Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1891-04-27
GIVING UP DARLING SINS.
SERMON ATTHE M. II. CHURCH
LAST NIGHT.

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Gives Church Members and Sin.
ners Some Plain Talk-A Tilt al
the Newspaper Men.
The meetings being held at the But.
trick street NJ. Z. church by Rev. c. O.
Jones, the evangelist, are attracting
large congregations. The evangelist
preached two excellent sermons yester.
day. At the night service the church
was packed. The subject of the dis.
course was "Disposing of darling sins. u
The text was:
And II thy right eye offend thee, pluck II
out. and cast It from thee; for II is profitable
for thee that one of thy members should per
ish, and not that thv whole body should be
| cast into hell.
And II thy right hand oft.,d q re, cut il OIL,
and cast 1t from thee: for 1t il profitable for
thee that one of thy members should perish,
and not that thy whole body should be cast
into hell.-Matthew g 29-3O.
Mr.. Jones said in the course of his ser
mon: 81 am going to talk plain tonight,
and may hurt somebody's feelings, but
am going to tell the truth. A preacher
must talk plain when talking on this
subject. There are men in Ashevilc and
men in the house who would rather
lose some member of their body than to
dispose of their sins. They will not give
up their sins even to be saved.
"The idea that a man can he saved
without thorough repentance and
giving up of sin is no good. was
preaching in one of the south, IN towns
last year and at one meeting man came
to the altar to be PRAYED for. | talked
to him and asked him if he wanted to be
saved. He said he did. | asked him
then il he was willing to give up all of
his sins. He hesitatcd. He struggled
with his evil spirit for while and finally
yielded. This was marvellous case, be-
cause the man was the editor of a news
paper. You hardly ever hear of news
paper men being converted. And more
marvellous still. he was a democratic
editor But suppose if he had been
republican he never would have re-
pented.
mo matter what your sins are there
must be an absolute separation from
them. They must all be given up or YOU
will be lost.
Some church members try to drag God
and the devil, the church and the world
along together. 1t cannot be done.
Some church members sneak into a bar
room through back door and drink the
vile stuff. | have more respect for the
saloonkecper than such man as that.
If you propose to belong to the church
OF God, you must quit drinking.
Church members should not go to
theaers. Good authority says that out
of every one hundred theatrical
performances, at least ninety
eight are unfit for protesting Chris
tians to attend. tell you honest
", before God, we cannot afford to go to
these places. II wanted my children to
80 to the devil, | would rather send them
straight through than by way of the
theater.
THE ballroom is one of the greatest
evils of the nineteenth century. 1t was
SAID by the mayor of New York, believe,
that threc-fourths of the fallen women
in New York could trace their downfall
to the ballroom. Why, if a young man
came into our homes and took such liber-
ties with our daughters as they do in
the ballroom we would kick them from
the house.
"Yet some say there's no harm in
dancing. You never heard a christian
say so. tell YOU it is a mistake and
brings reproach on the church OF Christ.
If church member says there is no
harm you may be sure he is backsiding
and the devil will soon have them, unless
they dispose of their sin.
"lf we propose to follow Jesus and
build up the church, we must quit all
these sins. Members of this church and
the other churches in Asheville patron
ize the theatres, ball rooms ETC.. and the
result 10 that Asheville is going to hell.
We must get down on our knees and
pray and then we will have revivals.
We must stand up and pound sin square
in the face.
"You can go to the ball rooms and all
these places, but you will also go to hell
and it will then be no consolation to
know that you enjoyed your sins while
on this earth.
"lou needn't try to come to God un-
til you give up your sins. For Gods
sake give them up. Give them up to-
night. You must either give them up or
be lost. Don't procrastinate, for il you
do you may die unsaved."
At the close of the sermon several
penitents went to the altar for spiritual
consolation.
There will be services at s O'Clock to-
night.