The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-14
TIE AFTERNOON SERVICE.

TIE AFTERNOON SERVICE.
'ir' stuart breaches To II Large Number of
Children.
Inc meeting yesterday afternoon WAS
Tor children and about $500 of them. ut
) p. M, were found waiting at the
tabernacle for the services to commence.
IL was indeed, wonderful spectacle to
look down on that audience of children
each and every one listening with rant
attention 20 the beautiful words and
utterances Of Alr. Stuart. lie preached
10 them sermon beautiful on account
CT its simplicity and plainnoss The
smallest child in the audience could not
fail TO comprehend every word he said
DIR Stuart not only seems to bc able 10
cNpounu the Scriptures plainly 10 grown
! people, but To children also. The ser.
mon yesterday aiternoo was Mr
Stuarts farewell sermon here. Tho
ncctng opened with the singing Of a
/ hymn by the choir. led by Prof. Excel
after which Mr.. Stuart offered :, very
pathetic prayer
He then said: "Childrcn, grown PEG
| pie seem to think that children can't
behave in church. Now want YOU to
/ SHOW them that you can. ! have
! preached all over the country, in almos /
! every state TO the children, and | think
know how 10 talk to them. | am not
| going To talk Il long time as know YOU
don't want me to. am going to tell
/ you how came to preach to children.
There was an old colorcd woman who
! lved III the southern part of this coun-
try who used to bake me some biscuits
when went TO SEQ her and baked them
IN the form of axes, animals, rakes,
hoes and spades. [ used to lust think
they were elegant. Whom | won't home
and they had biscuits baked the regu-
lar way did not relish them as they
were not baked in the shape hers were
ut was not because the biscuits
baked at home were not as good as hers,
put because they were not in shat shape
and Imagined they were not as good.
Now am going to take this bible
anu divide it up and explain it so YOU
can understand it. | am going to di
vide it into three leaves. Tho first leaf
is black, the second leaf is red and tho
third leaf is white. Now have you rot
this down? The black leaf represents
SIN; the red leaf the blood of Jesus, the
white leaf pure heart. Now if Won
understand these three leaves YOU can
bt come a Christian.
Il want to know if you boys and
girls know what sin lisp" "Yes. :" repliod
the children.
boys, how many OF you ever heard
anybody cuss? Hold up your hands
about all held their hands up.) 81 am
sorry for this am sorry to see that
so many OF you have ever heard profane
language If there are any of YOU old
swearers sitting here to-day. for the
sake of these dear lttlo ones stop it
from now on. Stop it, | say. Think
what fond mother must feel when she
knows she can't send her child down
town without some old swearcr filling
ms ears with oaths. Children, stop tell
ing lies and disobeying your parents,
and God will help you and watch over
you.
What makes you children tell
stories: Mr.. Jones says to keep from
getting whipping. Some OF you old
people would be surprised to know how
much children know and what little
philosophers they are. Now would il
not be better for you to tell the truth to
your parents than to lie in order to
keep from getting Il whipping, when If
you told them the truth they would not
whip you and you would feel much bet.
Ter yourself. our conscience would
feel easier.
81 am now going to tell you about the
blood of Christ. a long time ago, Jesus
Christ came down to this earth. lie
asked God to let him come down and TO
allow all those who believed in him TO
be saved. God granted his request and
he came down here and lived and died
for us in order that by his death and
sacrifice we might be saved. The cruol
people who did not believe in Him
nailed him to the cross, and He shed
His blood that we might be saved Now,
il you put tho red leaf over tho black
one, you can't see the black ono That
is the way Christ blotted out tho sins OF
the world with his blood
What is q clear heart? 1t is whore
God forgives your sins and you sin no
more. and your conscience is clear. You,
Annie and Mary, and you, Bob and
Tom, did wrong, disobeyed your parents
or told story, and you go home at
night feeling bad over it. You think
over it and you feel worse than ever.
You go to your mother and clasp her
around the neck and say, 20. mamma,
sinned to-day and tell her about it and
she will forgive you, and make you
promise not to do it again. She won'
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