The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-06-25
PRAISE THE LoRD."
The EVANGELIST Turning Pulaski
Over.
Scores of Conversions and U aprsc9-
dented Religious Aston.

n since the first service held one week
ago last Saturday. The great evan
gelist, Dixon C.: Williams, breaches
regularly three times n day To
e crowded houses, and the deep, pro
r. found, solemn interest manifested
r. in all these services by both the
professors and the non professors,
the large number of conversions
ahd the willing and earnest man
: ner in which all the christians en-
70 gage in whatever work may be
planned by the leader, have brought
this people to believe that our dis
g tinguished Lebanon friend, whose
postscript was published in the last
CITIZEN, knew something of what
he was talking about when he pre-
a dicted: IF Brother Williams gets a
G fair chance at your town, there
/ won't be enough depravity left in
= it to start an ordinary fish story"
Things looked quite different ten
days ago when the bold pres cher
first began to uncover the foul sins
of the people of this community.
He made it to appear then that Pa
laski in her wickedness was not far
behind the accused Sodom. Bat
few took issue with him upon this
point, for he had not been in the
town twenty-four hours before lie
had visited all Of the saloons and
discovered all of the dens of evil
doors. Within single day he
found out more about the vices be
ing practiced in our town than
many Of those who have lived here
all their lives had ever learned
And he didn't hesitate to point out
these places of vice, nor to indicate
Enthusiastically the individuals who
were responsible for these violations
OF the moral laws. In many in
stances he was painfully personal
and some Of our citizens were Of
Tended and condemned him for it, !
Of course these complaints reached !
his cars, but they did not change
the tenor of his preaching. He
continued to call things by their |
everyday names and to ''cry aloud |
and spare not" Evil in low places
or in high places, wherever exist
ing, was Invested of its sleeps
clothing and held up in its hide
Gus nakedness before the gaze of
the guilty and innocent. The form
er trembled for shame and the lat
ter were shocked at the awful as
pect. Those were convicted of sin
and these went to work to assist
the evangelist in bringing about a
better state of affairs. CJmpl aints
were hushed. The fastidious chris
tian saw the good results and even
The guilty commended the preacher
for his boldness, and for the last
few days such 4 spirit of solemnity
has brooded over this entire people
as is at once felt and appreciated by
the strangers who come into our
midst. The wonderful power of the
evangelist, his profound earnest
ness in trying to induce sinners to
forsake their ways and accept the
religion he processes, the simplifica-
ton of the plan of salvatiOn-mak
ing the way appear as plain as the
way to the pOstofflce-the glorious
results that have followed the re
claiming of scores and scores OF
those who once prsfessed but had
become alienated, the conversion of
a much larger numbe Of sinners to
the christian faith-these matters
have so absorbed the minds of peo- ,,
pie here that scarcely do they ever
speak upon any foreign subject.
Not the least remarkable res ult is |
the manner in which christians have {
been influenced. They have be- !
come enthused with the zeal of the I
evangelist, and casting aside all {
timidity they work constantly and i
earnestly both on the street corners i
and in the congregations. Nor is ,
this zeal confined to the old soldiers 8
of the cross. The new converts, as I
soon as they have made the profess I
sion, are generally so earnest about
the matter that they are willing to
do anything Dixon Williams asks
them to do. Timid women, little ]
boys and modest men pray in pub {
he when he calls upon them and {
readily respond whenever he re-
quests them to testify openly to
the goodness of God.
So built up is the faith Of the
people and so encouraged are they
by what has been already accom-
plishcd that they did not doubt the
broad sweeping assertion of the
evangelist, made at one of the morn
Ing services this week, when, after
large number Of christians had re
sponded to the proposition that all
should stand who would promise to
do all they could in the good work,
he said, IF you will keep your
promise and work and pray in earn
est, we will turn this town upside
down, inside out, over aud over"
The truth is, it seems that that job
has already been accomplished, and
still the acme of religious excite
ment Gee rs not to have been reach
ed yet. The interast intensifes
daily, almost hourly, IS is plainly
noticeable at each successive service.
Great have been the results already,
still greater are expected.
The interest in the revival is by
no means confined 10 Pulaski.
People in the country and the sur
rounding towns have been attracted
here in large numbers to hear the
glad tidings that Dixon Williams
proclaims in his sermons and sings
in his favorite song-''We'n all
Gather Home in the Morning"
Many of the visitors have been con-
verified and sent on their way rejoic
ing, praising the Lord and adYertis-
ing the power of the wonderful, earn
est, humble evangelist.
On Sunday the doors of the sew
eral churches in town were opened.
The Presbyterian church reoieyed !
an addition of II to its member
ship, 10 persons Joined the Cum
berland Presbyterian church and % |
. 1911 IL.