The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-27

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were then held in every part of the ala. |
trios. N-s
Greene-Memorisl Church alone raised
during the year $4,000. which was an
piled to her own debts and those of
grace. The churches have not suffered
In finances In proportion to the private
enairs OF the people, blu: had it not been
Tor the timely aid Of the Church Extern
sion Society three churches in this CITY
ana one other in the district would
nave been hopelessly involved. Some
churches have been built in the district
without any assistance from the society.
Two churches have been built in the
botetoust circuit within two miles of
each other during the past year. Most
OF the church property in the district Is
insured. One or two new lEpworth
Leagues have been formed and the
work 10 being rapidly pushed. He ex-
pressed the hope that che Epworth
League conference, which meets in
Lynchburg soon, will inspire new life
In the work. The repors was Q very
gratifying one to tue conference and
also to the friends OF Methodism in this
city and district.
Rev. w. g. Hammond, presiding elder
OF the Lewisburg district, reported Inn
provement all along the line of church
Work, and that . greasldesl of building
was going on despite the hard times.
During four years his distriss had built
from twelve to fourteen churches and.
parsonaSes. among them being $4,000
church, which was the best edifice in
the State west OF StAunton. There has
peen no let up in regard to church
buildings. The district is we'll SUM-
piled. and considerable revival has been
experienced in oil quarters. Several
enarges report over 100 conversions
encn, and one camp meeting has been
gheld during the year at which ninety
souls were converted. Peace and har-
mony prevails throughout the district.
The financial matters are ell fairly up.
The district covers q large territory, 100
by l2O miles. which has to be traversed
by main force. Epworth Leagues and
Woman's Parsonage and Home Mission
societies have been formed. The
preschers have been very diligent in
their work and are to be commended
| for 1t.
Rev. Geo. 81. Zimmerman, presiding
elder In the Moorefield district, re-
| ported everything we'll with them. A
pleasant condition of affairs exist in
every respect. The year has been one
OF peace and prosperity. There had
! been in the district about 700 converts
and the Epworth League had already
held two district conferences. The re-
port was OF very gratifying nature.
| Az the close OF the reports of the pre-
siding elders Bishop Hargrove presented
| who came forward In response to An in
visation from the bishop. DR.. Coke
Smith and Rev. w. 81. Gregory. of the
| Virginia conferences; Rev. Mr.. Frazier
and Rev. e. w. Kale. of the Holstein
conference. These gentlemen were re-
ceived by the members rising in their
seats.
The following announcements were
then made:
Rev. Thos. G. hewitt will conduct a
prayer meeting ct Trinity Church this
morning at o'clock.
The Woman's Parsonage end Home
Mission Society will hold u meeting at
Trinity Church at $3.50 p. m. to- day. The
meeting will be addressed by Mrs. Bishop
Hargrove.
The missionary anniversary will be
held tonight at Greene-Memorinl
Church. 1t will be addressed by DR..
Tigert and DR.. Walter Lambeth.
DIR. Tigert at Greene Memorial,
At ACKNOWLEDGMENT Church last
night several hundred people were
turned away, being unable to gain
admittsnce. The large auditorium of
the church was completely filed and all
the available standing space was occu-
pied. The people had gathered to hear
DE-. j. j. Tigert. of Nashville, Tenn,
who lie book editor of the NJ. e. Church.
South. Prior to the preaching Rev. Ell
M Stricken sang solo entitled Jesus
Savior Pilot Me-" He also sang The
Wsyworn Traveller"
The service In chief WAS begun by
Singing hymn No. 47s, ~ Want q Prin.
ciple Within Of Jealous Cody Fear"
DIR. Tigert read from the 5th chap
ter of Matthew, his lesson being part
of the Sermon on the Mount. His text
was selected from lesson, 29th and
50sh verses, and is 90 follows: "And IL
thy right eye offsnd thee, pluck 1t out
and cast from thee, for it is profitable
for thee that one of thy members should
perish, and not that thy whole BODY
should be cast into hell"
He took the last part OF his text first,
and in clear. concise manner described
hell in unmistakEble terms, and COM
pared that part of Jerusalem known as
Gehenna, where the offal OF the city and
the dead bodies of animals and paupers
we're left In olden times to tester and
rot In the burning sun and their putrid
mesh TO be torn by ravenous dogs as q
proper emblem of o placs of eternal
torture and punlshment.
He said In the course of his remarks
that it Is claimed by some that there is
no doctrine Of literal hell in the Bible.
but in answer to this he referred to an
infinite God, who came to redeem the
whole world, who had said that the
whole body might be cast into hell.
Ii IL useless to undertake TO describe
this powerful sermon. No pen picture