The Robesonian., 1918-09-26
A WONDERFUL REVIVAL.

Evangelist McLendon's Sermons
Shook Burlington's Spiritual Lif, to
the Core, Says Burlington Paper
Left Burlington Better Town.
AS Evangelist B. F. McLendon be-
gins a meeting in Lumberton next
Sunday under his own tent, under the
auspices Of Chestnut Street Metho-
dist church, the following from a re-
cent issue Of the Burlington News
(Mr. McLendon comes direct from
Burlington to Lumberton) is OF spe
cial interest,":
!, "Beginning his campaign in this
city with the statement that so long
as he remained i'm Burlington, he
would have but one message, and that
message would be "Ye must be born
again" Rev. Baxter F. McLendon, Of
South Carolina, has been conducting
the most remarkable revival ever held
in this city for the past three weeks.
Coming to Burlington unknown
and unheard Of, with many people
violently prejudiced against evange-
lists, this man has stirred Burlington
from one end to the other, and has
drawn such crowds as have seldom
been seen here.
'Preaching the gospel Of Jesus
Christ and him crucified and crying
! day by day that men must be born
again and that they must forsake Chelr
! evil ways, lie has stood as a mountain
in our midst calling men to repent
ance. Unlike most evangelists, he has
held the standard high. There is no
, proposition to shake hands and wink
! your eye and go to heaven.
"Crowds have flocked to Burlington
from the country for miles around
/ When he began the campaign the
evangelist made the statement that be-
fore the meeting closed there would
be thousands who would attend the
meetings, and his statement was heard
with some doubt, but his predictions
have come true. In fact we believe
that at one of the meetings there
must have been eight or ten thousand
!, people present.
"Men and women have been convert
ed at nearly every nesting and men
who have never been before have Civ
en- their hearts to God, and time aione
can reveal the good that has been
done.
"The pastors Of the different
churches have earnestly worked to-
men and women of all denominations
have Joined in the work. Mr.. McLen-
dor's great sermons have united the
churches, have drawn the Christian
men and women together and there
is wonderful spirit of brotherhood
here today as the result of his preach
ing.
In watching the daily work of this
evangelist, seeing the wonderful re.
suits of his preaching, we have tried
=, where his power lay, and to
te ssr ,cret Of his great success
In f1nd bas el ntver naa vns advsaaS0 OF - p
ertans;ya e,1 nai n eo '''cation; he mas not the
no,yer novuascf of orator: ora he has very little
sense sense Of + humor: he IS IS cold -blooded in
the statement of his facts, ard we
could find but one solution Of hl~ pow,
er. He is preaching Jesus Christ ano
Him crucifled and delivering his mes
sage as he receives it from GOD. He
stands before the people with this
message and delivers it without fear
or favor. He is preaching the plain
truths of God Almighty and preach
ing them straight from the shoulder
and this is the kind Of preaching the
world is looking for. From the mo-
ment he opens his Bible and raises
MS voice until he finishes hs sermon
he talks to men as dying souls that
must be saved from hell. He decelves
no man and the man who accepts !e-
su Christ under his preaching does SO
with the knowledge that he is taking
an important step, and only after ne
is shown that t. be a follower OF Jesus
Christ today is no joke.
1--WE are glad that this great man
has come our way. We believe that
thousands of our best people feel as
we do. =.
GAS a rule the average evangelist
gets most of his praise before he gets
to town but in this case this man will
leave Burlington bigger man, many
times over, in the eyes of our people
than when he came. He Will leave
with the pray ers of hundreds and
thousands who have been saved and
helped following him wherever he nay
90, and he will leave burlington a
better town, our people better peo-
ple and our churches stronger
churches"
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