The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-02-17
is POPULAR IN RALEIGH
now 10 GET MONEY FOR HOME MISSIONS
The Way, According to Dr.. BroughtOn, is to
Give Literally to The Work In Foreign
Fields, The Obstacles 10 be
Overcome There.

\ large congregation greeted DR.. l..
q, iroughton ut the Bnptist Taber-
natle last night He never breaches to
amy other sort Of congregation in Raj
cigh, The bare announcement that he
IL To- preach fills the church, for he
"a aS popular here among his home folks
as in the great Ctinc~ in which he has
preached 10 thousands.
Or. Broughton is Wake county citi
sen, Of whom the county is proud. Be
fore entering thc ministry he was n
successful physician. and his success MS
a laStor has been such as to give him
rank with the most sought-after preach
rrs i'm the South. He goes to Atlanta
next week to become pastor of u strong
Baptist church with over 900 members.
He will succeed on large scale in
that great city.
In his sermon or lecture on Home
Missions last night, among other things,
DR. BroughtOn said:
The Bible is our guide in everything.
If tonight we can find some thus
Sayeth the Lord for what we are hop
ing to do, we shall be safe.
I'm the 9th chapter of Second Cor
inthians, is our Scripture Paul here is
preparing the saints of Corinth for a
collection for Home Missions-the poor
saints at Jerusalem who are not able
to support the church. | want YOU to
look mt his address TO them. See the
ground for urging them to give.
Il. Their reputation. They had previ-
ousy given largely. He wants them to
sustain the past. Some people have not
much in the past TO sustain. | know
q deacon in a certain Baptist church
who once gave FIVE cents and asked that
it Ike devided between three boards. He
never would be urged by inspiration FOR
regulations sake How is it in your
church? You've made much reputation
alorg some lines. How about missions?
80 They had provoked many others to
give. This is splendid argument. Every
church ought to keep before it the
fact of its influence. If this CHURCH
were to make rally for missions how
it would stir the State. I've prayed
that God would lead you out of your
selves in this matter.
-. Gods law of benevolence. Give
and it shall be given unto you. He
that Soweth sparingly shall reap also
sparingly. Here, my brethren, lies the
secret of church success. / thank Goo
for the day when this thought took pos
session of my soul. What a different
man it made of me. Unselfish benevo-
lence. Atow it underlies every principle
of success. Look at Nature. This is
the way God supports the universe. The
centr0petal and centrifugal f0rces-one
giving the other receiving. Destroy one
and the other would ruin. The human
heart also works on the same principle.
1t gives all of its blood before receiving
any for its own support So with the
church. 1t is give and receive. Bur
shall we not take care of home first?
You Raleigh people say never so much
missions needed here. That's true.
I'm sorry it is. To my judgment there
is more wickedness in Raleigh now than
fifteen years ago. But have We a right
to change Gods plan? People used to
ask me how does your church in Roanoke
get along so we'll with you away one
half of your time on evangelistic work
My answer was it Gods plan of supply
ing the supernatural. They gave their
pastor to evangelize others, and God
evangelical them at home. For three
years the church baptized more people
than any church in Virginia with the
pastor away nearly half of his time.
Stand by Gods plan, brethren, and
He'll be your pastor. And who had not
rather have the Holy Ghost present than
any preacher?
do you want to know how to get
money for home work? Give largely to
work abroad. i tell You it beats fairs
and festivals, potatoe walks and kissing
frO!icS | know what I'm talking about
The best way 10 pay Il debt on Il
church is to raise big collection for
missions. Brethren, try it, This is a
plea altogether from the standpoint OF
the home need. But there is another.
Unless the church in this country opens
its purse and evangelize The incoming
population, our religion is doomed.
ROmaniSm, RationaIism and all other
isms we can imagine will crowd us out.
God has put great open door for us
its the door of safety. Shall we enter?
1t will cost us something. But what of
cost the Masters cause is at stake"