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

Dahl OOucS, Ulo renowned rGvlVallSG.
again yesterday morning held spell.
bound about 1000 people for On hour
and half in the tabernacle on Jeffer-
son street. The meeting opened with
tho singing of hymn No. 40, after which
DR.. Vancroff offered short prayer ask
ing that the divine blessing of God
might rest and remain on the meeting
during its continuance.
Mr.. Jones said he proposed to take up
collection every morning and night
during the meetings in order to pay or
help to pay for the building in which
the services were being held, and he
wanted those who had an abundance to
give liberally and those who had little
to give their mite.
After collection was taken up and 4
beautiful solo had been rendered by Mr.
Excel, i'll his rich, sweet voice, Mr.. Jones
announced as his text the 10th verse,
18th chapter Of tho Book Of Acts: And
Paul waited for them at Athens and his
spirit was stirred in him when he saw
the city wholly given to idolatry" lie
said be was sorry for the preacher who
lived and preached so that the devil
Dragged about him; that Paul seemed to
be always getting in some trouble on
account of his plain speaking wherever
he went. The trouble with the people
OF this age was that they did NOT have
any red hot convictions, and if they did,
they did not live up to them. ST. Paul
was a Ia an. of large convictions.
After dwelling for some time on the
convictions of the people Mr.. Jones
a ~ h. 4
about me, but never yet that was not in
earnest care not what is said of me,
just so no one says | am not in earnest
Many people are waiting for something
to happen TO them in order to convert
them, but ST.. Paul was better man,
unconverted, than these people when
converted. ST. Paul we'll knew what
was ahead of him, and that there was
trouble awaiting him in the future, but
for all that, he lived up to his convic-
tions. Christianity is like school
boys copy book, the first line written
below the copy is always the best, and
gets worse and worse as it goes down
the page. Jesus Christ set the cooy,
years ago, and as time has rolled by in
its Eight the copy is getting worse and
worse, and people further away from
Christ.
III loved woman" continued the
speaker "who was church member and
l found out she danced, ! would never
marry her, for if she went back on Cod.
she some day might go back on me.
expect know more about Roanoke to-
day than any OF you preachers sitting
here does not your front street, Rail
road avenue. give the town away?
From what / have seen of it. it's name
Dug to be changed to the drunkard's
highway to hell. You never saw tho
back yard of a home kept as neat as the
front ysrd, nor kitchen as nicely fixed
up as the pnrlor.
Now if Railroad avenue, YOUR front
street, is in the condition it is,
what in the world must the
condition OF the town be
further back? How many drunken
church members do you ministers think
you have in your congregations? You
old women go around saying, My hus-
band is the best man in the world
while all the old drinking hound lacks
OF being in hell is dying. While your
idea of heaven is place to sit in and
having someone to talk to, the mems
idea is shady place to sit in and some.
whero to Spit
After dwelling for some time on the
duty of people to their fellow-men, Mr.
Jones closed with tho benedictio and
dismissed tho meeting.