The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-10-22
rue RELIGIOUS Krv1va1
Much Interest Is Manirested and Many
Souls Arc ReinE. SRyen

Much Interest is Manirested and Many
Souls Arc Being Saved.
Tho meeting at Calvary Baptist
Church continues TO grow in interest.
Large congregations are in attendance
as each meeting. Sunday night msny
had to DO turned from lis doors. Tho
subject OF Mr. Schoolfeld's discourse
Sunday morning was, "Faithfulness to
Cod" mis- text being taken from Revel-
ations s:io, BE thou faithful unto death
and Will give thee 3 crown OF life,"
He said there were two opposing
forces in every ones life: The l.. fiuence
OF the evil one and the influence Of God;
that the devil, however, always worked
under disguise. That he was subtle in
his approach, coming under the guise of
everything but his own personality:
this subtility also made him lead us on
little by little until we were entirely in
his power.
He then CLOSED thu phase of the ser
mon with strong plea to the mothers
to pray for their children constantly,
emphasizing its effecs on the rising
generation and brought to light in very
forcible language the banetul effects of
the home card party from the stand
point OF influence.
The subjec; OF tsithfulness to cd WAS
then taken up. He said this meant u
realization OF how Christ had lived and
finally died for US, and that faithfulness
to Hin mesnt to receive Him tully into
our lives, be guided by Him in eyery-
thing and battle for Him until we die.
To battle for Him in our home, our
church, in our dali life, to fight the devil
In the form of tho whiskey evil, which
Is running some of our brightest Young
men, and which ia one OF the mos,
gigantic evils agsinst ouc home, cur
country and our God
He closed with an earnnst appeal that
we remember in tho midSi Of transient
earthly piess2r:s shat we are yet dying,
surely dying. all the while, and to throw
ourselves on Christ, follow the fac Of
King Immanuel and then make cur
lives sucn that we will not feel when ye
die they have been nothing but g
failure.
The mems service Sunday afternoon
was probably tho most spiritual 80 far
in the meeting. The church was filled
to the doors with men and this alone
was an impressive sight, but to note the
falling tear on M any o furrowed cheek,
stranger to such thing Cor many a lo,g
year, brought there By the memory Of
an almost forgotten past and by the
iorcible and practical reuarks OF Mr..
Sbhoo.field, was In ITSELF enough to
make one resolve to lead bstter life.
He spoke on the subject OF excusee
made by large numbers Of men tor NOT
being followers Of Christ, and at the
conclusion had left no room for any man
to doubt his duty to his Master. When
tho invitation wss given largo numbers
accepted Christ as their Saviour or recon.
secrateo themselves to mis- service.
On Sunday night Mr.. Schoolfield spoke
on the Biblo view CT s:l and it's results
under tho hosding,: What is sin?"
What does sin do?' who has sinned?"
"How does God look st sin?" Tine vari-
Gus kinds Of SIM" The final result Of
sim" and then pointed out Jesus as the
mediator who would save us from tho
power Of our sins, pointing out wildly
the awfulneas tf eternal punishment.
At last nights service the Iu.ch WIS
filed TO OVERCOMING. Mr.. SchooI field
spoke on "Forgiveness, presenting
Gods command on this subiec in =
powerful light. He called on tnoso who
are harboring feeling OF i'll will against
their Deighbors, and who were willing
to signify thei- forgiveness. to come
forward and give him theic hands.
Many responded 10 the invitation There
have boon large rumhers OF conversions
at each OF tho5o services.