The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-26
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sUBJECT OF SERMON BY REV. "
 B. CRUMPTON.
At Commencement of Baptist Revival Minister Appeals for More Breadth
 in Churah W0rk-~A
 Werd for Negroes.

picious circumstances at the Adams Av- enue Baptist Church yesterday morning. pr. W. B Crumpton. Secretary of the Alabama Baptist Mission Board, preach ing service and the pastor, Rev. John Bass Shelton, preaching at night
 The services promises to be interest," ing and profitable. Rev. H. w. Fam cher of Georgia will arrive in Mont gomery today and will conduct the ser- vices for several days. Mir. Fancher is one of the most successful evangeiists in the Southern Baptist Church.
 pr. Crumpton, who has recently been made Vice-Presldent of the American Ant Saloon League, took as the text flor his sermon. St. Luke, xxiv, 47, Be- ginning at Jerusalem" He said in part: y
 After our Masters resurrection this expression was among his last to his disciples, Begin at Jerusalem Our Jerusalem Is Alabama Hence we should hear our Masters call to take Alabama for Christ. I love this State; I love the United States, yes. all the world; we love and want to see the whole world saved. I once hated Old Glory but now love what I once hated and want to see the world saved from sin and death and nothing but the blood of Jesus can do it.
 | ~ AS O3k 0ADiu&SHp +D@EfAdlHB LII Akd~ bama. to send the Gospel to the wide world. That is what we are saved. our~ selves for: that is what we build churches for; that is what we educate young preachers for--we are saved to save men. Are we doing it?
 T am to speak to you especially about Alabama, but that does not mean I want only our State saved.
 The man who opposes foreign mis- Sfnna fN iRpnnFanf 0f fAa 5~ the Bible. He says: T have right to my opinions Nos you have no right to any opinion that is contrary to Gods word. What this Book says is right, and no man has a right to a contrary opinion.
 First. As to our Jerusalem-what are the conditions in Alabama now? We should never be satisfied until there IS a church in every nook and corner of our great State.
 The situation Is most alarming in our cities. The Christians in the coun- try do not understand the situation in our cities As we neglect the city we Invite destruction to the country. Our cities are influencing our country either Tor good or bad. saw near Attalla the other day a river with a large dauY across it. The water was backed m stream for several miles and many peo- pie have moved away because of the poison from this stagnant water The little church near this place has had more deaths than any other church in the entire association. So the influence of the city Is pressing into the country. and unless the cities are saved it means spiritual poison and death in the coiIn- try.
 "The great danger is found not only among the slum districts, but on the streets and among our homes and in our churches. We are towards if we rail to give the Gospel to save our cit ies. We are neglecting the siums and we are becoming so nice and formal that we are neglecting all It has gotten so that we think man cannot be saved until he can clean up and dress up. The Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ can save any man or wo- man. in the siums or any where else.
 Tt is shame that many of our city churches are moving away from the people so as to get with more respec- table neighborhoods. They seem to want to save only a certain class when Jesus Christ came to save all A sad day for us when we move away from the slums. Think of Jerry McCauly' land Sam Hald9 and the 75.0O0 lost aouis in New York slums whom they led to Christ. Who in Montgomery and BiF~ mingham are carrying the Gospel on
  our churches. Why not. Should we not go on the streets and everywhere. and preach and sing the Gospel to the masses? God bless the Salvation Army, in. their work. but there is no reason why our churches should not be out after the lost masses also. .,=. 2 If 1t were not for street preaching, some people would never hear the Gospel. Many have moved to the cities from the country. believe there are 10000 in Birmingham alone hear them say on the first Sunday after they arrived in the city: Well lets go to the First Church." They went, but all was cold and formal; then they went to the Second Chuvch There it was not much better and in a few sum days, they say well. we are not well come in these city churches and they are lost to the nomination. Go out af- ter them. Begin at Jerusalem.
 The condition of the negro in our state Is awful The negro Is not here of his own voiition. He was brought here and is going to stay here. What are we going to do? Kill; No; No crime is an excuse for mob law. As Christians we must stand for law. We must see that the law Is enforced and takes It's course. We must Chris tianize him. To say we can't, Is to misrepre' ot Our Father. and say the GObpSl IS LdlluTe' Iline was when thousands of homes were left in care of the negro, while we went to fight to keep him in slavery. He knew it but he was true to his charge and faithfully kept watch til the master came back from the war. Do we not owe more to his children than we are giving? Yes. We do.
 Books have been, and are being written, saving the negro was a brute in those times. It Is not so. He was loyal and true. We owe it to him now to give him the Gospel and see that he is saved. We ought to preach to the negroes Talk religion to our cooks. Assume Christ's attitude to- wards him and this war that is ris' 'ng will melt away as ice before the hot summer sun.
 Unless we save the negro, he will drag us down. Many white men are now as low if not lower than he Is, because of his immoral and brutish re- lation with the negroes. The Gospel can save him, let us give it to him here fin our Alabama Jeruslem. It Is our business to uphold the law and see that justice is given to all. Then begin in Jerusaleml but let us go to all