The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-24
BATTLING LATlNS HAVE
HL!NHORDES ONTHERUN
MARK SEXS0N IN
STRONG SERMON
ON REPENTANCE

Fully one thousand people heard
Mark Sexson and Sim Naylor gos.
pei preacher and singer, at Conven-
ton Hall last night. AT the close OF
the services number, mostly men,
expressed desire to become Chris.
tians.
Mr.. Sexson spoke on Repent
ance' and his message was clear and
direct. 1t had no uncertain sound
and the audience listened through
out the services with unbroken in
terest.
Repentance" said the minister,
is something that takes place many
times in the life of the man and
woman who wants to do the fair
thing in this life. 1t is the every
week or day expression of life that
wants to keep in direct touch with
God. Jesus said: Unless you re-
pent you shall likewise perish and
the life that is saved for the COM
munity as constructive and build
ing force for the Kingdom of God
is the one that is daily adjusted
through repentance.
"Our nation has something that
it should on its knees repent of
before God, and that is allowing the
German propaganda to be staged in
our midst. Lloyd George said:
Germany planned to murder France
and England while they slept. She
likewise planned to destroy the mo-
rale of American civilization while
we all slumbered. She planned to
do that through the avenue of the
learned and through the great uni.
versity of theology she aimed at
our hearts by entering our universi-
ties and our schools and churches,
to destroy the simple faith of our
people in the Bible. That Book is
The foundation of our American sys-
tenn and whoever strikes at that,
whether he be university professor
or learned minister, strikes at the
red blood of my people. Germany
destroyed France once with that
propaganda and France never knew
where the assassin's hammer came
rom until her granite crumbled in
he dust and her land was sub
merged in blood. tell you that
whenever peoples faith is shaken
n God and his revelation, the enemy
las entered the camp and the first
'ictory is won. Doubt and disbelief !
las spread over this land of ours il
he last fifty years until you can find
many who do not believe in the
Bible as Gods word, and who ridi-
ule the idea of its miracles. That
Program was planned by your enc
ny, the enemy of your home. He
would thrust the bayonet through
he child that sits by your side and
augh at you in your sorrow. For
while we faltered while these doc
rines filtered out into our land, but
ur eyes are opened now and on our
nees we have said, God forgive us
nd blot out that stain in the life of
ur people. We put the Bible back
there it once was and in repent
nee and tears vow to guard it with
ur lives.
My friends, the story of repent
nee and tears runs through that
look from Genesis to Revelations
5 the price that men and women
,ust pay to see God. Some time
go a man in our city, before the
.ouncil of Defense, said he could
OF encourage the war because he
elieved in the Bible. Poor reluded
eader, you can't cut out ten pages
that Book anywhere without un-
lrthing the sound OF warfare. 1t is
Book of wars and blood and sweat |
nd tears, and all these are the coins ,
lat We pay for a vision of God. If a
ou can come broken-hearted and /
tears TO any proposition you can I
e the gold and the glory. 1t is G
lie way of the Cross that leads us \
1me."
Mr.. Sexson spoke at length upon v
&c divided homes, over technical r
iestions OF religion, of the indiffer- c
ice and the unfairness of the IA $
er and mother in helping their i
Iildren by force of good Christian I
e and urged that these be repent |,
OF and that the homes be re- 4
aped and reconsecrated for the a
Ike of our children. @
Services will be held tonight at
80 O'Clock. n