The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-11-29
SHALL SALVATION
FOLLOW SYNTAX?.
Some Seem to Think Syntax
Better For Children.
EXAMPLE FOR EMULATION
Rather Have Illiterate Child in Hea.
ven Than Scholar in He'll.
LARGEST AFTER MEETING" YET HELD
The Interest Deepsns and the Congregations
Grow in Size and in Seriousness.
Many Conversions Last
EXAMPLE FOR EMULATION
Rather Have Illiterate Child in Hea.
ven Than Scholar in He'll.
LARGEST AFTER MEETING" YET HELD
Night.

Night.
Another large and deeply interested
congregation packed the First Presbyte-
rian church last night to hear Evangelist
Pearson. He prefaced his sermon with
an appeal TO the parents to encourage
their children to come to these meetings,
and hold up the example of Christian
citizen for emulat ton. His daughter
said she could not attend the meetings
and keep up in her classes. The father
told her he wanted her to attend the gos-
pei meeting if thereby she fell behind in
the classes, stating that he preferred to
see her true Christian than to lead
admonition this yound lady was convert
ed last night and made public profess
sion," said the evangelist.
1.-The trouble with some parents" he
said, sis that they think more of Syntax
than they do of Salvation. 1 would
rather have an illiterate child in heaven
learning the "a, b, c's'' than to raise a
CullQ WHO WOulu De philosopher III Hell
studying Creek
He told of glorious revival at Chapel
Hill, where he tried to preach the truth
in it's plainness and simplicity-so plain
that the little child could understand it
and so plain that the learned professor
would take hold of it as the power of
God. I'm the gallery he continued, we
had a place for the colored people.
sometimes watched to see which class
seemed more deeply interested in Gods
plain truth--the students who attended
in large numbers, the learned doctors of
law and letter, or the unlettered colored
people in the galleries. The plain gos-
pei is for all--for the child as we'll as
the scholar"
He urged upon all the people to OBJ
serve today as a day of Thanksgiving
to attend church and render thanks to
God for all his goodness But" he
added, "let me give you word of eau
ton. Do not be SO taken up with the
good dinner and the pleasures of the day
that you forget to pray Gods blessings
on this meeting. Come up tomorrow
night praying for q blessing upon your
own soul and the conversion of others
After a short prayer-the evangelist
can put a world of pleading in a few
short sentences of unaffected prayer
Mr.. Pearson began his sermon. He
preached with uncommon clearness and
force and his sermon fell upon willing
ears and prayerful hearts. The After
was the largest and most sol
elm yet held, and there were many
who did not wait for any invitation,
but who went up at once to the preacher
and gave hi mtheir hands in token Of a
New Faith. 1t was an occasion of deep
religious joy and ingathering.
Taking his text from Luke 1872 Mr.
Pearson preached last night sermof
church to hear him.
This man receiveth sinners. Jesus
Christ, the Son of God, Judge of the,
World loves, forgiVcs and saves the viii
est man." But there are two classes or
sinners; % that class which He does not
save, and (2) that which He can and will
save.
But I thought Christ loves and died
for all sinners you say. So He did, but
there is a class of sinners whom Christ
does not and q say it with all reverence)
save. To this class belongs the
unwilling sinner. There is no place in
the Bible where Christ pardons man
who is not willing to be saved. Man is
a free agent; God is the Sovereign
Ruler, but man is the sovereign agent
and God cannot save an unwilling man
without reducing him to a mere ma
chine. Here is the water of life. Who
soever will may take it freely, but God
will not force it down mans throat.
Are you willing 10 accept this pardon
offered so freely? If you say: mo, Il
am not willinm," then 1 say Stand
aside, there is no Savior for you, no par
don for you, no rest in heaven for your
And God cannot save an unbelieyer.
do not mean infidels especially, but those
people who will not trust in and accept
Christ as their Savior. Unbelief is the
deepest, the blacklist the worst of all
sins. The sin of unbelief will drag you
down to hell along with the drunkard,
the thief, the murderer. The sin of un-
belief is not thought much of because it,
be seen, but it is the root of all
other sins. Unbelief means standing up
before God and saying: Almighty God,
your Sons an impcster; your helFs a
lie; your heaven is a myth and l repud-
late the whole business" Dare you
thus stand up and give God the lie!
Then again, Christ does not receive
men. Impenitence is adding
insult to injury. 1t means saying to AL
mighty God: Il have been extremely
wicked, l have broken every command
you have given and I don't care if 1
haye! Unless man gets to the state
where he cares" God cannot save him.
Whom does Christ save? Those who
hunger and thirst after righteousness:
those who confess their sins and throw
themselves on His mercy, these Christ
will save. But He also says: Let the
wicked forsake his way" Christ gave
up His life for you, can you not give
up your wicked pleasures for Him; Just
giving up one sin will not do, one little
leak Will sink ship You must give up
all sin TO be saved.
How can you be saved? (Romans 1879
BY believing, and confessing Christ.
But | hear someone say My faith
is so weak Don't put your faith in
yourself, but in Jesus Christ. Don't look