The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-11-14

morrow night as you are going to do
| tonight, We will stop this collection
| business. / see some of the choir are
| still broke. My! my! You ladies out
| there! l believe some of your hus-
! bands would rob graveyard. They
the hat, anyway.
After tine collection Mr.. Fife led in
an earnest prayer for baptism Of the
Holy Ghost upon the preachers and
people.
The subject selected for the sermon
was 1.-The Office and work OF the Holy
GhOst.'
The Evangelist said he was only 60
ing TO make an Introductory talk for
the sermon tomorrow, and wanted the
undivided attention of every person
present.
After the service, | am going to ask
one class to remain-those who want
the Holy Spirit to come upon them
and anoint them for work. If this
talk gets hold of the people right. all
the powers of hell can't keep Wins
ton Salem from being taken fer Jesus
Christ.
John IA, 1857 was read: 81 will pray
the Father and He will send you an
other comforter" etc. The Holy Spir-
it dwells in the heart of every bellev-
er. Each person is temple Of God. l
will just ask you in passing, if you
can't defile this temple Of God by
drinking whiskey?
The Holy Ghost is just as much
person as God the Father, or God the
Son. Christ departed and sent the
Holy Ghost.
When you advertise great revival
ist, you insult the Spirit of God. w.
2. Fife can't convert souls. He can
only preach the gospel. God does the
converting. Read John 3:3, 4, 5; Jas.
1:21; Titus 80; Eph. 1926.
II there is d person here who is Ge-
pending on the laying on of hands for
salvation, that person is going to hell.
1st Co 1913; Rom SO; John 1913.
The soul winner is the preacher who
breaches the word of God In it's purity
and simplicity.
Some of you fellows out there are
like Peter, who denied his Lord.
When you are called on to pray or to
testify for Jesus in public you can't do
it. The power Of the Holy Ghost is
what we need in church members.
Where the spirit of God is, there is
liberty. There is no liberty here.
Last night some of the officers Of the
different churches were Introducing
themselves to each other here on this
platform. There is no liberty where
the congregation depends on the choir
1OI sing lug. SuoltS dlc well SuOuS LII.
but when stranger who has good
voice comes to town, she must sing a
solo. In my church at Fayetteville,
an incident occurred. A Miss So-and-
So came to town, and the choir must
have her sing a solo. The leader car
ried her to the rehearsal, and the next
Sunday she sang. The next day the
paper contained a three OF four line
notice about Miss So-and So singing a
haa arlfi fI1Ic coli nd ri oil Si1 q Of
it d half column article, telling about
| German being given in honor OF this
same lady, God rid our choirs of such
singers. Would to God they would
| sing so low they would never be
heard.
l am a shouting Presbyterian. You
| don't often see them, but God bless
you, | am one. [ don't propose for
| any Methodist to get ahead Of me on
| that line. | don't care if | am in the
most aristocratic church on earth,
when | boil over [ am going to shout.
The Presbyterians and MethodistS
| both used to shout, but they are drift
ing away from the old lines. You
rarely ever hear even Methodist
shout now. The ether day when one
| of those good old sisters out there got
| happy and shouted, it was the scared
est looking crowd | ever saw. / have
| LfLO OiN nan Co pCi ioObo OOAi ''iS
| that the Presbyterians could beat the
| Methodists all hollow shouting.
| God help us to get down off our
stills, on a level with His lowliest
| children; then we can win them for
Christ. L want US to see sights in this
church tomorrow morning such as
have never been seen here before. II
you want to be blessed, go to your
room tonight and pray.
| THE AFTER MEETING.
| When the congregation had retired
several hundred protesting Christians
remained in the church. After few
moments of silent prayer, during
which Dr. Browne played and sang
very softly, ''Oh, Lord send the
Spirit" Mr.. Fife asked for series
of short prayers. Several responded
The prayer closed by all who felt in
clined, joining in prayer aloud at the
same time. A great many voices were
lifted in earnest supplication to God
and one lady gave expression to hel
feelings by shouting.