Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-06-04
HAS COME.
THE LONG LOOKED FOR EVENT is
AT HAND.

Rev. A. B. Crumpler Preached Last Nigh
house to an Audience of Ono
Thousand Souls.
Daily Argus of Monday.
When. after much delay in
waiting and cropping around il
the dark, trying to secure seats,
the electric light operatives
finally made connection and the
brilliant rays from two arc lights
flashed across the broad floor OF
the Goldsboro Tobacco Ware
house last night, it revealed the
anxious faces Of an assembled
multitude numbering neal one
thousand. Long before the
doors of the spacious building
were flung open a large crowd
had gathered on the pavement,
eagerly waiting for admission.
For several weeks past the in
telligence has been circulated ex
tensively throughout the city
that ReY. A. B. Crunpler, an ex-
ponent and advocate OF sanctii
cation here ON earth, was accom-
Fishing wonderful results in
Sampson county, and that when
his labors terminated in that sec
ton he would pitch his tents in
Goldsboro and commence lis
wook of pointing out and show
ing the possibilities Of a higher
pane of Christianity for be-
levers. News ofMr. Crumpler's
novel procedure and the seem
ingly complete transformation of
so many of his followers in the
aforesaid county has been reach
ing this city daily by maLy who
went from here tn see and to
learn for themselves. Apropos to
his coming to this city some of
the pastors Of the churches
here have recently preached
sermons on sanctifcatiOn.
The prelude to his series of
services in this city was held
Sunday night in st. John church
in the shape Of a holiness prayer
meeting, led and indulgad in
principally by a small company
of ladies and gentlemen IRON
Sampson county, who had pre-
coded Mr.. Crumpler to be pres
ent at his meetings here.
With all that has been said Of
Mr.. Crumpler in advance of his
coming and his reputation SO
much published preceding his
arrival in this city, no wonder
that such a large crowd of Gu
riosity seekers were present last
night to hear his iniatory SER
mon.
MIR. Crumpler took for his text
the 2ud verse Of the 9Th Chapter
of II Corinthians: Receives us;
We have wronged no man, we
have corrupted no man. and we
have defrauded no man." This
sermon was a simple narrative
or exposition of the past few
years Of the speakers private
life. 1t was devoid of doctrine or
theory, and bad but few peril
nent applications or illustra
tons that embraced any of his
hearers. Those who went to hear
expounded the just now in
teresting theme Of sanctifcation
were doomed to disappointment.
No words of enlightenment on
this subject escaped the speakers
lips.
When Mr.. Crumpler had fin
ished his sermon he invited all
who wished to possess immunity
from sin and to feel happy in it's
possession to come and take che
front seats. Some half a dom
came forward and an hour or so
was spent in singing and suppli>
cation. the ladies among his fol
lowers uttering some fervent pc
titiOns.
On account OF the perfection
of life and sanity character that
Mr.. Crumpler claims for himself
and followers and the exalted
ideals of Christianity that he is
said to hold out to believers.
right much comment on the SUBJ
ject has been engaged in by our
citizens generally and the name
of Crumpler has been called
oftener for the past two days
than that of any man within the
limits of Goldsboro.