The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-09-23

Memory" is an album which con.
tains the pictures of past experiences,
and by looking over them, we repro
duce those happy days. The sweet
song when sung may sink into silence,
but memory may still cause the melo-
| dy trembling on the chords to re-
vertebrate in the soul; and the sweet
singer to forever linger and live in
the hearts affections
The memories of happy homes-of
precious mothers, and loving wives,
and sweet children; OF joys and sor-
| rows mutually shared of bright noun
tain tops, and gloomy valleys, of trials
| and triumphs, of marriages and
mournings; of births and burials; of
shadow: OF gladness and grief; Of glory
and gloom.
How the past groups and crowds
upon US Recollection is paradise
from which we cannot be turned out. ="
Tennyson calls it "a land of prom
ise flowing with the milk and honey
OF delicious memories"
Memory is such vast storehouse of
mental treasure, that ] must not pur-
sne this line much farther, for memory
would enable US to carry forward to
the present all the Joys and SORROWS,
all the victories and defeats, all the
sunshine and shadows of the past.
At the close OF the discourse an
earnest invitation was extended to
all who wished to be prayed for to
either stand up or come to the altar
Several accepted the Invitation and
before the close OF the after meeting
five or six made professions.
FRIDAY NIGHT'srsERv
Evangelist Lee preached another
strong and convincing sermon Friday
night. His subject was Excuses" the
text being chosen from Luke 14:18.
There were five professions at the
after-seryice, besides nine who have
not been active members of the church
came forward and gave their names.
Some united with the Methodist, some
with the Baptist and others with the
Presby terian church.
At the close of the service the
Evangelist remarked that it was one
of the best meetings yet held here. :.
After announcing his text the
Evangelist said he did not think there
was anybody in this town who lays
claim to 0ver-piety or morality. He
enumerated some Of the common ex-
ouses that people make for not being
christians.
The self-righteous man feels he is
good enough without any special as
sistance from God or the church. He
is good member of society, honest in
all his dealings with others. That he
is not an outbreaking sinner. Some
been to the penitentiary they
word Of God: Eccles. 7:20. There
is not a just man on earth that dOeth
good and sinneth not" Rom. 1923
"All have sinned and come short of
the glory Of God" John 3:3. "Ex-
cept man be born again he cannot
"Whosever shall keep the whole law,
| and yet offend in one point, he is
guilty of ALL"
II we break one commandment, we
break the law: as If we break one link
| of chain the whole chain is broken.
We are not saved by feeling but
| faith. Gods order is fact, faith, feel
| ing. The facts concerning salvation,
are atop ement, SC. Faith in these
facts and as a consequence. feeling
| is the result of faith in facts.
| Man reverses Gods order by putting
feeling first.
Faith produces feeling; faith is the
cause, feeling the effect. Feeling re-
! suits from faith. You must drink
water before your thirst is quenched,
| so with the water of life. You must
| take the medicine before you can feel
its effects.
Feeling is no where mentioned liz
the Bible as condition of salvation
but "Faith," always Is. Rom. al
"Therefore being justified by faith, we
have peace with God, SC" The blessed
feeling of "Peace" ia the result of be
ing justified OF pardoned.
God has only one standard to judge
the sinner in or out of the church
He acknowledged that some church
members do not live right, but there
are members In all secret organiaa
tions who are no good. But the order
are not condemned for the bad men IL
them. The churches, however, ar
criticised for having bad members
But when the skeptic wants to criti
else the church he always selects SOM
poor weak fellow. Let US take ou
guns off the church and turn 1T on tn
saloons and other places OF SIM" salt
the Evangelist, who added: "Yo
have noble Christian men and wome
in Winston