The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-11-07
THE PEARSON MEETING CLOSED.
THE GREAT EVANGELIST FINISH
Els HIS WORK In HENDERSON.

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THE GREAT EVANGELIST FINISH
Els HIS WORK IN HENDERSON.
A Glorious Revival Of Religion-0ser
800 Persons Profess Faith in Christ
and Accept Him as their Saviour
Scores of Backsliders Reclaimed and
Thousands of Christians Baptized
Afresh with the Holy Ghost.
The blessing of God has been poured
out upon Henderson as never before.
A grand work has been accomplished
in our midst. Men who have hereto
fore given little or no thought to the
great question of their souls salvation
have been made to think and act.
Many who seemed almost unapproach-
able-not so much because of their de-
PRAYED sinful natures perhaps. as their
moral self-righteousness-have been
reached by the preached W ord and have
put their faith and trust in a higher
power. We have never witnessed any
thing like it before. Plain, simple and
unassuming in person, Evangelist Pear
son has impressed himself as no man
ever did who has been amongst us be-
fore, and he has left the imprint of his
work stamped indellibly upon the COM
munity.
Mr.. Pearson closed his work Tuesday
night. His sermons toward the close
were better than at the beginning-if it
were possible to make them better.
He seemed to grow upon you and the
more you heard him the more you
wanted to hear him. People sat two
hours and half, including the prelimi-
nary services and all, on benches with
no backs to them, and were sorry when
the preacher finished his sermon. Such
clear-cut thoughts, such sound logic.
such apt illustrations, such beautiful
truths and such comforting words, one
did not weary of hearing. And that
voice, soft, gentle, tender and touching.
How sweet and pathetic when appeal
ing to poor dying sinners. How in
tensely earnest and atf'ectionately en-
treating. How eloquent, how sublime.
Charming speaker. Wonderful man.
People bend their heads forward and
eagerly listen to catch the last faint
whisper of Rev. r. G.. Pearson when
ever he speaks.
Our report of the meeting last week
closed with the service of Wednesday
night. Up to that time the Evangelist
had preached some splendid sermons,
strong, powerful and convincing, but,
he had by no means done his best work,
either in point of preaching OF the fruit
it bore. AS the meeting progressed he
seemed to grow more intensely in earn
est and he preached as he felt. Thous-
: ands Of people focked to hear him. Many
were deeply concerned: while greater
numbers still quietly rejected the Saw
Jour and were going down to death and
eternal ruin. The great warm heart
OF the preacher was moved for them.
He felt the weight Of responsibility that
rested upon him. He preached the
Gospel plain and simple, holding up a
dying and loving Saviour and pleading
the mercy and goodness of God. He
appealed to men S reasons and eXhOrted
them to turn from the error of their
ways, forsake sin and accept Christ.
We never heard such preaching before.
And Mr.. Pearson did not preach in
vain. In his own masterful manner
he met every objection that men give
stay no hope for them itseemed. Deep
down into their hearts he sent the
pointed arrows of truth and love, anC
lifted the veil of doubt and mist that
clOuded their minds on this great ques-
ton Of salvation and redemption by the
blood of Christ. We have never seen
any one who could make it palmer than
Rev. r. G.. Pearson, and the true secret
of it is that he breaches from the Wore
Of God. The Bible is his chart an6
compass and without that he recognize:
no authority. The saving power O.
Gods grace and His willingness to &C
cept all that come unto Him is brought
out in beautiful colors, while the loving
and sympathizing Jesus is held up a
an example of Gods love for His child
rem. The applied blood of Christ il
never lost sight of in his discoWces ant
the way Of salvation is made SO plail
that the most ignorant mind OF tn
most hardened sinner can lay hol'
upon it. Believe on the Lord Jesu
Christ and thou shalt be saved,' is th
one important truth the Evangells
seeks to impress upon his hearers. II
has no creed that is not based on TIL
mercy and goodness Of God, and h
breaches 10 doctrine that does not EN-
, brace crucifed Saviour and the re
mission Of sins through faith and tn
, cleansing power of His shed blood. H
takes the Bible as his authority an
quotes the Scriptures freely. His point
are clearly made, his illustrations az
i and his propositions always based O
logic and reason. AS {. vigorous thinker
: sound reasoner, ready speaker an
earnest, faithful preacher, we have DC
> heard Mr.. Pearson's equal.
. The great meeting closed Tuesda
: night Henderson has been blessed a
: never before. A wonderful work ha
: been done and the end is not yet. Goo
seed have been sown and outside of til
results already seen they will spring u
3 and blossom and bear fruit in the yeal
|, to come. Over 800 persons have pull
u icly acknowledged Christ and say b
u their act that they will come out fro1
among the world and serve Him in Fl
. ture. Numbers of back-sliders ha,
= been reclaimed and thousands of chure
/; members have been revived and ba1
u tized afresh with the spirit of the Ho,
" | Ghost