Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1918-02-07
EYE MUST BE BORN AGAINw
Evangelist Driver breaches ON "The
New Birth"

The attendance at the services
now being held at the Coulee Pres
byterian Church have passed any
thing in the history of Coulee City.
Last Sunday night the building was
packed to the doors. 1t is doubtful
if the church can accommodate the
crowd that is expected next Sunday
evening if the interest continues to
increase.
Rev. Driver has won a permanent
place in the hearts Of the people OF
Coulee, City, He is a new departure
n this towns experience with evan.
selists. While he has hit fearlessly
ii sin, he has shown rare charity
or the sinner. And tho humourous
an uproarious degree on occasion,
he is one of the most earnest of men
IN presenting eternal truths.
Speaking from the text, "Ye Must
Be Born Again." Rev. Driver said
n part: Every man expects to go
o Heaven. Chinaman, Jap, Italian,
iottentot, 1rishman, Swede and the
Dutch. No matter what race, color
,r shade, that high hope animates
he soul. One has his way, anothe,
lis. But every man wants ticket
IN the Heaven bound train and there
IRE many ways to Heaven offered te
'len. But Gods way is contained
my text. That way is to be bori
,gain. We all know what it is t
rave birthday. Some are bit
,articular about mentioning the tim
specially those of the female per
;uasion. A birthday is that day II
which we are born. The new brit
s the second birthday. As the frs
,irthday is essential that we ma,
.nter the physical world, SO is tn
'econd necessary that we may ente
fhe spiritual world, the kingdom O
cd. There is one inexorable spirit
al law, aye Must Be Born Again.
anding before every man and wo
nan.
1t may be we'll to mention wha
he new birth is not. 1t is not tn
urning over of a new leaf. 1t is mo-
'cform. What if you should reform
What are you going to do about TIL
asst? Even tho you should keep tn
'aw Of God perfectly for the rest o
iour days, if that were possibl
what about the past? You have sin
ned, you have broken Gods law il
the days now gone past, for tn
scripture says: "There is no differ
ince, for all have sinned and COM
short of the glory of God" Anf
again: "The wages of sin is death!
You have sinned. The wages of sill
is death. You are condemned TO.
past sins. What about that?
The new birth is not to be had b.
merely singing in the choir. Teacf
ing Sunday School class does no
necessarily mean that you are borI
again. Paying the preacher does nc
effect the new birth. You may joi,
the very church and still be hell
bound sinner. Joining the churcl
never did nor never will save mar
Said the late u. L. Moody, man Q
Exceeding broad experience i
church work: at is my earnest be
lief that IS percent of the churc'
members are unsaved." DR.. Arths.
IT. Pearson, of New York City,
Imam of the broadest experience,
| scholar and teacher almost withot
Deer, said, when he heard Nh
| Moody's estimate, "Mr. Moody is en-
! irely too conservative. l am persu
aded that the percentage of unsave
| n the churches is even greater tha
/ hat" Joining the church is alrigl
md perfectly proper--after one
,orn again, not before.
Born of Christian parents? Yer
yood, but that which is born of tn
lesh is flesh and flesh and bloc
'annot inherit the kingdom of Go'
That which is born of spirit is spir
lence We must be born again aftt
ou have been born of the flesh.
| To whom were these words spt
ZEN? To CRATER? No. To saloo
1eeper? No. A bum? No. The.
words were spoken to man hie
lp in the Jewish church. A NOR
nan, if you please. A stickler fl
he law. 1t makes no different
low cultured, educated, moral or a
omplised man or woman may
iod has written these unchangeab
words, "Ye must be born again." a
ross his name.
What is it? The reception of
lew nature. Not an old one MAJ
over. "If any man in Christ is ne
creation, old things have pass
away, behold all things have becor
lew."
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