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Show NOTED PREACHER m IN THE STBEElK Dr. L. D. Lamkin Appeals to tLMflfc People Prom a Carriage oa jBB th.o Corner, ffl! Jf DR, Ti. D. Lamkin, the evan J 'wt wna graded by a largo cro? Jf i his llrst street meeting laat nlgkJ'B V The ecrvlce was hold in front R the Kenyon hotel, and was fcmarknvi. Iffl t v In respoct to the attention given tfcjBllk Bpeaker by such a miscellaneous coBr fR gregalion.. A' male quartette from thj ft'll First Baptist church rendered a a:. Ell. tlon, after which the pastor, Rev. d Brown, led in a brief prayer, which 'Bc followed by another selection from uj Hi quartette. Then Dr. Lumkin arose frcBBy his seat and, standing in a carrlagn dressed the large crowd that had publ'lf ' ered. "I have come to you, my friends I Wl said the evangelist, "to speak umVImI' life's great problem. And when I urflflli life's great problem, I do not refer uflMJ'l the political, the financial, tho Koriai THHjf the problem of Intemperance. Thi'fflHf I great problem I refer to Is the probWiLB of personal religion. There are tvJB questions In the problem of religion thiSBV I will speak of In this brief service, aytlWSS those arc, first, the facts of sin; sfconiw tho acceptance of Jesus Christ as mi Tro Savior from sin." 1 W Then, In clarion voice, the ovangelfo MM hurled home the pcripture truth, p.' showed that Jesus Christ Is "here, tu M the gTeat problem of sin Is to be Hl W, tied by an immediate acceptance wjv him. The speaker elosod the ucrvicefo- IKW announcing that he would go at once to the First Baptist church and conduct! s5" the regular evening service i-rjt In a few minutes the cvangellat xax fr . before another audienoe, assembled In p the First Baptist church, where he teS spoke on the subject. "Divine Owner-vJL-vii ship and Service." The evangelist u- Vr gued thnt we belonged to God not br , creation, but by redemption. "Do r.ot ' 'ft. point to a weak, sickly, crippled man," , guffi he said, "and tell me that God m.Mh- jytt that man. God did no such thing Sin, : fijj in its perversion and power, made thai ' ? man. And since we have all sinntd none of us by creation can claim reh-tlon reh-tlon to God, as being made after hln f' Image and personality, until he Is ' se dcomed from that wreckage of Ein." ft? was a strong sermon, full of cornice.' ing argument and trite Illustrations " ! Services today will be held 'mostall--day in the First Baptist church. At 11 : P5. a. m., 3 and S p. m, the evangelist will; I'" preach. In the afternoon at 3 o'clock the subject will be "The Holy Ghost Jr.! Vs Human Doctrine and Life." to whlcbj Wa, the evangelist invites all the Chriskn-1 lt$si people of the city to be present. At-night At-night ho will speak on "Home's Brokta! 5,ctt Law." i f 1 , ? kfeS& |