The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-06-01
THE SALEM REVIVAL.
A Powerful and Impressive Ser.
mon by Mr.. SchooIfie ID.

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was church member he was dissatis.
fed with his spiritual condition and
desired the prayers OF Gods people
that he might find the peace his soul
was thirsting for. Before Mr.. School,
field could read his text lady rose
and spoke at some length OF her
struggles to attain to a higher Chris
tian life. She desired that all pres mt
who would pray that God would ele-
vate them to higher place in their
Christian experience to make 1t kno ~n
10 her. large number rose to their
feet
Mr.. Schoolfeld said that he had been
perplexed with doubts as TO what partic-
ular line of thought he could pursue
with the most profit to his hearers, but
the remarks of the good sister had re.
moved them. He would pre- ach on
CONSERVATION" taking the following
words from the fifth verse Of the twenty.
ninth chapter of First Chronicles as the
foundation for his remarks:
WHO then is willing to consecrate his
service this day unto the Lord?"
Aside from His word God calls to us
In a thousand ways to dedicate our
lives to His service. The trouble is we
DO not have ears to hear or eyes to see.
We are constantly reminded by passing
events that soon our LIES work will be
over and we shall be numbered with the
dead. We form resolutions to live bet
ter lives, but are deficient in earnest ef-
fort in that direction. Gods spirit calls
us to conservation, to a higher, better,
nobler life. He wants to use us for His
own glory. To serve His PURPOSE in
this we must give ourselves into His
hands to be used as He may see fit TO
use US.
The mercy of God My friends, do
you know that we are living monuments
OF the mercy OF GodP The very fact
that we are not this moment In hell is
proof that we are. All that wa are and
have the lifo-giving air we breathe,
the ability to move and to think, the
food we eat and the raiment we wear
are all meroles of God. He has done 80
much for US that we cannot do for our
selves: why is it we cannot do q little
for Himf he does not ask great deal.
Only the surrender of self to be used az
He may deem best Ia all This Is not
unreasonable. His service is reason
able service. Let US, my brethren,
make the surrender-not to morrow.
but now. Do this and God will bring
the barron waste of our lives into a
state OF cultivation and fruit bearing
for his glory, that will be blessing to
US ana to generations yet unborn.
Personal liberty Liberty to do what?
People talk about personal liberty and
sumptuary laws until Iget tired of hear.
ing 1t. No man has any right to serve
the devil and wreck his body and soul.
He may have the privilege, but the
exercise Of it is forbidden. The first
law given to man was a sumptuary law
1t dealt with what man might and
should not eat and it came direct from
God, not man. That law was violated
Man had liberty to violate it, but look
at the sin and misery lie brought upon
the world by exercising his privilege
Mr' Moody says the world has yet to
know the power OF one consecrated man.
And believe him. Such a man could
revolutionize this or any other com.
munity, aud shake the foundasi ons of
sin to their very center. Every ques-
tlon has two sides, negative and
positive. Man may give up the follies
OF the world, but then he Is only
developing one side OF conservation.
We must be developed on the positive
side as we'll. The Lord Jesus, while
here in tho flesh, said: II am the
light Of the world" They tried to
extinguish that light on Calvary, but
could not. Now he says to us: rye
are the light of the world" Brethren,
II light does not shine in your life it
is because the light is not in you.
The light OF Christ Is reflected light.
There Is no inherent light in man.
The sun reflects light only. not the
source OF light God beyond the sun
is the source of all light, physical and
spiritual, and we can only reflect Him
In our lives in proportion to our con.
secration to Him. II we would reflect
the light Of tho Son OF Righteousness
we must turn our faces, hearts and
lives to Him. Then we will walk in
the light. Reflection of the light of
Christ Is by heart union with Him.
II we, as Christians, witnesses for
Christ, go to places that bring reprosch
upon US as such we give false testimony
and are perjured witnesses Consecra-
ton will enable us to give true testi.
mony Every Christian Is leaf from
Gods living Bible. That is, am sorry
to say, the only leaf many protesting
Christians ever read. And the world
reads it, They are reading you and 1,
my brother. and they form their esti-
mate of the value. truth and beauty OF
the Bible in what they see in our con-
quot. But we cannot do anything with
the pass save repent of it. We have
only the future to repent in. The time
is now.
"The value of salt is It's saving and
purifying qualities. If you or have Loaf
the power to save and purify some of
our fellows we are absolutely worthless
as servants of God. We must have
something to impart to those we would
help, and to have saving and purifying
truths and example we must be conse.
Grated to the will and service of God.
We are told to come out of the world
and to be not conformed to 1t. We can.
not do this by patronizing the dance,
progressive euchre and the saloon. II
we wanted to find Q man or a woman