The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-03-28
SUNDAY SESSION OF CONGRESS.
Synopsis of a Sermon Delivered by
Rev. IL L.. Albright.

| synopsis OF a Sermon Delivered by
1 Rev. IL L.. Albright.
| Rev. L. L. Albright, pastor of the
/ Methodist Protestant church, this
! city, recently preached forcible ser
( mon on The Sunday Session of Con-
gress."
He selected his text from Isaiah
| 60:I2: TFor the nation and kingdom
| that will not serve thee shall perish
| yea, those nations shall be utterly
wasted"
Mr.. Albright introduced his subject
| by reading extracts from THE Voice, }"
prohibition paper published in New
York, which reported laW-breaking
and drunkenness by Congress on Sun
day. The report stated further that
drinking did not reach far, for the
closing session Of Congress, until Sun
day afternoon, when great onslaught
was made upon the two saloons in the
! Capitol. Many Congressman were
carried from the field Of battle to COM
miLtee TOons, where they were fed on
Ice water and settler.
One Mr.. Scranton was taken from
the House of Representatives by the
Sergeant-pf-armS, drunk and disorder
ly. Ten extra police were detailed to
saloon men for extra help on Sunday.
Mr. Albright gave 1t as his opinion
that the Voice" was reliable paper
and said IF the report is d sensational
lie, a censorship should be established
by the government that such papers
might be suppressed Some may
claim" he continued, that the hold
ing OF Sunday session was neceSSl-
u: but, IL IL were, il was made So by
deliberate waste of time, therefore the
sin remains. such Sabbath breaking
not only licenses other people in our
own country TO work on Sunday. and
puts premium on liquor drinking,
but il reaches, in it's hateful influence,
To the uJtermost parts of the earth.
Diplomats from foreign courts,
may not take time TO report such pro-
ceedIng 10 their people, but their at
tdches, who, often are devotees of
some heather religion, Will write
bOaStingly TO their country papers OF
the disregard had here for the sacred
ms titutIUnS OF Christianity. thus
we give our money To send the Cos pei
To the htaLhen, and to send To Con-
gress, men, VINO, by their druukeuess
aud ldWlesSnesS, counteract the In
tluence OF the Gospel at home and
abroad.
Here are few ques tions that pre-
sent themselves 10 US: Is there a
God ? Is Jesus Christ the Son Of God !?
Did Moses represent God? Is the
Ribie the word Of God? If all these
be answered in the Affirmative, then
all sin must be punished somewhere
and at some time. An Individual may
sin persistently, and not be punished
until he shakes of his mortality; but
nation, as such, is not imm ortal,
hence it must be punished for its sins
during time.
We, by our representatives, have
sinned against God by law-breaking
and drunkenness Need we be surprised
II in in twenty-five or fifty years from
now an enemy put an iron yoke upon
US and the Land of Liberty become
subject to foreign potenate or ty
ranlcal king?"
Egypt, Greece, Rome and Judea
were referred to as nations whose sins
brought ruin upon them.
The congregation was exhOrted to
vote for no man, to represent them in
any capacity, whose morals are not
above reproach.
In conclusion the preacher said,
would that l could call the nation to
sack-clo3h and ashes, that the Lord
might do as He says, in jeremiah 1873,
He will do for the nation that repents,
Il will repent of the evil that I
thought to do unto them"