Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-03-01
THE REVIVAL.
A Large Audience Present Despite the
Cold Weather,
Evangelist williams breaches q Lively Ser"
mon, Exhorting sinners to Turn to the
Only Power That Can save.

Despite the cold weather. quite large
audience greeted the laIty preacher at
the Cumberland church last night.
Mr.. Williams said when he first came
here that probably everybody had, more
or less, an individuality that attracts in
some manner, and not that he meant to
| speak egotistically, far from it, but as
he thought he had q certain amount
of PERSONAL magneti SIN, he didn't want
people to come and hear him, IL they
thought they were affected by the man
and not by Christ. he did not want
| salvation from emotion, but by God
! knocking at the doors of their hearts.
| 1t is certain that great number have
! realized the wickedness of their ways,
| confessed religion and their desire to liv 8
| a better life, before the young evangel-
list, despite the metaphysical line drawn
and the Psychological question touched
! upon 10y him.
Quite large audience confronted the
speaker when he began to read his text
| from II Kings.
The story of the leprous Naaman, the
! captain of the armies OF the king of
| Assyria, was the theme of his sermon,
and from which he drew the
conclusion that as he was afflicted
with an incurable physical disease, ex-
cept from the power OF God, so the I'M
saved of this world are afflicted with the
| disease OF sin, which can only be healed
by the same God.
The evangelist said Naaman, BY virtue
OF his commission, enjoyed the same
position in Assyria that the COM
mander- n-chief of the army enjoyed in
this country. rs was a brave mau. A
man of talent and of high social
standing, but leper. A little
Isrealite maiden. who was brought back
by the companies as captive, informed
Naaman 3 wife that there was prophet,
whom she believed, if the master would
visit. he could be cured. But in some
manner it was believed by the king of
Assyria that it was the king
of Israel who possessed the
wonderful power. and he sent his captain
to him with d letter, saying, II have
sent my servant to thee to be cured OF
leprosy. " The king of Israel thought
the letter was subterfnge
Of the Assyrian kings to SEEK
quarrel with him, and said:
'Ain / God. TO kill aud to make alive,
that this man doth send unto me to re-
cover a man of his leprosy?'
The prophet, Elisha heard about the
kings distress and said let the man
come to him and he should know that
there was prophet OF Israel.
Naamau came and Elisha told him to
wash in the Jordan seven times. Naa-
man was hot, said the evangelist, like
some people IN Fort Worth who
and said that there were rivers
in his country better than all the waters
of Israel, where he could wash and get
clean. But his servants told him had
the prophet said do some great thing, he
would have probably done it,
and how much to go aud wash
i'll the Jordan and be clean. He dipped
himself into the waters seven times and
his flesh came again like unto the flesh
of little child, and he stood before the
prophet and declared that there was but
one God on earth, and that was the God
of Israel.
He said that a portion of the story OF
Naaman reminded him of an old mule,
which in turn reminded him of some peO-
pie. He and a companion riding along
saw an old mule in a pasture; his ears
were long his knees were sprung and he
had windgalls on his legsAin u similar
condition to Naamsu, but this old mule
kicked up his legs from some sudden in
spiration.
He said that there were people afflicted
with disease as malignant as the dis
ease Of Naamau' which no earthly |
power, physician or medicine can heal
except the Great Physician.
He asked them If they would not let |
the frirolities. dances and pleasures take |
care of themselves and seek salvation. |
He said he did not want them to come |
until they were willing to burn the bridges |
behind them. The men and women that |
had considered these pleasu res, rather
than the pleasures of God, were in an |
awful condition, but could be saved like
Naaman. You fair minded men aud
women, don't you feel ashamed
when you make an honest
of your own lives. 1 just
dare you, not in an objectionable sense,
said he, to read a chapter which you
have written for yourself. q chapter
of your secret thoughts, OF the
bitterness you have sometimes felt,
anG then if you think of the merciful
system OF Christianity, for which Jesus
died on the cross of Calvary, and paid
the debt that was due to infinite Justice
If you think of these things, l say, can t
you realize the juxtaposition.
Sunday afternoon the evangelist said
that he would talk TO the children OF the
Sunday schools, and on Sunday night he
said he would preach on TEN perance. not
from legal standpoint, and asked all
who hgd relatives or friends who were
addicted to drink, or even INDUCED In
the "frieudly glass; to get them to
come.
Sfrs. CIeveIaud's Beauty.