The Washington herald., 1918-01-10
REVIVAL ONLY EFFECTIVE
WHEN HEARTSARE GIVEN
WITH OLD-TIME SPIRIT
AFTERNOON SERMON

With the old-time Revival at Pen.
tecost" for his subject, Billy Sunday
yesterday afternoon drew present-day
applications Of the spirit that pre-.
vailed at the famous chosen 40.
The Rev. Sundays text was taker
from verses in the books of Matthew
Mark, Luke and Acts, all descriptive
Of the first revival
In part. Billy Sunday said:
Just before His ascension the Lore
made known to His disciples the work
that He wanted them to do and thu
teachings He wanted them TO spread
broadcast throughout the world. II
is recorded in Matthew. He said: &c
ye therefore. and teach all nations
baptizing them in the name OF th'
Father. and of the Son, and of the
Holy Ghost: Teaching them TO o.
serve all things whatsoever have
\ commanded you; and. 10. / am with
you always. even unto the end OF tho
world" We see how faithfully they
followed out these instructions in the
famous ten days prayer meeting al
| Pentecost.
Ny subject this afternoon is The
Revival at Pentecost'' and in wha,
way 1t can be analogous TO one in this
city. In the first place, this was not
a man-gotten-up revival. but one that
God sent down, and so is every tr1s
revival Of religion; but there are con
| ditions which human beings must ful'
| I'LL before God will ever send il down
There are conditions on which Goo
will save people but you have got tC
couple yourself up with the Lord be
fore you ever receive tine blessing OF
the Lord.
God Guided Them.
The leader of that meeting was tho
| Holy Spirit from start to finish. Tho
disciples went TO that upper room with
no thoughts or plans OF their own
They had no committee on arrange
ments; they had no cut and dried
schedule where they would have a
responsive reading here and a pray
er there, and take a collection her'
and a benediction, or anything OF thai
sort No! They began without thought
Of plans or OF methods and they look
ed to him for guidance. and there wa
no visible leader of that meeting.
Now listen and We will find ouI
| what they did. They went looking
| for two great things. and they werC
not disappointed. They went first tc
receive the Holy Ghost, and second &C
receive power. But please remembei
the receiving OF the Holy Spirit al
| ways precedes power.
i think we would have better pray.
er meetings and church services il the
4 people only went there looking fol
! something, and not go simply because
it is Sunday morning and they ranG
! the bell and opened the door. &C
there looking for something; not sim
ply 10 KILL time. And you often gel
nothing because you expect nothing
Well. you are not disappointed, never
/ in the world! And they can make
prayers but they seemingly don't ex.
pect them TO be answered.
! II you are not willing TO volunteer
, TO do Gods work. God never will send
out any conscription, but you can &c
to the devil!
Who Represents Christ Thenf
Do you want me TO turn to tn,
| Liquor Dealers Association? DC
you want me to turn to the dis.
| tillers and the barkeepers? Do yoI
want me to go TO the red light dis.
trict and let them line up their
! bunch? Where would go if
can't turn to the church? And 81
/ the church doesn't represent Jesu,
| Christ, who does? II / didn't spen;
time to hunt and read and Ee'
/ something to preach, i would hay,
! nothing to say when 1 got up.
| believe in preparation. Wher
housecleaning comes at the sam,
time as a revival you know which
suffers most And they had moth
ing that would prevent them from
| doing the work of God. You d.
the same thing and see what Coo
will do here in Washington.
You will never have a reviva
when the people are watching tn,
clock. 1t makes me sick 10 Sc,
some fellow yank out his watcl
as though / am trespassing on hi
time. II you want to pull a gun oi
me. all right but don't pull
watch.
| They took time to be religious
They took time to pray. They tool
time to praise God. 1t is as i'm
possible TO pray earnestly wheI
| you are on the run as il is to rul
an automobile with dish water o.
| pink tea.
More Men Needed.
| / think IL more men turned oU
we'd have better meetings, not tha
men have a monopoly on religion
God knows they haven't. Judginl
from church attendance. Heavei
won't be overly crowded with men
If they have enough to scare up 1
male chorus they will do well.
| Then find another thing. TheJ
| had warm. fervent meetings. no shak
ing hands with two fingers, non,
OF this doggy kind Of shaking. wher
1 see a woman shaking hands / won
der IL she has a boil under her arm
I like the good old poke-handle fash
ion. 1t has some heart in it. Thii
bunk oysters and sawdust business
Oh. gentlemen, Warm meeting-n,
danger of catching cold by sittin:
down in some seat that had Just beer
vacated b. some member of the Of
! fetal board. No ice water in tina
meeting. no marble heart. no KIon
dixie. Nothing Of that sort A warm
! fervent meeting.
/ I wonder. in Gods name, II wei
ever have another like it. Evidentl,
We never have. for we have neve
seen the results, and il is a dis
grace that you have to walk bacl
two thousand years in history 70 &c
an illustration Of Gods power I,
save. because the church OF Go,
! from that day to this has not ful
hlled the commissions they fuIhne,
then.