The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-06-07
DR.. CHAPPELL DELIVERS
FORCEFUL SERMON ON
JUD DGEMENT:: A SPECIAL
MESSAGE FOR ALL WILL
Be GIVEN TONI |GHT AT 8

Or. Ashley Chappell, who is con
ducting the big revival services at
the Methodist tabernacle will have a
special message to deliver tonight TO
which all are invited to attend.
Great crowds attended the meet
ings at the tabernacle yesterday. At
the evening hour every available seat
was occupied. Every chair was tax.
en- from the church to the tabernacle,
but even then many We're turned away
because there were not enough seats.
DR.. Chappeil announces that serv.
ices will be held every night this
week. Prayer meetings are to be
held during the week for the services.
The sermons yesterday were on
Future Rewards" and Future Pun
ishment" Possibly you would like
to have me talk upon more pleasant
themes than the ones I am using to-
day." DIR. Chappell began. "The judg.
ment, has never been a pleasant sub
ject for most folks to think Of Per
sonally / must confess to you that
it is an awful subject. The righteous,
however, have nothing to fear on the
judgment day. On the other hand, II
will undoubtedly be the everlasting
Black Friday, in the calendar for the
wicked.
Nov every understanding, every
enterprise in life, ever career Of every
man and every woman" he said, I'VE
feel and know must have some termi
nation.
Continuing the speaker said in part;
The school boy and girl look for
ward TO examination day; thy busi
ness man TO the day of inventory, We
feel that there Is to be a windup day
when we see how we stand in school
in business and in all earthly affairs
This is true to the heart and reas
enable to the mind 1t is so at th,
end Of life.
There is coming time when the
sum total of character in men ant
women shall be graded; when tbs
exact standing Of every mans anC
woman's life shall be manifest 1t i:
right; It is reasonable.
1--WE live our lives from the cradle
to the grave. The sum total of these
lives win be made known some day
and that some day is the judgment
day. 1t will be a day Of solemn and
momentous Importance. / know q
nothing that ought to interest Us
more. Personally l want all the light
on the subject possible Let US be
honest and unafraid to look the fact:
in the face.
we may be in doubt as TO many
things. II you were to ask me what
will be the outcome Of politics this
year, I would have to tell you I die
not know. II you were to ask me
when the next war is to be | would
have to tell you the same answer. But
there are some future events about
which we do know. We know that
we must pass out of this world. Oi
this we are sure. We also know
that we are going to stand before
the Judgment seat Of Christ, for i
is appointed Nnto man once to die
and after that the judgment.
There is to be a judgment day
God said so and God faithfully keeps
His engagements in both time and
eternity. Do not try 10 fix up some
way in your mind that you will
escape. God is absolutely trustworthy
HE is going to Judge the world in
righteousness. Many a criminal es
capes in this country Sometimes we
bribe the Judge sometimes the jury
Justice is defeated in a THOUSAND
ways. Sometimes conscenceless
lawyer is employed and we are moi