The Robesonian., 1918-06-20

REVIVAL MEETING

Power at First Baptist Church /
Services Twice Daily-Spe-
cial Sermon to Men Sunday Af-
ternoon.
Rev. DR.. Geo. W. Mcdaniel, pastor
OF the First Baptist church of Rich
mond, is preaching sermons of great
power twice daily at the First Zap
tlst church. The revival meeting
which began Sunday will continue
throughout the week and longer. Ser
vices are held at 10 a. m. and $50 D.
m. and splendid congregations are at
tending. DR.. Mcdaniel will preach
a special sermon to men Sunday af-
ternoon at o'clock; subject, "It is
Hard to go to He'll
DR.. Mcdaniel is one of the strong
est and best known Of Southern Bap-
tist preachers. He is one Of the mcst
prominent men on the program for
the Baptist Seaside assembly which
will be held at Wrightsville Beach
the last of this month. He had been
engaged in special work at army can
tonments for some time prior to com-
ing to Lumberton.
Service Last Evening.
| DR.. Mcdaniel preached last evening
from Isaiah 55th chapter and 9Th
verse. "Seek We the Lord while he
may be found; call upon Him while
he is near"
Stop and Listen to God.
The preacher said in part:
This is very busy world. People
are rushing to and fro seeking gain.
They are seeking honor, position,
pleasure, Office, power. Go where you
may and you will find that the same
conditions exist. In such world as
this it is we'll to stop and listen to
! God. God is real. Man cannot walk
out at night and observe the work Of
the architect of the heavens and
doubt God. God made us and made
us for himself.
The scriptures tell how to seek God
There are two kinds of sin-the sin
of the flesh and the sin Of the mind
If you will give up sin and return un-
to God he will abundantly pardon. Call
upon God, He will save you now.
Must Find God in This Life.
If person ever finds God it must
be in this life. There will be no chance
| e.1te1 uedtIi. AS you a1e "ueA YOU utS
tso will you remain throughout eter;
nifty. Those who die in sin cannot e.
where Jesus is. -.--,-ss<.ss+4ssa44sssls
The rich man did not believe n
prayer while living, but he believed II
it in hell. He did not believe in mis-
sionaries while on earth, but he be-
lieved in them in hell. Every man
who does not believe in missions while
living will believe in them in hell. The
rich man did not believe in repentance
while living, but he believed in it in
hell.
Today is the day of salvation. Now
is the accepted time.
Personal Service.
!, personal Service" was the subject
of DR.. McDaniels sermon yesterday
morning; text John 1:42-"And he
) brought him to Jesus" Jesus always
sees us at our best as no other one
{ sees us. There is marked difference
in the old revivalism and evangelism
In olden times churches depended
{ largely on revivals, but now they de-
pend on prayer and Individual WORK
: bringing souls to Christ one oy one.
Y. NJ. C. A. Doing Fine Work.
TIE Y. M. C. A. is doing fine work
It is we'll equipped and has worker:
working in the camps and cantoEment:
of today. The best work being done
= in the camps is visiting men in tht
hospitals, and getting in close touch
: with them and thus bringing then
close to their Master. Jesus is never
too crowded to converse with secre
SOUL
4 Churches are organized quietly and
seeing the necessity, are coming o"'
IL, %rco0 o1of
some good and some bad fruit fall
to the ground, but when you plucl
) it from the tree one by one you ge
local church is personal workers; go
ing out and bringing the lost ones mt
~ ~ the church one by one, Sunday afte
n Sunday. is the work we must depen,
r on. Working Sunday after Sunda,
end year after year gives US the op
portunity to make a religious impress
i ion. Some make the opportunity
some take the opportunity and som
. break the opportunity. God pushe
the opportunities right under OIL
faces and then we lose them.
o Tuesday Evening.
+ Dr.. Mcdaniel read as a Scrlptar
% lesson Tuesday evening the 9TH chap
+ ter of Acts. In commenting upon thl
" Scripture he said that socialism
not taught in the Bible, that ba
man is bad thing and bad won'a
- is infinitely worse.
j. Getting to his sermon, DR.. McDar
v iel said:
n Community's Largest Asset.
ir The largest asset of any commun
d ty is the good men and women thu
al live in it. One good man or one goo
le woman may do world Of good N IN
It community. Every good thing grow
le He told of how one woman he kne'
ID started a Sunday school in a tow
as where there were no churches an
how the Sunday school developed l:
ID to strong church. eve canno. liz
st our lives without affecting others
st the preached declared. Some NE
III and some women are like :. shat
ct tree in pasture, they are sl:elt'
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