The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-10-18
TO LEAD BETTER LIVES.
Many So Led by Mr. wolfshon's sing
ing at Duffy Street Church.

Many So Led by MIR. WOlfshOn's sing
ing at Duffy Street Church.
At the Duffy street Baptist Church
last night. Mr.. Wolfsohn again stirred
a large congregation. through the
medium of the wonderful power be-
slowed upon him. AS the closing
strains of, Where will You Spend
Eternity?" sweetly flowed from his
lips, many felt the exclaimed, Surely
God is in this place" AS usual the
song service was enjoyable and inspir-
ing, and altogether the meeting was
one of the best of the series.
Rev. Mr.. VanDeventer preached from
the text How shall we escape, if we
neglect so great salvation?" Hebrews
II: 3.
God has sent this salvation into
the world, said Mr. VanDeventer
and bridged the great chasm that was
between God and man, drawing God
and man together, where man could
have communion with God again.
Year by year man had gotten farther
and farther away, and God in His
Kindness and mercy gave to the world
salvation that drew man to Him.
The writer of these words used them
because he realized the Importance of
them. Everything else, all the cere-
monies, the shedding of blood, temple
services, the work of the priests, had
failed, and when he thought of this
fact, the writer exclaimed This is a
great salvation that the Lord Jesus
| came to give to the world. Now this
great salvation is just as great for you
as 1t was in the past; it is great enough
to save you, for it saved the Chief of
sinners. And we are neglecting it."
Neglect" Mr.. Van Deventer said,
means to treat with contempt, to
think it of no value, that there are
other things more worthy of our atten-
ton. oh, think of the many men and
/ women treating the salvation of our
Lord with contempt" He asked those
present to think of how much time is
spent on material affairs and frivoll-
ties of the world, and how little time
is given to spiritual things, the saliva
ton of ones soul and eternity; not
thinking of these important things at
all, but corelessly pushing them aside,
saying practically that material mat
tiers are more important.
Mr.. Van Deventer went on to say:
1T is not necessary for one to be very
wicked to perish. This sounds strange,
but l say it upon the authority Of
Gods word. man is not punished be-
cause he swears, because he commits
murder, or is dishonest or any such
thing; one is not punished with ever
lasting death because guilty of such
offenses. The thing that condemns
souls is unbelief and the neglect of the
Lord Jesus Christ Pure and moral
young men and women are going down
to perdition because they will not trust
Jesus, and are drifting on out into the
eternity about which we have just
sung, unprepared to meet their God.
The opportunity to escape is provided,
and the Savior pleads with you TO
grasp it, but only one way is afforded,
and we must not neglect it.
"The news flashed over the wires
about the total destruction of the Span
ish fleet by our fleet. They were shut
up in the harbor of Santiago, and
every opportunity to escape was shut
off. The day comes when all oppor-
tunity to escape is shut off from us,
and as the man in this world must
suffer the penalties prescribed by the
law for crime committed, so must man
suffer for offending Gods law. There
is a crime in this world for which a
man suffers the extreme penalty of the
law; there is a sin for which man
must suffer the extreme penalty OF
Gods law-the sin of unbelief. Death
will come oftentimes when we are moi
expecting it. Will we be ready?'
. Many people responded TO the invita-
tons, and the after meeting was q
large one, a number protesting con-
, version.
There will be an afternoon meeting
to-day at 4 o'clock, and the night SER
vice at s, when the doors of the church
will be opened for the reception of can
didates for baptism. Tonight is the
last night Mr.. H. A. Wolfsohn will be
here as he will be compelled to leave
to fill an appointment at Fort Worth
Tex, beginning Sunday.