Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1892-02-22
CHRISTAND HIM MCRUCIFIED
REV. j l.. WHITES SERMON
YESTERDAY.

The New Pastor of the First
Baptist Church of ASheVille
breaches In the New Building
Not seats Enough for all Who
Went.
Those worshipers who went to the
First Baptist church yesterday morning
| few minutes late, found every form
full, the aisles occupied, and people
standing up in the vestbue
1t was the first service held in the new
editice, corner College and Spruce streets,
and the sermon was the first preached
by Rev. l.. White, since his call to the
pastorate of this church. The service
| was held in the lecture room. which al
though nearly as large as the old church,
is small compared with the new church
proper.
| Mr.. White chose as the text of his dis
course the second verse OF the second
chapter of Paul's First Epistle to the
Corinthians:
For am determined not to know
any thing among you, save Jesus Christ
and Him crucihed."
This is day of specialists, said Mr.
White, land to succeed one must have
one sphere in lite. In professional, tenn
peral and spiritual life this is true. The
double-mnded man in lite need not ex-
pect any good thing. Those men who
haye reached great eminence have had
their powers concentrated on one great
idea.
"The greatest work in the world is
preaching the Word of the Lord esus
Christ. How much more then must he
preacher give all of his time to the Lord.
There is no other man from whom so
much is expected mentally. He has to
conduct services four, FIVE, six and per-
haps more, times week, and the people
expect something new We need not
take the same text, yet the Lord Jesus
Christ and Him crucifed is the sweetest
theme on earth.
THE preacher must come in contact
,, with every condition of life. In doing
his work he may tread on some man 5
. toes-some men have pet ideas-but he
must do it unhinchingly. He must
\ preach the gospel for the good Of man.
, kind.
THE in6ded is not to be so much
feared as the man whois halt-christian
would rather come in contact with In
$ gersoll than one of these easy-going
. soft-soap men. There's something wrong
:. in his head and heart.
"Humanity's hope is Jesus Christ anC
,.,,,,knl h,, a.
II the old signboards, and am content tc
believe what my fathers believed. TIL,
a world must come to the last act o
!. Christ's lite to see that He was the Sor
=, of God. No science or theory has eve
r. saved soul. But one power can saw,
= from sin, and that is the blood of Christ
r. This knowledge is sufficient because i
saves, and that is what we want.
h NOW, with Christ doing so much 70
us, can we ever do enough for him? Cal
a. we not take the example OF Paul, de
p. termned not to know anything saw
p. Jesus Christ and Him crucitied ?"
r In closing Mr.. White said he came t.
n give his hand, and asked of his brother
rs their prayers, love and assistance.
l. Mr.. Whites words were listened t
H. with the deepest interest. He impresse
n. everyone as a man of intensest earnest
~ ness, thorough conservation for the wor
50 in his Masters cause. He is of con
t. manding pulpit presence. and talks wit
Ne an energy which holds the attention
a every listener from the reading of til
n text to the pronouncing of the benedi
40 ton. His delivery is faultlcss, the word
ne flowing full and free in rounded sci
=. tences and the most forcible truth
nt He is an orator, who uses the simple!
be words to express the greatest thought
rs The beginning of Mr.. Whites paste
=, ate of the Asheville church was au
~ picious, and all who heard him yeste
rs day predict that his work here will
greatly blessed.