The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-11-21
STORY OF THE ARK,
Subj CT of Mr.. Prices Sermon Satur-
day Night.


Rev. Mr. Price preached at Centena-
ry church Saturday night, to an inn
mense audience, of both sexes.
He said in the preliminary that he
expected some OF the ladies would be
disappointed as they had been hear
ing him all the week, and had come
out there with the expectation Of
hearing Mr.. Fife. Here Mr.. Fife
said: "Well, all the men want to
hear you, so its all right"
Mr.. Price took as his subject, the
story of the ark.
After reading the history of the
building and fitting up of the ark,
he took up each division separately,
giving figures and dates in plain
mOdernized language, so that every
one could understand.
He brought the time of Noah and
the flood down to the present., and
said we would suppose that Mr.. Noah
lived in Winston, and that God had
told him to build the ark.
We would see the lines of wagons
hauling gopher wood to the shipy ard,
which, for convenience sake, we will
have in the center of town. We will
tear out that tacky little build
ing called court house, and build
the ark there.
Day after day, as the work goes on,
Mr.. Noah will preach to the gathered
throngs, telling them what the Lord
had revealed to him.
We would say the old man was
crazy. We had expected it would
come on him sooner or later, and it
has come. Now the old man Will
squander his immense fortune in
what we consider mad scheme of a
disordered brain.
The New York World and Atlanta
Constitution will have reporters
there, to keep up with the progress of
things.
These reporters interview all our
prominent citizens. Mr.. Atheist,
Mr.. Skeptic, Mr.. Infidel, Mr.. and
reporters get their views. They all
say the old man is crazy.
BY and by the ark is finished and
the painters are there. The people
say what pity to SPOIL that grand
building with coat of pitch, outside
and inside. But it is Gods plans, and
Noah is carrying them out.
Then the animals appear, marching
by twos, and the people are astonish
ed. But the skeptic says: Noah has
unlimited wealth, and during the one
hundred and twenty years he has been
building this ark, he could have had
men training these animals, just TO
carry out his delusion."
But then the mighty rushing Of
wings is heard and looking up, the
multitudes see the fowls of the air
coming, circliDg lower and lower,
until by pairs, each with his mate,
they enter the one window of the ark,
and the door and window are closed,
and sealed with pitch.
Then looking out over the noun
tains the sky is seen to be overcast
with black clouds. Thunder is rolling
and crashing, and lightning flashing
We say, "what is this? What does it
right, after all, and this is the flood !"
The fountains of the great deep are
broken up and the flood gates OF
heaven are thrown open.
The waters prevailed upon the face
OF the earth, until the tops Of the
highest mountains were covered, and
every living thing, both man and
| beast, was destroyed from off TIE face
of the earth.
Too late the people realized that
| the preaching of Noah was true.
| Noah called on them to repent, but
| they put it off too long.
Sinner, will you reject Gods
mercy tonight, while it is offered free:
By the mouth of His ministers He
calls on each and every one of you to
accept Him. Do not put it off
The entire discourse was pro-
nounced by every one to be one Of the
strongest ever heard in Winston, and
| at the close several persons made
| professions and many requests for
| prayer were made.