The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-11

Despite the damp, wet weather and
tho dampness of tho tabernacle ycster-
day morning, large crowd attended
tho Jones-Stuart meeting. Tho ser
vices opened with the singing of hymn
100 by the choir, led as usual by MIR.
Excel. Rev. s. G.. Ferguson, of Trinity
Methodist Church, then offered very
beautiful and pathetic prayer.
Mr.. Jonos then came forward and
said: 1--WE will now make believe we
are going to take up another collection
You old sinners who have been attend
ing these meetings and been benefited
by them, put in the basket what You
would have spent for drink mad you not
attended these meetings" While the
collection was being taken up tho hymn,
There is fountain filled with blood
was sung by the choir, after which
hymn 80 to the tune OF Nearer. NV
God, to Thee was rendered as solo by
Mr.. Excel, the choir and congregation
joining in tho chorus.
MIR. Culpepper, the noted revivalist,
then arose and said: II tako my text
for this morning from the 9Th verse of
tho LIST chapter of Thessalonians: For
our Gospel came not unto you in word
on Y, but also in power and in the HOLY
Ghost and in much assurance, as We
know what manner men we were among
you for your sake"
Mr.. Culpepper then cxpounded the
meaning of the above words and
preached very eloquent and pathetic
sermon, which seemed TO go right to the
hearts of the people present. He said,
in tho course OF his remarks, 1.-The most
striking word in tho whole text is the
word Gospel God said if we went
forth into the world and preached tho
Gospel he would be saved"
Ho then dwelJ for some time on the
word Gospel, eXht rting the ministers
and Christians to exert all their efforts
To spread the gospel among the people,
as in that way they could bring MANY
souls to Christ. lie said he had known
many people in looking for the first
blessing to find thu, second.
1T came not unto you in word
only" continued tho speaker. Some
attention you see is paid to verbal Cos
pei, which is the most important kind.
Two thousand years ago the Holy Spirit
fell on crowd Of men and women and
looscned thoir tongues, and tongues of
fire played around their heads" Mr.
Cnlpepper then dwelt for some time on
verbal gospel and the advisability of
people and preachers speaking and pro-
claiming tho word of God. What is
needed TO be done is for tho people to
talk the word OF God and talk it plainly.
ie then came to tho power of God,
and dwell for some time on it. He said
1T looks to him like more ought to have
been done by one of the ministers, or
one Of the people, than had been done by
all of them. Ito said he could not have
been able to stand up in Tho meetings
and talk az he had unless God had lent
him His power before.
There ara more souls unsaved than
saved in Roanoke he said, land more
souls unsaved than saved in the United
States. When l first heard Mr.. Jones
preach I said to myself IF that is
preaching the Gospel, how fow of us arc
preaching it. and when looked on you
5000 people listening to what was being
said yesterday. and saw how inten,ly
you were listening to what was being
said, said to myself: How few people
listen like you
He then dwelt for some time on saliva
ton, and concluded his sermon by ex.
horting all to come to Christ and ioin
the Lords standard
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