The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-22
THE SAVING POWER.
Continued from Tenth Page.

all to the cause He said God bless you,
and keep you faibhfui to the end. Then
l went hcme and said wife l won't drink
any more. / have said thousand times
before but l mean it now
Now l want to tell you, whatever else
may be said, l was a reformed man from
that hour. The pathway was so narrow
that the bushes, and the trees, the things
of the old life. nearly touched me as
passed, but 1 kept my faith. Some day
when / enter the gates of pearl, should
that day ever come to me, l want to
point to Christ and say, Glory unto Him
that gave me the power to stand
II believe in that kind of power as
believe that l am standing here preach
ing, and what's more, l believe that it S
in this building tonight. Brothers, when
we shall become fully convinced what
this power can do for us then shall we
get a new life. There is no more deadly
blow to infidelity than a sight of the pow
err that raises man from the mire and
gives him the wings to soar. They can be
infidels if they will, and doubt the Bible.
l find it ten thousand times easier to be-
lieve the Bible than to doubt it. 1t has
brought me through countless trials and
temptations and knowing what it has
done for me, should 1 sink to the home
, of the damned I'd say that I had felt
fits power"
Mr. Jones told the story of Samson,
strong and virile in the strength of God
until he put his head in the lap of Deli
Ian, was shorn and became blind. Car
ried into captivity, he was the scorn of
his enemies. But he rededicated himself
to Cod and when his strength had been
renewed he pulled down the palace of
his enemies, killing more then than he
had ever Killed before.
I'VE ministers of the church have laid
our heads in the lap of worldiness so
that our locks are shorn, and our eyes
blinded. If power comes back to us like
Samson, we should put our arms about
the pillar of darkness in Savannah, over
throw the temple of sin, and kill more
enemies in the fall than We have killed
all our lives before.
I'VE want such power to come upon
us tonight as shall send every preacher
shouting praises down the street for a
power that Will make each of you fam
ing evangel.
Gods going to save men and women
here tonight. Save some of them that
have been in church, but have been dead
for years. He's going to make you live
and breathe again. That's what we want;
live men and women; we've been the sex
tons of graveyards long enough"
Mr. Jones then called for all that,
though members of the church, felt, and
could honestly say that they wanted that
power, that he has been talking about,
to come forward. Then in turn he asked
Tor those that felt themselves sinners to
come forward and so on, going through
the many classes represented in the con-
gregation, and concluding with request
that all the ministers that felt that they
needed more of the divine power to come
forward to shake hands. All of the min
listers responded to this Offer
10 the several propositions to the mem
bers of the congregation there was such
liberal response from each class of pen
itents that, considering the size of the
congregation this meeting might be called
the best of the series.
Tonight and on succeeding nights there
win be special space reserved for girls.
VINO because employed until late, cannot
get to the meetings in time to secure seats
and, hence have hitherto been compelled
TO stand during services.
yesterday morning after the regular SER
wee had been concluded, Mr.. Jones was
approached by several gentlemen, Ger
mans, who asked that the evangelist, not
consider the remarks made about him by
II. Miller, because they did not think Mil
Ter was entitled to speak for the Germans
OF Savannah.
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