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

The meeting at tho Tabernacle yes
terday morning was largely attended.
Tho building was rather warm and tho
congregation seemed to suffer with tho
heat. Tho services opened with the
singing of hymn rs. Rev. Mr.. Wright
then offered very pathetic prayer A
collection was then taken up, while
Prof Excel sung hymn Is as a solo.
Mr.. Jones then arose and said:
81 was conducting meeting in 4
Southern town several years ago. There
was wonderful movement and MANY
wcro converted. One of the ministers
came to me and said, Mr.. Jones, don't
deny there has been wonderful move.
ment, but what am afraid Of is that it
won't last after you have left. that re-
action will set in; I said to him.
Brother, | understand you ran meet
ing four weeks last summer and did not
have single convert. Now don't YOU
think tits better to convert large num-
Der and have 4 few backsliders amonp
them than to have no converts at ali;
This reminds mo of man who ate
i
hungry to day he won't eat because he
ate as much as he could yesterday
What you preachers want tc do is to
keep on after the sinners after l am
gone. For though some may have been
already converted and satisfied for the
present, yet in the future their religious
hunger IL bound to break out again. A
young lady saiG TO me once, My father
says he don't believe in rcvivals.' Well,
her father was 4 fool and did not have
sense enough to know anything. When
was at conference several years ago.
Il minister said to me, 4 am going to
hold Parental revival Some Time
after met a minister who was present
when the conversation took place and
l SAID to him, How is Brother --'s
revival coming on?' We'll, he said, it
is the slowest thing ever saw. He is
too afraid some one will join the church
who at some future date will backslidc.'
Don't he SO scared about your members
cooling off. Get them heated up first
and then you can think about their
cooling off.
''Hrethren, for the next three or four
weeks you are going to be the busiest
lot OF men in this country, for you will
nave to keep tho ball rolling that have
started. You take a babe born in an
IL
not paid to it, it will certainly die. Now,
you must pay strict attention to these
Christians who have just been born or
they may die.
This morning am going to talk on
an Important matter which will also
touch what l am going to preach on to
morrow. | will take my text this morn
ing from the 1st verso of the 9th chapter
OF Galatians. brethren, If a man be
overtaken in fault, ye which are
spiritual. restore such one in Il spirit
OF meekness: considering thyself, lest
thou also be tempted. If 4 man be CON
verted and overtaken in a fault, go to
him and aid and assist him to overcome
MS Weakness Here, listen, | will
draw picture in my mind for you
"A man lies drunk on the street.
Three dcacons or stewards come along.
Ihey say, 4 told you that man ought
not TO he taken into the church as he
would not be able TO live up to what ne
promised. We can't do anything for
him. Our wives would not let us bring
MIN home in his present coalition. He
has backsiid and is bound for hell
You old deacons neglect that man il
you dare. and yoL will go there your.
selves. Don't you know that man w.
ing there in the gutter is better than
ouoSe ueaCOHS. DelleVe any Christian
in the world is my brother. my
brother or sister had dollar or a plate
or drop of blood in their veins, too
good for me, would not bother with
them. | wouldn't. Our relations to
one another determine what we would
do for one another. | would not blot
out single church member for any
thing.
III I am a Methodist I will he
Methodist until die. If was Bap-
tst or anything else, would be it Till
die. don't believe in being part one
and part another though never did
ike milk and honey mixed. | am
Methodist, but you ought not to BLAIR
me Tor H. any more than for being named
Jones. am Methodist bt cause all
my people before me wore Methodists:
Tor the same reason l bear the name
Jones. because all nv people before me
were callrd Jones. know Adam was
Methodist b,cluse he fell from grace,
and the whole business has been tumb.
ling every since ne fell Now, my
brothers and have 70 live in separate