The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-11-13
OPPORTUNITY HIS THEME
Everyone is Given an Opportunity to
be Somebody in the World.
ANECDOTES AND EXAMPLES OF GREAT MEN
A Revival Of Manhood and Womanhood is What
is Needed Most. Il is Better to Do
Something for Nothing Than Moth
ing for Nothing.
ing for Nothing.

Edenton Street Methodist Church was
crowded on Sunday TO hear Evangelist
George r. Stuart open the ten days re-
vival services to De conducted by him in
that church He commenced the meet
ing by giving out hymn 507 to be sung,
following which came prayer, and then
a voluntary by the chair.
Mr.. Stuart began by giving out
the hours of the services, ten to eleven in
the morning, and 7:30 in the evening. He
announced that he expected every one to
be present at all of these meetings. Peo-
pie that can't give 60 minutes out of
the day 10 the Lord are not much good.
He specially stated that he would ex-
pect to see the Board of Stewards at
all Of the meetings, that he was going
to call the roll to see if they were there.
He further said that if the people did
not come to the morning preaching he
would take the first train to Little Rock,
Ark, where he was wanted very badly
this week
He went on to say that he was no
crank but regular ordained systematic
Methodist preacher, plain, blunt man,
with contempt for airs and uppishness
of all kinds, with no pandering for big
folks or little folks, just a plain, blunt
preacher. He stated his name and resi-
dence, Cleveland, Tenn, that he was a
married man, with three children, and
gave the names of all three. He said he
gave all this information because natu-
rally people want to know something
about man who is going to preach to
them for ten days. He remarked, in
speaking of his children that if ever one
of them went wrong he would stop preach
ing, as he thought man who could not
influence his own children was unfit to
try to guide others.
He said: II don't care whether you
laugh or weep when l am preaching. God
made us three sided He made. us to
think, to laugh, and 10 weep. The man
who thinks all the time is cold. he who
laughs all the time is fool and he who
weeps all the time is sad The Christian
religion is not a sad, gloomy thing. The
sour man is a disgrace to the Christian
religion. The whining, grum religion has
come near running the boys. and girls
out of the church. / won't keep you
here till you are hungry; l never preach
against appetite"
So much for preliminary. He then took
his text from Galatians, vi, 10: "As we
have therefore opportunity, let us do good
unto all men"
He commenced by emphasizing and ex-
employing the fact that whatsoever
man soweth, that shall he also reap
TThis is true in the nature of things,
whether there is anything in the Bible
or not. A man is always treated accord
ing as he treats others. A man who
keeps his house open to his friends is
always well received by them in turn.
There are more rewards mentioned in the
Bible for hospitality than for all the other
virtues put together, and yet there is
probably less of real genuine Christian
hospitality in the world than anything
else. II a man is profane, his children
will treat him with disrespect, just as
he has reviled sacred things. grum
man gets grum looks smiling man gets
smiles.
80 God gives every man some opportu-
nifty, the opportunity to be somebody
in some walk of life Every young man
should have an ambition to be some
thing besides well-clothed, well-fed and
having good time. The young woman
should be something else besides a pref
tily dressed-up thing to catch somebody.
Christianity is the very science. of man
hood and womanhood. A young fellow
was one day standing at the door of his
country store when a man driving a wag-
on past the door, dropped a barrel off,
and asked the young man to buy it, as
he could not carry it ON the wagon, and
would sell it for very small sum. The
young fellow finally bought the barrel,
and one day, when it was raining and
dull. and he had nothing to do he thought
he would investigate the contents Of the
barrel. How many people now take an
inventory of their resources? He went
to the bottom of the barrel, and there
found copy of Blackstone and several
law books. He said to himself Every
man ought to know something Of the laws
OF his country, and set to work reading
them. Going to the bottom of that barrel
that rainy day gave to the country Abra-
ham Lincoln
Zone day a gawky boy said to his faith
err: i am going to New York to make