The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-05
SAL e. NJ
EDWARD JETER. REPORTER.

On Monday, Sept. 9th Labor
Day., the Roanoke Street Rail"
way Company will make a ape-
cial rate Of rs cents 70. the
round trip on Salerline. Tickets
good for that day only on sale
at vaughan's cigar stand, Terry
Building, and at billiard &c Per-
singers, salem.
Mrs. VIM. Paylor. of Danville, is the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. John Camden.
Mrs. E. NJ. worden has gone on a
pleasant trip to the Bromipe Arsenic
Springs, near Crumpler, N. G.
Mrs. f. NJ. Cara, of Chattanooga,
Tenn, is visiting the family of c. f.
Reed.
Madam Young, of Louisiana, cele-
brated colored evangelist, will preach
this morning at the African Methodist
Church.
Rev. DR.. J. b. Taylor preached morn
ing and night last Sunday at Bluefield,
w. Va, and in the afternoon addressed a
large audience at the Y. NJ. G. A. rooms
in that place. He then went to Culpeper
to the Shiloh Association, which has
just adjourned. DR.. Taylor reached Sa-
lem yesterday and leaves this morning for
Princeton, w. Va, where he will preach
to-day.
The following able sermon was preached
in the Salem Tabernacle Friday night
by the Rev. Joseph H. Smith, CT Phila-
delphia, from the text, 3 Thessalonians,
2:13. "God hath from the beginning
chosen you IN salvation through sanctifi-
cation of the Spirit and belief of the
truth" Subject, "Sanctifcation."
The relative Importance of this subject,
which forms the chief theme of this ser
les of meetings, appears from the position
in which it is found in this text. For it
is evident that the salvation spoken of is
that ultimate, final, absolute, eternal
salvation for which the Christian fondly
hopes, and which is yet matter OF pro-
baton rather than of present realization
OF of unqualified assurance in the present
state of grace. Now, it is evident here,
as 1T is in many other Scriptures, that
there is no road that leads to eternal sal
walton but which passes through sanctif-
cation.
So, TOO. we see by this text how sancti-
fication figures in Gods forethoughv and
if you plead in Els fore ordination con-
corning "God has from the beginning
chosen" Now, some in the olden days
OF DOlemlCal COmDaC aDOuG UuC uCCreCS
would have placed the emphasis upon the
''you" in tue text, and perhaps period,
and stopped there. But the EN- phasis be-
longs properly to the phrase, Through
sanctification of the spirit. Read the
text that way and see how it looks Hear
it that way and listen how it sounds.
And it may be surprise to some to be
toll that all the New Testament texts
which spea of Gods election, ''"choice''
tpredestination, etc., treat of this same
matter. 'He predestinated us to be con-
this conformation is holiness and the act
of grace which effects it is sanctification.
The churches agree on sanctification.
That is, they do in two great particulars.
(1. They all agree in what we have al
ready stated from this text that there is
no route to heaven but what passes
through sanctiication. If any man in
or OUT of the church is counting on get
ting to heaven without being sanctified
wholly, he has every church ip Christian
dom to fight, for they all believe that
without holiness no man can sec the
Lord (2). The churches all agree in
this, that men are not sanctifed wholly
W hen they are converted. That is to say,
all churches agree that man must be holy
to get to heaven, and no church teaches
that conversion alone makes men holy
enough for heaven.
IT, then, we have any contention with
our churches it is not on these points,
but rather on this, that the ministry of