The Washington herald., 1918-01-10

| steeples. We need zone accord" NOR
than we need q pipe-orgsn backed VI
In the corner. We need ''one accord
more than We need cookstoves. We
need "one accord" more than we ncct
dishes. We need lone accord mort
than we need a grand opera singer "
in the choir loft scraping calcimins
on the ceiling and you can't under
stand word she says. We need "ons
accord" more than we need multi-mil.
honaires sitting in the pevs. Coo
isn't going 10 pour out His spirit be-
cause some rich duck sits in you
pews. We need ''one accord NOR
than we need culture. Some Of the
biggest rogues I have ever ret have
been men and women of culture.
Only One Purpose.
4 ''One accord"-one mind: no con
trovery: no discussion: or leavinI
the difficulties OF; no denomination.
al fuses; nobody holIering Water
water. water" no Presbyterian talk.
ing about the perseverance Of the
saints; no hair splitting; no worry.
ing about your dinner burning up be-
/ fore you get home: no growing he
I cause your note was due and you hae
nothing TO pay 1t with. All with ons
mind And everybody there knew
Jesus Christ. Get this point Every.
body there was personally acquainted
with Jesus. They knew him after the
flesh before they crucifed Him. They
knew Him after the spirit, after lie
was resurrected. and there was moi
a soul in that gathering at Penecosi
that was a stranger 20 Jesus Christ.
"A.
anybody else. No two hnew him eK.
actly the same way. but they all loved
J Him. I don't see how the theme Of
that meeting could be anything otheI
than Jesus Christ. We nave got 50
many people in our churches a. the
| head OF things-all these de5cons and
stewards and elders and committee.
men and Sunday school teachers that
4 don't know Jesus Christ. They know
something about Him but they donf
| know Him. So, Of course. they art
not in sympathy with the revival ef
fort They have never been converted
themselves. II they were would not
be here. II they were converted the!
would be in sympathy with God,
oh. the best way TO take strife, and
pull and fight. and factions, and feudi
out of'individuals and the church-foI
| the devil cheers every time they have
a church scrap-is TO get everybody
| to know Jesus Christ. And IL some
| stranger had happened TO actually
\ stroll into that meeting. sat there foI
five minutes and listened &c their tes-
timony, he would have had born Sith-
in him a desire 20 know this JC sus
| that had done SO much for the world.
| Now. what is needed 10 produce
| revival is an atmosphere where ever
body is in sympathy and praying, ano
know Jesus.
Preach Only Truth.
know preachers that are preaoh-
] ing more tommyrot and fslsehooo
than ever David Swing. OF Chicago,
nreached when they kicked him out.
II know Methodist preachers that arr
preaching ten times more tommyroi
than DIR. Thomas preached when they
kicked him out. None are immune
In know ConGregationalist preachers
Unitarisns, and every other denom-
ination that do the same. know
Raptist preachers that preach any.
thing under heaven but the truth.
Now. YOU never will succeed with
out the Holy Spirit. Never! There
can be no substitute. There Is no
| SUBSTITUTE for lhe sun NutiN - Ae
substitute for blood There is nc
substitute for salvation. We must
all come the same way or we ara
forever lost. And you may organize,
you may prepare, and you may have
the best singing and the best preach
ing. but you never will have powes
without the Holy Ghost
"Ye shall receive power after the
Holy Ghost has come upon you.
You have all heard people pray, and
I have-Oh, they could touch the
stars in their prayers And / have
heard people preach. Oh. they were
peaches. and they were orators. and
they would have the intonations ot
voice, and they could wo-oo-oo-muU-
der, But IL made no more impress
sion on the audience than the heat.
. ing OF q bass drum. Why. Oh. IL
was all in the head and not in the
heart
Spirit Ia Needed.
The great need OF the church to-
Gay isn't mere men: il isn't more
women. We've got men and wome n
enough to win the world for Christ.
We don't need new members halt
as much as we need the old bunch
made over. We have men enough
and we have women enough. w
have money enough. II eyeuT
preacher in Washington and even
church member was a good earnS
coNTINrED oN PACE NINE.
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