The Robesonian., 1918-07-01
REVIVAL SERMONS
Sermons by Rev. DR.. Mcdaniel at
Meeting Which Closed at First
Baptist Church Last Week.

church since two weeks ago today
closed with the service Thursday eve
ming. Rev. Dr. Geo. w Mcdaniel,
pastor of the First Baptist church of
Richmond, Va, did the preaching and
won a large place in the hearts OF
church-goers in Lumberton during his
stay here. Below are given reports
Of his sermons not heretofore report
ed in The Robesonian:
Most Terrible Fact In the Universe.
In beginning his sermon Thursday
evening Dr. Mcdaniel declared that
the most terrible fact in the universe
of God is sin. and that the most Ger
tain thing is death, Continuing, he
said:
Death Entered By Sir.
Death entered through ore person
by sin. Jesus never saw anybody die.
l suppose it was because of his ten
der sympathy He broke up all fun
erals he attended by raising the dead
lack to life.
There are three things l wish to
show. First, the difference of the
state of sinners; second, the different
neaps of grace God uses for the sal
w ton Of sinners; third, the difference
in. the experiences of Christians af-
ter they are saved. All have sinned,
but not all to the same extent. There
is no difference in grace, but there
are different means Of grace. God
sdapts his grace to the need of the
case. A sermon that would win a
fe1son IL years old would net 'uch
Q person 25 years old.
There are scme sinners I Lumber
ton who if they are ever awakened
must be awakened by the thunderbolts
cf Gods power.
No two Christian exper ences ere
exactly alike No two things are ex-
act]y alike God chose to save the
world by the co-operat' n of his fol-
lowers-thfDugh missions
Jesus Christ would lik- to give ev-
cry sinner back to lis or her mother.
God can loose you from tie bandages
of sin. He will either take away the
old taste for sin or will give you g:ace
to overcome the temptations. It is
the coming to Christ that saves and
no tthe emotion.
not the emotion.
Saturday Morning.
''Let not your heart be troubled; We
believe in God, believe also in me-" st.
John AL, is the text from which DR..
Mcdaniel preached Saturday morning.
Germany Has Put Christ Aside.
The difference between a Chris
tian and a disbeliever is, the Chri.-
tian is comforted in time of trouble.
Jesus says, when thou passeth
through the waters, will be with
thee. If ye believe in God, believe
also in me. What is the matter with
Germany? I would say that she has
driven away Christ, mighty people
who have put away Christ. The kai-
ser in all his speeches never mentions
Jesus Their God is the God of giants,
and military heroes. What we know
about God comes from Christ.
Cast Your Cares on Jesus.
Heaven is more than homo. We
have the assurance that Jesus would
not let us be deceived. If there were
no heaven, no place prepared for you,
l would have told you, He said. | go
to prepare a place for you. If we
confess our sins, even as the thief
On the cross, Jesus is ready to forgive.
He will tell you as he told that man,
To-day thou shalt be with me in para
disc" Jesus saved him then because
ne trusted in him. Paradise is the
place of Gods abode. When we die
our spirits leave our bodies and go to
the final resting place. If all else
were there and Jesus not, it would not
be heaven. 81 am going away to pre-
pare a place for you, and am coming
again to take you unto myself, that
where I am there may you be also"
Cast your cares on Jesus because he
cares for you, and He will carry your
burdens.
The Training of Children.
Saturday evening DR.. Mcdaniel
preached on "The Training of Chill
dren"
He said in part:
It is good thing for children to
wear yoke in youth. A little child
is so innocent that it seems like q
pity for it to grow up and become
tainted with the world.
Some people have an idea that chill
dren must become grown before they
can become Christians. This is not
true; grown-ups must become like lit
tie children in order to be saved. In
order to get salvation one must come
to Jesus in the spirit Of little child.
Old people who are not Christians
must become chi1d-like in order to be-
come Christians.
Piant-Bed OIL the Cnurcn.
The Sunday school is the plant bed
of the church. When the plan.-bed is
neglected the church becomes inlpov-
erished. The Kingdom Of God must
be carried on by those trained for SER
vice. The leaders must be trained
while young.
In most cases it is almost a dis
credit to parentsefor a child to grow
up and live without uniting with a
church. I would not push child into
the church, neither would l lay fea-
theirs weight between a child and the
church. We need not expect a Pau
line experience in the conversion of
children. They have not been Sauls
of Tarsus.
A person never gets beyond the
influence of a Christian home and the
Sunday school.
In closing his sermon DR.. Mcdaniel
urged the children of the Importance
of accepting Christ.
RabbOni.
| DR. Mcdaniel took for his toyt Wed