The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-02-03
LETTER FROM PAUL JOINER
A Geographic Sketch ofEIis Profes-
sion and Mission to jerusalem.

be unto you; yes, the peace Of God
which passeth all understanding land
misunderstanding tool and the love Of
Christ which passeth knowledge and all
the fullness. God fill and keep you. /
sail Feb. 4, God willing, on the North
German Lloyd steamer, Koenig Albert
Will reach Naples Feb 16, Alexandria
Feb. 20, Joppa Feb. 25 and Jerusalem
Feb. 26; and | need your prayers that
I'll always have faith and trust in God.
For thy God in the midst OF thee is
nightly able to do abundantly above all
we ask or think according to the power
that worketh in us | send you the
following testimony Of God'slov to use
as you think best, and give to Mr.. Geo.
Is Joyner, Sr., city.
When child, perhaps six or eight
years Of age, / remember going to Dixie
Williams revival At the altar cali l
went forward, telling aunt Ellen Joyner
! wanted to give myself to Jesus. That
influence never LEFT me, for God never
forsakes his children though far they
may wander away. His holy, divine
spirit is calling them back, and f9ther
and mother, never keep your children
away from the altar, or away from a
revival Though young, let them give
themselves to God. You may not UNI
derstand and they not fully know, but
Jesus does, and he has all power in
heaven and earth, power over all flesh,
and gives unto us power over all the
powers Of the enemy Duke 1919,
and Christ is formed in the midst of
them who is mighty to the pulling
down of strongholds of Satan, and Jesus
says, Suffer little children to come
unto me, for Of such is the Kingdom Of
Heaven, and Except you become
converted and become as a little child
you cannot enter into the kingdom Of
God.
Truly heaven viii be land of delight
for such as become Gods children, who
will enjoy heaven with its golden streets
filled with merry hearts singing praises
unto God in the song Of Moses and the
Lamb and Holy, Holy, Holy; Lord
God Almighty, and worthy is the Lamb.
1 didn't join the church, but drifted on
with good Christian home, best of
and into sin, for | was
not taught to seek God to sanctify my
heart from all sin through his precious
blood and be baptized with the Holy |
Spirit. At Uncle Joe Calhoun's meet
ing at Beech church went to the altar
night and day weeping but with no
solly sorrow for sin, for L would sin
services.
/ was told to join the church, which
| did. Think of it, sinner joining a
church. They didn't ask any ques-
ions. Satan always makes ii easy for a
ost, unregenerated soul, who has never
been born again, to join any church.
But | didn't belong to the church of
Iod-church of Christ. wandered on
rying and hoping and stumbling and
ailing; went to Sabbath school, church,
tic. Satan likes, above ALL that kind
# followers. | took my membership
nut from Beech and was persuaded by
i minister of the church, but | firmly
believe lost, to join in Union City, say
ng it would help my practice of dent
stry, and | might be made deacon,
tic. This shocked me and / went
against my consciousness of right and
wrong aud it nearly kept me from join
ng, but joined the church again, no
questions being answered lost sinner.
still was invited to the choir, elected
of the Sunday school;
laid $50 to pastors salary; was faithful
It all the church services; occasionally
vas handed verse Of scripture to read
n the prayer meeting, and with tremb-
ing body, faltering tongue and fast
eating heart | obeyed. No wonder,
or | smoked cigars, drank glass Of
eer sometimes, went to the theater
nd danced, besides doing many other
inful things But thank God, he be-
an to awaken me. When new con-
erts would join the church and ques-
ions were answered, said / couldn't
say that, yet | was staying in
he church. My conscience so troubled
le that went to Brother Ramsayer's
leeting at the Chapel and went to the
ltar and stayed a long while there
ceiling easier, / went home. Testify
* the next night | made profession
)ut no possession). / hated hypocrisy,