The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-04-08
REVIVAL AT BAPTIST CHURCH
Much Interest Manifested at The Meet
ing Last Night.

Much Interest Manifested at The Meet
ing Last Night.
"Wickedness in High places" might
| well have been the title of DR.. Bear
ron's sermon at the First Baptist church
last night, though he called it king
David's Sim
| II is not necessary, he said, to go into
the homes of the poor, to the tenements
and the alleys to find sin. when we
| talk of sin we naturally think of dirt
and filth and squalor; there comes into
our minds the picture of a bloated face,
slovenly dress, unwashed hands and
uncombed hair.
But my observation teaches me that
| in the splendid mansion with IT'S marble
walls. rich furniture and deep carpets;
amid splendor of dress and manner, sin
| is most dominant. There hearts are
hardest and selfshness reigns supreme:
there the spirit is proudest and most
unforgiving.
David and solomon are illustrations
of this-David. he who was a man after
Gods own heart and Solomon, the
w.sest of all mankind We find ourselves
even now standing before his tomb and
questioning whether he was really saved
or not.
where are your young people to
night? They are not here? How is 1T
with the young man, is all well with
him? They have been reared amid all
the luxuries of an elegant life, with
Christian influences around them. and
yet, you will find many of them tonight
in halls of wickedness with bloated
faces and the marks of dissipation mar
ring and dis6guring them.
Its something awful for one to think
of--going down to perdiction from pious
homes. church influences, christian sur
roundings. l believe the very devils in
he'll will mockingly call, How have the
| mighty fallen so low? Do you remem-
Der the simple prayer your mother
taught you? Now, lay me down to
| sleep / tell you if you are lost your
condemnation will be on your own
head.
David had Uriah killed and took his
wife. No doubt he thought no one knew
of his sin. He thought his royal robes
covered it up. But they didn't. The
tongues were wagging in Jerusalem
Men in low places drank and basked in
the smiles of painted women and said to
yOn palace.
THE world is measuring itself up by
YOU. Can it say: You are no better
than we| You. like David, may think
your sin and guilt are not known. Don't
deceive yourself; God, if not man
knows. Don't be deceived: in the
secrecy and darkness of your chamber
conscience will come and accuse you
1t will seize upon your heart like a
thousand hungry demons and you'll have
| no rest Oh, you can't run away from
your sins. AS well try to run away
from the moon. Now it is hidden behind
cloud But is it gone? No, there the
cloud it now glares at you again
There's no getting rid of youl
sin. 1t will meet you somewhere
| at the cross or at the Judgment bar
Don't try to cover it up, you can't do it
but If you will confess your sins, Christ
is faithful and just to forgive them
| Only the blood of Jesus Christ car
cover them up. wash them out, make
| You stand justified before God.
a mans best friends tell him of hi;
| faults, kindly and lovingly. / came here
not to say pleasant things, but to tel
| you some unpleasant truths, | came
| here not to tell you that your wings are
| about TO sprout and you are to mount vi
| like Elisha: no, / came here to tell you
| to flee from the wrath to come, or you
| will be hopelessly lost. l came here tc
| point out the error of your way. and tC
| beg you to turn from it, for God il
| anxious to save and gracious to forgive
And We that claim to do your Masters
work, / came to call on you to go out
| after those that are lost. Where are
| these that used to be in your Sunday
| school class, where are the men YOU
work with day after day? Why arr
! they not here?
''Oh the wealth and glitter of this
world how they blind the eye, harden the
nature and sere the conscience. But
| none is too high in this world for sir
to reach them or for Christ to save
them"