Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-11-04
NEWPORT NEWS VA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER l. 1898
Lesson OF OBEpIENCE.
ITO Forward" the Subject of EsanEeI,s,
0a SchoolMeld's Sermon

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"ao Forward the Subject of EsanEeI,s,
| Schooln~ld's Sermon.
| The last two words Of the 18th verse
OF the 14th chapter of Exodus-sGo for
"ard'-was the text upon which Evan.
geiist ]. e. Scheduled preached an in
| terestlng sermon at the Washington
Avenue Methodist church last night.
| The children of Israeli said the
evangelist. Gin the providence of God
were in bondage to the Egyptians for
centuries when God called Moses unon
Mount Horeb to be the deliverer. You
are Familiar with the story You re-
member how Moses began to make ex-
| cuses. You remember how he finally
consented to go. You remember how
Pharoah refused to accede to the re-
quest that the 1sraelites be allowed 10
go three days Journey into theswilder-
ness to sacrifice unto God You re-
member how God brought plague after
plague upon the Egyptians to the num-
Der or ten, the last one being the death
OF the first born. You remember how
iharoah finally let them go. They had
travelled three days and now the Red
sea is before them and the noun
tains tower above them. In the
meantime Pharoah had repen,ed or
aiioWlng them to go and is coming ,,p
IN the rear with powerful army With
the mountains on one hand, the sea in
front and Pharoah's hosts pressing
upon their rear they became panic
stricken. 1t was at this supreme mo-
ment that Moses went to God and i txas
then that God said: Wherefore CONTEST
thou unto me? Speak unto theSchildren
oil israel. that they may go forward
unbelief would have stopped to de-
bate the question. Unbelief would have
SAID here is the sea on one hand II
We go that way we will be drowned 1t
Is impossible TO climb over the noun
tains. and the Egyptians are in the rear.
lie had learned the hard lesson Of ODE
dicnce and he ordered the Israelites to
go forward and the sea was divided for
them to go over.
ANY nation. or Individual for that
matter is strong in so far as they obey
God"
Referring to the lack Of Christian
growth he said many Christians re-
minded him of the wasp. MOT because
OF tendency to bite and sting. The
wasp is larger at it's birth than it is at
any other time in its life, and some
Christians are the same way"
TWO men," he continued, wanted
70 row across the bay. They were in
toXicated. After pulling at the oars all
night morning found them right where
they started. They had forgot to take
up the anchor
!nembered how the company that was
formed near his home used to drill pre-
pairing to so to the front. One move
ment that puzzled him was that OF
marking time" Turning to Rev. Mr..
Lipscomb he said: Brother Lipscomb,
tor the past fifty years the church in
this country has been marking. time to
the DEVILS mnSic-h
He believed the only definition OF tenn
perance that would stand the Bible test,
TO severely let alone everything that Ia
harmful :ins 1LselEz6rt IN It's tendency and
the moderate use of all good things"
There could be no temperance in evil. z
People sometimes ask said the
evangelist. why doesn't Mr.. School,
field say something about tobacco? and
then they answer it by saying he is in
the business. but I am not. and never
have been. I take Mr.. Moody's position
on the subject. Some one asked him il
a man could he a Christian and chew
tobacco? to which Mr.. Moody replied:
Yes: but he will be mighty filthy one
If l We're woman and married a man
who chewed tobacco I would never kiss
him unless he first washed out his
mouth with turpentine soap. and IL I
were married to a woman who used to-
bacco or dipped snuff. would not kiss
her unless she would first sandpaper her
mouth OUT
There were three tests of Christian
character. First. love to God; second,
love to fellow man. and third. Christian
activity. There was something wrong
with the Christian life that would not
bear these tests.
He closed with an eloquent appeal to
all present to bring their lives into con-
formity with the will of God. There
were several professions of faith.
Tonight Mt. Schoofleld will preach his
farewell sermon. He sta ted last night
that he was especially anxious to have
all who had professed conversion dur
ing the meeting to be present as he has
something special to say to them.
The congregation entirely filled the
church last night it being necessary to
bring many chairs into requlsition in
order to furnish seats for the audience.