The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-11-21
It IS CONSERVATION
UNTO THE LORD
NEEDED
Evangelist Pearson Urges
Earnest and Honest Work
For God.
WE ARE GODS SERVANTS
And Our Time, Our Talents, Our All
Are His by Right.
MRS. PEARSON TALKS TO The LADIES
At Both Afternoon ard Night Meetings There Is
Grea, interest Manifested by Those
Who Hear the Word Of

God.
Evangelist Pearson spoke to another
great congregation last night.
The people were gathered in the Pres
byterian church at an early hour, and at
1880 the service of song. and prayer be-
gan.
1t was a hearty service of song and
praise. The melody of the Gospel hymns
sounded throughout the edifice and prayer
went up from devout preachers of the
word, Rev. M. Mcfarland, Rev. G. F..
Smith and Evangelist Pearson asking
Gods blessing upon the people gathered
to hear His word.
At eight o'clock Evangelist Pearson be-
gan his sermon and announced as his
text And who then is willing to con-
secrate his service this day unto the
Lord?" these words being the latter part
of the fifth verse of the twenty ninth
chapter Of First Chronicles.
Every Bible student is impressed with
the lives of Abraham and of Lot" he be-
gan. .'they were both Christians and
both Gods children, but there was a
great contrast in their lives This
contrast Mr. Pearson pointed out was
that Abraham was of great benefit to
the world in this life, while Lots life
was cold, fruitless and utterly useless.
This contrast. he said, was caused be-
cause of Abrahams conservation and
Lots lack of conservation, the one word
Conservation telling the difference be-
tween the two men.
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Evangelist divided his sermon into FIVE
questions:
ID What is conservation?
(2) Why should l be consecrated?
49, How can / be consecrated?
a. To what extent should l be conse
Grated?
(5.) What are the results of consecra-
tion?
Treating of What is Conservation p
he commenced by saying that many
Christians had confused ideas about this
great vital truth which should take
charge of a mans life from the time or
his conversion to his death. Defining it
he said Conservation is a believer s
definite act for Gods service, according
to Gods will and for Gods glory. 1t is
Gods child laying himself on Gods altar.
1t is definite, specific act, and it can be
put either in words or in writing.
Making personal reference he told
of day on which he and his wife spent
twenty four hours in praying and fasting
in the conservation of themselves to
Gods service, and of their writing out
and signing the pledge they made. Con
secration is an act of the will" said he,
mot from emotion, or excitement, or
sympathy. Paul said Whose / am and
whom serve and this is the Bible idea
of conservation. 1t is service
run this idea of service to God
through the press" he said, land you
will do away with yellow journalism,
through the legal fraternity and shysters
will go, through the medical profession
and there will be no quacks, through
mercantile pursuits and bucket shops and
tricksters will depart through society
and miserable gossips will disappear
through the railroad service and there
will be 70 more Sunday trains.''
Conservation as he put it, is not only
for the preacher, but for every man and
every business 1T is as much your
duty to serve God in your business as it
is the preachers" he said, and added
by bringing up her children in the fear
of Cod
Speaking of "Why should 1 be Conse-
crated?" he said there were two reasons
the first of these being because of Gods
ownership of us. We are the temples of
the Holy Ghost, bought with a price, and
we belong to God, we are his servants.
He illustrated this by citing the case OF
The ownership of a slave who, il he ran
away was cheating his master of his
time and labor. Paul called himself a
bond slave, and as we belong TO Jesus
Christ and remain unconsecrated We arc
runaways, beating the Lord out of his
just service from us. We are simply
stewards and all we have is the Lords.
In the second place we should be conse
Grated that we might get Gods Llessing
and become a blessing to others. Here
he cited the case told of in First Kings
18th Chapter, where the handful of meal
in the barrel and the cruise of oil conse-
Grated to Gods service lasted for a
year and fed the widow. her son and
Elijah, showing by this how conservation
benefited. He applied it to failures in
life BY saying that those people whose
homes and business interests went wrong
were not consecrated. Because of her
conservation the widow had the blessing
OF Elijah as her guest, and if we had
conservation We could have God as our
guest, for Paul said: Christ liveth in
me-" Abraham knew this blessing, but
Lot did not.
How can be Consecrated?" was the
third question he answered. This could
be by an absolute surrender to God"
'Its all bosh that man can't be a con-
secrated Christian and successful bust
ness man." he exclaimed. Surrender
your ell lay yourself on Gods altar.