Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-01-19
A FINE SERMON-SAB,
BATH DESIGNATION
DISCUSSED.
Interrupted the Miuister-- A Strsr 81
Scene at Ebsnezer B sptist Church.
No F xcitemeI the Dsaeons
Very Very Diplomatic

A large crowd Asss N bled at the Ed
eu, ger Baptist Church on last Sunday
morning nj IL 80 o'clock end Rev. w
II. Stokes. tho your divine preached
q most e. quent and instr ctiVe se--
mon.
Just in the midst OF one OF his cost
ell Quent rhetI icsl peril DIS, q mar
nearly sx feet IN height arose. a; d
with arms upliit, strobe down the
main aisle e1clsiming, Brother Wells
is the ar ! Brother ellis lie the N n
Thsr you, Lord aid thank you, J,sus
sfooT
Py this time ht had reached the mid
ole q he church. He said sC netting
about aIing evt ry body IL I'll e church
and then sank TO his knees.
Rev. Stokes berg Interrupted,
paused while the cen CATION looked
oB in ana z ment Some one remark
&c. New Convert" al there WAS no
excitems what yer save that made
by the tall. brown skin u an who had
suddenly taken from the preacher the
attention OF the cor gregation and GER.
tered it t!l on himself.
Then he ushers and deacons came
TO the SIDE Of the man. On one side
and then tn the o, hor the heads Of the
deacons Al ose alb, We the level of the
congregation. Deacont f. x and Knox
were on hard,
wAisPRRAD IN ais EAR.
A few whisper, d words IN the ear Of
the man caused him to rise, ARD then
gently started him towards the front
seat which he had so lately vacated.
he went apparently unresistt;p gly,
then to the q most surprise of every
body, instead Of stoppi g, he went over
the cf airs, climbed up to the rostrum,
paid no atlen ion to the steps, while
the dsecons tho had stood beside him
gszed after him in wonderment
Not long though, for he grasped the
hand Of Rev. W. 81. Stokes and began.
THE Lord has taken my feet out of
the NJ ire and clay and placed them on
the firm rocks Of ages, ETC."
Then the deacUns noiselessly and
with no excitement whatever marched
mp into the pulpit while Rev. Stokes
was undergo ing the repeated and hand
Bhskes from the mysterious stranger.
Then q deacon whispered to him
4. again and he suffered himself to he led
to his seat in front, and the services
were resumed.
Rev. Thomas ii. Briggs was the only
visitor on the pulpit rostrum and he
took no part in the exercises at this
point.
Rev. w. n. Stokes made light of the
matt and the congregation was not
ut all affected.
1t was then that he began telling o.
the ChrisIian's experiences and he
spoke OF the dissertation of the Sab
bath. When the Chief OF Police de.
clared that out of more than 200 sa.
looms not more than seven we're closed
on Sunday, that there was something
wrong.
ION PICKET DUTY"
"Where are some OF the members
the members Of the church this morn
ing ?" he exclaimed. "They are oil
picket duty at the bar -ooms." He
declared that he saw q woman once or
picket duty fer o bar room.
At this point the mysterious strang
er arose part the way again, but dea
cen Knox who had been placed il
charge of him drew him back into hi
seat.
The only other time that he escaped
from Brother Knox was when he NOV
ed tCwords the table to give some
money TO the poor saints" Then Rev
Briggs prayed
A man no Was caught in the hoo(
at Galveston, Texas presented q papei
which waa read by deacon j. J. Garter
It stated that he was in the water