The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-06-22
AT TAE TENI.
Large Crowds Continue to Flock to
81 the Meetings.

The services at the Baptist tent Sunday
afternoon and evening were largely at
tended. The afternoon services were for
men only and a great many were present.
Dr. Whites subje,t was 1.-THE Sanctity
of Marriage He took his text from
the Ten Commandments, based on these
words, "Thon shalt not commit adul.
terry" Here the speaker explained the
work of God when he made man and wo-
man in the Garden Of Eden and con-
tinued: Marriage is divine institution.
Men say 1t Is u civil contract but men
should look upon it in all its sncredness.
For no cause should a man permit any
thing to come between himself and wife.
q know it is hard to do In some cases, but
! If you and your wife do mot get along
well it is because you do not treat her
with the love and tenderness that you
should. Men have long tongues as well
as women. venture If you go home and
measure tongues you will find yours the
longest. The most prevalent sin to- day
is chat of impurity. The prevalence of
this sin is the cause OF my remarks this
evening. You can't keep evil thoughts
out Of your mind, but you can keep from
harboring them. If your life is right
the mind will be right. You must guard
yourself against these things. Christ
: f5ts'' 10 VIC vi EiOuuu 0iNOICCt
it is the only legitimate one. This coun-
try is becoming full of impurity on &C
count of the loose divorce laws. Any
man who has gotten divorce from his
wife and married another without the
reason as based in the Bible is living an
adultere-. would not have resting on
my head that which rests upon some of
our legislators. One wife is enough for
you fellows. The first thing that leads
TO impurity is vile literature
Then another is the modern drinking
houses. But then don't know anything
about them, do I? That is what certain
gentleman in your town thinks. The
modern club life has tendency to keep
a man from his home.''
The congregation at the tent Sunday
night was the largest in the history of
the meeting. Rev. L. j. Shipman pre-
sided, and Rev. VIM. Lunsford offered the
opening prayer. In opening his remarks,
DIR. White said that the good order that
has prevailed at these meetings was
compliment to Roanoke. The text was
from the Sch chapter of job and the
18th verse. The subject was. "The Sin
Against the Holy Ghost" DR.. White
said that he had rather preach on the
subject of "God SO loved the world" but
he thought it his duty to preach from the
text above announced. Among other
things DR.. White said:
"God is omnipotent. He created all
the world and all there Is in it.. He has
power to create and power to save. Our
God has ali power. God is present with
the Christian whether at home or abroad.
Not only is God present and sees every
thing. but He knows it as we'll. God
knows the secrets Of your hearts and He
knows you through and through Re
member, God knows you and in the book
of remembrance he has everything re-
corded. Were you to treat your employer
as you have treated Jesus you would have
been turned out of your position. Be.
cause of sin there is wrath. The vail the
damned is crying out to night from hell.
Don't come down here.' He'll was not
made for man. It was made for the devil
and his angels. God does not want any
man to go to hell, and the man who goes
there goes over the body of Jesus. God
has given to men Judgment and reason,
and when you get under the influence of
whiskey you iniure that reason. When
our great II en- die it is said that the cause
is apoplexy. I call it 'liqourpeXy.'
The point want to speak to you
about to night is The Sin Against the
Holy Ghost Is this sin? Yes. What
is that sin? 1t is disappearing the Holy
Ghost. Let us be careful what we say
about good works. I feel sorry for some
people in Roanoke. I don't care what