The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-21
PREACHING TO ooLoKED PEOPLE.

Evangelist Prices Services at Corinthian Rap
list Church Yesterday and Last Evening.
Rev. Joe Price, the evangelist, from Balth
more, who has been in attendance on the jones'
Small meetings. in this city, during the past
week, preached earnest and pointed sermons
yesterday morning and last evening. at the
Corinthian Baptist Church (colored), on North
street The church was well filed on both occaa
sions. and the congregation paid close attention
to the sermons, which had in them many pracI
tical and taking illustrations. Mr.. Prizes
has q happy way Of making every ona
feel perfectly at home and easy with themselves,
and his thrusts at the lukewarm Christian were
evidently appreciated Mr. Price has had
large experience in his own section of the counl
try since he was converted under Moody In the
to that time he had been man of the world,
dabbler in stocks in Wall street and elsewhere,
and was a devotee to that which "stingeth like
an adder and bteth like serpent
He preached in the morning from the 18th
chapter of First CORN on love the motive
power. Illustrating the danger of lukewarm-
ness among church members the speaker
said: "The devil once held a council
o. his devils in hell, and he called upon them to
tell of their work The first one said: 20 arch~
devil have followed an old drunkard from sa-
loon to saloon, degraded and debased him, and
now l have his soul over here. in chains
Said the head devil: That's all right"
Another fellow said: 'Tve followed poor un.
now have her soul chained here in hell"
The devil said: That's pretty good
But another of the iends stepped up and said;
II have followed Christian man for seveu
years. and have at last got him asleep and he
is not doing anything for God Almighty"
At this the devil said, with alacrity. "Come
right up here and take a seat right alongside OF
me-"
See the devil didn't reward the Others but he
rewarded the one who caught Christian and gof
him to sleep to the interests of God, the church
and humanity. Don't let Us permit the devil to
get US to sleep, and careless Of our duty to GOD
and to our church. see that you have got on
your window 'Love God" ! hope that these
words will be emblazoned on the hearts and
minds of every one of this church. But you
must 60 further and conquer for the love OF
Christ. God is using now as instrumentaltie4
men who have been drunken, and wild, and
worldly, but there are some churches that have.
got SO respectable and nice that nothing can be,
done with them. Brethren, go out among tina
fallen and the low, debased creatures.
and lift them ND ont Of sdarknesdl
into the clesr light of Gods love.
We are lukewarm, we are ashamed 20 come ouk
in the spirit of Jesus Christ and tell our fallen
brothers and sisters that In everybody no mat.
ter how debased degraded there is an i'm.
mortal soul which our blessed Master died for.
You can't judge book by its cover. The man
VI Wotu6A WhOt Win ciupiO AoitAi has tu0
love of Jesus Christ In their hearts, are in che
sight of God, better than those who understand
all prophecies and mysteries, for that II love
which will outlive time, for there is a time wheel
prophecies and mysteries will be more, but
the everlasting love that God implants in tho
heart will outlast the ages"
Mr. Price spoke for about a half,hour in d
strain which was evidently much appreciated b.
lis hearers At the conclusion Of the sermo1
the speaker called upon all who desired the bets
ter life, with the love of God always In thsie,
hearts, to rise and nearly the whole congregas
CATION arose
Mr. Frank Taylor. stenographer for Rev Sam
p Jones. followed Mr.. Price with few suppleA.
mentary remarks