The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-21
GRAHAM. va.
The art-CuIpepcr Meetings-Interest
Growing and Great Promise OF Thor
Ough Revival.

The Stewart-CuIpeper meetings-Interest
Growing and Great Promise OF q Thor
ough Revival.
Special correspondence of TuK TINES.
GRAHAM, Va, Sept. 19.--Evangelist
George Stewart came to the assistance
of his laborer, the Rev. Mr.. Culpepper.
to-day and though had not the pleas
ure and profit of listening at the day
services 1 attended tonight and come
fresh from under the magnetism Of
Gods preachers to give my Impressions
to the number of THE TIMES readers
who have not the privilege TO listen to
these wonderful men.
These men reverse the old order OF
things and strike at the root of relig.
ious inertia in beginning their revival
among the church members. Christ
said: II came not to bring the righteous
but sinners to repentance" But Stuart
and Culpepper say to the righteous:
"You must be better church members
before you can expect us to make any
impression upon the sinners Of your
community" So they have begun their
revival by forcing the protesting Chris
tians to the front and wringing from
them a confession of their own wicked
ness and a public promise to do better,
thus silencing the criticism of the SCOT
fer in the outset and thoroughly enlist
ing the sympathies of all who truly re.
pent of their shortcomings and desire
not only that others shall be purified
but that they too shall be given grace
to stand up and announce to all the
world that they mean to purify them
selves.
This is practical. II the plan of sal
walton Is to lie success it must be
demonstrated through the chosen and
accepted mediums, the accredited mem
bers Of the church, and just so long as
those who are professors Of religion
continue in the world just so long will
the Uncovered stay with them.
The evangelists have begun right,
and the good brothers and sisters are
warming to the work laid out for them.
Tonight and last night large num-
Der of protesting Christians were in
vited by the evangelists to cooperate
In the work of saving the unconverted,
and judging from the demonstration of
willingness We are to behold great up
heaval and no wonder, for when two
such men combine their energy of mind,
heart and body, and then thoroughly
enlist the sympathy and assistance of
Christians, we need be more surprised
If there is not an outpouring of the
spirit than II q visitation of unusual
power pervades and prevails.
Brother Stewart preached o great SER
mon to night He is indeed remark
able man and as the words roll from his
lips and reverberate among the rocks
and valleys, one sits almost spellbound,
absorbed in the originality and fasoin-
ated by the clear enunciation of his
thoughts. Replete with apt and pa
thetic anecdote, he moves his hearers
between mirth and tears, until these
two powerful emotions lift the heart
out of its accustomed and commonplace
sphere and carry it within the veil of
ecstacy and then the more in preston
able become historical, shouting for
joy and laughing and weeping with
very happiness.
Oh, for more of these soulful demon
STATIONS. for this world is too cold at
best; and God pity the heart that is no,
moved by such scenes. e. A. P.