The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-03-23
GRIMM ASKS FOR
HELP IN MAKING
REVIVAL SUCCESS
Evangelist Says It's Hard to Inject
Pep Into Meeting With Crowd All
Down at Picture Shows;
Urges Prayer.
MUST HAVE WORK FOR
MOST GOOD IN MEETS
Cooperation, Enthusiasm Required
Speaker Asserts; Tent Not
Ready; Meetings Being Held
at Baptist Church.

The second sermon of the Grimm
revival was preached last night by
Evangelist b. b. Grimm in the First
Baptist church, the subject being
How to Make o Revival
TO his comparatively large audi
ence Mr.. Grimm stated that he was
entirely dependent upon their pray
ers, that the success of his preach
ing would be in proportion to the
number and strength Of their pray
ers, that he had NOT one written SER
mon nor a penned note to follow and
that if they wanted him to preach
they would have to create the prop
er atmosphere, and chat by prayer
In outlining the four essentials to
a great revival, Evangelist Grimm
said that the first thing necessary
was cooperation, the second enthusi-
asm, the third prayer, and the fourth
work Give me these four things
and ] will give you the greatest re-
vival that has ever been in Chcka-
sha, = he stated
Mr. Grimm stated that he was
against all movements to unionize
the churches. He said, "When you
hear man crying for union, you
may know that he wants union by
opening his mouth and swallowing
up the other fellow, they may be
one"
He stated that he was democratic
in religion as well as politics, and
believed that every man had a right
to worship God according to the
dictates Of his own conscience but
that there were times when all the
churches ought to lay aside those
things On which they could not agree
and work together for the salvation
of the lost in the town. He said
he could not win the lost at the
Baptist church and all the other
church members at the picture show.
That God had planned to save the
world through the agency Of men
and when they failed to cooperate
WITH Him, God was up against it.
Speaking Of enthusiasm, he said,
I'VE arc living in an automobile
and airplane age, but the church is
still i'll the ox-cart age. Until we
put the same enthusiasm into our
churches that we do in business we
viii never get the people to church.
Men get enthused over ball games,
hey get enthused over boxing bouts,
md even over rooster fights but
hey go to sleep over their religion.
He said the preachers were to
blame for the light attendance at
.he churches, that people went
where there was something doing,
md he wondered why anybody went
o some churches because there was
nothing doing
During the course Of the sermon
everybody had a hearty laugh, even
some who seemed determined to re-
main "pious' had to give way to
.ickled nerves as Mr.. Grimm dis
,ribed some of his experiences. The
children especially enjoyed the SER
vice throughout.
It was announced last night that
he song service would begin tonight
promptly at 1880 and it was espa-
tally urged that the choir be pres
mt at that hour. The subject an
lounced for tonight was "a Fight
With the Devil" Mr.. Grimm will oc-
,upy the pulpit.
1t was also stated that the meet
ng would continue to be conducted
in the First Baptist church at the
corner of Colorado avenue and
Fourth street until the special tent
was placed in readiness. There was
no service today but it is expected
that commencing tomorrow. Gay
sessions will be held each day
sessions vii lbe held each day
the meeting, with the
possible exception of Mondays and