Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-06-18
GoLDsBoRo. N. c.. JUNE Is. 1926
THE CRUMPLER MEETINGS

Large Crowds Present at the Tabernacle
For all the Services Yesterday.
Two weeks have elapsed, to-
day, since Rev. A. B. Crumpler
came to Goldsboro and COM
menced to preach his doctrine of
Sanctification. With the excep-
ton of one rainy night, there has
been over 1000 people present
at each night service. The ellis
max was thought to have been
reached last Sunday night week
ago. when there were about 1000
people present, with some so or
90 p%enitents at the altar But
such vas not the case, as was
witnessed yesterday and last
night.
AT the morning service yester-
day there was an immense throng
composed of people from the
country roundabout, as we'll as
all classes from the city. There
has been no service at the two
Methodist churches of the city
for the last two weeks, which
fact contributed a larger number
than would otherwise have been
present. AT this service there
was present Mr.. II. j.. Faison,
from Duplin county, who occu-
pied most of the preliminary ser
vice with remarks on the docs
trine of sanctifcation. Mr.,
Faison is a man Of intelligence
and testified very eloquently to
the consciousness of having ex-
perienced a holiness of heart.
MIR. Crumpler's sermon on this
occasion was simply a revelation
of the ambitiousness of which he
was possessed at the time he
sought sanctifcation. He enu-
merated the many sacrifices that
he had to make and how loath he
was to part with worldly objects.
His remarks were true to ma
ture. His sermon was a mirror
into which each one of his hear
ers could look and see portrayed
their Individual character. At
the close of the service a great
many citizens of prominence in
town sought the perfect peace
and happiness which had been
described SO faithfully by Mr..
CrumEler.
At $50 o'clock the service for
the colored people took place.
The vast tabernacle building was
filed with both races, the colored
representatives having the right
of way. Mr.. Crumpler claims to
be a follower of the ''old-time
religion" and it was expected at
this service that the old gray
headed descendants of Africa,
whose forms are now bent with
years of toll. would fill the air
with shouts of joy ard songs of
praise. All that had be Ell an
ticipated of shouting saints and
happy hearts transpired. The
heart of every idle spectator to
this scene was made to swell
with emotion when that vast
concourse of musical voices were
lifted in song and the old familiar
tune of when the Gin'l Roll is
Called" was waited to the after>
noon breeze and that vast build :
ing seemed to sway in accord
with the melodious notes that
tiled to burst its confines. Mr..
Crumpler preached to them for
an hour, and they shouted and
sang sweet songs.
1t is estimated that 5000 peo-
pie were present last night. His
sermon was one of his sancti6ca-
tion series and was interspersed
with Scriptural citations bearing
on the subject.
At every service now there
are a large number of seekers
after San~ctiication. This doc
trine, SO new to Goldsboro peo-
pie in the light that Mr.. Crumpler
puts it, has been endorsed by a
great many of our citizens OF all
classes and has been exempli6ed
in their lives. Is it possible that
this gracious experience has been
withheld from Christian people
all these years and it was left for
this man to reveal it to this com.
munity? Recent observations
seem to evidence this fact.