Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 57, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 March 1911 — Revival Meetings at Presbyterian Church Are Well Attended. [ARTICLE]

Revival Meetings at Presbyterian Church Are Well Attended.

The revival service at the Presbyterian church was well attended last night. Rev. Miller, who is assisting Rev. Parrett, spofie on the theme, “The of the Wayside Ministry.” He introduced his theme by the story of the knight, Sir Launfal: The knight spent his life in quest of the Holy Grail. When an old, grayheaded man, he turned homeward disappointed, feeling that his life had been vainly spent. He observed a leper on the path, lank and lean. He saw in him the Image of Him who had hung on the tree. He turned aside to do an act of kindness and love and found the Holy Grail. He spoke of the beautiful life of the Man of Galilee and emphasized the fact that while Christ performed many miracles, yet they were not the most beautiful side of his life. The most beautiful and most e£‘ fective side of his life was his wayside ministry. The side of his life that was not planned. He went forth to do something else, but paused by the wayside to grasp a golden opportunity to do an act of mercy and love. Christ gave the parable of the Good Samaritan not to teach us that We have done our duty as Christians when we have performed the exercises of the sanctuary, but that the exercises of the sanctuary have been a failure if they have not implanted in our hearts a love that will constrain us to pause by the wayside and help the less fortunate of God’s children. There are those who have not accepted Christ as their Savior, we meet every day by the wayside. Let us pause long enough to tell them of the Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world.