The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1911-10-26

We have seen view OF heaven,
and In Gods way. There is not
one OF us who do not need Jesus
Christ. We have accepted Him. We
are lIasing our eternal welfare on
on his promise, and there is no hope
except through Jesus Christ. There
are some who have not accented
him here today. Take him today
!, CDR. Wharton here told a story OF
little girl out west who would
Kiss her hand to the trainman every
day as he went by. He would blow
the whistle to let her know he was
coming and then she would see him
anu Kiss her hand to him. One day
he blew the whistle but did not see
her; he blew it again, and again,
ana then noticed the little girl sit
ting on the track playing-she
knew the engineer was her frienu
and would not run over her. He
saw the danger, put on the air
emergency brakes, and just had
time to lean over the pilot of the
engine and grab her out of the way.
stllD. He said, 4 have saved her
I without scratch
The great engine of Gods Justice
was bearing down upon you and
me. We were at play on the track
with our backs to it. Jesus Christ
lifted us out, and holds us in his
arms, ard my brother, some sweet
= day he will present us to the pres
ence Of the Father without
scratch.
! Men, you and l are but grown up
children in the past. Get back, men,
to your mothers religion, to the
old time faith, TO him who can save
alone. Then are we saved and
, saved for ever.
| suppose the most of these men
are christians. Let your tears flow
freely, men, | like to see men crv.
| 1T is all right. And l pray to God
| that we may cry more over each
others sins.
Prayer.
Oh, God our Father, we thank
thee for this great gathering of men.
We thank thee for the earnest ef-
forts put forth by the religious con-
Sregations Of this city under God
Tor the good of men. We thank
thee for the church, with all it's
influence and efforts; for the Sab
| bath day, for our services in the
pulpit and out OF it among the peo-
pie. We thank thee for the
Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton; for the consecrated men who
are engaged in that work. We
thank thee that the hearts Of the
men Of this city have been turned
to that work. And now they are
launching out into bigger fields OF
labor. We pray Gods blessings on
them, anu We pray for these men
who have stood TO say My hope is
in Christ. We pray that they who
| are not in the church may find
place in the church and that they
may fnd work to do. We know
that we must all soon lay down i'm
PIGMENTS of our toll and turn
| toward our homes of rest. God
! bless, we pray thee, the Young
Mems Christian Association today
Iii all its undertakings, and especial
| ~ remember these fathers who
! have stood here and said Pray for
my boys. FL %t@SrR
L9rd Jesus Christ 90 after any
sin-Warned children, and bring the
lost home. And when all is done,
and we have left this world, may
We, who shall never meet on earth
again, be brought safely home to
| myself Ill heaven. We ask for
Jesus saks. Amen!
While we sing, | want the name
and address Of every man who arose
and stood, and by that said he was
| relieving in Christ but was not
connected with any church, and all
those who arose for prayer. We
hope to have the names of every
ore. Please get these names and
addresses. They will be turned
over to Mr.. Hamlet, the Secretary
Of the Y. M. G. a., and by him used
to your best advantage, you may
be sure Of that
Closed by singing:
Shall gather at the River
| Where bright angels feet trod?
| With its crystal tide forever,
| Flowing by the throne Of God.
| Chorus:
Yes, we'll gather at the river,
| The beautiful, the beautiful river.
| Gather with the saints at, the river,
| That flows by tho throne Of God.
On the margin Of the river,
| washing up the silver spray,
| we Will walk and worship ever,
On the haDr,v golden dov