The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-17
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AUDIENCE HEARS
DANIEL PREACH
Court Avenue Church Filled
for Sermon Delivered al
Joint EvangeIiStiC Service
Preliminary to Campaign.

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To an audience that filled the large
auditorium of Court Avenue church.
and notable for the large number OF
prominent citizens ard business men
present, DIR. Charles w. Daniel deliv-
cred another inspiring address Wedhes-
day at the noon-day prayer service, in
which so or more protestant churches
Of the city have united as a prelim-
mary to the Simultaneous revival 70
start in all the churches Sunday and
continue until Easter,
Forrest Cole. song leader, again fea-
tured the singing Of old familiar hymns
at the service. From the interest be-
ing manifested. in the preparatory
meetings, as well as in the cottage
prayer meetings, held Monday ana
Tuesday a great revival is believed as
sured. DR.. Daniel will speak again
Thursday at 1910 D. m, The services
are closed promptly at l2;4O p. m and 10
luncheon is served in the basement OF
the church so that those employed up
town may attend during the noon hour
without loss OF time.
Dr. Daniel took as his text. John
1888. He said, in part;
I'm the Gospel according to st, John,
chapter 49, verse 8, Jesus tells us that
when He the Holy Spirit, Is come, He
will convict the world Of sin. The be-
ginning of every genuine religious eX-
perience Is conviction Of sin. All the
meanings of the life and Words of Je-
sus proclaim the fact and peril of sin,
while it is easy to believe that other
people are SHINING 1t Is difficult for
one to be convinced that he himself
has sinned and come short of the glory
of God. Jesus declares that only the
spirit Of God can produce such a con-
yiction.
IA personal and trustworthy convic-
i,-if
tfonships can be obtained only by the
recognition of an adequate standard by
which the facts of the life may be test
ed, and by the testimony of conpe-
tent voice within pronouncing a judg-
| ment in truth and righteousness
All Feel Law.
"The uniyersality of conscience at
tests that all men have the law of God
written upon their hearts. That un-
written law has been defined and re-
enforeed by the moral law embodied in
the ten commandments. With all the
limitations of the moral law and with
all the deficiencies Of the human con-
| seisnce! mankind has never been with
| out the means of forming moral judg-
| ments, The sense of sin and its dire
/ fuy Nnsequences, despite all the efforts
/ ol fss9 exlssain it away, has left III
melaiscfiUly trail across human life
| through all the centuries.
IF all men. have always had the
moral law as standard and conscience
| as witness why the necessity of an.
| other standard and another witness
I The answer to this is that such con-
! yictions have necessarily been imper.
| feet, and TO the degree that they have
| been real, they have left the sinner
! hopeless as to deliverance from the
! Judgment imposed.
Jesus Christ embodies, interprets
\ and enlarges the revelation of the will
of God in the moral law. The Holy
| Spirit does contravene conscience, but
| quickens and purifies conscience thai
! its judgments may be true. When g
man sees himself in the light of Jesus
| Christ, with a conscienNe purged by the
| spirit Of God, there is borne In upor
| him the mighty conviction that the re.
! lection, of Jesus Christ has bcen tht
| crowning offense of his life agains
God No man can see himself in tn,
revealing light of the cross of Jesus
on whom was laid the iniquity of u,
all, whose conscience will not feel ant
own the guilt.
There is the compassion of HEAVIER
in such a conviction The cross OF Je
| sus tells of the love and mercy of God
| full of forgiveness and blessing for thu
soul awakened to the sense of its neet
and peril The forgiveness of Goo
waits upon the willingness of men t,
| receive 1t.
1.-THE promise of the Holy Spirit wa
to the disciples of Jesus. When He il
come to you-my dsciples--He vii
convict the world of sin. On the da!
of Pentecost the Holy Spirit was poured
out on the one hundred and twenty dis
ciples. Under the power of His pres
ence they held up Jesus before tn,
gathered peoples. with the result tina
they were pricked in their hearts, ant
cried out: Men and brethren, wha
| must we dor
''The salvation of the people tarrie
upon the willingness of the churches o
Jesus Christ to preach the good tiding
of Jesus Christ in the power and dem
onstration of the Spirit. The apost
Paul gives us the picture of such
church. If therefore, the whole churcl
be come. together into one place, an
all prophecy, and there come in on
that believeth not, or one unlearned, h
is convicted of all, he is judged of all
and thus are the secrets of his hear
made manifesto and so falling down o.
his face he will worship God, and re
port that God is in you of truth. "