Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 January 1912 — Large Crowd Attended Wednesday Night Evangelistic Service. [ARTICLE]

Large Crowd Attended Wednesday Night Evangelistic Service.

■ Wednesday night the main auditorium of the M. E. church was crowded when Rev. X C. Parrett beganto speak at the evangelistic meeting. The theme of the'sernfon was “The Right Motive for the Christian Life.” The speaker showed the prominent place that the fear of punishment has in human life, and said that while a sin did bring punishment both in this life and in the life to come, yet none should be Christians merely through fear. Likewise, he showed how the hope of reward was the motive that inspired many men, but that the Christian who was such in order to gain blessings either in this Ijfe or in Heaven Jn the life to come, was inherently selfish and un-Christian. But that the real Chriatiafi had as his motive the desire to help some one else, for as Jesus sanctified himself in order that he might be able to sanktify others by His life and words, so the real Christian was such with the purpose of helping others, of making his life useful and moking the world more Christlike. Since the weather is warmer and the interest increasing another large crowd should be present this evening to enjoy the song service directed by Mr. Kurtz and to profit by the evening sermon. James Craig was down from Thayer today.. . r ’ R. E. Halleck and son Paul, of DeMotte, are visiting his brother, Senator Halleck and family. * Bruce Pierson, ofßushnell. 111., hat been visiting his father, Henry Pierson, north of town this webk. Mrs. John Roadifer, of Jordan township, is visiting her brother, William Gratner and family of Barkley township, this week. • Well, this is a fine sample of Indiana weather. Seventeen below zero Monday night* a thawing temperature Tuesday night, a rain that melted almost all the snow Wednesday night, a light snow and a little freeze today and a cold wave promised for tomorrow. ■ _. A 14-year-old son of A. J. Landis, of near Parr, was kicked by a horse while delivering cream at the Parr creamery Wednesday and a large gash cut in his left cheek but the bones of the head not injured. Dr. Hemphill was called and found it necessary to take nine stitches to close the wound. If you want a good prood mare, go to Blslosky’s sale on the Bond farm, north of Pleasant Ridge, on Jan. 31. A Classified Adv. will sell it