The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-06-11
All IAE TEAT.
Lots Of People in Roanoke Asking
for Prayers.

There were about 500 people present at
s the Baptist tent meeting yesterday morn
s ing aud the opening services were con-
Quoted by Rev. Thomas j. Shipman. The
services were opened by che choir SINGING
8 Wait and Monrn Not, nafter " hich Rev.
1 ]. w. kim mel led in prayer. DR.. Brough-
ton announced the funeral Of the child of
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Jones which would
take place from the residence OF Mr.. B.
a. j Jones at $3.50 in the.afternoon.
DR.. White began by reading long list
q of requests for prayers which had been
sent up from the very large congregation
assembled Some of these requests
showed much tenderness ami fervor on
the part of friends aud loved ones.
The text for the morning was Matt.
s4:19. Subject Crushing for Men,
Or. White said:
Man is much more precious than fish.
The greatest blessing that ever came to
us is when Jesus fished out our souls
from sin. We must follow Him. Fish
\ ing for men is our work.
Soul fishermen must be equipped as
Z ANY other fishermen. The preacher is not
the only man to do it. The fisherman
must have the right kind of tackle. There
must be the right bait. Study men, study
their dispositions and temperaments.
Plans are necessary we saw the need of II
last night. Last night there was nobody
here to take the names of the converts.
What do ..you. let yourself be appointed
for a work for and then hot do it's Trust
to your pastors for some common sense
Get down where sinners are. Not worth
while to fish in g tub. You deacons and
women, leave your business long enough
to find the lost The Christians business
is to catch men.
q Jesus has not put us here to save the
church. The church is an incidental
affair. It's put here to save men. God
2 will blot out some os our churches If they
don't save men. We are not here to save
the Bible. That's fixed. The church has
lost time in fighting Ingerso'l and few
other mean rascals like him. Not here
TO edify one another. The church wants
preacher that will preach q sweet gospel
that touches nobody, specially don't touch
the needy.
What are we doings How much
money are we giving and what--work are
we doings We don't want our founda-
tions broken up. Sweet service. What
does it do il sinners are not reached and
men not made to quake under sin.
"Oh preachers and churches, turn on
the light in this city. Let the world see
sin. I'd not serve any church that would
not help me save souls. (Amen from the
preachers.) The crucial test is, will not
you follow Jesus? You have no right to
change what God says. Some Of you say
III play cards when please. I'll dance,
drink whiskey, 'cuss.' You, you can
do all this when you please, but you are
not following Jesus.
If you are not catching men, sonie-
thing is wrong. Come in close touch
with Jesus and gol gor'
The invitation was then given for all
those who realized that in their lives
there was something they wanted to give
up that might be used for soul winning
to come up, and n great crowd came.
NIGHT SERVICE
1t seems that everyone is interested in
the Baptist tent meeting and it certainly
looked like every one was there last
night. The tent was filled to'its capacity
when the services commenced. The
opening services were conducted by Rev.
L. ]. Shipman and among those present
on the platform were Rev. E. j. Wheeler,
of Bedford county, land Prof G. l.. Cooke,
of Hollins. After the singing of the sec
ond hymn Prof. Cooke led in prayer after
which the choir and the large congrega-
ton jointed in singing 'There is Foun-
tain Filled With Blood,' and that old
hymn which has teen sung so many
times and which has been the means of
bringing more souls to Christ thnn all
other in the book, seemed to tell II new