The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-09-06
THE NEED OF
SALVATION.
WhosOever Will, Let Him Drink OF the
Water OF Life Freely.
DR.. Guerrant. the Great Mountain
Revivalist, Preached Strong
Sermon Wednesday Night.

DR.. Guerrant preached one OF the
st, ongest sermons Wednesday night that
hasbeen delivered in the First Presoy-
terian church in quite while His sub.
ject was, 1.-The Need of SALIVA ton.
He read for his text the scriptures of the
woman who went to Jesus for healing,
and was made whole because of her
fifth.
DR.. Guerrant said there was only one
way by which men cou d go to heaven,
and that was by believing on Christ lie
said God doesn't send some men to
heaven in palace cars and some in road
carts no man can expect to go to
heaven without faith. People can't be
saved on their riches. No man ever
took dollar out of this world with
him. Dives was rich man and live1
ia luxury on earth, but in hell he was
so poor that he begged for drink of
water.
Sin is the cancer and the leprosy Of the
soul 1t meant shame, diehonor, aims
houses, broken hearts, broken homes,
widows, orphans, murder, arson and
death 1t is destroying some of the
best men in this town, and in every
town. 1t is in every human heart, but
the love of God can take it away. No
doctor can take lie out of the heart.
Only Jesus Christ can save the soul.
Salvation is the immediate act of God.
1t is not the work of an hour, nor of a
minute, but the very moment person
believes, he is saved. The sick woman
who went to Jesus and touched the hem
of his garment with the hand or faith,
was saved that instant And she was
saved completely. Every particle of
disease left her and she was made
whole. ''You don't have to go out of
this house to be saved" said the
preacher. believe on the Lord Jesus
Christ and thou shalt be saved" Ano
saved at once; right now A great
many men think that religion is refor
nation: that they can It form their lives
and be saved, but not SO. A man can
reform his life, and still be damned, and
go to hell. 1t is not question of re-
formation; it is question of regenera-
tion--a regeneration of the soul. Sal
walton is free to every body.
He was glad, DR.. Guerrant said, that
he could go to the poorest woman 10
this town, or to the. poorest boy that
tickles the sides of Maury county with
his pillow, and say to him, "You are as
welcome to salvation as a king on his
throne or the president of this repub-
lic.' The invita- ion of Christ extended
to all. whatsoever will may come and
drink of the water of life freely"
The poor woman in the text said if
she could only touch the hem of His
garment 1t would cure her And when
she touched the garment with the hand
of faith she was cured at once and for
ever. And that woman still lives to-
day; she has been living for two thou
sand years; and she will live forever in
heaven among the queens of the Palace.
DR.. Guerrant closed his sermon by
reciting in eloquent language pathetic
scene that occur ed on the battlefield
of Charlottesville, during the civil
war. A young confederate soldier lay
dying in the hospital from an awful
wound in the head. He had been shot
through the temple and his sight de
stroyed. His mother went to the
hopitaI to see her boy. AS she entered
she saw him lying on the floor, and
gazing on him intently for several
minutes, reached down and brushed the
hair back from his forehead. She had
been forbidden to speak to him, and
when she touched him with her hand,
the young man asked who touched him.
No reply came, and presently he re.
peated his question. And meeting no
response again, he turned his sightless
eyes to the floor, and in broken MUIR
mer said, sit felt like mothers hand. "
There were few dry eyes in the large
audience when the preacher concluded
his eloquent recital of this story. After
the sermon penitents were called for,
and one young lady went forward and
accented Christ