are the contertions Of political par
ties. economic cut-throat cOmpeti-
ton. criminal prosecutions and in
ternational disputes. These. You
may say. are none of the affairs of
Christians. That's just the trouble
We have strained at gnats and
swallowed elephants.
Valuable religion is the religion
that works here and now. that
transforms life and human society
Valuable religion consists in carry
ing out the very reasonable require
ment Of God 10 do what is just. to
q N m
with God"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-02-14
ANARCHY BEGINS
IN OUR HOMES
Child Cannot be Good Unless
Parents Are Good, Declares
Rev. w. A. Brundage.

The gathering at the Indiana Ave
nue. Christian church. corner Indi-
ana az. and ST Joseph St. Tuesday
evening was the largest of the pres
ent revival campaign. The congrega-
ton was augmented By a delegation
from the Linden Avenue Christian
church. The music Of the evening
was one Of the features
Your Child and Mine. was the
subject II the evening. chosen by
the pastor. Rev w. a. Brundige.
The home is the most sacred spot
on Gods earth. continued the
speaker. The problem Of social life
is the home problem. The home is a
great stream pouring into the civil,
social and moral life of the nation
and its elements The home is the
fountain head OF society"
Need Wholesome Example.
The two great fundamental prin-
cipIes in the training of the child, s."
asserted the pastor. ARE wholesome
authority and wholesome example.
The two are inextricably connected
one with the other"
The child cannot be good with
out good parents. The parents must
make the young boy or girl conform
TO their will. Punishment should
be administered if necessary. If this
authority is exercised the child in
after life Will come to bless its par
ents.
Anarchy does not begin in the
hay market in Chicago; neither does
it begin in the streets, IL has its
birth in the home. A child of SIX
who does not obey its parents will
not obey the laws of God or man in
later life.
The question of the age at which
to begin the training OF the child
is not definitely settled. 1t should
begin very early. Three years is not
too young to teach the boy or girl
the first lessons in discipline and
obedience. A bishop stated that the
character Of the child is formed at
the age of three.
700 Many Driftcrs,
There are too many children
drifting along with careless father
or mother. The story of the boy who
landed in Cincinnati from a raft, il
Illustrates this too common evil. When
asked who brought him up he
answered. that no one had, he had
drifted down the river with dad.
Every boy and girl needs a good
daddy: not the kind who lets his
children drift. but one who makes
them lead good lives.
Example is the necessity sup
plement of authority. Children are
the greatest imitatOrs in the world.
They follow the parent in their
daily life. BE careful in the example
Won set your children. If the par
ents do wrong the child as a rule
does wrong. They do and say what
the parents do and say"
Several boys and girls declared
themselves for Christ at the con-
clusion of the services.