The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-02-21
REV. SAM SMALL
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Delivers Three DlscOurses In the
Baptist Church
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Sunday TO Overlooking Audiences
He Scores Canton Min
isters,

Never W llb HlhlplJ VI lnp hNptlnN
church In this city was their house OF
worship 10 crowded for three services
In one day aa II was sunday morning,
afternoon and evening, TO hear Rev
Sam W, Small, The morning and even
Ing services were purely gospel aefm0nsi
the afternoon services were In the line
OF Moral reform,
MI. Small In doubtless an orator OF
more than ordinary ability, ~ was man
Tested by the d]iseOureea Of yesterday,
lie will be in Stark county three nights
this week 10 deliver his lecture entitled,
oFrOm the Bar Room TO Pulpit" o.
follows Alliance, Monday night
Massillon, Tuesday night Canton,
Wednesday night In the tabernacle,
lie Is stopping VI tho Hurford while In
the city, and expects Mrs, Small 70
meet him Tuesday
The evening service was opened by
on anthem by the choir, followed by q
prayer by tho Rev Griffin, and then q
hymn, An excellent cornet solo was
rendered by Perry Van Horne, which
was greatly appreciated,
Rev. Small announced for his even
ing text wherefore 1 give you 10 un'
deratand that no man speaking by the
Spirit OF God calleth Jesus aecuraed,
and that no man can say that Jesus
10 the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost
lie spoke as follows Norman should
say Jesus IN Lord but by the Holy
Ghost, No man can call Jesus master
except by the Spirit Of God, some say
they would not be benefited by coming
forward and ropcntlng OF their sins, as
they do not sec such vide differences
between their ways and ours, The
| Christians Of to-day are not people
separate from the world,
What IL the reason the church Ia
such o great factor In civilization ?
Why do the great masses boycott the
| church and say we are nFningt tho
church Of Gody Whoa Jesus ClJ 30
preached the gospel, the common pto,
pie locked around him, Quit preach
Ing about Robert Elsomere and get
down 70 solid facts ana get their hearts
full Of love and people will come %
hear YOU and say you talk senalbly.
The secret Of our weakness 10 that We
have not got the spirit aa God Intended
| we should have H. The churches are
full OF people who have all their rolig,
ion In their heads and none In their
hearts.
Let q man speak against the whisky
element aud they will say, that preacher
must DO stopped IN some manner, II /
preach ON your sins, you say ! do
not like that fellow, he IL not wen bred.
/ was well raised and went In In the
best society, l have danced In the
highest places and In the lowest diyea
on Water street, New York, and there
fore know what | am talking about.
/ have been In society that you would
pay $40 10 come In and see how they
run things. / know all that deyilment
and II Is all the same ard oil came from
the same place,
IL makes me tired TO hear people say
they helped TO build u church and II the
preacher does not preach according 20
their Ideas they must get out, When |
get In your little, old church / will talk
As | please and lot you hnd II out.
salvation from the Lord means
three things, First, deliyeranCO from
sin by faith, Second, dGliyeranCe from
love Of sin, Third, saved from the
power 10 get back and get the same
disease any more, and 10 walk on the
very hill top Of this life.
Some people do not enjoy religious
life, What does II all meanY IL means
that you are not saved, You was iusti.
fled once, but have TO have II done over,
about every 10 minutes. While you
was justified, you did not open your
soul 10 receive the Holy Ghost. You
have not been made over yet, Every
man who has been converted, has been
entirely changed,
How many people do you know who
have Joined the church, but have not
been changed How many men who
loved liquor before they Joined, love "
still Z How many who used 10 cuss, do
II stillY How many men who were
after twenty per cent interest, are after
IL stillY How many women who loved
the theatre, love 10 stillY How many
who enjoyed dancing, enjoy IL stillY
How many who used TO love card play.
ing, gossip and retailing scandal,
love II still, They loved the world then
and they love IL yet. They ran with
the world then aud they do II now.
How can you say they have been
changedY What good has God been To
them What sortof elf.denial do they
There iS where the contempt
for the church comes In, If my neigh.
Dor sees me going 10 church and hold.
ing myself out rs q Christian, but has
no respect for n Christian, then II is my
fault.
If he knew me TO be q man of passion,
q drunkard, u person Of loose and lewd
and heard | had joined the church
and then saw me Comoin and out regt.
use my wife and children tendefly
heard prayers coming from my room,
saw me going TO class and prayer meet.
ing and taking my children TO Sabbath
school, giving my money freely TO the
church, taking drunkards home, then
he must say that the church is 4 power.
The reason some have no confidence
the church is, they say, because they
that fellow TO be u Christian,
as he belongs TO the Methodist church,
yet they see him sitting on the steps
reading n Sunday newspaper, instead Of
being ut church. lie goes to the thea.
ter, the races and TO dances, That Is
reason no one believes in your
rnIipion