The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-14

There was quite large attendance
at the Ioncs-S,uart meeting yesterday
morning. Tho meeting opened with
the singing OF hymn % by the choir,
led as usual by Prof. Excel. Rev.
MIR. Acrec offered upa very touching
and pathetic prayer.
A collection was then taken ND. after
which Prof. Excel sang beautiful
solo entitled Meet Me There" This
solo was one of the most beautiful
that has been sung during the meeting.
Mr.. Jones then arose and said 81 will
preach this morning from these words.
Therefore if any man be in Jesus Christ
he Is hew creature. Behold, all
thirgs have become now
These words arc The sum and sub.
stance of the whole gospel. Chris. has
all 10 do with Christianity and Christian
ity ali to do with Christ If we can com
prehcnd that God scts forth we have ronc
long way i'll Il Christian life. 1t has
always been true and suppose it ALWAYS
Will be true that men are trying to
fathom and are graphing with the mys
tcrles OF Christianity. Like Nicodcmus,
we cannot understand how a man can
be born again. Wo can't understand
regeneration. If a fellow only believes
what he understands he has either a
long head or Il short creed Yes, brother
you have.
Some OF you people say, Il don't be-
iieve what don't see. Seeing is be-
Loving Well, then, you don't bclieve
you've got a backbone. believe n
great many things; it's the shortest way
In. Take this story. Here comes an
lrishman, Frenchman. and q German.
three foreigners, to these United States
OF ours. Now we have naturalization
laws here and we take these three men
and by making them take the oath of
allegiance, that is that they will stand
ny thlS country and its cOnstitu tiop,
they become American citizens.
The ve:y day they took the oath,
three foreigners died and three Amcri.
can citizens were born. How do Imakn
these foreigners American citizens?
Why. | take the Frcnchman and say:
10 You solemnly swear TO renounce all
allegiance to France, &c, &C.? Right
there q Frenchman dies and an Ameri-
can citizen is born. The samo process
is carried out with tho Irishman and
German, and if they mean what they
said, they are an acquisition t. this
country, and if not they are a curse.
IL walked up to Christ nineteen years
ago, and renounc' d the world. the flesh
and the devil, and took the oath Of al
leSlancc TO Jesus Christ Tho child
was born. and ! was from then on a
member OF tho church of God. Sam
Jones died then, and Sam Jones the
chiid was born. Lots of you people did
not mean what you said when you
joined tho church and promised to walk
in the way Of the Lord. You are gal
vanlzed old sinners in tho sight of God
81 hear an old Dutchman say, Il don't
like keeping the Sabbath; like nv
beer, you old pot Quilted scoundrel, YOU.
III you don't like what | say you can
lump 1t. Now, am not right, brethren?
mat Is In everything except in calling
him the name did, and branded him.
then, for sure
What we want is American citizens
in America and Christians in tho church
Christian men who have renounced
the devil and sin. One is lust as sinful
as the other. l wish every man, woman
and child i'll the church had been born
again ana every man in the United
states had been naturalized. The only
way for man to become a Christian IS
to shake off his allegiance with tho
devil and assume Christianity. Whom
you are in Rome, do as Rome does:
wnen you are in America, do as America
does II she does right, and whom YOU are
a church member, do as Christ tells Won
10 do
These galvanized foreigners. are do.
ing as much harm in the TJnitad Statos
as these galvanized sinners are doing in
the church. am not down on foreign
ers Don't mistake me. If tho riebt
Kind OF foreigner comes along there
is no ono more willing 10 extend the
hand OF welcome to him than Sam
Jones, and If he is not tho right kind of
a somebody | tell him to fix himself FOR
my foot.
s. am not against foreigners as said
before. If it had not been for foreign.
ers coming to this country Sam Jones
would not be in this country TODAY. for
my forefathers were foreigners, aid if
they had not come to this country about
100 years ago, would not be with YOU
now. have got enough Welsh blood in
my veins to make me go up and enoueh
Irish blood to make me stay tell YOU,
brothers, that's good cross. am
against the foreigners like | am against
the church members. If they are not