The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-06

pack up and get ready to go, and my
wife says: / thought you were going to
stay month"; And l said: \ thought
SO, toe, but would rather go to Minne-
sofa ami have my wife and children
we'll than stay here and lose them, l
want to Go right. / am afraid not to do
right. don't know what will happen.
The Lord has had me in very close
places this last year. We have had
diie sickness in our homo. l have seen
tho doctors turn their backs on q loved
one III our homo and tell nc that most
loved one of my heart had blood poison
in her veins and nothing known to
,nateria medica can cure her. And I
went to my upper room and down on my
nees End said, oh. Lord cd, tho doc
tors say that nothing can cure her case;
she has been unable to speak for three
days and nights; but my God. if it is
me you are after. you needn't strike
another blow-here | am. | will sur
render without striking another blow
"And up there in my upper room |
surrendered to God Almighty, just like
as if had lost every Guild and the wife
of my bosom; and Coz said that that
was enough and he only struck lick,
for my child recovered. ] tell you that
whom o man kicks, thore is fight in mo;
but never fight with God, l always
surrender.
clear me all, to-night-you in the
church and you out of the church-tho
best thing man can do is to lead a life
tho friend of God, and in obedience to
the commands Of God. If not, what
claim have you on God when trouble
and disease and death comes upon you?
Because have called, and called
you in all these ways, Oh, how close He
gets to us. In towns like this there IS
many boy here, noble boys there are
here, and with the best of mothers.
Just think of mother. Sho will soon be
gonc, and whero are you? Away from
God and the teachings OF precious
mother. | wish l could win some of
these noblo boys to Christ Whilo / am
hero your mother may be away some
VIII 'rc to.night-in Georgia or in North
Carollna-prnying for you to night. Just
lot us have mothers prayers answered
tonight. Boys, surrender. Husbands,
surrender Just let US quit the wrong
and do the right from this night until we
die. Because have called and ye have
refused, have stretched out my hand
and no man had regarded it, l also will
laugh at your calamity aud laugh when
you fear cometh.' l have called you
not only once, but ten Thousand times
and in ten thousand ways. And not
only that, but you have heard these
calls; not only with your ears, but they
have rung down through tho chambers
OF your soul, and not only have you
heard every call, but you have under
sto ID every call and knew what it meant
And assert to night that God is un-
der obligations to call a man once, but
after that God unloads the responsibility
upon that man. Now, I will laugh at
your calamity, will mock when your
foar cometh. l don't know what that
means. They say God is His own inter
prefer, and he will make it plain.
There is but ono verso in the Biblo that
explains that verse, and I have never
heard sermon on that verse. and l have
tried for fifteen years to get mental
grip on 1t, but never could. Here it is
What measure you mete shall be meted
out to you again. God calls
and you laugh Him to scorn, and
when at the last day you shall plead
and beg, God will say, when called
you laughed and scoffed, and now when
tho world is on fire and you call on me,
just tho measure you melted to me
VIII mete to YOU" Oh, if tho d ctrine
OF meeting as you meted to others" be
carried out, where will you staudn
Listen. God being my helper am
going to treat God like I want him to
treat me when the world is on fire.
There is line by which every mans
life is crossed, beyond which every man
who goes is lost. count the happiest
day of my life the day gave my heart
to God, and it will be SO with You, my
brethren"
Many conversions resulted from this
thrilling address, and the meeting ter
minated with prayer led by Rev. &.
Stuart.
This mornings service will commence
at 10 o'clock instead OF 1920 as hereto
fore. The other services will be held
ut the usual hours, and p. m.
Fire In a Catholic Church.
New YORK, May 5.-lSpeciall-St
Michael's Roman Catholic Church in
Thirty-second street near Ninth avenue,
was badly damaged by fire wi ich broke
out at IL o'clock this morning. por-
ton OF tho roof burned away, the organ,
worth $4,000, was destroyed and much
damage was done by water. 1t is esti-
tnI Ln% A.