The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-06
HIS FAREWELL SERMON.
Dr. Carradne breaches it to About 1, 500
PeOple


Salem, Oct. 5. -(Special Jon Sunday
night DIR. Carradne preached his farewell
sermon to about 800 people in the tab
ernacle. The Rev. III. II. Kenneday offered
touching prayer for the great evangelist
who was about to leave Salem, perhaps
forever. The congregation arose and sang
Crock of Ages" The music uuiyered
and rolled as the grand hymn came from
the throats of the large congregation.
The text was from Matthew, 1922.
"Pilate saith unto them, What shall | do.
then, with Jesus, which is called Christ?
They all saith unto him, .let him be cruel
fed"
DR.. Carradine said in part ''These
were the words of PLATE to the Jesus, but
they are to be the words of all mankind;
Christ is on our hands What are we
going to do with him? He comes to the
rich and poor, the beggar and the million
alre. He never came more suddenly to
Plate than he comes to us, although we
do not see him. He comes for n reason
He is the only being in all the universe
who can subdue our hearts and take out
OF them the disturbing elements. He is
the only being who can melodize ..and
make perfect our hearts
1.-The more | study the soul, made in
the image of God, the more L stand in awe
of, it. The faculty of the soul called con-
science makes us kill ourselves in order
to escape its fangs.
"The powers of the soul are insubordi-
nate in life and run riot in hell A lost
soul is lost in its own misery.
1.-The Lord once opened the doors of
hell and gave us glimpse OF n rich man
who had allowed beggar tc die at his
gate. God comes to us as free beings, for
how could He reward men if they could
| commit no evil, how could he damn us If
we could only do good? 1t would be a
| piece of absurdity for God to try to force
us. A man must get up and walk to-
wards God then his spirit will come to
us. PLATE washed his hands of Christ's
blood; you can do the same in your souls.
God came to save this people and they
| killed him. What are you going to do
with Christ! There stands one among
| you you know not. John the Baptist
once saw Christ in Il crowd, but the man
who stood next to Him, against whose
shoulder He leaned, did not know him.
What are you going to do with Christi
! He stands with his locks wet with the
dews of the night and knocks at your
heart Don't turn Him away.
Men and woman coming out of operas
and theatres tonight as the wind touch
their cheeks memory carries them back
to the time when they were pure and in
nocent. The thought is soon dissipated
and God leaves that heart when man
wants to be better; it is a sign that Christ
is there. Will you deny Him as Peter
did? Will you sell Him as Judas did,
Some men sell Christ for momentary
thrill of pleasure. You can surrender
Him as PLATE did. PLATE did not know
how close he stood to heaven when Christ
stood before him, but he yielded to the
importunate cry of the populace and
| Christ went ont 0f hic Iifa
81 stood one might at the coliseum at
Rome. The moonlight and the starlight
| fell on the ruined building, which once
seated 100000 people. I called back the
| picture of the kings and mobiles and yestal
virgins looking down upon the Christians
fed to wild animals to make Roman
holiday
He next spoke of beautiful incident
in the life of Mrs. Fletcher; how she was
forced to leave home on account of her re-
ligious views and afterwards founded a
mission for fallen women, and how great
and consecrated her life became and how
afterwards she WAS the cause of the con-
version OF her father and mother. He
said: 81 would rather cross the great
desert of Sahara without water than to 20
through life without Christ. What will
you do without Him when death comes.
Suppose he is not in the room when the
hands are crossed forever"
The writer cannot do justice to this
great sermon in Il mere synopsis 1t was
forcible, grand, touching and beautiful
During the ten days of the meeting
| there have been about 100 conversions and
reclamations and 100 sancitiGcations
The meeting will be continued until fur
Their notice.
The Rev. L. L. Pickett preached in the
afternoon and Evangelist G. b. Strousc
ut night.