The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-11-17
."STUMP DIGGER"
SERMON SUNDAY
Evangelist Stuart atthe Acad-
envy of Music.
MEETING T0END TUESDAY
Two Interesting Services Yesterday
at Edenton Street.
WILL BE SERVICES TODAY AND TONIGHT
Last Night the Church Was Crowded and lie
Preachers Subject Was Personal Ac-
countability cf God" The
Morning Service.

| sermon on Sunday afternoon, at o'clock,
in the Academy of Music. He intimated
that he purposed in that discourse making
/ everybody out to hear him. He will also
preach twice Gmorning and EVENING" on
Sunday at Edenton Street church, and
though this is Saturday, the usual SER
vices will be held this morning and to-
night.
The revival in progress at this church
continues to grow in interest and the
crowds that go out to hear Mr.. Stuart
are larger at each succeeding meeting.
Despite this fact he last night announced
that his labors here would end on next
Monday or Tuesday. His subject last
night was Personal Accountability to
| Cod
In discussing it he spoke of the GER
| tainty of death and the judgment to fol-
| low, and added;
Its hard to realize, but that fact
makes death none the less certain. In
surance companies bank on this GER
tainty This is a big crowd here tonight
and most of your look pretty tolerable
healthy, but according to insurance
statistics at least six of you will be dead
before the years out. l don't know who
it will be. 1t may be you it may be me.
but we've got to die and after death we've
| got to give an account of ourselves
DO you know l rather like that? The
text says so then everyone shall give
an account of himself to God l haven't
got to give an account for you, brother.
| or you for me. Each for himself and
| that's WELL for we don't understand each
| other. You don't know your neighbor-
| what's in his heart-and he doesn't know
you. If you did you wouldn't kick mp 50
quick when some fellow speaks cross to
you. You don't know what troubles he
carries.
AS you don't know him. you don't have
/ 70 answer FOR him. There's no bigger
! fool 81 town than the fellow that says,
!. Oh, there are SO many hypocrtes in the
| church that | don't want to have any
thing - do with it You don't. Well
| let's see. You are doctor maybe Well,
! don't YOU know your profession has the
blue ribbon on it's collection of quacks
4 Or maybe you are a lawyer, what have
you got to say about the host of $500
| shysters all over the country? Perhaps
| you're merchant, don't you know some
of the biggest liars in the world are be-
! hind counters? Going to quit business on
that account? Again suppose one of your
brothers turns out badly--a general all
round good for nothing. There are such
in some families. Going to forsake your
mother and leave her alone for that?
It's not her fault. She needs you all the
worse because of it. So it is with the
church. She is not responsible for the
hypocrites in her fold.
And we've got em in here. Oh yes,
plenty of EN-. but l want to say. my
objecting friend, that we got 'em out of
your gang and you can have them back.
Don't you trouble about hypocrites,
We'll always have them. Gather a group
of humanity together whenever you like
and there1l be hypocrtes in the crowd
Why Christ mad only twelve disciples and
one of them was Judas"
Then the preacher spoke of the power
| of influence and said
oh it's an awful thing to be RESPONSE
bic for the salvation or damnation of your
neighbor, but you are, just the same.
It's an awful thing to keep people out of
eternal life. it's blessed thing to lead
them into it. BY look or a smile you
may encourage or discourage a sin-sick
soul; but remember, you can laugh a
soul into hell, but you can't laugh it out,
or cry it out either.
Remember them you've not only got a
soul yourself, but your neighbours got
one.
For your every deed you must give
an account. l must give an account to
God for my preaching. l don't have to
give an account to you and that's why l
~ Ill -
After the sermon the congregation
such of them as wanted to go-were dis
missed and an after meeting" was held,
in which there was great interest mani
Tested
The subject of the morning sermon was
Character" and in it's discussion the
preacher said not few good things.
Among them were these:
christianity is fruit bearing 1t is not
show or loud praying; it's not leaves or
branches, but it's fruit.
Now the Bible speaks of two kinds
of fruit-the fruit of the spirit, which
is character, and the fruit of practical
life. which is doing good
Every well-rounded Christian life has
both. But it can't have the second I'M
til it gets the first. Character is the
basis. First the tree then the fruit.
First character, then influence. You can't
have influence unless you've got charac
ter. If you've got character you can
just sit down and win souls.
You see a fellow come out of a sa-
loon wiping his mouth. Later he comes
to you in church and asks you to be a |
Christian You feel like telling him to
attend to his own business; you want the |
dirty dog to go and clean up his own life
before giving you advice about yours.
you've got to be somebody and some !,