The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-11-28
/. CITY OF RALEIGH
A MODERN SODOM
1t Is Saved Only by the Few
Righteous.
SAYS REV, +. M. JORDAN
SAYS REV. F. M. JORDAN
A PRAYER THAT CREATED A
GREAT SENSATION.
PEOPLES SINS MERcILEs.LY REcouNTED
A Sermon Along the Same Line al the Fayette-
vile Street Baptist Church Sunday Night
AN Interesting Meeting at the
Penitentisry.

Tenitenu5Tys
A sensation was created here Sunday
in church circles by Rev. II. M. Jor-
dan.
Mr.. Jordan, who has preached the
gospel i'm nearly every Baptist church in
the State at one time or the other, has
been here for sometime experimenting
the publication of history of his life
and labors.
Sunday morning he attended the First
Baptist church and was called on by
DIR. Carter, at the conclusion of his SER
mon on "Christian Growth" for a
prayer.
And such a prayer it was! The ven
cradle preacher with bowed head seem
ed to be talking familiarly with God,
telling Him Of the sins of the people,
man by man. and asking the Almighty
for mercy and indulgence till they could
be called to repentance.
"Oh, Cod" he said .sThou knowest
the majority of Christians are like
W dSpS--idTSeT UlfIu ludU at tIly Otuef
time. And they grow smaller and mean
er as time goes on. Thou knowest also
that a great many members high up in
the church drink beer and whiskey and
20 to dances Oh. Lord. they call them
germans, but that's just to fool the
people, They are regular old dances
nothing in the world but fiddling and
dancing. We read the paper this morn
ing and there they had printed the
names of all the gals and their partners.
Oh Lord, have mercy on these miserable
rascals
giving card parties around here, going
into saloons, visiting places of ill-fame
and playing the devil generally. No
wonder that when they ask sinner to
turn from his evil way, he replies, Go
wary. you old devil, we know YOU We
heard only this past week of a promi-
nent church member who had been
drinking beer ten years and who went
home and found his little boy dead
drunk and as Timber as a dish rag. Oh,
Lord, have mercy on these miserable
sinners who pretend they are follow
ing Thee, but who go around with their
breath smelling like an old swill tub.
We have IA little grandchild, Lord, that
we were thinking of sending here to
school, but, oh. Lord, this is such a
degraded. fearfE1ly wicked city, that we
are afraid to send her here. Then there
is college here where the young men
are encouraged to give dances. Oh.
Lord, have mercy on the president of
that institution.
Thou knowest there are only a few
righteous people in Raleigh. All the
rest are wicked, and were it not for
these few good people the whole city
would go to the devil. God would rain
down fire and birthstone and destroy it
like Seldom and Gomorrah.
During the afternoon Mr.. Jordan
preached at the penitentiary, where u
most interesting meeting was held. At
the night service he preached at Fay
etteville Street Baptist church.
Touching the meeting at the peniten-
tiary Mr.. Jordan said Sunday night, by
way Of introduction to his sermon at the
Fayetteville Street Baptist church:
My friends, Eve been in the peniten-
tiary. Perhaps some of you didn't know
that, but have. / was there this even
ing, and don't know when I've been
in such meeting. There must have
been 10 or lUU or those people that came
mp with tears streaming down their
faces, and asking an interest in the pray
ers of Gods people i don't know how
it is, but j found greater manifestation
of Gods spirit in the penitentiary than
anywhere else in Raleigh Those CON
victs there under sentence of the law
seem anxious to have their souls saved.
while you seem determined to go to he'll
Aae all II.
The subject of his sermon was the
"Pardoning Mercy of God" taken from
Isaiah /, IS: Come now, and let us