The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-11-21

THIRD MEETING FOR MEN
EIGHTY MALES COME OVER ON
THE LORDS SIDE.
One Hundred and Thirty Requests for
Prayer-The Various Excuses Men
Make for Not Being Christions.
Another Service for Males.

Prayer-The Various Excuses Men
Make for Not Being Christions.
Another Service for Males.
From Daily Sentinel, Nov IA.
! Last night was the third meeting for
| men only, at Centenary church. the
congregation surprising in numbers,
if possible, any previous meeting.
Mr.. Fife told the ushers not to try
| to seat a Christian man. "Let 'em
stand, but if you find a sinner out
| there, bring him to the front if you
have to collar him"
The choir was put on the platform,
behind the speaker, in order to make
room in front for sinners who were
standing in the rear Of the church.
Mr.. Fife said he wanted to put two
thousand men in a church made for
fifteen hundred, and he came near do
ing it.
During season of silent prayer Dr.
Browne sang that beautiful and
touching solo, s'Oh, Lord, send the
power Just now"
The Evangelist selected as his SUBJ
ject: The various excuses men make
for not being Christians. Luke 14:17,
Is: And they all with one consent be-
gan to make excuse.
II l had time, l would show you
that there was going to be a marriage
and that Goo had sent you an invita-
tion. You might not say l have
bought land, or oxen, or l have mar
ried a wife, but | am going to give
you some excuses heard right here in
Winston.
/ am no6 such a great sinner.
Have you kept the whole law
Jas. 2:10; 1st John lilo. You may not
be great sinner, but unless you ac-
cept the marriage invitation you must
die and go to hell.
?. l am too busy to attend to this
matter.
Your business will sink you in hell
yet, mark what l tell you. Mark
S:36, 81; Mat. 6:l9-21; Isaiah 55:6.
read once of d man who went to Cali
fOrDia and amassed fortune, put it
all into gold, put the gold in belt,
and buckled the belt around himself.
He got on ship and fell overheard.
His friends called to him to keep up
few minutes and they would save
him, but he was carried down by the
weight of the gold, rather than take
off the belt and save himself.
There are more men in this town 60
ing to hell for a few paltry dollars
than any other town / know of in
North Carolina.
8. There are too many hypocrites in
the church.
There will be hypocrites as long as
there is a church. How would you
like to go before your God with the
excuse that you didn't accept the in
yitation to the marriage feast be-
cause there were hypocrites in the
church
l had rather live a few years with
hypocrites in the church than to die
and go to hell and live with them for
ever.
A. 1 am so old that I'm afraid God
won't accept me.
Christ says whoSoever will may
come. John 3:6. Thank God, old and
young alike are included in the invi-
tation.
5. 1 don't feel enough, and therefore
do not accept.
There is not passage in the Bible
that mentions feeling. The word
faith occurs $50 times and in Johns
Gospel believe is found 100 times.
Does the feeling save, or does Christ
save? I'd Cor. Sc; Isaiah 1895; Rom.
As, 81; Titus 3:5; Isaiah 45:42.
By faith you must apply the blood
to your heart before you can feel it.
6. lam afraid I can't hold out.
Thank God you can't hold out by
yourself. My hold on God may slip,
but His hold on me can never fail.
Isaiah 41:l0-13. God can keep Chris
tians from stumbling. 1st Cor. 10 Is;
Phil. 1:6; 1st Cor. 1919; I'd Timothy
1:12.
Z. I am such a great sinner / am
afraid there is no salvation for me.
Would to God that we could find
one hundred men in this church who
realize that they are great sinners.
Then / could point you to a great Sa-
vior. Heb. 7:25; Isaiah 1:18; 1st Peter
2:14; Luke 1910.
You may say 1 am a drunkard.
Blessed be God He can snap the fet-
ters that bind you. The blood of
Jesus Christ can save you when Keely
can't.
The last excuse 1 will touch on to
night is this:
will not accept Christ tonight.
Tonight is the only time you have.
Now is the Lords time. You know
nothing of tomorrow. Prov. 21:1; las.
Ala. VIII you accept the invitation
to attend the marriage feast tonight !?
Mr.. Fife was laboring under a Sc
we're throat trouble, but his earnest
ness never waneS.
When the call was made for tho Sc
| to come forward who would accept the
Lord, eighty men responded and said
i by their action that they wanted to
| be saved.
One hundred and thirty requests for
prayer were made.
Mr.. Fife said he was all broken
down, physically, but he did not feel
| like he could close the meetings while
the interest kept up as it is now.
| When the question was asked
! whether or not another meeting for
/; men should be held tonight, the vast
| concourse of at least 1000 men voted
| almost as unit for another mems
| meeting, and Mr.. Fife said, "Well
| have it,"
1t was indeed a glorio ous sight to see
old gray-haired men, together with
boys and young men, coolly and delib-
| eratelY walk forWard and nrnmise tn