The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-08-10
Earnest Request for Prayer.

the subject of Faith, / have come
more and more to believe, yea tx
know, that God will answer the pray
ers OF the faithful. There have beer
SO many thousand uumistakable an
SwerS to prayer to come under my
daily observation, as we'll as my owr
experience, that l am endeavOring tC
make this earnest request for prayer
asking thrt every relder will comply
with my request.
FIRST, want to ask that the things
which are being Said--thOughtleSsly
/ hOpe-concerning my work as well
as myself, may be overruied by the
Lord and not allowed to injure the
work which am SO faithfully trying
to do for my Master.
am continually receiving letters
of inquiry from my noble friends, ask
ing that for the Causes sake | ex-
plain cerJainIthings which are being
rumOred about my work.
| learned long ago that the man
who breaches the old doctrine pro-
claimeb of Christ and JChn the Bap-
tiSt. His FOrerunner, will receive the
same treatment which they received,
in spirit, if not in degree and my OBJ
seryation hes been that the time a
man spends in trying to defend his
character, if not wasted, could be
much more wisely spent in helping to
win lost souls to the Lord; and my
rule has been to keep busy in the
Lords work. and let the Lord take
care of my good name, which thing L
am glad to say he has done. | am
responsible to God for my character
and when l lay myself unreServedly
at his feet for the salvation of the
lost world | am sure that he will cum
tnue to take care Of my good name.
Besides, | can say as the Apostle,
that Il Speak not as pleasing men,
but God"
| am now completely overwhelmed
in the midst Of a great SOul-Saving
Campaign in this city, where hun
dredS are being brought to the saving
knowledge of Christ and my strength
Is SO com plely given to my work that
l am forced to spend part Of my time
in bed when L am not in the pulpit.
Only two afternoons in two weeks
have been able to dictate to my
stenographer only for little while at
the time, and SO, instead Of undertak-
ing 10 answer the brethren who
write me about these things through
bourteSy aud the desire to glOrify my
Masters name, | want to say just a
word eff explanation about the prin-
cipal things, which the brethren
write to me about.
First, d brother writes that the
impression is being made that my
work is not thorough, and that
ought to lay before the public the
plan of the meeting. SO that those
who DO not know, may know with
those wEu do know already, as to the
thoroughneSS Of my work. AS to the
answer to these questions, | refer all
inquiries to any or the pastors of
Memphis, Tena., who went with me
throughout the long siege of one hun
dred and fifteen days; they are among
the leading men of their respective
denominations, and whrt they say
ought TO be satisfactory. Besides, |
refer any inquirer to any pastor who
has gone with me through any of
these manifestations of God S ans yer
to prayer.
Second, number Of the brethen
write me that it is being currently
reported, that the GulfpOrt people
gave me home. that l sold the
home and nSed the money for other
purposes. AS a matter of fact this is
absolutely false. We have never sold
or had any ioea of diSposing IF our
cottage by the sea, which is our sum-
mer home and which we love because
the kind-hearted people helped US to
buy it.
Third, prominent Mississippi pas
tor writes me just to-day that the re-
port that 1 received money from the
people Of Water Valley, Miss, to take
an ocean voyage, and that have used
the money for other purposes; and in
his letter he assumes that the rumOr
as told, makes out very strong in
dictment against me for such crooked
conduct. Now, as matter of fact.
the money given by the Water Valley
people is still in the Bank or Water
Valley. When the money was given
me no time was set for me to take the
voyage. 1t was givSn without my re-
quest and promised them to take
the voyage when the Lord indicated
it to be his will for me to do so. That
gift only pays nv way on the voyage,
and, of course, want to take my
wife and little son with me, and have
been trying to arrange means for them
to 90. In the meantime, the Lord
has given me strength from day to
day; am pressing on, and have been
expecting several months, to be forced
to take this trip. The Brother who
wrote this is well acquainted with
Miss Nellie Jennings, of Watea Valley
who gave most Of this money; if he
had written her, she would gladly
have told him what she told me just
few bays ago: viz: That if wife and l
could wait awhile possibly she could