Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-03-25
THE SCHOOLFIELD MEETINGS.

tended. After the usual song service,
during which u quartette composed OF
Misses Smith aud Driscoll aud Messrs.
Field Risheill sang Ashamed of Jesus"
Mr.. Schoolield then said: 81 do not
expect to preach you formal sermon,
hut will preach on several lines, espe-
cially to those who have been convert
ed during these meetings. | will give
you set of rules to live by and if you
faithfully take them as your guide and
follow them, believe you will all go TO
heaven. 1st. Begin this Christian life
with prayer, daily prayer and remem-
Der that when you pray that God is
present-Romans S chap. 26 verse.
ID. Begin with Bible study, and WHEEL
you read, remember that God is speak
ing to you. The reason some of US
don't care to read the Bible is because
we live down on worldly plane. Get
up where you belong and the reading
of Gods word will become pleasure
to you. 3rd. Begin with Christian
work. Never let day pass without
trying to do something for Christ. 4th.
Begin to testify, the Lord said we are
my witnesses Now don't be dumb
witness. 5th. Be thankful, be cheer
full. I believe the happiest people in
the world are those who live true
Christian lives. 9th. Begin to give of
your substance. The hardest thing to
convert is the pocketbook, and it is the
easiest to fall from grace-Cor. 16c. 2v:
9TH. Be chaste in your language. l
have no patience with 'ssmut," and |
have not much opinion of the piety of
man who will indulge in "smut."
9Th. If you are even in doubt as to q
thing being right or wrong go to your
room and ask Gods blessing upon it
COL, 3rd chapter, 18th verse, Romans,
14th chapter, 21st verse. 9th. Be
watchful. Watch and pray that We en-
ter not into temptation. You drinking
men, Satan is not going to ask you to
get drunk at first, but just to take one
drink. 10th. Never take your christi
anity from men, or argue that because
so and so does such thing it is right.
Take Christ only for your pattern
2nd Cor, 10th chapter, 18th verse.
18th. Be prompt and regular in
your attendance on the sanctuary
Hebrews, 10 chapter, 4th and 9Th verses.
18th. Never believe what you feel if it
contradicts Gods word-Romans, 3rd
chapter, 4th verse, and 1st John, 9Th
chapter, 10th and 18th verses. Now
in conclusion l want TO give you some
points of attack that Satan will make
on you. 1st. Try to keep you out of
Christ. 2nd. Try to persuade you that
you have not been converted. 3rd.
Try to keep you out of the church.
4th. Try to get you. to measure your
self by some man who has been in
church for years, and who is no &C
count and never will be. 5th. Try 10
attack your influence; people will call
you "crank." j hope you will have
enough religion to be called crank"
by the world. Now l want to hear
that you older christians have helped
these converts; pray for them and
should they stumble help them up
Gal, 9th chapter, LIST and 2nd verses.
He closed with an earnest appeal to the
unconverted TO give up sin and accept
Christ.
At the Sunday morning service the
time was devoted to the baptism and
admission of members into the church.
Thirty-three were baptized and receiv
ed and about seventy received into the
church on profession Of faith. The pas
tor, Mr.. Carson, made an earnest ad- |
dress to them to live consistent lives, |
and welcomed all into the fold of the
church. Mr.. Schoolfeld then, by re-
quest of the stewards, asked the con-
gregation for subscriptions to pay de-
6ciences for the past year and in
short time about $500 was raised. The
congregation all joined in singing
Praise God from whom all blessings
how," and were then dismissed.
At the mems service at three
o'clock the church was, as usual,
crowded and before lifting the collection
Mr.. Schoolfeld explained that he
charged nothing for his services, but
that he wanted collection for three
purposes, LIST, to help educate two
young men for the ministry; I'd, to sup
port preacher in mountain district
in this State; 3rd, to help to support a
home for fallen women in his town,
and said every dollar contributed
would be used in this way. After the
collection q solo entitled "Shall you,
Shall II" was sung by Mr.. Willie Ca
ton in very impressive manner. Mr..
Scheduled then took his text from Elk
odus 18th chapter and the last two
words of the 18th verse, go forward"
He spoke of children of Israel in bond
age, Lord appearing unto Moses in
burning bush, up to time Pharoah had
let them 60, until they arrived at the
sea with mountain on other side and
Pharoah's host pursuing to bring them
back, then the people complained
Moses went to the Lord, and this was
his answer, $50 forward" Unbelief
would not have tried to go, but Moses
had learned the lesson of obedience, and
went through the sea and escaped.
The Egyptian bondage he likened to
the bondage of sin; the call from God
is the call to US to-day to 90 forward
and rest on the strong arm of God; the
passage through the sea a type of re-
generation; travel through the wilder
ness of our travel through this life of
sin; and the crisis that arose when they
stood with the Red Sea on one side,
the mountain on the other and Pha-
roah's host pursuing, as type of the
crisis in every mans life; "and,n said
he, ''as surely as you live, it has arisen
this hour in the life's history of some
men here and your decision is going to
be your decision for eternity. Your
old habits must be changed and your
old associates given up. The mountain
of salf-danial Is in Unnr uauU 20