The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-01
OUR SUNDAY COLUMN.
Original and Otherwise Pre-
pared by Mark.
no. II.

no. II.
East Sunday night l heard q sermon
IL: tho First baptist Church on "how tie
secure the best and most permanent re-
suits from tho Jones Stuart meeting
soon to be held in tho great tabernacle"
Tho preacher read rs his text Luke, tx:
1880. And John answered ami said:
Master, we saw one casting out devils
in thy name; and we forbade him be-
cause he followeth not with us And
Jesus saith unto hin. Forbid him
not; for he that is not against us is
for us"
"Intolcrance, said tho pastor, is not
to be moderated. Mere party zeal is
opposed 10 the spirit OF Christ. The
disciples made some sad mistakes, and
the Master always rebuked them. When
James and John, on one occasion, pro-
posed TO command FIRE to como down
from heaven to consume the Samaritans,
because they declined to receive Jesus
and give him hospitality and lodging
on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus said
unto them: "Ye know not what manner
of Spirit we are OF, for the Son Of man
is not come to destroy mons lives, but
to save them.
Some noted inGdels mistake tho
spirit of James and John for the
spirit of Christ and Christianity
and charge Christianity with building
every inquisition, making every relig-
ious martyr, driving every stake,
setting every faggot and lighting
every torch. They have charged that
tho Bible and Christianity have covered
the earth with blood and tho human
faco with tears" ~ am opposed to
Christianity says one, land am going
to do what little 1 can against t.
Hero said the preacher, lis where
the fatal mistake is made The spirit
of the rash disciple is mistaken for tho
spirit OF Christ, and the prosecuting
zeal OF intolerant bigots, who are
nun bered with the disciples of Christ,
| is sot down to the charge of Christian
| ity. Let us discriminate. When John
| snid, Master, we saw one casting out
demons in thy nnmo and we forbade
| him, because he followeth not after us, >
| and when james and John said, Lord,
| wilt thou that we command fire TO come
down from heaven and consume them?'
this was the intolerant prosecuting
| spirit. But when Christ said, Forbid
| him not. for he that is not against us is
| for u.s. and when he said to James and
John, Ne know not what manner of
| spirit we are of, for the Son of man is
not como to destroy mems lives, but to
save them'-this was tho true spirit of
the true Christi this was Christianity.
Let us discriminate. The one shuts ND
in prison: the other opens the prison
doors. Tho one plants the stake, sets
the faggot and light. the torch; the
other extinguishes tho fires of persecu-
ton. The one is intolerance; the other
IS soul liberty. No prosecuting church
can lay any claim to being church
Of Christ. Forbid him not says
Jesus Christ knew him and I know
his work. He is no impostor. lie
| is not merely attempting TO cast out
devil3, like the ceyen sens OF Sceya,
but he is succeeding. 'Forbid him
| not"
The preacher said he had often been
asked what he thought Of the work of
the Salvation Army He did not a Il II
fall in with their methods. but he
would not lay straw in their way, lest
he might be forbidding or hindering
some unknown man like tho one in the
text, whom the Lord had set 10 work
casting out demons, or lest he should
discourage some "Eldad" or "Medad"
on whom 1.-The Spirit of the Lord
rested"
The pastor said he felt pre- tty much
the same way about evangelistic women,
who arc so graciously blessed of the