The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-15
TO STAY THROUGH THE WEEK.
MISS TUCKER WILL REMAIN AT
SEVENTH STREET CHURCH.

Revival Services VIII BE Continued.
Have Thus Far Been Very Sue
cessfuI-Church Members Greatly
Pleased With the Success of Her
EhOrts-Christian Liberty the Sub
Ject of One of Her Most stirring
TaIks-services at the Churches
To-day and Who VIII Conduct
Them.
Great interest has been manifested in
the services that are being conducted at
the Seventh Street Methodist Church by
Miss Emma Tucker of Nashville. At
every service there has been a good con-
gregation, despite the bad weather. Mss
Tucker has been prevailed upon to con-
tinue her services for another week, and
it is believed that there will be many
more people to hear her than there have
yet been. All that is wanted is good
weather, and the church members are
certain that there will be large crowds out
for the services.
There have as yet been so accessions to
the membership of the church as a result
of Miss fuckers work, but this has been
owing TO no opportunity having been
granted Tonight the congregation viii
be allowed the privilege, and those pres
ent, not already united with the church,
may, if they see At, go forward TO join.
There have been many professions of
faith as a direct result of her talks, and
there have been many more who have
been affected by the strong and forceful
manner in which she has presented her
subjects.
To-day the services will be as follows:
General service, Il a. m; meeting of otil-
GERS and teachers of the Sunday school,
at $50 p M; service for children, at 4,
and general service at o'clock. All
through last week there were three ser
vices daily and they will continue to be
held on this plan.
The following is a part Of the sermon
of Miss Tucker on Christian Liberty:
Our subject is Christian liberty. Sin
chains and binds the sinner and he is al
ways a prisoner Christ came TO set the
prisoner free Salvation brings liberty, al
we have seen from the word of God, and
this subject not only touches upon the lib
erty that the sinner gains when he comes
out of the prison of sin but Il touches
upon greater liberty that the children
of God may have in service.
There are many prisons that even
Christians find themselves in. They are
bound sometimes. So helpless; and they
find out after reading Gods word what the
trouble was-why they were in prison.
Sometimes we find one in the prison of
pride-not doing the Lords work; not glo-
ritying God-because of pride in the
heart.
Il talked along this line in one OF our
cities, and a very prominent woman In the
church and who had always said she
didn't think every one was expected to do
these things such as praying and helping
people. She was convicted under my talk,
and acknowledged to me afterwards that
pride had been her trouble. Oftentimes peo-
pie have said to me they didn't feel as If
they were called upon to do these things
in public. Sometimes they have said 10 me.
Miss Tucker, we ought not to do these
things unless we can do them well; unless
we can do ourselves justice, That is pride.
We are not willing to fail for the Lord;
not wiling to put self out of US. We should
come out of the prison of pride.
Then, there is the prison of prejudice.
Some people are SO bound by prejudice
that they are in its prison, and it Is a
wonderful liberty when they come out of
that prison.
Il know some people who are in the
prison OF sensitiyeness-alWays getting
their feelings hurt; always getting in trou-
bic. They need to come out of the prison
of sensitiveness. A good woman in Nash
vile said TO me that she thought she had
given up every doubt; that she was all
right, but that she did not have the DOW
er; didn't work with the liberty of the
Spirit. The Spirit of God revealed TO her
the trouble. "Oh, you little consecrated
thing; always getting your feelings hurt!"
When We ind people in the church al
ways getting their feelings hurt you may
know they are not right If we get Offend
ed, we are not right. We need to come
out of that prison of sensitiveness, and
self, and that is what it is, and selishness
is mean; it is sin.
There is the prison of rebellion, and
the prison Of doubt; and all along these
lines we find prisons; but God sets US free
That is what the Savior came for-to lib
crate the prisoner.
81 know man who was in chains-the
chains of profanity He told me that every
nth word he spoke was an oath. He told
me that 1t had become so natural for him
TO swear that he didn't think about il
when he was In the presence of his wife
and children; he sWore before them Aft
erwards that man was deeply convicted
of sin. II was not simple surface work in
MS case. Inc holg spirit took hold OF
him. He was so unhappy while in those
chains. His mother wanted him to 20 10
church, and he tried every way to get out
OF going. She wouldn't take any excuse.
She said she would get carriage and take
him TO church. He said to her: Il prom
ised you l would go; l Will go" l have
heard him say that his mother had trusted
him with $4,000 worth of property, but
that she wouldn't take his word that day.
She sent carriage for him; couldn't trust
him TO so to church. II was during a Won
derful meeting; there were conversions
after conversion; prayers were being an
swered; hearts were being cleansed That
man told me that when he went into the
church he felt as If he would like to crawl
under the benches he knew that he was a
sinner. After that service he went
out. but wouldn't go home; he went into
the bank and locked the door after him;
he went into a small room and pulled
down the blinds and locked the door; he
got down on his knees. He
wouldn't have had any one know he was
there for anything He was SC
n IL