The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-07-13
SERVICES AT
The TABERNACLE
LARGE CONGREGATION AFTER
NOON AND NIGHT GREATLY
MOVED.

only and was we'll attended. Rev. Mr..
Gates spoke from Rev. 2:10: BE thou
faithful unto death, and l will give
thee a crown of life" Mr.. Gates said
that it was a mans mission in life to
glorify God and to lead others to
Christ, and he opened his sermon by
urging the men of Columbia to attend
to their business. He said that when
he rolled into the city he prayed God
to place the burden of the unsaved of
Columbia upon his own soul, and that
his prayer had been answered, but
that if the christian people wanted
time penecost they also must work for
it. He repeated again that it is a
mans business in life to lead his fell
low men to Christ. 81 have heard it
said again and again" said Mr.. Gates.
that a mothers love is the greatest
love in the world, and l realize that
there is more of mother in a child
than of a father, but do rot see
wherein the love of mother should
be greater than that of father And
l am indeed tired of having it said that
woman is so much better than
man; tbs true womn's nature is in
many ways different from that of
man. l love to talk to a man and es-
pecially a business man, because he
is sensible and reasonable creature.
1t takes a woman about a minute to
come to a conclusion that it takes
man day to come TO- but wAeii man
gets there, thank Cod, he is there to
stay"
Mr.. Gates then urged upon the peo-
pie the need of united effort. 'If one
dozen of you men will unite to do as
say we will save any man in your
city, care not how vile a sinner he
may be-" Mr.. Gates then recited a
forceful example of a Mr.. Williams,
who was president of an infidel club.
He said he made this proposition in
a certain town and that after the SER
vice a band of men and women came
up to the altar and said BRO Gates,
we re going to take you up on that and
want you to try your plan on Mr.. VIII
lar passages of scripture, and told
them to respect the scripture to Mr.. |
Williams without any change and
above all, not to argue with him, but |
simply to read the scripture and ask
to pray with him. They followed his |
instructions to the letter, going to |
his Office one at time, morning and
evening. At first he would not lis
ten to them; then he let them pray
for him but refused to pray with them. !
On the evening of the second day he |
knelt and prayed with the man who |
came to him. The following morning |
young lady went to his office, and |
before she got through repeating her |
scripture, he asked her to pray with |
MIN. When she had done this she |
left for the church, but he took short |
cut and got there before she did. Mr.. |
Gates was at the church and the in
fdel entered, called to him and asked |
him to promise him that he would
pray with him until he was saved or
died. Mr.. Gates promised but Mr..
Williams did not wait for him to pray,
but began calling aloud to God him
self. 1t was but matter of few
moments until he was saved. But he
was not satisfied with being converted
alone, but went and pulled bar-tend-
err from behind his bar, took him to
the church and made him bow down
and pray. II have seen lots of men
bow down." said Rev. Gates, "but that
is the only man / ever saw bowed
down." The little bartender had en-
tered the building under a deep con-
viction and was saved in few min
utes. After being converted he was a
little opposed to giving up his bust
ness, saying that he had mother to
care for, but was finally persuaded
to do so, and before midnight had :.
position paying him little over twice !,
rs much.
Mr.. Gates said any man in Column
oia could be saved in this way unless :
he had committed the objectionable
sin. He said the objectionable sin is :
o make light of Gods words and when .
/ man did this, there was little or no
nope for him. Mr.. Gates then told
beautifully of vision of heaven :,
lie had He said he saw many men
n the audience whom God would re-
ward with a crown of life. He urged
very man in the Tabernacle to go to
work. for God and have part on the
of the browning day. :.
He said he had never gone into a
ity which he had learned to love so =
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