The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-08
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Win the laboring mon of our cotintrv
lou work hard my brethren. You are
uoprived OF many OF the enjoyments
euaV others may have. Above all men
you Ought to be the most devoted and
earnest Christians for you have little of
what this world calls its own. and then
TO lay down and die and go to hell at
last IS an awful thing. Think ahont
that" "ooi'
nero Will also be service at three
O'CLOCK In the afternoon and also one ar
night to which every body is invited.
On tuesday afternoon at 3 O'clock n
people. 'A0too
Mr.. Jones preached one of the most
thrilling and eloquent sermons
last night that has ever been delivered
IN Roanoke and it's impression upon
tnose who heard it was very marked
hundreds OF people were affected to
tears and when tho sermon was con-
ctoued hundreds of converts came for
ward. In fact it was one Of tho most
wonderful meetings ever held in this
as follows:
II ask you brethren of the ministry
10 pray especially tonight while we
preach for Gods power to be upon the
hectlng. wish every Christian would
| pray to God for Gods support. We in
Vite your attention to tho first verse of
tAe goth chapter of tho book OF Prov
| eros lie that being often reproyed
ana hardeneth his neck shall suddenly
pesoestroyed and that without remedy
! reau that verse, brrthrcn. from the
Woru Oh tho Lord, and lie says that
heaven and earth shall pass away but
not one jot OF title of his word. There
is n question that every person in this
vast audience ought TO ask themselves
this moment.
"flrst, who is the author OF that text?
Listen at it: 'lie that be often removed
and hardcneth his neck shall suddenly
DC destroyed, and that without -emedy.'
TOD is its author. The God who made
us tho God who shall finally Judge u.s.
The next question that every one
ought to ask themselves is this: TO
whom does God speall?' To whom do
those words apply in this audience, lilo
That bclng Atten reproved' There is
not guilty soul in this audience to.
night that has not boon warned and re-
proved ton thousand times, and there
are no less than three thousand people
In this audience who could stand on
their feet this moment ana saw God
means me. That means mo. have
neen often called Well now, brother,
II 1T Is God speaking to us, and it is
you that God means then you ought to
near. lie that being often rcproved
and hardenoth his neck shall suddenly
| DO destroyed, and that without remody.'
can say this much to you ana be in
perfect harmony with heaven and
earth. There has been more sudden
deaths in tho last twelve months than in
any twelve months in the worlds his
Tory. Moro mon and women have died
suddenly in the last twelve months
morning and the evening were the first
day of this worlds history And Gods
word shall be true if tho whole world
shall bc swept into eternity in the
twinkiing OF an eye. Railroad acct
dents, pestilence cyclones, accidents.
heart failure, 10000 things carry mon
hurriedly into the presence o.. God.
And thore is not a sudden death in all
this land that is not simply specific
uchohstratlon 10 the trnuh OF my ut
tcrauccS.
He that being often reproved and
hirtcnoth his neck shall suddenly be
destroyed and that without remedy
You may take up any copy OF tho New
ork papers, any copy Of our leading
daily papers, almost any copies OF your
daily papers in this town and YOU will
see recordered from one to twenty sud
den deaths since the issue Of the morn
ing before. All over this land everv
day men are swept suddenly into oter-
nifty and my text reads lie that being
often reproved and hardeneth his neck
shall suddenly be destroyed Just as
gospel opportunities and gospel priyi-
leges are multiplied, just in that pro-
portion is sudden death multiplied.
You have had deaths in this town So
sudden and so awful that it ought to
have awakened this community from
one sido to the other
Every town and every commuuityin
all this broad land is now and then
rushed right up on Il spec tacle in Demon
stratlon of this text that is enough to
stir every heart and make every man
inquire YIN | ready when that day
Shall come.
81 is worry easy matter to laugh at
the preachers and make fun OF the Bible
and scott NJ religion, bnt it is an awful
thing To he swept suddeuly and hur-
riedly into the presence Of the God who
snail Judge You. 1t is ono thing in life
and vigor and prosperity to laugh and
smile ut tho claims and calls OF God. It.
~ another thing, as your wife o. loved
ones kiss your cold lips and say. .Ho
went SO suddenly into the presence OF
God
"Apoplexy, MENINGITIS, paralysis,
thousand things, call men quickly into
the presence OF Got and mark nv words
tonight. l am no prophet and / am no
son OF prophet, but within ninety
days from the moment | am talking
There Will things occur in this town and
occur TO men who hear my voice this
moment that will make memory leap
back TO this moment and make Them
say, What did that man OF God saw
when he was in our midst Mark nv