The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-07-13
Samaria.

the imaginary Holy Land, but as |
have been in q hard battle for the Lord
for some time I have not had time to
write.
Before / left Bethlehem (Greenville)
DR.. McWherter agreed to join me in
my work for the Master, and so he did
so on the first days of June, and we
have had two battles; the first one last
ed about ten days and Satan won with
out the loss of man, woman or child,
and no one seriously wounded But l
bless the Lord that Satan does not al
win, and in the last battle the Lord
gave us a grand victory, and fifteen
were shot dead with gospel truth and
fell dead on the battle field and were
buried with him in death baptismal
death, but by the power of God was
raised to a newness of life. How can
he that is dead to sin live any longer
therein. Rom. 6, / to 2.
Many others were fatally and serious
ly wounded and means death to sin in
many cases.
AS Brother McWherter and I had
heard of Brother Phillip (Sexton) that
live blacksmith preacher, had some
time ago held very glorious meeting
in Sanaria (Elizabethtonl and that un-
clean spirits crying with loud voices
hid come out of many of them and that
great JOY had been in that town, we
decided to go up and preach them
full salvation that they might receive
the Holy Ghost, for as yet He had not
fallen on any of his converts. And al
though they were not in darkness like
the twelve disciples that Paul found at
Ephasns as they had heard of Holy
Ghost often, yet they would not come
out and hear the way of the Lord more
perfectly. Acts 1S 26, Acts 19 to 6.
Although the battle was lost at
Samaria, yet we had a pleasant time
with those who are in the experience of
a full salvation, aud with other kind
friends. Dir. McWherter sewed good
clean seed, and we trust that some fell
into good ground. There are many at
Samaria who believe in full salvation
but they are too cowardly to own it and
seek it with the whole heart. He'll
will be well represented with moral
towards, and all of the heavenly hosts
will be brave soldiers, having on their
whole armor.
Some say they can't see the second
blessing. w. P. DUNCAN says the rea-
son why people can't see the second
blessing is because they have never
gone far enough in the first Brother
Pat is one of those moral towards, He
says he expects to be beaten with many
| stripes. But he will not be alone, for
here are other broad fakes that will
catch it in Samaria, as we'll as other
| cities.
/ visited many homes in Elizabethton
and read, talked and prayed with them
which is part of my calling. l asked
them questions as to how they were
living. was trying to find the top in
that town, and so | did find it one eve
aing just as I had finished my day s
work at the end of a back street in the
home of an old colored woman. Any
one would naturally suppose that /
would find the top at the home ofJudge
DUNCAN, DR.. Hunter, or G. P. Cass, as
they are all good well-to-do church
men. No, sir; they could not answer
all my questions that told ON the splri.
tual life lived at home on week days
But, must say, SO far as 1 was able tc
ascertain, that old Aunt Sarah Welch is
on the top in Elizabethton. SO imag
inc | see DUNCAN, Hunter and Cass al
sitting on the bank steps some beauti
ful morning, while the sun is shining
in all its glory, talking business ant
politics, while old Aunt Sarah is hoein9
in the bean patch, and all of a sudde1
there comes from heaven flash Of ligh
that puts out the sun and these three
friends make for the walk bridge ant
under they go, while old Aunt Sarah
with bonnet in one hand and hoe in thu
other, runs toward the light, following
glory, my Jesus has come.
I told Cy Lyle thSt had been called
to preach to the poor and sinners, ant
his reply was that I had the biggest jot
of any man he knew of, and so have
and, according to the word, it is life
time job
have no doubt that people ar,
anxious to know why write to to TIL
COMET instead of some church paper
and the reason is that my people botl
read and publish THE COMET. | al
ways mail my private letters to those
want to read them. 1t is those who ar
sick that need a physician, and no
those that are we'll But says one yo1
have lots of church members who neet
little medicine also. Just so, bu
they need The COMET and will take
bitter pill now and then.
WelL l am here under the same appl
trees, and, thank the Lord, they ar
ripe now, and the children have jus
been handing me some good mello0
ones, and they have just slipped ava
, into the sweet by and by to await 9th