Smyrna times., 1902-03-12

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caution to spare thyself' might have
met the same rebuke from him that it
received of our Lord. AS the patriot
spurns the considerations of life's val
ue when he rushes into the thickest of
the fight, and asks nothing but vic
tory, so Henry G.. King counted not
his life dear unto him, so that he might
finish his course with joy To him
apathy was damning. Alert, energet-
ic, unqualified, and untiring in his
efforts, he could not endure indiffer-
ence.
We're Each the Complement of The Other.
'These two ministers on Smyrna
Circuit were not duplicates. They
were each the complement of the other.
But there was unity in this diversion.
The two showed how diverse are the
divine methods in comprising divine
ends. If the one was preeminent in
tearing down the Kingdom of Satan,
the other was preeminent in building
up the kingdom of Christ. There was
contrast. One was serene and uniform
the other vivid and versatile. One
shone like star; the other shot like a
meteor. The one rested in God like
a rock in its fastness; the other was
like goodness in perpetual motion.
If Sharp was au oracle, King was a
tongue of fire. If one communicated
bis wisdom, the other impaired his
warmth. Sharp said in my hearing he
could love God with all his heart as
easily as he could drink that glass Of
water. Taking the tumbler in his
hand, he added be could believe Gods
promise to him as easily as he could
turn his hand, suiting the action tc
the word. No man that knew seem.
ed to me SO fully as King to verify St
PauPs exhOrtation, Rejoice evermore
pray without ceasing, and in every
thing give thanks. His prayers
were full of praises. AS a boy
convert my reverence for Solomon
Sharp was such that L stood and look
ed at the ground he walked on, anC
felt as if it were holy earth. L bOugh
my first volume of Watson's Institutes
!. just out, from him, and obtained othe
works as he suggested. He did M
great good. But there never lived OF
earth man to whom, under God,
, owe so much for my conversion, an,
> for my spiritual support in my earl
Christian life, as to Henry Grub
q King. o.. how L bless his memory!
Revival Breaks Out in Smyrna.
: Immediately preceding the reviva
of which we write there was nothing i
!. the state of the society to indicate it
! approach. The language of the mem
! bers was, Religion is at a low ebb
: They were without reproach; they ha
a commanding influence in the CON
. munity; they were generally plain i
dress, in speech, and in manners
There was simplicity in their publ
service. Modern notions of choirs
organs, and instruments of music the
had none. TO Sing with the spiri
was understood to mean to sing will
:, out note or the use of any instrumer
but the human voice. A transient re.
ldent had the temerity to attempt sins
ing by note in the meeting house, an
the look that our old leader of singin
gave, and the scowl that his feature
expressed, are still before me; for
: brief space the society was in flute
AS for manuscript in the pulpit, exceI
, as it might be hid away in the head {
= heart, it was not thought of, and reaC
:. ing sermons was an unknown ar
Solomon Sharp, preaching from I'll
: text, The poor have the Gospel preact
= ed unto them, added, THE rich hay
= it read He placed reading sermon
with 'steeple churches But on IL
~ ~ dawn of June 18th, 1929, there appear
&c ed no cloud of the size of mans han
to foretoken the showers of blessing
=, The heavens gave no sign. There W,
- no rumbling, no disturbance of g
. earthquake. The cholera did not 81
pear till 1882. As the sun that rose {
"a Sodom the day the city famed, seattle
. ed no vengeful fires to cause the wo
so the sun that rose on Smyrna the da
= of the revival shed no benigner bean
: than was his wont, to account for I'll
scene.
10 The Whole Church Was an Altar.
son that Sabbath Henry GruI
r. King filed the pulpit-every part of
n That day he launched those Nigh
a. sentences: Sinners, we will have yo
a. We will cast our net upon the rig
side of the ship and will iLclose gre
IS multitude One said for such spec
mt he deserved to be taken out of the pr
as pit Bnt these words rang out up,
tn the assembly as from minister who
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