Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-04
All THE TABERNACLE.
The Great Revival Stlll Goes on With
Unabaied Success Several Con.
versions Last Night.
A Fervent Appeai-''Lst tho wicked For
sake His Way and the unrlght-
eous Man Hts Thoughts /"

D.
o urth street continues undated There :,
were gathered at the meeting last night =
about six hundred people, and apparently d
a greater degree OF seriousness was a
shown by those present than even at the /
previous gatherings, la
The commendable zeal with which s
nearly all the city pastors are lending o
their aid TO these meetings adds not a \
little to the efficiency OF the service. A /
number of ladies and gentlemen form a I
choir, and for the most part the songs /
are sung earnestly, but possiblya strong a
male voice leading would encourage the 1
congregation TO join In singing more
heartily, and keep them in unison. IA
In his clear, off-hand manner, Rev. A. II
A. Allison read his text for the evening '
from Isaiah So; and Z; "Seek We the
Lord while lie may be found call We
upon Him while lie is near let the
wicked forsake his way, and the upright
eous man his thoughts; and let him re-
turn unto the Lord, and He win have
mercy upon him; and to our God, for He
will abuudantly PARDON
In substance, Mr.. Allison said The
consideration of time enters into this.
You must seek the Lord in due time, In
that time when He may be found. Pos
sibly there are souls who have fallen into |
the error OF thinking that a more favor
able time than the present may come In
later years Of their life; souls hoping for
years that will never come; II is
a delusion, and all through the
scriptures you Will mud that the
matter OF salvation is in the present
tense; II Is not only now but this very
night, this moment, while the Lord Is
near; time while we are on probation
| and tins side OF death. The text Implies
that God Is near us through the Thousand
5 agencies ever at hand and present TO
F, save us.
Q "let the wicked forsake his way and
] the unrighteous man his thoughts.n
G There does seem TO be two classes of
sinners, but they are both unsaved. The
text seems especially TO refer to those
who are willfnlly wicked, to man
Il whose life and sets indicate open and
n ayowed sin, d man who will break the
y sabbath who Will steal, who VIII kill.
II He will be lost II he turns not. sam
Jones says there Is but one road in
this matter; IL is not question
IN as 10 whether or not you are
a. on the road. You are, ana II
r is merely question, and serious one, las
ID to whether your face is turned toward the
rs end where heaven is or turned in the di-
T, rection where the end is hell, Which
way are you trayehng2 Show me your
re life and win tell you which way you are
al tending.
al The fact is this matter must get down
o. into your heart and you must quit shining
lie One thousand preachers here tonight
s. could accomplish nothing toward your
% salvation II you persisted In some sin and
"a would not quit your wickedness. IL i
w. useless to plaster over sinners life until
X he ceases from shining and the time u
TO consider this Is now. The unrighteou'
wv man must quit his thoughts AS we regu
late our homes and invite or keep out Ger
tain company, so may we In thi
matter forsake eVil lnougnts
is We may not be able
IN, keep thief from crossing our yard bu
on we need not entertain him in our homes
EN- Iorenzo Dow once said, Eve canno
ar keep birds from flying over our heads bu
lg- we can keep them from making nests i
M our hair"
m The way out OF all this is by coming t
100 Christ and getting His cleansing powe
I'd. into your heart. Settle this matter nov
len for IL is as good time as any yon wi
icy ever have. The first question we mus
is answer is "do intend 10 be religiousf
iif- II so, we must quit SHINING and that To
IRE without mental reservation. Let II COS
ier us what IT may, life or property, even
ere all we have has TO be given up, for thei
Of Is no heaven for the man who does nc
my saw, az quit.p Mr.. AL lson related som
m personal experiences OF his conversio
ia boyhood, and told how when b
ted rellnouished his evil intentions he imrn'
In mediatejy felt his conversion and he wa
Ort saved In Christ. He had talked To Thu
class OF men who held that they had y
particular or prominent sins, but u
IL point was to fully forsake all sins, TO "a
shining.
The Christian man who felt that he hs
not been treated well and therefore r
Trained from his Christian duty mere
placed himself among the unoelieyer
: possibly you viii part company from sn'
at the grave, you 10 enter heaven ana I'M
unfortunately TO enter hell Tne DELE
.,d ia in our not ceasing from SHINING. III
text invites you 10 return unto the Lore
let such a man part company from !
"a, devil. The sinner should return TO I
u4y Lord for he needs mercy. You are alrea
'hry condemned, you need pardon and u
ana turning TO the Lord Is repentance.
ess, Won are on tine road to hell with thfou
nily ticket, stop now and turn to the Lord a
mai Ne will have mercy on you. You v
f,ot then want 10 reach heaven, but not befc
the Won have quilt your sins. We want mer'
her not Justice. The tirst thing 70 90 u
Q ouit your sins, then will God pardon yt
mes lie win rejoice, but some times we p
be a haps rejoice too much on this side oil
n a river; let us seek TO save someone now
drs when we cross over 10 the other side
res. win have much more time for rejoicing
Mr. Allison then urged those VINO
alas so disposed to come forward and =
cute their hand 20 MN 10 TOKEN ol snen e ~
Mo- ~ become christians lnc "olas.s ~. -
serc circulated among the congtsSano. an
k, In number Of those intefespeu "en' W
st. the mourhers' benches.
for 1t was announced tnat upto lsse NJ
re. meeting there had been a02 conyersso
Iturs The meetings will continue as heretoi
n a. announced.