Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-11-17
RUSSIAN JEW
PULPIT OF BAPTIST
CHURCH SUNDAY P. M.

a large congregation Listened 70 hhi"
ham Machlin Of the Christian Mission
! TO Is,cal, with headquarters al I'll
cago. lie related the story Oh his II"
-.low hve years ago he came nom
Russia 20 the United States with
hat.e1 in his hear: for the name o.
Christ and all things Christian. ~
Russia his people had known only bit'
ter prosecutions and p0gornns. oup.
rosodly Christians mistreated an
maltreated nj, people and his eesle'
was radical socialism, In America ne
came into contact with Chrlsllahs
again. hut found them CT dinerett
stamp. They were kind, sympathetic
and did not hesitate to have commuH-
ity of life with Jews. He came lnto
contact with "a Christian mini Ter VINO
told him the story Of the New Ies'd
ment and showed him how Chiit was
the ulfillment Of the Old Testament
nrophecv OF coming Messiah. After
, serious study of the New Testament
MIR Machlin became convinced OF the
, claims of Christ and. Drawing the eS"
IRENE disapproval OF his own people
, embraced Christianity.
His life is now devoted to winning
+, his own people. the house OF lsfaei. 70
! Christ. He says Christianity Is not
] new religion bu: the same old Fehg'o'
, of his forefathers, Christ was Je"
; Paul was a Jew. He tells the story OF
his life with a great deal OF power
8 In a simple, straightforward, CONVEX
t sa tional tone he captivated the hearts
}, of his cong. esation, making detl
. impression upon all present. The Bal
list brotherhood may try 70 bring hin
. +, Ottawa in The near future Tor an
address upon bolsheyism in RUSSIA u
/. f,v He has a real message to bots
Jew and Gentle,
y Presbyterian Church.
d Last night Rev. j. +. Vonckx, pastor
Of the Presbyterian Church, SPOKE OF
~ "Renentance. and among otAfr 'h'hs'
:, he said: ,a.r
- When the Apostles Peter ana Jch
stood in Solomon's porch or the tenn
ple at Jerusalem, Just after 500 ha'
q healed the impotent man at me oea'
!; tiful game through them, and Whe'
the crowd had gathered, the first, pr
mary. dominating thought that he IT.
pres sed upon them was summed UP II
- lie words Of the text, Repent and b.
e converted that your sins may l
)lotted out. ~.
"Renentance. as used in the Oi
~ Testament means to pant, to sigh. t
- frieye about ones doings, and tn
meaning is the same in the Ne'
~ Testament, with but five exception
f., where the Greek word means. II Is
care. Repentance is not. merely
Ithing of the intellect. but OF the lee
~ ines as well. and it is the feelings ;hi
vi impel us to action, Repentance
~ seen in the statement of the PToph'
,Jxel .Rend your heart and not yol
- ga rments, and turn to the LORD. IN
+, FIRST message Of the apostle to tf
crowd abou: him @as to repent
cease refusing. neslecting lgnorlr
the Lord Jesus Christ. TO accept. I
~. gard. homer Him as His regal static
demands. He who has not accepte
Jes,ls Christ as his Savior and MAST
:" is committing the greatest OF all sll
and needs to heed this exhortat1on
W. the Apostle Peter. If King Albert
the Prince of Wales had stopped
-. OTTAWA on his intinerary through o
country and we had paid no attenu'
o him, the Chicago papers would IA
been most scathing in their condemn
i ton or our failure to honor royalty
a.. ROYALTY is entitled tc be honored. D
in the person of Jesus Christ we fa
TO-, the ROYALTY of heaven come to cart
" to Ottawa to every individual. to "
~ and me. and some of us have refus
~. TO accept. have paid no attention. ma
ignored him If man would rehu
,,..i and condemn us for ignoring one
- earths royalty. how much more
we deserve to be condemned II we
an fuse to homer our God, our Great
our Father when He comes to us
M string to bring blessing to us?
Repentance is the only way 10
no, gjveness Of sins. 20 harmony with VI
~ to heaven at last. and to escape nj
w. -. Repentance is such a change CT he;
~ that God is glad to eXpend His &c
o'' upon lus. to bring the times OF
freshing' to which the Apostle re
~. referred in his talk to the crowd ab'
n, him.
VI Friends it is for us to repent
.oi, our sin CT ignoring Jesus Christ
lo' we are unconverted Il. e., to ace
'elr Him and to honor Him as God
serves to be honored and 1T we
ave converted then it is for us 10 aI"'
ney seek to so conduct ourselves that
TOT win be honored through us
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