The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-11-16
TO HIDE is THE
NATURE OF SIN
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To Search For a Sinner, the
Nature of God.
STUART'S FINE SERMON
Edenton Street Church Was Filled to
the Utmost Last Night.
The EVANGELIST DRAWS GREAT CROWDS
God Pity Poor Fellow Who Joins Club. y
He Speaks of the First Sinner. First
Sin and Gods First Search
FOR Sinner.

One of the forces by which Mr..
Stuart draws such congregations daily
to hear him is his uniqueness. His
plan does not follow any beaten
track and his methods are so elastic
as to allow him to easily conform to
the circumstances.
At yesterday mornings service, he
said: Il will not call upon any one
to lead in prayer this morning. 1t
frequently happens when do that the
most of us listen and don't pray. l
am going to lead you myself, but / am
going to do it this way. | am gazing to
announce a topic upon which let each
one offer a sentence of silent prayer;
then / will announce another topic and
so on" When the congregation had
knelt, the evangelist said: First
let's ask God to bless this meeting"
The after and interval: ASK that
the preacher may preach just such
sermon as shall do the most good"
This was followed by silent prayer
when he said: Just sentence now
for the sinner"
Then pray for the repentance of
the back slider"
Now pray for those who came for
ward last night
''And for the unsaved boys and girls
in the Sunday School,"
The church, was SO crowded last
night that chairs had to be placed in
the aisles, and that every bench was
filled, many We're standing up at each
door and on the stairs and in the gal
leries. Comfort was lost sight of and
standing room was at a premium.
Observing this, Mn. Stuart said: II
want to say that if any of those who
are standing up get tired, they may
retire when they please and it will not
be considered discourteous and it will
not disturb me. We don't ask any
body to stay here for whom there is
no seat. Nothing sensible ever dis
turbs me, but while you are here | will
ask YOU TO come to the morning SER
vice I've been asking you to do this,
and lots of you have been staying
away. You can do that again If you
want to, but I'm going to keep on
asking YOU There are five banks in
the city and the presidents of three
of them were here this morning
He then read short account of the
fall. Adams and Ewes hiding, and
Gods search for them in the garden.
He said: 81 have read of the first sin
ever committed, the first sinner who
ever committed a. sin and Gods first
search for sinner The first sin, the
first sinner, and the first search. |
like to get down to primary things.
the, easy things, the simple things.
I'll tackle the more complicated
things when | see through a glass
clearly or without glass, but while 1
am on this ola earth | want to stick to
the easy things. learn more
about how to preach from my children
than from the philosophers and the
olognes." He told about his little
daughter trying to cut out doll dress
by pattern for which she had not sui
ficient cloth. who said: I'll tell you
how to fix it. Cut off the pattern and
it will fit And j got a lesson right
there, said he. How many people
do we see looping off the pattern in
stead of cutting TO fit ito" He then
told about his little boy who didn't
so to. sleep when he preached but did
when the bishop preached, but who
oave as q reason that Mr.. Stuart set
down the facts and then told a little
story to set them out, and that the
bishop stuck to facts. The bishop
preached clear over the boys head,
said he. Il always preach just about
as high as boys hear, and that's just
about high enough to hit his daddy's
heart. God never tried to reach man
through his head anyway. He didn't
say, give me thy head, but give me
thy heart. And Ill tell you, if your
heart is straight, your head will be
straight too.
But let's go back to the elementary
principles. Sin is always the same old
story! Brother, did you know that?"
He told OF boy who was hungry "a