The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-11-09
GOOD SERMON
LAST EVENING

IN point OF attendance, interest and
great preaching. There were fully
$500 people seated or standing or
around the big building and many
TUNED away when they saw the
throrg standing outside the doors.
Everything possible is being done TO-
seat the vast crowds ata 10 take care
Of the visitors no drive many miles.
each nisht to hear the world famed
evangelist.
The director, Charles 8. Allen, led
Che choir Of more than 200 voic., and
the congregational singing was inspi-
rational, the boys and girls singing
with vim when called upon.
The preacher was at his best last
evening and drives his message home
to his hearers.
Mr.. Smith read the lesson from the
fifth chapter of Luke, the story of the
borrowing of boat by the Master
from the Gallilean fishermen, Simon
and his partners, and the following
miraculous draft Of fishes, SO great
that the met brake" and the boat and
another called to it's assistance began
/" sink with the mass of the catch.
From the words, Launch out into the
Deep" as text, the preacher launch
ed into the heart of a message of
earnest urging to the church people.
The substance, with no attempt to
repeat verbatim the sermon, is in re-
sumo as follows:
"The inference In the words of the
text is that We may be in the shall
lows. There are three indications
now Of this fact: The talk of the re-
ligious people; the frequent style of
our preaching, and the condition of
ou' praycr-life. In the cid time we
used around the table and in the sit
ting room in the home talk of God
and Of righteousness and things Of
the spirit; how many now in their
homes commonly practice this sort Of
AZ? In our. .parlors and about the
Able, in social meetings and quiet
conversation we do not, we religious
folk. speak Of the things of the king
DIN. If religion is mentioned in the
social group there is a hush If you
mention the Master and ask your
friends shout their relation with
sJebrs1 there Is, elnbsrrassment and an
|HA1inse e e
The preacher told of d aTvisitor To his
room who had talked an hour inter-
estingly and brilliantly about things
IN general and who halted and stam-
mered when the question was person
ally put. "Are you Christian?" "I
hope So" replied the visitor. "Pray
for me that may be faithful" AR.
Smith said he took from the mantel
picture Of woman and three chill
dren and showed it to the visitor. "A
family group?" he asked. EYES," re-
piled the preacher. "Are you mar
ried?" asked the visitor. ~ think l
am, I-I-hope so! Won't you pray
for me that may be faithful" the
preacher had responded-uo illustrate
the fact that one should have no doubt
about his relationship to Jesus. eve
don't have to think so and hope So"
said the preacher with all earnest.
2css. "Thank God. we can know VIC
eve children Of God. We ought to be
ah!e TO say so. We know insurance
.ni merchandise and law and medi.
cine--and we can talk about those
Things; we should be able to know
Christ and talk of the things Of His
Kingdom one to another"
| "Another evidence that we are il
the shadows is much of our preach
ing. It is sometimes more like {
moral essay or contribution to &
magazine than the flaming messag,
or an ambassador for Christ. Still
another evidence is the low-state O.
he prayer-life OF professed Christ
ians. We do rot pray in secret; we d.
not attend the prayer meetings. W.
con get crowds to the motion pictur,
entertainment, to the social gather
inc, to the lecture, but when we cal
on our people, our church people, on
Christians to meet for prayer-fev
respond. We shall never move tn
world until we launch out into tn
J deep and are filled with the spirit o
u God.
| "Ths first thing that Jesus alway
J, docs when He is going to take me-
!, and women into a new life, a deepe
j life, is to reveal to them the possi
hilities which slumber in their ow
n nature. OF course, in every man o
woman there is enfolded, as buC
The whole possibility of saintlines
and power with God and man. 1t
. embodied in your nature, and you
great aim should be to discover wha
al God has put in you by regeneration
: believe in regeneration. I have n
sSmpathy with this modern teachin
/. that everybody begins with God j
el them and they have just to develop
al God which is born in them. ! b
!. l.eye in regeneration as the imparts
u tion of the very life of God in tn
Il soul, and when the life is impaired
j. contains within 1t the germ Of etern'
- - thu