The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-15

Roanoke in hell now who ought TO be
here in this tabernacle tonight. Listen.
How 90 you expect TO 20 unpublished
and keep on SHINING? Dou't YOU know
what the Consequences arc? 4 on ought
10 anG ii is not Sam Jones fault If you
don't. ~ man who will stand on 4 rail
road track and let a train run over him
is Il philosopher TO the man who will
meet God without being pre- parcd
God pity tho reckless man who goes
70 meet God Unprcpared. ! have seen
men who say they are 10. afraid OF
death, but when they come fAcr to face
with it unless they arc Christians they
waver and falter.
MAN is moro reckless than brute.
rushing in to meet his God unprepare6.
man may look into the jaws of death,
but where is tho mau who is not afraid
to lace the Judgment? What are you
people thinking of? Are you waiting
for something to happen to make a
Christian of you? Ever and anon God
wakes you up, but some of you go to
sleep again.
"Oh yes, compromise. I'm going to
get religious after awhile. l will do
better tomorrow. Listen. Why arc
you Il sinner? Is ii because a spiritual
apathy has taken possession of YOU?
Nhcn that great hotel in Atlanta was
found to be on fire, as tho lurid forked
tongued flames lcaped hcavenwari,
tho porters ran from room 10 room. cry
ing aloud, Fire. fire. trying to awaken
tho sleeping inmates. Two men were
sleeping III the same room. One man,
awake, dressed partly and tried to
awaken his friend lie aroused him
hotel is fast burning. Fly for your
life His friend jumped out of bed and
said, j don't care. ! must Sleep and
fel! back on tho bed. liis friend fin
ishCd dressing and emit the builing.
Tho man who fell back 20 sleep
awakened in ct, rnity.
ION, brother, you have been awakened
tonight: why will you go back to sleep
only To be awakened in the sulphurous
flames OF damnat!on? The wife of Rev
Mr. Rogers, Of Marietta Female College,
sent messenger to the drug store for a
dose of Quinino, which she took. Her
husband had been working in the front
yard. She came out and said 81 don't
believe that was quininc | took DR..
Rogers ran TO the drug store and cried,
What was that you sent my wife? Tho
drug clerk exclaimed, oh God, Gid your
wife take that, | sent her enough NOR
pninc to kill dczcn men, The doc
tors were sent for, strong coffee and
powerful emetics were given. They
watched the deathly pallor creep upon
her face, they saw her eyes diiate, they
observed tho spell of drowsiness como
over her.
"She said oh, husband, let me sleop'
If You do you will never awaken this
side OF eternity oh, my husband,
please let mo sleep for just live minutes
My wife, if you go to sleep you will
lei, f<, I L.. = I
must sleep For four hours the anx-
ious watchers waited, and the :ime
seemed like four years before She vas
pronounced out of danger.
oh, brethren, have you not seen tho
devil administer his Opiates on the dy-
ing world? Some of you now under the
sound Of my voice arc sleeping, and you
will awaken in hell. Oh. brother, fly
for your life-ny before it is eternally
too lat.. Is it because you have con-
quercd peace that you arc still sinner?
Have you u peace conquered u. the can
mons mouth with tho charge Of mus.
kerry?
Some men have conquered a peace
that can never, never be broken up
unconcerncd God pity the man who
has got TO the point whore you can't
move him. a bishop was preaching at
camp meeting in North Georgia. On
one Sunday morning. just after ne had
taken his teX,, an old sinner, 4 wealthy
man, whose wife was Christian and q /
whose homo most of the preachers
stopped, took his chair and sat down
near the preacher. A voice seemed TO
say to tho bishop that this old sinner
woulu be moved and this would be his
last awakening. Tho good NAN closed
his powerful sermon, the old sinner
jumped up and ran into his tent. Ho
fastened and barred the door and threw
himself on the floor prostrate. His wife
and friends came 20 the door and called
10 him. Tho only answer received was
groanS.
She cried to her friends, Now for
heavens sake pray, oh pray to God, he
is fighting his last fight They fell
on their knees and prayed for that man.
At enc o'clock, on till six o'clock, at
ten, at twelve, at midnight on till six
next morning the battle went on, a bat
tie greater and grander than any Water
loo or Gettysburg that was ever fought.
The door opened and the man emerged
The wife ran on the wings of the wind
to meet her converted husband She
shrank back in horror when she saw
tho hard stony look in his eyes. 1t took
, him twenty-five hours to conquer the
spirit of God, but he did it, 10. night
| some of you will fight battle that will
cost you your soul. Oh, tonight let
every wanderer come home, come home
to Jesus.
"In conclusion will tell this story.
Once in Atlanta l preached one OF the
most earnest sermons of my life. After
| had closed a pious old preacher came
to the front and said: I've been preach
ing good WHILE and l believe the lido
of salvation is higher now than it was
ever hero before. l remember in my