The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-12
MR.. M00DY'S ADVICE
To the Churches Which Want
"DraWing" Ministers.
[Selected. |

pun the otner uhy anu spoke Tor an DOur
an' half nearly on the parable of the
Good Samaritan, Luke y.
J send you few extracts which will
furnish excellent Sunday reading for your
patrons. Many Of them could not do bet
ter than take these burning thoughts
with them as they go to church this
morning. In them we believe will he
found the secret of many church discour-
agelnents which the average church men,
Der Is disposed To attribute to other
causes.
Turning then to the tenth chapter of
Luke he read the parable Of the man vi no
went from Jerusalem to Jericho. and fell
among thieves, and was succored by the
good Samaritan. He thought it would
be we'll for every one to read it regularly
every few days, so that they might be
able to answer the question, "And who
is my neighbour 1t is an important
question.
"Do not talk" he said, "about loving
your neighboI ms yourself. You do not
come within a thousand miles of it. Sup
pose ask you whether yon dc or po:. !
will begin right here OH this platform
Cunning to the clergymen). We have been
long while finding out who our neigh
Dor is. l beiieve.-if the principles of that
parable were carried ont for twelve
months in America it would be revolu-
tionized. | have heard of reform and
reformers until am tired and sick of il.
This country is full of priests aud Lee
vites
II do not know that we are much bet
ter. | have met Il great many men who
did not believe "A black man had any soul.
That is just what the Jews believed pf
the Samaritans. In California they do
not believe Chinaman has any soul. An
1,NF low Il l..
to do with u Samaritan.
81 see that Samaritan with shining
face. like to see good Samaritan: they
are very scarce. He heard the wounded
man aud saw that he was u Jew.
SSs"The Samaritan gave him little oil
and put it in his wounds. Where he got
his bandage 1 do not know. but probably
he tore up the sleeve IF his own gown;
and when he saw the poor fellow was
faiLting away he gave him little wine.
There.was more prejudice taken ssout of
that jew in thirty minutes than by years
Of argument There was no philosopher
in the world that could have made that
Jew believe'there..was any good in Sa.
marian. How are you going to disabuse
men Of such impressions hut by kindness.
Put your work along with your talk
81 get great many inquiries asking
for Ii minister that will draw. What such
churches want is some drawing church
members. You might get Gabriel in the
pulpit and put lot of crabs down in the
pews. and he could accomplish nothing
They do not want strangers in their pew.
They have hired it and paid for it. You
have not got to say to a man, what did
you come into my pc W for?' You can look
him out, or look him all over, and look
at his rusty coat If his clothes are not
up to the mark. speak to the sexton and
say, w hat did you put that man in my
pew for| IL every church in Philadel-
phia mad ten good Samaritans they would
fill that church full. Do the ministers
say that is right? Then say so. The
common people are not wanted in nur
rich and aristocratic churches. | wish
that word could be swept out of exist
ence. wish to God that there was not
rented pew II the whole United States.
lApplause. Why don't you hight it out
then? If you say so, why don't you get
II: We want free pews, and let as have
them: We want revolution in the
church of God at this time 1t is n pity
to see the millions of money locked up in
our fine churches, aud the churches lock-
ed up except for a few hours each week
Let these fine churches be opened Sun
dry night. The working people cannot
come on other nights. Let them take
your seats. But some of you will say.
They will carry Off the hymn books and
wear cut the carpets Let them do it,
would like to see one church worn out.
If you have some good Samaritans you
might wear it out
GLOW many nre there in this audience
that have spent one night watching over
mother, whose all he is? who ever
nf fol. T.ll
spending the whole night with him, pray
ing with him, and trying to lead him
back to ways of duty and usefulness? |
notice that there is kind u; GOODNESS
coming over You; ..you dossnot respond to
that. That is wuat the Samaritan did,
and he has been doing that for the last
1850 years. That is the old theology.
"Fill up your pews; that is the way 10
get drawing ministers. Almost any man
cnn preach we'll if the pews are full. No
man can preach to n few men scattered
hele ana there. that do not want any one
70 come in and disturb them ~
Such principles we'll laid to heart by
the Christians of Roanoke would he
worth al the sermons to be preached in
our city pulpits to- day W. II. NJ.
VAUDEVILLE ON a GALLONS. "~,
NEGROES Were Hanged After Two Hours
Performance.
birmingham. Ala Dec. fl.-,Iim Clio
yer aud Sam Fields. both colored, we're
hanged from the same gallnws yesterday
at Abbeyvilie, Ala. Glover was convicted
OF killing his wife.aud Fields for murder
ing his mistress.
Five thousand people gathered about
the Sallows, which was surrounded with
u curtain The curtain was raised Tor
the negroes to make speeches. The con.