The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-08-19
A CALL TO RUN
OUT MIDIANITES
Rev. Mr.. Young Draws a Parallel Be-
tween Israel in Days OF, Judges
\ And United States at Present.

| Rev. John W. Young being a guest
at the home of his father, DR.. j. w.
Young, consented to hold the services
on the public square last Sunday
night, all the pastors Of the town be-
! ing absent. Mr.. Young was reared
in Grenada and the entire community
takes no little pride in the great work
he is engaged in and the splendid re-
suits already attained by his ministry.
He is serving the Presbyterian church
at Greenville, Miss. 1t might be OBJ
served, in passing, that Mr.. Young is
the only young man any of the
churches of Grenada ever gave to
the greatest Of all callings-that Of
the ministry. 1t might also be stated
that it was the prayer of his splendid
| father for years that one of his two
SONS might go into the work of soul
saving.
Mr.. Young's sermon Sunday night
was based on the 9Th and 7th chap
ters of the Book of Judges from which
he drew a parallel between what
Israel. suffered then and what this
Ecountry is suffering today. Israel, he
said, sinned in bartering with the
Midianites; in mixing with them and
in permitting them to come in great
numbers in their midst. The Midian-
ties were heather and were notorious
for dishonoring God. The minister
told of how the people of the present
day, this very hour, were mixing
with Midianites; were bartering away
their opportunities Of heaven, the fu-
|ture of their children and the peace
of their country in order that they
might ''eat, drink and be merry" for
getting that these things are but
momentary while the things of God
are eternal, everlasting. He said that
out of the success of the war had
come something even worse than war,
the imprisoning of human souls
which powder and shot, cannon and
battleships were unable to free. MIR.
Young said God was calling his peO-
ple today just as He did Israel in the
days mentioned in his text. That all
classes of Midianites were here; he
said they were here as law vlolators,
that they were here to contend for
the sale of soft drinks on Sundays,
to talk for the Sunday train and to
insist on all loose keeping of the Holy
Sabbath. He said they were here to
partonize the theaters where lndecen-
cv was appiauded, that they were
here to talk for the damnable pic
lures shown in the movies where some
demon. invades the sanctity of the
home or where the innocent girl is
shown things mighty close to what
takes place. in the houses of the un-
derworld. The minister said that
these things were either good or bad,
THAT they were either right or wrong,
and it might be concluded from what
he said that if they were good, then
boys and girls, young men and young
women, had been mistaught as to the
standards Of good and bad.
The minister then told OF Gods
command to Gideon to march against
| his peoples enemies. How that 81
600 men were got together but that
God said that was too many. Oppor-
tunities were given the Stacker then
as today and finally the army was re-
duced 10 800 men with which God
directed the overthrow of Israers
enemies. From this the minister drew
the lesson that while the task OF get
ting the churches and all the people
| back 20 where God would have them
lseemed a most prodiguous one, yet
it did not take such great number
in any church or in any community
standing out for the things of God to
put everything and every individual
to rout who would lead the people
into wickedness and a violation OF
Gods laws. He plead for a true
awakening among the churches. He
plead for the good people to wake
up to the dangers that beset them,
their children and their land and to
put on the full armor of Christ.
The sermon was highly commended.
It was a rather brave one for young
man to deliver at his old home,
among those who have known him
from his childhood. -.
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