The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-08-07
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One by one. tw1 BY two and IN
family groups betv zen the hours OF
10 and ~ o'clock m. on Sunday
morning the peop assembled at
the little wooden s. (ucture 10 wor-
ship. As they can In each broth
er and sister AS he pr she entered
greeted all present With hearty
handshake and a esssnt words.
There was no long ced. panied ex-
pressioas. The p&std mingled freely
with his congregat n, seemed per-
fectly at ease and bne seemed 10
look up to him or gard him with
any degree OF awe. A while before
the hour for preac Ing to begin
the congregation id ped in singing
several such old hy ms as 'Amaz-
ing Grace" And Born to
Die etc: these 4 od old soul
inspiring songs werI sung without
the accompaniment II any instru-
ment and as the hui Ian voices nm
spoiled by over train hg rang out or
the stIilress of tho sabbath day
seemed to ring with the spirit and
the understanding.
After feryent p Eyer by one Of
the brothers the pad pr read q text
and began his disco rse. His ser
mon showed no evid tnce of deep
delving into the m Eteries of the
obstruce sciences. n made no con-
nections OF the ranaRtion OF the
Bible ne used. He made no men-
ton of Greek, Latin pr Hebrew nor
quoted in either and ent or modern
history. He did not&try to explain
the successive stages of the regen-
GRAFTON of a human Jul but trusted
the whole process to he loving care
of God. According ) my under
standing he taught II bit the old man
Adam is dead in tre1passes and sin
and that it is only ! and through
the agency Of the Holy spirit that
he is quickened or r~ade alive. He
contended that whd> God deter
mines to snatch 4 Jul from the
eternal burning. no power of man
the angels or devil can prevail
against Him. One expression he
used impressed me {ery much. The
gist of 1t was that God has never
been defeated. For an hour and a
half sat and LISTED ed to him and
was almost sorry Nhen he closed
his discourse.
When he uttered De last word IF
his sermon he thrned to tho
brother nearest and 6hook his hand.
1t seemed that his ACTION was a sig
nal as the brother aid sister began
to shake hands With the pastor anil
with each other and ahe other mem
bers of the congregation. | was
about to say did rfbt know wheth-
er the spirit of ChriSt was manifest
ed in that little church more than
| am accustomed toF witness or not:
upon reflection, however. l am con-
strained to assert that the spirit of
the Redeemer pernleated the whole
room for His spirit Is of human love
and human sympathy and all the
philosophy of the world could not
convince me that that little congre-
CATION of worshipukrs was not full
to overflowing wifh brotherly love
and human sympathy. have not
only been to church today but have
witnessed the devSut worship OF A
band of men and Momen who feel
that God is theiH father. Christ
their elder brotherkand that they ara
favored members pf a happy fam
lily. was about 10 ask why the
real genuine spirt OF Christ is so
seldom manifested where there is
an imposing structure of brick and
mortar and stained glass. | will
not ask the question for know.
And YOU will kindly if you will re-
fleet moment
Last Tuesday z babe my family
goodbye and started towards Grove
creek. Was 5000 ovcrtaken and
taken in and up BY j. T. Williams
and we journeyed as far as the
home of Mr.. and nirs. J. NJ. sprin-
kle where Mr.. Williams talked q
land deal and Looked after my list.
AS we came up bN the house on our
way from the field where MIR. Sprin-
kle was blowing cotton, one of the
daughters of the household gave me
q dollar to renew for o. w. Lowe o.
Big Springs. o. ". used to live here
but went west a few years ago and
n begins to look Alike he is going to