Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-03-25

the flag of one or the other. TIE P
ln. kness oieIs rs reward To- his ,o.-o,...
The pleasures and honors OF this yy,-l3
seeks 10 dc ude by false promises Lo,j,-s
out expectations that can never be r,ai.,-;s
and can only be revealed too late for bis ~
tins TO return. Satan seeks to deIu3e ,.5.
he may destroy. and | warn you .5s5r-.
longer remaining in his service and sand
fore you as an ambassador of Chris and
you to enlist under His banner He has No..
ca His friendship by what He hs, dom. f..
us. "a eater love hath no man thai az
that man lay down His life for Us ali. T.
our dire extremity He barred His h-rs,- -
i've the penalty for a dying world. and.
though He was the eternal Son Of God n,
laid aside His regal splendor aud d,.cerf'i
from His heavenly home, becoming tb. Rst'
of Bethlehem, born in manger cralIei-a
obscur w. reared in poverty; for son sr,,r
He said foxes have holes. bur tie san NJ
Man hath not where to lay His head H..
spoke of the temptations that ass4 ms iii
and touched on the evils of ;utemrcr.,e,
and said: II praise God tong .or .ye-r
man who has been rescued irou "a i.a -
drunkenness and who is now trying 10 atone
for wasted life" But the climax ~.
reached when in an imprisoned manner M
cried aloud for the mothers to be up aud lo.
ing to save their sons from drunkards graves
1t was grand and awful and sent thrill
through the hearts Of his hearers. He ,.oke
of old Virginia as being in the gip of tie
whisky traffic and said, i don u kuoW low
long this may continue SO. We may be only
blazing the way but God is OF our side and
relief will come some time. We may seek
and gain the wealth Of the Roth,ciilds bun
we are dying. We may scekand gain Tie SD.
plause OF men. but We are dying seek Va
first the Kingdom of God AID rs righteous.
ness and all these things shall he added unto
you,' and then when we leave here We have
Just begun to live; we but change the crewn
of death for a crown Of everiastir ii.c
At the close of the service M >eb0o.
field spoke of his pleasant association, wlie
here Al, rose and sang the hymn God B..
With You" Mr.. Carson replied in icN vel
chosen remarks, after which the choir sang
well Never Say Good Bye in Heaven M
Ramsay sang beautiful solo entitled "flc.
we'll" The congregation was dismissed Oh
their knees in prayer led by Mr schoodcd
in which he asked for Gods blessings a0L
our city and all connected with it, boJi su-
ners and Christians He also asked Cod,
blessing upon the newspapers and pmyclt llt
lUcN pVhti 4'i -N"s Lsi tsH
lend. Thus closed the most Successful Ie-
ligious meetings ever known in the hstoEo Of
our city.
NOTES
At night about twenty were received 400
the church. making between ninety aul o.c
hundred for the day. Some were received at
the Baptist, Trinity, Methodist ProlrJHi
and Presbyterian churche, who have Hr.-
fessed conversion at these services, and rs
understood that there are some in me l-
firmation classes OF st. Paul's, CHRIS. .aa
Grace churches, who first gave their hear, %
the Lord in these meetings, and the emf is
not yet We believe there are more 10 Col.
low.
1t is impossible to calculate the GOOD t.a'
has been done in our community during ttt-a
services. as many as 300 having prof
conversion and Numbers have been undo t.e
il fuenoe of the Spirit, and it is beieyed il.
work done will be felt for good in the y,i.s
to come.
Among those who have labored fiithu.y
during these services should be meni aio.
the organists, Miss Alice Thomas a; night
Miss Lulu Cockey at the morning services
and Mr. VIM II. Starnell at the mems meet.
ings.
The GAZETTE is indebted to Mr. il X.
Field for the excellent reports made Of the
sermons and also to Mr. T. II. Netheraud ior
assistance in getting up the reports.