The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-11-05
FULL HOUSE
GREETS JAMES
ON HIS RETURN
Noted Evangelist Talks on
"Preparing the Way For
a Great Revival

An audience which filled the Evan
gclical church to the doors greeted
Evangelist Harry A. James. unon his
return from Co!unihu;. o.. IRE h"
was called "vor Il 49,, ago uy the
death Of h Nt.c. Il, nc took charge
OF t. ,E:se last night. Although
I'LL pH"cd with grief and tender rs
II result of the recent bereavement,
the evangelist entered with charac
tcristic zeal and enthusiasm into the
work and declared that he had prom
iSed Christ hesi ide the litcless body
Of his precious wife that he would
preach the Gospel with greater zeal
ana devotion IMAM ever and added:
"lt Christianity had done nothing
else for me than what it did for me
during the last few days of my be-
reaycment, ] would want to devote
my life to preaching such a wonder
ful salvation. | always knew ! had
a great Christ, but | never realized
how precious He is and how marvel
ously real, as | have found Him in
these days. At its last meeting the
Mini iSterial Association had voted to
present Rev. James with bouquet of
flowers as an expression of their
sympathy and love. These flowers
were on the dres Of his room when
ne arrived yesterday noon, and he re-
ferred touchingly in his opening re-
marks to the Kindness and love shown
him by the ministers of this city.
Rev. Holmes took charge of the
opening part of the service. direct
inx the singing and leading in open-
ing prayer, after which he introduced
Rev. James who took charge OF the
song service, leading the singing with
characteristic vim and enthusiasm
using his cornet to accompany the
congregational singing. All WI,
heard him became aware that here
they We're listening to a great artist
whose equal has seldom. if ever, beer
heard in Bismarck. His cornet sole
number, "Hold Thou My Hand" BY
Briggs, was q masterpiece.
Audience Spell Bound
The evangelist held his audience
spell bound as he preached to then
ON the theme, .Prcparing the Wa!
for Il Great Revival, or, Giving God ;
Chance His text was taken from
Matt. 3:3, "preparc yc the way Of tho
Lord, make his paths straight Tho
speaker declared that he used tt
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John the Baptists day, but he ha.
licved that those were the darkes
fore the coming of the Messiah. "Johr
asked him who he was, he did no
introduce himself as D. D.. l.. L. d.
Ph. d., etc, but declared. 4 am ;
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God and with men. The greates'
preachers are the humble men,
Gods Way
The evangelist showed what God:
way is. Gods way is clean way,
he said. Before we can have a re
vival God must have channels through
whom He can work. BE We clear
that bear the vessels of the Lord,
| is the divine command. We canno
hope to have power with men if W.
have unconfessed sin in our lives
As he smote his own breast, the
! evangelist cried out, Harry James
are you clean" Then looking at tn,
ministers he asked, "Are you clean
Sunday School Superintendents, ar.
you clean? Teachers, are you clean
Church members, are you clean? i
We were absolute possessors insteas
of mere professors the world woulC
have been won for Christ long ago.
Goods way is humble way. Hu
mility is very necessary in meet
ing of this kind. The loaded frui'
tree has its limbs nearest the ground
1t is the man that bends before Coo
that has power with God.
Goods way is united way. In uni
ty there is power, and the one great
burden on my heart for Bismarck is
that the people will unite and stanC
out as a great army and call halt
on the power of sin. If we will stanC
together and organize, God will bless
Goods way is the love way. The
world is dying for little bit of love
The doctor can practice for his pa
tient without love, but we cannot win
souls without love. Gods nature is
love. 1t is just as natural for Goo
to love as for the sun to shine.
Goods way is the way of prayer
We cannot expect great spiritual
revival without prayer. know that
prayer works. All great revivals are
born in prayer"
In closing, the evangelist appealed
to parents to rear up the broken
down altar Of family prayer and
showed by experiences out of his own
life how prayer brought wayward
sons and daughters to God.
The meetings will continue in the
Evangelical church for the present
although it is evident that larger
quarters will soon have to be provid-
ed. The services begin promptly at
1880 o'clock. Come early to be sure