The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-30


your patience. Look upon me as a
mere man, but as one not sent by man,
but by the spirit of God; and while J.
ask you to give me your attention,
give your hearts to God. We have
met here to worship God in spirit and
in truth.
awe know that in temporal affairs
when one object is joined to another,
it is stationary, fixed, not to be moved;
; it becomes one with the thing to which
it is joined. IF We are joined to the
world, we become like, we become a
part of, the world. So, in spiritual
matters, if We as soldiers OF the cross
are joined to God, we become one in
Him. The spirit of the living God is
something that joins the human race
to God on high. And this spirit of
God keeps evil desires out Of hearts.
When evil plans and designs enter our
minds, this spirit of God must drive
these out if they get out. Besides
when a man is converted to God,
when he gives up his bad ways, il is
this spirit of God that operates on his
heart, and brings about his conversion.
And these that are joined to God are
one spirit. We feel that We have a
common aim, we are joined as asso-
ciates to associates, as friends to friends.
This spirit comes and moves among
men. He says to the sinner, Come, go
with me where there is no strife be-
cause we are of one spirit See the
gambler leave his old sinful ways. He
joins himself to this spirit. He says,
I'm going to make peace with the liv-
ing God; Pm going away from my old
associates, Pm going to join myself to
the living God where we will lie Of one
spirit. I'm going to put on the gar
ments Of God, and by-and-bye I'm
going to walk the streets of the New
Jerusalem.' Here he grew so loud
that it was impossible to understand
him. This was broken by one of his
convulsive spells, when he became as
fixed as a marble statue. His daugh-
ter shook him till he breathed again,
when he started off cautious and de-
liberate. J.:
"Who will seek Jesus? Many of you
say you are on your way to heaven.
Yes, many of you are heaven-bound,
but hell-determined. Is your desire
for heaven? I want an abode where
jesus is, where we can eat and hunger
no more, where We can drink and
thirst no more. [Another convulsion
where it was impossible to take much
down. ....
"But he that is joined to God is one
spirit. Dear dying congregation,
think how easy it is to be joined TO
God, and become true servant >: OF
Jesus Christ. It don't take always TO
become child of God, but it is more
than a mere motion. We must lay
aside all the things of the world.
"There are so many different kinds
of Christians in the world. Some are
converted, but not by the spirit OF
God, they are not one; yes, they are
one, but one with the devil, but not
one with the spirit of God. Let me
speak of the different kinds of Chris
tians. Some are converted in the head,
but not in the heart. So many preach
who have all their religion in the
head. They are sent off to school, and
learn how to preach. Some Old rich
man in congregation, who wants to
be church member but live as he
pleases, who wants to cheat and not
be rebuked for it, sees this man who is
learning to preach. He thinks with
his pocket book be can keep this man
from preaching against his sins; so be
recommends the man to the church,
and he becomes the pastor. The
preacher gets into the pulpit, and
looks at the people, but his mind is in
their pocket books and be says, If
you stop my pay I'll stop preaching.''
These are sent by man, not by God.
They are one spirit; yes, but one spirit
with the devil, not with God. ;...
Then there is the long-eyed Chris
tian. What do mean by; that? By
the long-eyed Christian I mean those
who can look way over there and see
Sister Sally's faults, and Sister Anns
faults, and Brother Jim's faults; and
can't look in their own hearts and see
their own faults. o, we have them all
around us! These are one spirit with
the devil, but not with God.
"Then, again, there is one more class
of Christians. There are those who are
converted in the foot. Now, you ask
me what I mean by that. You see
people who 60 to church all their lives,
and the spirit never moves them
preaching never has any effect on
them as we can see. They take no
part in church work, but when they
get out in a worldly crowd and some
one some takes out fiddle and begins
TO sing and play these little 'pitty-pat-
ty' songs, the spirit begins to move
their feet and they are up dancing;
but when the songs stop, their feet
stop. Yes, they got all their religion
in the foot. These are one spirit, but
one with the devil, and not one with
God. These kinds Of religion will
do to live by, but not to die by.
IF we are one with the spirit OF
God, when we die we will bid farewell
to world of trouble, we will be happy
through eternity. But if we are OF
the spirit of the devil, we will go to
that place-yes, some like to give it a
nice name and call it Dives hell, but