The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-29

TO pray for* l asked. Up popped that
boy again. Mr. BrDughton,' pipel GU:
his little voice. He's not been 10 church
in twenty years. PRAY for him. We
had a glorious meeting that night. The
grandfather was converted, and the next
night that boy brought his father, who
was a bar-keeper. and no too, IVES
brought to Christ and such Il meeting S.
we had in that town IA never before
seem
DIR. Broughton preached three sermons
Sunday. and all of them were heard by
great crowds of people. At the morn
ing service the auditorium of the Taber-
naclc was filed with people. For the
afternoon service every seat in Metro
politan Hall was taken, and at night
not only the church auditorium but the
Sunday school room as well was throng-
ed with people.
The subject of the morning sermon
was walking with God"
As an example of this the preacher
took Enoch-"And Enoch walked with
God and was not, for God took him.
Speaking of the value of the study of
biography, DIR. Broughton said:
.'Of course the greatest biography that
was ever written was that of Christ.
rs it is given us by his Apostles. Next
to that. in my estimation, comes the life
of Enoch There's not much said about
him, and yet there is a very great deal.
If it had been printed in this morning $
News and Observer it would have made
only an inch or so; and yet how much In
those few words. 1t doesn't even say
who Enoch's wife was, or whether he
had a wife. but I'm sure he did; for no
man could walk with God 300 years and
not be yoked to some good woman.
HE was not like an old negro to whom
! talked some time ago: Talk bout
walkin' wild God, boss. Humph, if you
had dat ar woman ter live wild what
has you wouldn't walk nowhar nigh
God
"Enoch walked with God Too many
of us when we come to church are con-
tent to sit down and rest our lazy old
bones. Enoch walked. To be sure God
told Moses to stand still and see his sal
walton, but that didn't mean for him
to keep standing.
There are class of people out West
known as squatters-folks who have just
come along and squatted down on gov
ernment land and now claim they own
got some people of that kind in the
church. They came in and joined, now
folding Their hands they expect to be
waited into heaven without more effort
on their part Before I'd be a squatter
I'd get out. If you want to squat any
where squat ON the devils territory.
TO go to hell is easy, to get to heaven
takes work.
IF such life is possible do we want
1t? This is the pivot around which all
things human turn-the will. WIFI st
thou be made whole?'
''Father. if you desire to daily walk
with God you'll have family prayer.
Mother to walk with God you must
tear out that card table in your house.
stop many sinful pleasures you are now
indulging in. Ask yourself the onnsfion
DO they look toward God? Never mind
what the world says. that must be your
test Too many of us want to be gov
erncd by worldly opinion. / used to
know woman here in Raleigh who had
a bright beautiful daughter-a most
promising girl That mother had but
one dream-to get that child into society.
Oh, it was pitiful to see her dragging her
around here, trying to get invitations to
this and cards to that. She would have
done almost anything to get that girl
into sassiety.' She finally run herself
into the asylum. / suppose the girl got
into society, if she did she didn't get
much. That's not the sort of crowd to
bless anybody.
ITO walk with God there must be
agreement. The saddest thing in a home
is disagreement. So is it with God.
You and God must get together. And
that agreement must be on your side.
God will never compromise. God never
changes. He is the embodiment of all
that is good and holy and righteous.
There must also be mutual trust. The
home in which there is not trust on the
part of both husband and wife is hell
on earth. Why is it that the hand
of God is withheld from his church ?
Why is not the world evangelical? Is
it because he would not have every
mountain peak shine with his glory /?
Is it because he would not have every
branch and twig blossom with his beau
ty--eyery heart praise and rejoice in
his salvation? No, it's because God
can't trust his church; our lives are so
impure We must keep step with God.
Wherever trouble comes-in the religi-
Gus, social. business. or political life
it's because of sin. because we are either
ahead of the Lord or behind him. We
must walk with him."
Sowing and Reaping' was the sub
ject of the Metropolitan Hall discourse.
Among other things DIR. Broughton said:
When man sows he expects to reap.
You see n young man burning the mid
night oil over his book. Why readest
thou? i expect in coming years to reap
the fruits Of scholarship Apprentice.
why do you daily toll at your bench get
ting scarcely enough to keep body and
soul together? i expect in after years
to reap the wages of a master mechanic.
Alexander the Great was killed by
poison that he had prepared for another.
Henry III. was murdered in the very
chamber in which he had had others