The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-19
TEilc BtPTiSIS.
Revival at Pine street Church Continues
aSermon at Calvary.
REVIVAL AT PINE-sTREET BAPTIST.

che revival at Pine-Street Baptist
church continues with undated Interest.
Every night the house is crowded. Rev.
j. T. Hutson breaches every night with
grelt power and satisfaction. About nifty
persons have confessed faith in Christ
and there haze been in addition u Eoodly
number OF rcstOratiOns and reclamauons.
Mr.. Hutson preached four sermons again
on Sunday. as he did on the sunday
before, except in the afternoon the ser
mon was to male and female instead
OF 10 men alone as before. At the morn
ing services his sermon was on me
Mercy OF God" mis- text being the Sth
verse of the sd Psalm 81 trust In the
mercy of God forever and ever lie was
very earnest and very tender al times
carving his believing hearers TO the
PROMISES of God, the examples OF God
dealings with men, and thereby showing
that God delighted in nothing so much
as He did In mercy. While all wisdom
He took no delight in wisdom; while all
power He took no delight in power;
while all justice He had never SAID l
delight in Justice but He said, II delight
in mercy" He cited the example OF
Ahab. whose wickedness caused God to
saw there was none like Ahab'; and
Ninevah, TO which He sent Jonah TO
preach "Yet forty days and NineVah
shall he DESTROYED" and yet His mercy
caused His judgment to pass over Ahab,
and He repented and spared Ninevah.
There was one profession at the morn
ing services At $3.50 p. NJ. his subject
was Saved by Hope" At S. Il. Nj. he
preached to a packed house, his text
being Strive to Enter in at the Straight
Gate"-Luke Kill, a.
There was an overflow meeting in the
basement, at which Rev X. Il, Chambers
preached to 800 or 400 people The meet
ings were full of feeling, and there were
some seven or eight conversions,
The meetings will continue all this
week. and will probably close on next
Sunday,
CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH.
At the morning service Rev. II. A.
Bagby. the pastor of Calvary Baptist
church preached an unusually sweet ana
tender sermon TO full house, taking as
his subject Keeping Company With Je-
sus." his text being the last clause of the
18th verse of the 4th chapter OF Acts:
And they took knowledge Of them that
they had been with Jesus" He spoke Of
the lesson learned by the disciples in the
quiet mountain cliffs at the feet OF Jesus,
and noted the fact that the attention OF
the rulers were attracted by the Doldness
and bravery of the disciples The disciple
the Lord-now brave and intrepid. befse
AN lnlearned nsherman-he had absorbed
the moral element and spiritual character
OF his Master often in the lonely hours,
when the Lord was beset with the trying
scenes OF this life he was encouraged
by the warm hearted and loving discl-
pies who lived Nv his side, II TINS was
50 much 10 Christ, what must 1t nave
been in the disciple s-thcse who had been
~ fraEC-nOw
iuencv of speech and the weight or
their spiritual transformation awed the
rulers into silence? Tie cowardice OF
Peter took the wings OF the rcfihis ana
flew away and the stammerlnS speech Oh
John was gone. AS Peter ana Johh
learn "a from the saviour on the lonely
mountain tors, so we, too, IL we WdI't
10 have sweet communion, VIII nave TO
go where no other eye can see ana all
alone with the Lord imhioe Ills sweet
spirit. ,.oao
The disciples did no. seek TO parade
their pIetv. so we need not fear that our
brethren will not find out now ruislous
We are nor need we 50 10 inc otieI
extremes and cover up our lives wheh
we feel the overlooking love OF warm
heart one Of the effects OF pelns WIN
Jesus was an inspiration 10 tne uisclples'
The threats and Misrepresentation or the
,,,Io,s could not change their course
The fact that they had been win Jesus
guarded them in this hour, 80, TOO IN
the critical times OF life, when the
ten,pter Is ear, and if we avoid DANGER
II win be on account Of having been win
resJs. Another effect Is the spiritual I've
mower over the hearts of men, three
thousand being saved on the day or rem
tacost: and stll another effect was lhe
linking together of the cause ana 'he
disciples. -,,o.,.. -,
He closed his discourse by feelingiy al
hiding TO the death of DIR. John n.
Broadus saying his great learning ana
piety came from his constant company
with the Lord,
Al the night services he preached from
the 18th verse OF the nth chapter John'
"Jesus wept" Joseph Parker asks the
question, When did any one bring tidings
az ioy 10 the Lord? We tell Jesus or
our Affections and troubles. So IL was
with those sisters. "Iie whom thou low
est is sick" II was not the nrst time
He had been invited 10 their house
Their home had afforded him many hours
OF 10y and comfort. 1t III becomes us
when we are hard pressed and in trouble
10 send for Him when We would not have
Him In times of peace. Those who love
and have been loved by Him can but
The better send for Him. About the tears
which Jesus shed the Jews have a theory
that thay were sign Of weakness. which