Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 January 1915 — Christian Church Services. [ARTICLE]

Christian Church Services.

A good sized audience was again present at the Christian church revival last evening, and a splendid service resulted. There was one more accession. The music was again enjoyed, especially a solo rendered by Elizabeth Davenport. For the service of Friday evening great things in a musical line are being arranged. Prof. Altheide and the chorus have promised to make this as oig a musical feast as has ever been offered in any church. The sermon of the evening was on "The Un pardonable Sin.” The speaker said in part:

These words, of JJsus were spoken in the ears of his critics, fault-find-ers, and those who were seeking to destroy his work. Constantly they were rejecting and spurning Him and accusing Him of working His wonders through the power of the evil one. These hearts had become so hard and their souls so withered that Jesus could make no impression whatever upon thgm. In His mind they had committed the sin for which there was no forgiveness. I have come to believe that there comes a time in one’s life when it is impossible for any pleading of Jesus or His ambassadors to make any impression upon the heart, and then it is that the soul is past beyond all redemption. Every time one rejects the love and mercy of the Saviour of the world it makes it that much easier to reject Him again. The awfulness of the whole matter is that there will come the day when God will withhold His offer of pardon and mercy because we have continually and persistently refused Him. I do not believe strongly in deathbed repentance. I would not say that it is wrong; and that God fails to hear the cry of the penitent soul in its last hours, but oh, how mean, and how unjust to burn the candle of life low and offer God the last flicker. No soul can ever enjoy its abode in God s Eternal City if it creeps through the “gates of gold” by means of a death-bed repentance, for as we gaze upon the old heroes of t'le kingdoms and of the cross, we would cry out with shame because of our little service and accomplished good. There is so much danger of people here in our own city falling under this terrible condemnation year in and year out, week after week, and night after night Christ comes to you and knocks at your heart’s door for admittance. How often you refuse Him, and turn Him back. Friends, I plead with you as a. minister of the Gospel of the one who loves you, beware lest God become weary of His entreating and pleading, and allow you to go in your own way. You believe in Him. You arMwilllng to admit He is worthy of your service, love and devotion, then why turn youi\back upon Him Come to Him tonight and give Him your manhood ,and your trust womanhood. The service tonight will begin at 7:15 and will continue until 8:20.

thus giving every one the opportunity of attending the lecture as it will not begin until 8:40. The theme will be “Driving Like Jehu.”