The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-12-03
THREATS AGAINST
DIR. BROUGHTON
Anonymous Letters Have
Been Sent Him.
cAvc TuCv ABE ADliCl,fE
SAYS THEY ARE ABUSIVE
A pARTHIAN ARROW FOR RAIL
EIGH SOCIETY.
HAS PREACHED HIS LAST SERMON HERE
Left on the Morning Train for His Home in
Atlanta. The victory Of Faith" the
Subject Of His Discourse
Last Night.

Rev. DIR. Len. G. Broughton preached
his last sermon at the Tabernacle Bap-
fist church last night to Il great crowd
of people, and left on the PIG train
for his home in Atlanta.
His subject was the Victory OF
Faith" founded on the 22nd chapter of
James.
Before entering upon the discussion of
his text, however, DIR. Broughton reIer-
red to some threatening anonymous let
ters that he says he has been receiving
while here, and incidentally he paid his
respects TO society, his favorite object or
attack.
Il have got almost afraid to open any
form of request for prayer, he began,
for fear it's letter from the devil.
get them almost everywhere | go, but
the dirtiest ones I've ever received I've
gotten since I've been here, until I've
about come to the conclusion that you We
got the badest devil here of any place
I've ever struck. He's giving me an
awful lot of trouble.
You can always tell the devlls let
ter To begin with it's abusive; to end
with it has no name signed to it. That's
the kind I've been getting.
II always know them and | don't pay
much attention to them. | go on in my
work. and / thank God for the work
he's allowed me to do in this church. |
was baptised in it, I've been a member
Of it. and tonight | thank God for
every member of it who is any ac-
count.
You are known as the poor gang, but
thank God you are an honest gang. I've
heard that it's been said that we're lot
of folks who had tried to get into society
and couldn't, and now we are just trying
to take ont our spite on those who were
more successful in the effort. That's
nor true. There are fools in every gang.
and there may be some people in this
church that would like to run in the So
ciety crowd. But / can't see why. Any
thing can go with that gang and be
mono The better for it.
Then coming to his subject. Victory
of Faith, the preacher read the Incl
dent Sof Abraham about to offer up his
son Isaac. and said he had often been
struck with the number of examples of
great faith to be found in the Bible. You
can scarcely turn a page that you do not
come across one of these examples of
faith.
But the preacher did not confine him
self in his discourse to Bible characters.
He spoke of such men as George Meeder.
who established and maintained a great
orphan sylum: of Hudson Taylor who
had under him and supported over 700
missionaries in Japan; A. Is. Simpson,
the head of great missionary movement
in New York and who is responsible for
the salary of $50 missionaries. Simpson
is the man who sometime ago took MP a
collection of $4,000 in New York for
the missionary cause.
when / read of such as this / lose
sight of their little differences from me.
And L find my soul reaching out for
something stronger than human hope.
want to leap ont and grasp that some
thing and walk with my Savior ON the
water"
DIR. Broughton drew picture of the
home circle of Abraham. He told of
the pride of the father and mother i'm
the young boy Isaac: how they discussed
the future and made plans for the boy
as he should grow into manhood.
I'm the midst of this talk the voice of
God came. / imagine. through the night.
calling Abraham, Abraham And Abra-
ham was ready. Happy is the man that
recognizes Gods voice and is ready to
respond. Here Lord, I offer myself to
thee. Take me and do as thou wilt :
Perhaps it is only to give your heart to
God; perhaps it is TO preach the gospel
perhaps it is to go on the back streets of
Raleigh and seek out the lost and dying.
or maybe it's to go to foreign lands. If
tonight God should knock at the door of
your heart could you respond, I'm
ready! If YOU We're suddenly called up
yonder before the Judgment bar could
YOU say. I'm ready?
II put YOU ON your guard tonight.
Some soul that hears me tonight will
wake mp in eternity unprepared. God
will not trifle always Some day he'll
call and you'll not be ready.
do you realize what an ordeal Abra-
ham had to go through to respond to
the call, Ready? God told him to sac
rifce his only child. It's hard enough to
punish your child when you've got a
house full, but here's IL man called on To
slay his only son with his own hand
IF YOU haven't got a faith that will
enable YOU TO sacrifice something for
God you haven't got Il faith that's worth
cent. Have You ever sacrificed any of
your business methods for God; have you
ever given up any of your pleasures
nave you ever given up something that
IS very dear to you?
Abraham's faith was a victorious
falth. | see the altar built, the fire light
ed: Here, father is the altar. and
here's the wood, but where's the lamb :
queries little Isaac. Then there's the
boy iald on the altar. The cleaning
knife is drawn. Now it is up-lifted and
IS about 10 descend. 1t quivers in the
air. Abraham. stay tby hand, II l.
the voice of God. The old patriarch
looks around and nearby is the sacrificial
lamb fastened by his horns.
rs there needed any better example
of the truth of the fact that the Lord will
provide?
My dear friends. my closing massage
is. don't be afraid to put Yourself abso-
lutely in Gods hands. He'll care for
YOU: he'll save YOU