The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1920-03-26
METHODISTS NOW
in BIG REVIVAL
AT CHURCH HERE
Rev. Robert A. Clark, Evangelist, Not
Sensationalist, But Expounds
Plain, Practical Gospel.
SERVICES BEING CONDUCTED
IN MORNING AND EVENING
Says Cooperation and Earnest Pray
er Will Send A Revival That
Will Shake Paris.


Tuesday evening preached his initia'
sermon in the Methodist revival SER
vices now in progress at the church
is an old fashioned gospel preacher,
not sensationalst, but a plain prac-
tical expounder of the gospel, who
cannot fail to touch the heart and
life of this community. He has a
splendid delivery, can be easily heard
in all parts of the large church, and
his earnestness and righteousness
were very impressive in the first SER
mon even, that he delivered, which
was on "Revival-What, Why, How,
When?"
His Bible text was, go Lord, revive
thy work." and "He shall baptize you
with the Holy Ghost and with fire" )"
He began by sayine that revival
was change-an awakening, that
the church of Christ had been born
in a revival; that history told of many
revivals-the revival of learning in
the 14th century, the revival of the
Papacy in the 18th century, and that
now we were living in a revival of
prosperity-the greatest era ever
known.
In discussing the second portion of
his subject, the Why of revival, he
,said, "a revival of religion is needed
to raise the temperature of the
church. Sometimes the tempera-
ture of the church falls so low that
it is not attractive. Men and women
do not like to come to church because
it's spiritual life is so low, and re-
vival is needed to raise its tempera-
ture.
"a revival is needed to burn up
some things in the church Not the
old furniture, nor the dilapidated
song books, nor faded carpets, but to
burn up the spiritual idleness in the
church, where many are doing moth
ing, and the bulk of the work falls
on faithful few.
Everyone should have a job in
the church of God"
Continuing the figure of the fire
of the Holy Ghost, as the spirit of a
revival he said that it was needed
to burn UP the spirit of unbrotherly-
ness, to end envy and unkindness be-
tween men, and to cause every man
to see the other as his brother. He
said there was a need for it to burn
up the spirit of groaning, and COM
planning, and fault finding within the
church That there was set of
folks, who unless they could run
things to suit themselves, held hands
off, and sat back only to groan and
find fault, and that man filled with
the old fashioned fire Of the Holy
Ghost was willing to concede some
thing to the other fellow.
"Then," said Rev. Clark, "a revival
Is needed to set the world on fire, to
illumine the whole heavens with the
beauty of the love of Jesus, and to
let all men know Of it,"
He said that the reason that it had
been. so long since there had been a
real Hoy Ghost revival in Paris that
touched the hearts and lives of the
people, that comparatively all but
few had failed to put God first, that
He was as anxious as ever to bless
and pour out the spirit of the Holy
Ghost, and the hack of the Want of
deeper, more complete baptism of
the Holy Fire withheld it, and lack
of effectual, fervent, prevailing pray.
er. He spoke beautifully of the
power of 'prayer-telling how Lily
ingston, Coy, Bramble, and other
great eyangelists had succeeded be,
cause of onstant and faithful pray.
er. He attributed Billy Sundays
signal success to .:kneewerk," to the
fact that at every ono of his meetings
hundreds of ministers from all over
the United States gathered to be
seech Gods spirit to rest on the ser
vice. He said you had to pray a re
yiyaIl down from the skies.
. ITO have great revival then,
he declared, "ft Is necessary to have
united effort, to have the pastor anC
the members rally and plan anc
pray, then the revival will be far
reaching and satisfactory"
In advising how for revival t.
succeed, in addition to prayer ant
cooperation, he pointed out the nee
essity for personal work, the nee'
to take the gospel to some people Il
store, office, home and bank.
Other points emphasized were re-
hot sermons preached to back slider
which he promised to deliver; not be
ing afraid to have children manifes
In interest in the meeting; not BE
lag ashamed to shout over poor los
souls saved; not closing service to
soon, but holding on until somethin
happened; not being knocker, bu
booster.
He dwelt on the benefit of advel
Using the meeting.
He said, 81 am great believer
advertising anything. The devil
advertising all the time. Ever.
thing that has anything is adverti
i,tg FIT. d Why not church service
Advertised along with baseball, mo-
les, ETC.? Everyone in Paris ougl
to Know that there is a revival
progress. If circus were to con
TO town, everyone would know it, ar