The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-11-07
GODS WORD---THE BIBLE
EVANGELIST FIFE'S FIRST SERV>
ICE AT CENTENARY.
The Church Crowd ed. -Announcements
Made Regarding the Services to
be Held Each Day-Mr. Fife
Fine Bible Student-Solos
Fine Bible Student-So

be Held Each Day-Mr. Fife
| Fine Bible Student-Solos.
| The Fife meetings opened at Cen
| tenarY church on time last Sunday
night. The church was inadequate to
accommodate the great crowd OF peo-
| pie that turned out to attend the
opening service by the well known and
successful Evangelist. Many were
turned away for lack of room.
The song service. under the direc-
tion of Dr. Oscar Browne, opened a
/, few minutes after o'clock. Coward
| Christian Soldiers" was the first selec-
| tion.
| On the second selection, SIS my
| Name Written There" Mr.. Price, Mr.
| Flies assistant, tried to get the con-
| gregation to sing without choir, but
| his request was not needed as salts
factorlly as it might have been. The
people in the main part of the church
| were in, tied first to sing the chorus,
til ose in the galleries. 1.-The efforts Of
the three sections" were such that Mr..
| Price remarked that if blind man
was there he would think there was
nobody in the church-judging by the
| singing.
Mr.. Price here stated that he was
going to say something amusing, and
it made the people all laugh. it had
never failed to do that. Taking a
| collection to defray expenses of the
meeting was his joke. He appointed
the collectors and the collection pro-
| ceeded.
Prayers in behalf of the meeting
were offered by Revs. w. M. Curtis and
| Robert e. Caldwell
/ Dofo ,air hi M
| Fife said:
"My dear friends: l want to say at
| the beginning of these services that
| thank God from the very depth of my
| heart for seeing fit to put it in the
hearts of some dear men to invite
me to hold meeting in Winston. For
| four years past l have wanted to come
| to this city. l have been praying TO
| God to open the way for me to COME to
my old stamping ground. | was rails
| ed only Is miles from here.
Il believe Winston and old Salem
will be shaken and taken for Jesus
| during this meeting / will say fur
ther, know it, for God has promised
| me to do it,
The Evangelist appealed to the
Christians to pray for the meeting.
He said that his throat was troub-
| ling him, but that he praised God that
merchants of Winston-Salem and the
saloon keepers to extend him the same
courtesy the people had done in other
towns-clOse their places Of business
and bring their statesmen to the morn
ing services.
Il am not here to abuse the whiskey
dealer, but to pray for him." said Mr..
Fife. Il am willing to do all l can for
them-gO in their places of business
and pray with and for them, If needs
be. I love the whiskey dealer, but
hate his business. | hope they will
attend these services and accept
Christ"
The Evangelist here announced the
| hours for services: Song service will
begin promptly at 1920 a. M: preach
| ing at IL o'clock. At night song SER
7:45.
Mr.. Fife said he regretted the bull
ding was not larger, so that all could
be accommodated. "For the first time
| during my Evangelistic work, l had
men to come to the hotel to see me
about their souls salvation" said MI.
| Fife. "This request was made today
| and at 4 O'Clock [ went to a room and
| talked with party of some dozen
men," He again appealed to the
| Christians to put on the whole armor
| of God. He said he wanted to preach
| nothing but the word of God. He
asked the Christians to bring their
Bibles, pencils and paper to the morn
ing services to get references from the
word of God. The Evangelist an
nouncd that 1.-The word of God"-the
Bible-would be the subject of his
| discourse.
After prayer, lead by Mr.. UFife,
DR.. Browne sang a beautiful and
| touching solo.
The Evangelist then stated that he
would be glad to receive visitors be.
fore the morning service and after 4,
He osaid after dinner until o'clock
he must have rest or he could not
stand the work.
we want to build upon it," said Mr..
Fife, in opening his discourse, land
don't know of a more appropriate sub
ject than the Bible. You see man
or woman converted through the
preaching Of Gods word and you will
see them all right. l dare not preach
any other doctrine"
Mr.. Fife convinced his audience in
a short time that he was fine Bible
student. He conducts his meetings
in a manner similar to Evangelist
Pearson, under whose preaching Mr.
Fife was lead to Christ. He gave
quotations from the word of God al
through his sermon, illustrating his
subject. He said Gods word was a
fire and hammer in bringing souls tt
| Christ.
'sMen and women of Winston-S Salem
and Forsyth county, L bless Gods
word and l believe if it is preached
from this pulpit for the next ten days
it will bring men and women who are
out of Christ into Christ"
| The Evangelist spoke of the impor-
tance of studying Gods word in order
to grow in grace. We skim over the
word but do not let it dwell in us
L rioinlxz chnI1ld ha to OIL