| Show THK EVANGELISTS lliejr Continue to Attract Interrsted Audiences Audi-ences In the Big Tout The afternoon services at the big tent ware fairly well attended Indicating that the interest in the work was not flagging The congregation sang for an opening hymn Pvc found frIend and then Mr Greenwood sang as a solo I nil sing the wondoroua story the audience joining in the chorus Mr Mills read from the 22d chapter of Luke herein Jesus predicted the betrayal 1 be-trayal by Peter Thou shalt betray me thrice before the cock crows I The congregation then sang Awake my soul to jojful lays and tho pastor I announced a brief text from the 10th chapter of Mark a portion of tho 7th verse And Peter This was the first message cent by Christ after bis resurrection When tbft women went to the tomb they found a man there who told them to go and tell the disciples dis-ciples End Peter that he had risen Peter was tho first friend of Jesus one who was on the mount top and hoard This is my beloved son III yet he denied him He was a man of earnestness and offered to go to prison and to death with his master He bad groat selfconfidence or pride He then began to follow Jesus afar off John saw him coming up and be was also admitted There was the enemies and the friends Peter stood with the former aud I denied that he bad been with him ro stop j j I with his life here would be sad indeed but I when we look at his restora ion we are thankful God still loves us aUthe story of the pr d all1onot the lost lambs the lost are not forgotten He takes special pains to show this love I many of the bOOks of the Bible are written rfor 1 the backslider John and James viould know that Jesus loved them but Peter would be in need of some assurance assur-ance hence the message specially named him Ho was only an outcast with his once great heart crushed in the most intense agony and it was needful need-ful that he should bo assured of the forgiveness for-giveness of his master The message transformed him and he was the first to cross the portals of the tomb God freely forgives us when we are truly penitent like as a father who saw his son afar off and ran and mot him and fell upon his neck and forgave himtho father of Absalom wept bitterly at his death I God used his penitent disciple to work for him Peter was chosen to preach the first I I sermon of the Christian church on the day I of Pentecost He could say that none wore too far off to be drawn nigh by his loving forgiveness We all know some Peter and we should carry him the messagethe wonderful message for the weary in heart So the maker stands and looks upon all but most on Peter From the shores of Gallilee comes the message to alland Poter Ihe afternoon service closed with the benediction SIGHT SESBIOX The night session at the big tent gave strong evidences of increased interest the number present being largely In excess of the previous night The opening HOUR Sinner Turn Why will Yo Die was followed by a solo from Mr Greenwood entitled Drifting from God and then Mr Mills announced at the text for the evening a part of the seventh vorso of tho fiftyfifth chapter of Isaiah reading Let the wicked forsake his way and proceeded pro-ceeded to treat of it under three headings Who is a wicked man What does God ask him to dot and why should he do LU itA A man is wicked when he is not all ho should be This applies to all members of the church as well a those out of it The church of Christ must become pure and turn to God Jt applies to tbe backslider Return unto me and I will return untoyou The backslider back-slider is the most miserable person in the world It applies to the mere moralist Morality is by no means the culmination of the possibilities pos-sibilities of human character Man may be moral from many motives but ho is never righteous until he seeks the kingdom of God Then he is right because ho in righteous A man must have a passion for righteousness right-eousness Every man is condemned of some sin who has not been saved tbrough Christ There are two classes of moralists one is in many respects good moral in outward conduct kind charitable but is not a confessed follower of Christ yet he is wicked because ho is to be judged by what he has not doneuYa did it not Every man who is not letting his life tell for Christ is wicked The other is selfrighteous and tells how good he is The man who says unkind things of tho church Is the wickedest of men The Pharisee is generally outside of tho church He who yields to pride is just as bad as his poor brother of drink or lust Use common santo in forsaking Din there is but one way and that is to stop and give it up I uFriends Friends cannot forsake our sins for us It cant be done by proxy It is not bard for a onelegged man to give up dancing I Search me of God and know my thoughts and sec if there is any wicked way In me Will you rive It llp1 Dont give up anything except tb3 sin and give that up forever Kneel before God and he will tell you what to do You may be acquitted in tho courts of men but you must tell all to God Get the sin out of you confess it and forsake it fond you shall have morcy Why does God ask you to do this If you do not forsake the sins they will never forsake you Some flee to get rid of their characters but it proceeds them wherever they go If you dont get rid of them now you never will God says he will forgive and never remember thorn again Bring your sin tonight and lay it on God altar and say to it good bye JNsOUSCE1CS1S No service at the toot Saturday Sunday schools at 930 Sunday morning At 11 a m Sunday services in the tont for men only At 11 L m in First Presbyterian by Dr Illff and First Methodist by Dr Thrall for women only At 3 p m in tent for young people under I un-der 35 I NIeht services for all in tent but for I those not church members especially |
