The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-09-19

| devil from snout to tall, he'd go to
praying. If he had church member
that belonged to it he'd kick him out.
, He couldn't understand what man
i with wife and children wanted to be-
| long to a club for. You need the Ku
/ Klux after you. Bud. He didn't be-
/ lieve in the ku KIux, either, but there
| are some cases nothing else will fit.
| He had just as soon ask the devil to
+! pray for him as a member of the club.
| The subject of the morning sermon
| was prayer. At this stage of the
meeting nothing was more essential.
! He would talk on the philosophy,
privilege and duty of prayer. Any
body can say prayers, but only the
consecrated can pray prayers. Men
have got to clean up to do that. You
can't get on higher ground than pray
ing ground. Words don't mean any
thing. Sentiment don't mean any
thing, There have been enough said
prayers to bring heaven and earth to-
gether if they had been prayed pray
ers. What's the matter
If you don't live right you can't
get the message through to heaven if
sin fall across your wire. The wire
must run from the heart to the mer-
cy seat and be insulated with every
good word and work. He hoped every
Christian, before 6 o'clock, would find
out what's the matter and get it out
of the way.
If you can't pray something is wrong
with yol. 'Tain't with God. You
want something to stand on while
you pray. If he wanted God to do
something for him, he'd put God un-
der obligations by doing something
the most grateful being in the uni
verse.
The preacher referred to ladies with
twenty dresses who wouldn't give one
to a poor woman who didn't have
whole one to her back. Sometimes
when they do give they first cut the
buttons off. He said if these got to
heaven and only to wear such as they
had given to the poor here they
wouldn't go calling much.
May God fix US so we can pray and
help US to get at it.
At the close of the meeting, in re-
sponse to an invitation, several per-
sons came forward and shook hands
with the preacher as evidence of their
desire to be prayed for.
FRIDAY NIGHT.
If anybody went to the meeting
Friday night expecting fun, they were
disappointed. Mr.. Jones preached
solemn, earnest and powerful sermon,
entirely free from slang or humor,
and a spirit of deep solemnity perva
ded the congregation.
The text was taken from the 1St
chapter of Proverbs, oath, 25th and
26th verses: "BecauSe l have called,
and ye refused; have stretched out
my hand and no man regarded; but ye
have set at nought all my counsel,
and would none of my reproof: | also
will laugh at your calamity. l will
mock when your fear cometh."
God calls US through nature when
we rise up in the morning, when we
walk out to duty, at the meridian of
the night. God is calling every hour
to a nobler and better life.
God calls US in every avocatiOn OF
life. He comes closer still and calls
US by His Divine Spirit. He is in
this audience tonight and will knock
at the door of a Thousand hearts.
Thank God we are living underline
dispensation of this Spirit of Divine
Grace. May it like an electric spark
touch every heart here tonight
God comes closer still and calls us
by His precious word, calling men to
repentance. A call on almost every
page and sometimes many calls on
single page. The hope OF the world
is ia this precious book. 1t outw.ighs
the stars and outweighs all worlds.
1t never misguided human step and
never misguided a human heart.
The Lord is in earnest. He comes
closer still and calls US by His living
ministry. There is no conflict be-
tween the evangelist and the pastor.
One man soweth and another man
reapeth. God forbid that any word
he had uttered should harm any
pastor in his work. He had never
sat an hour and heard a man preach
that he didn't hear truth enough to
save soul like his. Thank God for
the preachers. Honor your pastor,
pray for your pastor.
God comes closer still and calls us
by His Divine Proyidences. God is a
gracious Holy Father. His Divine
oversight is over this world tonight.
Some of the most potent lessons in
human life are taught by the Provi
dence of God. How close God comes
to some of US. He has been mighty
close to some in this audience. Yield
to the Divine impulses of the Provi-
dences of God that will lead to a
nobler and beLter life.
The preacher had got where he was
afraid not to do his duty-afraid of
what might happen down here. He
hadn't been in a tight place in twenty
years and called upon God that God
didn't help him.
ST have called and ye refused"
God has called you ten Thousand
times and ten thousand ways and you
have heard these calls. You under
stood and knew what they meant.
Listen ST will laugh at your calam-
cometh." MERCY knows her ap-
pointed bounds and turns to ven-
geance there" Oh, God. some are
close to the boundary line tonight.
The preacher asked every person in
every church who would say. God
being my helper | will be more
conSecrated Christian, to stand up,
and large number responded.
Quite a number also manifested a
desire for prayer by coming forward
or by standing up.
SATURDAY MORNING.
Sam Jones took for his text this
morning the 4th verse of the first
chapter of I'd Peter: Whereby are
given unto us exceeding great and
precious promises; that by these we
nature, having escaped the corruption
| that is in the world through lust.'
Sam stuck to his text for short
time, but soon pot to shelling the
Twin-City Club and the dance, and
/ fired into these hot and heavy.
He said the Bible had well nigh lost
| its power with men. just as we
cease to reverence that book we get
| into trouble. When we look about
us we know things are not going right.
The moral world about us is as bad
ly out OF whack as the financial
world and the commercial world. II