Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1919-11-21
RELIGIOUS AWAKENING
TO STEM "RED" TIDE
Interest in Tabernacle Services in
Morris Indication of Renewed
Spiritual Fervor
CBy Rev. G. L. PoweIl.)


great religious awakening has come |
upon the people Of Morris and COM
munity. That some folks sheer at |
the tabernacle campaign and it's |
work and call it grating PROPOSE |
ton" does not alter the fact nor |
initiate against it's ultimate pro-
gress. All who are living in sin, |
open and secret, and those who deny |
the Diety of Jesus Christ poohpooh |
revivals and think they can sheer and |
laugh them out Of existence. One
may be we'll try to melt an ice berg
by pouring a cup of hot tea on it as
to imagine any opposition, even the
most pronounced and malignant, will
succeed in stampeding the work Of
the Kingdom and Illustrate the oper-
atoms of the Holy Spirit. America |
is af1ame at this very hour as never |
before with evangelistic life and fer
vor and all the authorities of the |
evangelistic churches are planning |
for revival campaigns countrywide in
their scope land are urging their |
pastors and congregations to central
ize their efforts on winning men to
Christ. In order to stem the tide Of
I. W. w. ism, Bolshevism, Socialism,
and other goddess "isms," which |
seem to be rampant in our large |
cities. America needs Baptism of
the Holy Spirit and the people need |
to return to the "old paths" and the
faith of their fathers Indeed,
back to the Bible the church, and |
the family altar. Notwithstanding
the fads and fancies and opinions of
some folks and the apathy and cold
ness of others to spiritual realities, |
"our God is marching on
And this is true these days of Nor
ris and vicinity. The interest in the
tabernacle services is growing by
leaps and bounds. Men are becoming
awakened as to eternal Verities and
are beginning to think in terms of
the spirit We are finding out that
lands and farms and bank stock and
mortgages and money and pleasures
the "husks'' of life-are not cap
able of satisfying the longings and
cravings of the immortal soul. We
are discovering that there is ''some-
thing more than what earth offers
and time affords. Indeed, in these
days especially spiritual needs are
demanding attention and asserting
themselves. God and Jesus and sin
and salvation and heaven and hell
are occupying the attention of many.
Conviction is already upon the peo-
pie and the supernatural and prayer
are calling loudly for recognition.
The preaching of the Evangelist, Rev.
A. Lee Aldrich, is making tremend-
GUS impression nightly upon the tab
ernacle audiences and he is speak
ing with the voice of a prophet and
laundering into the ears of Christian
men and women the call of God for
conservation on their part and a
deeper sense of their responsibility
in this the hour of Morris opportun-
ity. He has been with us long
enough to discover that he is pow
erful preacher of vital truths. His
reasoning is logic on fire. His ex-
positions are intellect fused into
white heat. His declarations are
winged arrows of conviction piercing
the heart. There is nothing namby-
PANTY about Aldrich-no shifting,
no lachrymations, no touching
stories.'' His sermons are brimful of
Bible truths, Scriptural verities, ex-
perennial facts.
Last Sunday evenings sermon on
give Steps in the Christian Life''
was a masterpiece deliverance
-to-be-forgotten. 1t was so
earnest that cit took the people by
Storm" so persuasive that it cap
tured the conscience and judgment
against their will; so logical that no
one could pick flaw in the vatio-
cenative processes; so convincing as
to receive the unbiased assent of the
understanding. The text was He
brews 81. The sermon was per
feet specimen of the homiletic art
He laid the foundation by showing
how progress is the way of art
music, invention, manufacture and
life, intellectual, physical, moral and
spiritual. Then he showed how the
Christian life begins in CD Convic-
ton, which is the work of God and
therefore, supernatural; (2) Con,
version, which is mans part sort
of right-about face; (3) Regenera,
ton, the new birth" or the begin
ming of the life of God in the soul
and, consequently Gods work; a.
Sanctifcation, or the conservation Of
the life to God, all we have and are
Withholding nothing but absolutely
surrendering everything, which il
mans work; and go Christian Per
lection, which is the final steps ant
and the climax Of the growth IL
grace. This is not sinless or AdamiC
perfection but the perfection of {