The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1888-11-07

i. went up to hundreds Of eyes. The
great audience was deeply effected.
The services were begun by Prof.
Excel singing solo-''Keep in de
|, Middle of the Road"-which was
listened to with almost breathless siS
lence 1t was rendered in an admir-.
able manner and at it's conclusion
there was applause.
| Mr. Jones took as text for his
discourse the 1l5th. Psalm. L. was
a rehearsal of David's experience.
Mr., Jones said he was always inter-
ested in the dealings of God with the
soal The sermon was one Of power
ard convicting truths presented In the
clearest manner possible to the hu-
man mind. "The test of my devotion
to God is not according to my feeling
but my loyalty to God," was one of
Mr.. Jones leading points. The
pt ople listened attentiyely and the
words Of the preacher sank deep into
their hearts, making impressions not
some TO he forgotten. Mr.. Jones
preached with great earnestness, and
the power of his discourse was mani.
tested by heads bowed in humble de-
votion and tears flowing fiom eyes
not gwen to weeping. Ii was a great
sermon. At its conclusion o great
lumber went up and gave the evan
gelist their hand and added their
names to the list Of those who desired
to jim the church and live christian
lives.
MONDAY AFTERNOON CLOSING SER.
VICES.
Long before 3 o'clock Monday af.
ternoon the Parrish warehouse begin
to ill up and when the hour for ser.
vices arrived it was full-the largest
crowd, perhaps, that attended any
one service. 1t was AFR. Jones' last
service and.the pc ople almost entirely
suspended business TO hear him. He
prefaced his sermon by saying that
he thanked God for the privilege Of
being here. That he never labored
with people be had become more
attached to; that his heart went out
in profound anxiety for the future,
and that he would watch the future
course ofthis peop'e with deep inter.
est. He spoke IN warm words Of
praise Of his cordial rece, ton and
treatment; he compliment the choirin
its admirable efforts and aid % the
meeting; the press OF Durham for its
kind words and invoked a | lessing
from heaven upon Durham, her peo-
pie and all of her industries.
HIS discourse was based upon the
18th Psalm and was the most furcible
portrayal Of the duties Of christians
how they should walk and liye-we
ever heard. Il was q summing up,
as il were, Of the discourses Of the
meeting, and il sparkled with the
gems Of truth.
At the conclusion Of the sermon,
like Oh previous occasions, numbers
came up and gave their names for
church membership. After this the
great congregation vent up and sh ,Ok
hands with Mr.. Jones-telling him
Cos dbl and dropping u contribution
into the basket for his Orphans
Home in Georgia (The amount
raised ON this occasion sas s264.) The
choir sang God be with you til we
meet again." and the memorable
MEETING closed. The people were re.
luctant about leaving and fingered
about the warehouse for some time.
During the closing scenes Of the
last service, Mrs. Wimberly, re.
JJicing over her son. shouted for some
length oil time and then tainted. She
was taken from the warehouse us
dead, and carryed to her residence.
The physician tells Us that size is
rallying.
Mr.. Jones has accomplished q great
work in Durham and the end is not
yet. We have heard Of several con-
versions last night. FIom the figures
we have at hand-they are not Of.
liclal.-the total number who have
given their names for chu.ch mem.
bership is about 1853; divided as frl.
lows: Baptist churches. IS; Metho-
dist churches, 100; Presbyterian,
35 aud Episcopal about 20.
The citizens Of Durham made upa
purse for Mr.. Jones aud the amount
given him was $500 They gave
Prot. txcell, $500.
Mr.. Jones and Prof. Excel left on
the evening train yesterday. A large
ecncourse Of people were at the depot
to see them off. Most al Of the choir
was there and as the train came in,
IL sang AT the CIoss," and in a few
moments Mr.. Jones was on bis way
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