The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1889-10-06
shows it in his family, in his business
and his amusements.''

ham, We don't want one like we had
last year. Don't pray for one just like
that or draw comparisons between the
one this year and that The one thi.
year will be quite of another sort, but We
will all be blessed and abundantly
blessed. You saw things last year which
you won't see this year, so don't look fol
the same things. The Lord will give us
what he intends US to have and we
should be satisfied"
'The same blessing will attend these
meetings as attended those at Antioch
1900 years ago. There are people who
say "oh if | could have seen Christ thai
would have settled my hash," and that
the day of miracles has passed and it is
hard now to believe"
Brother, to me the attestations of the
divinity of Christ and the truth of his
teachings by its standing sfefef of these
hundreds of years are more powerful TO
me than any miracles. Why, I'm a mir
acle myself The fact that Christ saved
me, miserable sinner, is a sfsater mira
Gle than the changing of water into
wine or the healing of a cripple"
They had reverends in the days of
Barnabas. They have reverends in these
days. These old reverends got together
and talked over the revival which had
just broke out at Antioch These old
fellows shook their heads and looked
wise and said, Lets send Barnabas over
to see about that revival which is Great
ing such stir. Barnabas is safe man
and they can't take him in easily. Let
him go over and sample it and keep low
and mind he doesn't let anyone know
he's there"
"These are the safe old fellows you find
in the churches. They are not safe be-
cause they save the church but safe be-
cause they never risk anything"
"a man came to me once and said,
Jones, | never saw such meetings. in my
life. They are grand, but don't you fear
reaction?' | said to him, You have
been holding prayer-meetings regularly
once week for the past six months :;
have you had convert yet?' No. he
replied. Then said, you have had no
action, therefore you can't have reac-
ton. You fellows go around here talk
ing about reactions, but it's the best sign
there's been an action. You are the safe
old fellows"
GA revival is as catching as small pox
Barnabas couldn't stand it and he just
got up and shouted. He saw God AL
mighty was in the movement and he
couldn't stay out"
"Did bre4a-e4-er-rr7tfot5 fsaPrtsC preaCner
You see him on the street and he walks
with his head down. You speak to him
and he answers you with a groan. He's
down in the mouth and shows the effects
of as clear a case Of liver disease as you
ever saw"
Did you ever notice the Presbyterian
preacher when the Methodists were hav
ing a revival? Oh he doesn't know any
thing about it at all. He holds his head
way up yonder and tells you he doesn't
know anything about it, he believes
something of the kind is going on. These
Methodists generally break out that way
once every few months"
"Brethren, don't know how many of
you have kept the faith since | left you.
| know some have been benefited and
remained true to your promise to Christ,
but didn't guarantee any of you then.
| don't guarantee man until he's dead
and in heaven and the pearly gates are
locked hard and the fence too high for
him to jump out Then I'll guarantee
him."
The literal meaning of the word reli-
gion is to tie back to. The world broke
loose 5000 years ago and God asks US to
come back, to tie back to him, to cleave
to him. When l want to go to Wash
ington get on a sleeper and cleave to it
and as sure as fate if that sleeper goes to
Washington, go too. So if | cleave to
duty am sure for Heaven"
Now the bull dog is a cleaver in the
genuine sense of the word. You can't
kick him off, you can't cuss him off and
you can't beat him off. You can only
choke him to death. He's Cleaver. He's
there to stay. Every member of the
church ought to have grip on God so
you can't cuss him and you can't kick
him loose and only when clammy death
seals his eyes will he loose his hold"
There's good deal of the cur dog in
us fellows. Stamp your foot and he'll
loose his hold and run. You got your
religion last year, but as soon as the
devil stamped his foot some of you drop
ped your hold, tucked your tails and
ran. You got up here last year and
said: God help me, I'm going to vote
whiskey out of town" You lying rascal
you, you bowlegged rascal, if you had
had your election the week after | left,
YOU would have routed whiskey and it
would never have returned"
"A cur is heap easier TO set on than
a bull bog. You can set cur dog on