South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-04-22
800 PYTHIANS
ATTEND JONES
REVIVAL MEET
First Touch Of Spring Wealth
CT Brings 1000 to
Tabernacle.

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ingrates when men cease T. be
grateful TO a good God they cease to
have hope.
"The man who doesn't help 10
support a church is an migrate
whether he is a member Of that
church or not. All OF the good that
ne gets from his business and So
ciety comes from the church, for
that reason. X for no other, ne
should help in it's support.
My purpose tonight is TO trace
the Homecoming OF the prodigal
and 20 make a parallel between his
himecoming and the homecoming of
every sinner 10 God.
Greeted by Father.
He brought out the point that the
prodigal son, although ne was
willing TO work as a hired man for
his father and did not want TO be
taken again as member OF the
family. was greeted by his father as
a son and his return celebrated. He
declared that all sinners when they
we're truly repentent were taken
back into Gods family as "A son and
their past sins forgiven.
But we must have down In our
hearts true repentance" he de-
clared I'VE must be fair with our
selves before we can expect God 10
forgive Look into your mirror
when YOU go home and have sin
cere talk with yourself Don't try
TO cover your own faults or to eX-
cuse them 10 yourself. If you do
that you will talk less about your
neighbor.
And IL you just look your city
IN the face and see it as il is you
would fall down on your knees and
beg a good God 10 save you from
such shame.
Entitled 10 Heaven.
THE trouble with most OF US IS
that we can not see the faults In
ourselves or in those dear 10 us as
we can I'm others. Some women
think that just because their hus-
bands married them they are en-
titled 10 heaven. If a lot of women
here knew their boys as God knows
them their hearts would break"
He urged that every Christian
start the personal work of redeem
ing at home and primarily with him
SELL
There isn't any hope for any
gins TO feel his own meaness. No
man will ever turn 10 Jesus Christ
until he becomes conscious OF the
fact that he is lost.
Gives Comparison.
IF my mother Knocked at my
door. pleading for food and shelter
and ] turned her away you would
look upon me as the meanest, most
ungrateful wretch that ever trod
earth. Yet every day YOU reject
Jesus when he knocks at your door.
Sot 10 love God is to be guilty of
the greatest sin for it is a violation
OF the greatest commandment.
lie denounced sin as the thing
that has brought all Of the unhappi-
ness and misery and discomfort into
the world since the first sin of Adam
and Eve.
II love every sinner on this earth
tonight but / hate hi ssins. I love
every drunkard but I hate whisky
i don't hate the gambler but 1 hate
cards. There is something about
cards that can't be made decent
even though they are shuffled in the
jeweled hands OF a church society
woman. Lou must hate sin before
you have a chance for salvation.
Lost Sheep.
Dealing with the inconstantcv and
tolerance Of sin OF the average
Christian he called attention 10 the
parable OF the lost sheep. the lost
pieces OF money and the lost son
which states that while the shep-
herd searched for the lost sheep and
the woman for ;he lost piece Of sill
YER no one went out 10 bring back
the lost son.
only YOU can bring yourself TO
God bue he is there waiting TO greet
YOU. God loves YOU though YOU have
desecrated his ga bbath. though YOU
have spurned his grace and cruel
ned his son he loves YOU still"
More than a dozen people were
converted when he extended the In
vftation.