The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-10-22
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THE WORLDS MORAL C4ISi5 +
DR.. George Stewart, pastor Of q.
irst Methodist church of Blniag
IAN, made plea TO his vast congrc
cation last Sunday for a revival c
he moral affairs Ct the world. II.
stewart is one Of the a5lcst men
The South, with comrrchendng yisio
# present conditions and With discern
& knowledge of whit they hag
wrought in all the hhistory OF Oh
Iast. He sounds warning awans
he future, an appeal for the preson
which is worth while. The Eispa.cl
}ould love to reproduce it all, bat ca.
My give a part of it. Here it is
IL warn you this morning Will
ny hand on Gods word and with my
yes looking at the signs of tn
ines and of this age, that this ma
lion is about to enter another cycl.
n 1920, that you men and women
must prepare to meet mora.
risis and exert every influence for
81 great revival, lest this natioI
)erish," said DR.. George Stuart
pastor of the First Methodist church
in the course of his Sunday morn
ng sermon, which was attentively
listened to by an audience which
backed the large auditorium to it,
apacity, filling the aislcs and thu
'tairways and many being turned
away.
"The history of the past is tn
history of the rise and fall of ma
IONS" said the speaker in part.
They all have gone up to GER
tain point and at a certain place
have crumbled and fallen, and
strange to say, have all come down
for the same reason and by the
same process.
Israel was especially chosen to
what can be done with
a nation and God called Abraham
put from among his people. But
when they reached their height VI
Ter the reign of Solomon, we fine
he son of David taking unto him
yelf 700 wives and 200 concubincs
nd, forgetting the teachings Of hi.
ather, lending himself to the thing
lnly of the flesh.
Solomon had been 1T what wa'
t that time a BEAUTIFUL fertile an
-ich land, which had been subdueI |
" his father, who had charged hin /
IN his death bed to walk in the
ath of righteousness and keep tn
commandments of God Solomon |
tarted out fine with sacrifices, bl
iuiding fine temple urU'Wjnc
1 fine ritualistic service and other
wise looking after the spiritua
-elfare of his people. But when h
eCan to deal ins earthly affairs
md played politics he started t.
make friends with all the heather
nations around him by marrying
heir princesscs.
"Soon each one of these heathcnish
women persuaded him TO build
emple to her own God and as eac.
was added they dragged him down :
'urther until he finally was per
,uaded to build a temple to the
Tod of Lust.
Gust study the course Of Persi1
10 to the time of Hannah, study
egypt until the lustful ClcoDatra's
ime study the history Of Greece,
tudy Rome, until graft ard corrup-
ion caused its fan and Caesar, win
luivering lips, cried out, you, too.
Everywhere the same
auses, lust, pleasure and greed I
ave caused their downfall and ] (
want to call your attention also t.
he fact that these were invariably
ollowed by mobs and riots. ID you
ee any signs Of such a condition ir
lmerica today? II yoI Do. you are
lind indeed.
When you come 70 America, aft !
aving studied the history # othe'
asst mighty nations, You come { 4
he very crisis Of the world and " 4
ave passed this crisis four times
ne in the days Of Thomas Jcffcr
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