Birmingham state herald., 1895-11-07
THE BAPTIST REVIVAL.
Attendance Increases at Each Services and
 Much Interest Manifested.

MUCH lIlltICok muhiNSNSN'
 Both attendance and interest are on the increase at the revival now III pIos- ress at the First Baptist church. ihe main auditorium was well hlleo lase night.
 "He that is often reproved and mar deneth his neck shall suddenly be cast OH and that without remedy" was the tex. from which Dr. White drew many mn pressive thoughts and awful iessons. Among the points that were eloqueifsei;s s; presented might be mentioned 'he ioi lowing: 4 v,ooas- sarilv imply punishment. The unsaVeo nerson of such a community as thls is bv the examples of the Chr1stians apou' him. by the sermons heard, by the teach- ing had in the Sunday schoois, py tne admonitions and prayers of Godly par ents or other relatives, daily and houriy reproved of God; and sometimes Goo speaks reprovingly to men by permitting calamity and distress of one character or another IL. ho,r+
 Reproof neglected hardens the heart. You all know how hard your hearts are bere tonight. You say you cannot help your feelings, but you can. four haru ness of heart is the outcome Of persistent neglect of the calls and reprooIS ol the Lord and you are each lnd1Vloudny ie sponsible for your condition. The neart of man gets hard by rejecting good il- nnlses and gets right by carrying them ont God hardened Pharaohs heart Just as he is hardening yours-by sending ad- vantages and opportunities, the reJectioIi of which brought upon him the curse, II is wonderful what man can get useu .o' The old soldier when he first entered the service experienced peculiar sensations in the face of very small trials, but De- fore long could without a shudder part two corpses on a field of battle, and De- tween them roll up in his blanket anu peacefully sleep. You used to weep when YOU thought about Jesus and trempie at bthe thought of he'll but now that you have hardened your hearts you can stand on the brink of hell itself with utter ln- difference Ten times as many persons are converted between the ages or io and IS years than at any other age. Inls is a warning to men here tonight who are drifting from God All the devil wants is for you to delay until tomorrow. Tomor- row is the last beating of the heart; to- morrow is the crepe on the door; tomor- row broken hearts follow you to your grave; tomorrow Is the dropping or the sad-the laying of the sad-the whitening of flowers upon your grave: tomorrow eternity. Oh, friends. harden not your hearts.
 Sudden destruction is pronounced upon people who have hardened their hearts. One may continuously reject the word of God and the Spirit when all at once God says "enough." and the call is no more. This destruction may come spiritually before death-doesn't always mean death in this life; but there is time when the God of love and salvation leaves man, and when the spirit does leave man and return to the courts of glory no more will it plead with him.
 Sudden destruction and that without remedy-what an awful tomorrow! There is a time when the blood will not atone, when the spirit will not move and when repentance cannot be found.
 pray you come tonight to Jesus Christ.
 score or more responded to the propo- sitions made and there was a gracious outpouring of the spirit in the after meet ing.