The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-03
THE HOLINESS MEETING.
A Large Collection Was Taken Up Thurs
day Night.

day Night.
Salem, Va, Oct. Especial. Last
| evening large congregation gathered at
the tabernacle to hear the famous evan
gelist, DIR. Carradine, preach A collec-
ton was taken up and $500 was donated
for the legitimate expenses of the meet
ing and the association. The congrega-
ton then arose and sang that most beau
tiful of all hymns, "Nearer, My God, to
Thee" DR.. Carradine preached from
the text: "This is the will of God, even
your sanctification.
He said in part: "You may know that
it is not the will OF the Devil that you
should be sanctifled; nor is it the will of
fol NAL church that we should be- Sane
titled, it is the will of God. People try
to get rid of the idea of complete sanctiti-
cation. God will not be satisfied with an
unholy life. 1t is a dreadful thing to
oppose the will of God. How can the
church afford to fight anyk kind of sancti-
fication? 1t is the will of God that we
obtain it. If it is the will of God why
don't people get 1T? Nicodemus asked
the Lord to explain regeneration and
he answered by COMP ring it to the wind
He answered mystery with mystery.
L don't understand the formation of the
sun, but know that it burns in the
heavens and warns my body. We can
never understand this blessing until we
receive it. Men say they can't see into
the doctrine; you can see into it on your
knees, but not on your feet. There are
great many people in the church who
would receive it if they had explanation
of it. But some dread complete conse-
Grafton to God; they don't want to give
up their appetites, desires and carnal
pleasures. lie spoke of an island where
people were continually coming and 90
ing unseen and where everybody broke
Gods commandments. He called it the
island of the imagination.
Gone of the last strongholds of SIM
he said, sis certain pleasing, sensuous
way of thinking. A-man's opposition to
this doctrine may date back to some overt
act in his life, some hidden sin. Devils
and men may array themselves against
God, but he will conquer them.
1.-The Holiness movement is the morn
ing star of the millennium. People ale
trying to brace themselves against this
movement, but it will sweep them along
with it like an irresistible wave The will
of God is like Niagria in it's power; it can
not be stopped, nor successfully resisted
the will of God" He here quoted the
text and summed up the whole matter in
the following words:
MAN cannot stop the will of God.
People are seeking the light on this doc
| trine and getting it.. Some people, he
said, "confound the meanings of conse-
Grafton and sanctiication. We conse-
crate ourselves to God. God sanctifies
| us" Here he became argumentative and
| explained the meaning of the two words
"A..regenerated SOUL" he explained,
cannot be more regenerate. That work
| is perfect SO far as it is concerned, and
makes man Il child of God. But sane
| LITIGATION does Il higher work. Even if
this meeting does nothing more than to
| strengthen the backsliders you ought to
| endorse us, but sanctification is not n
| recovery from backsliding; nor is it Il
! growth in grace. Growth is life; sancti-
! fication is death; growth is mans work;
| sanctificaton is the work of God The
altar sanctifies the gift; you must get on
| the altar" He spoke of his own exper-
fence of years ago when he received what
| some people call a delusion, and of great
| revival in ST. Louis in which there 250
| sanctications land 800 additions to the
church. He said that the doctrine was
the reasoning of the stars the celestial
voice OF the skies, a syllogism Of the
heavens. He said that the progress OF
Gods people prove that they have the
blessing. He spoke of many noted men
and women, including John Wesley, who
had received it and preached it and writ
ten about it. He said finally that the
Bible itself proved this doctrine. Near
Loeb Lomond, in Scotland, where he once
spent the night, he said he heard the in
cessant falling OF water from fountain
that kept him awake. 1t kept singing
all of the time. PUT something like
that, Oh, Lord, in our hearts, something
that will sing on forever"
DR.. Carradine preached in the morning
from the text, John, 2; 7 to IL,
In the afternoon Rev. L. l.. pickle ii
preached an instructive sermon from He
brew, 1919 and 10.