East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-04-02
BY AFFL|CT|ON MEN
ARE PR|ED LOOSE
FROM PATH OF SIN
Nothing Short of Earthquake
viii Turn Some Souls to God
Says DR.. MacCallum in Re-
vival Sermon.
BY ]. NJ. cORNELIsoN

Tonight at the revival meeting at
the Presbyterian Church the subject
, will be THE Challenge of the Cross"
| The Knight Templars annual sermon
will be at the Presbyterian Church at
| 800 p. m. The subject, Present
Worth of Immortality" DR.. MacCal-
lum will preach.
Last night DIR. MacCallum read the
story of the Phillipian Jailer from
/ Acts. sixteenth chapter and preached
a remarkable sermon on the subject
OF How a jailer was saved" The
speaker related how Paul and Silas
| we're arrested because they opposed the
mob and stood up for right, They
were beaten and placed in Jail and IN
| stocks.
There Is an eternal, unceasing war
between righteousness and evil, be-
tween good and bad, between God and
the devil" said the speaker. Oppose
evil and you must prepare your breast
for the bitter arrows of revenge of
evil men" Truth seems to be even
on the scaffold and wrong on the
throne. But God is back of it and will
work out His eternal purposes. At
mid might, from the dungeon and
stocks come songs in the night,
which the prisoners heard and must
have commented about variously.
Then there was the prayer that shook
the earth and opened the prison doors.
The jailer contemplated suicide; but
Paul called out and prevented his act.
Mental Salvation
There instantly the jailer was saw
ed. not physical salvation, but mental.
moral and spiritual salvation. Said
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same praying, Cody element in the |
society of the nations that has been |
the saving element in times of crises. |
As men and women pray SO as to'bring |
earthquakes will the world and this |
town be saved. Nothing short of an
earthquake will jar some men from /
their iniquity and their evil ways. Men /
are some times pried loose from their |
evils and idols by sorrow and affliction
In sorrow and when caught in the I
traps OF sin the only consolation thar
beathen religions or infidelity gives is
in suicide. Said the speaker "A large II
percent of successful business. the 1
princes in the business of the world.
go hand in hand with Christ. A man
caught by the forces of the world is II
pulled from the right course. Then
the power of God reaches out and
pulls him back and holds him true,
though often such a one is marked in
the spiritual struggle in the turning.
Many people don't want the excite
ment of a revival meeting; but are
ever seeking the excitement of the
street. the show, the dances.
Faced Eternity Unprepared
This jailer was facing eternity un-
prepared, so he cried out what must !;
do2' There are always times when
men are compelled to face this colos-
al-must-Paul and Silas had some-
hing different and the Phillipian IE
Tailer wanted 1t. Peace through the lie
,lood of the Cross brought the new lE
pirit to Paul with songs in the night E
This jsiler was saved and in Gods lE
'wn way. He took God at his world lie
nd was instantly saved. So Naaman E
ne Syrian leper was made whole but lE
ot till he obeyed the prophet. Mans lE
oDscience is the compass of the in lE
mite, so when the surrender to God HE
omes. salvation eomes-In this life
re can create needs but cannot be llE
ipplied so leaving us helpless. Destiny is
le optic nerve and no skin can re-
ore il. God sent his son-men re- lE
Isc to have him. Heaven has no u