Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-02-05
GREAT INTEREST
STILL CENTERS IN
REVIVAL MEETINGS
SERVICE LAST NIGHT WAS AT
ENDED BY AUDIENCE WHICH
FILLED AUDITORIUM.
Or. AND MRS. WILLIAMS WILL
BE IN THE MEETING
TONIGHT.
INDICATIONS ARE THE MEET
lNGs WILL CONTINUE OVER
NEXT SUNDAY.

Great interest still centers in the
meetings at the First u. b.. church.
The service last night was attended
by an audience which filled the main
auditorium and many In the CALLER.
les.
Several professed conversion and
there we're a number of renewals
There is no abatement in the inter
est Many persons were under deep
conviction and solemn promise to
become christians.
Service tonight at 1880. Or. and
Mrs. Williams will be in the meeting
tonight. The meetings may continue
throughout the week and over next
Sunday New members will be re-
ceived tonight All christians are
requested to continue to pray and
work for the salvation of souls here.
The Most Damaging Sin Of the Age.
In his sermon last night DR. Viii
liams said:
| | want to speak to you tonight
about the most damning sin OF the
I, age. II is the sin of old and young
rich and poor. high and low, moral and
| immoral. bond and free NEGLECT.
| To all such Hebrews, second chapter
and third verse comes laundering
down the ages-"lIow shall we es.
cape II we neglect 50 great saliva.
tion?.s This forms question, but
| there is no answer to it. You might
go to your wisest citizens, your doc
| tors and lawyers, and eminent judges
and PROFOUND to them this question,
| but they would shake their heads and
say--Earth contains no answer. If
wearied of the ignorance of earth you
should go to the abode of all intel
| ligence-God himself--and ask the
question God would say-there is no
answer in heaven "IIow shall we es
cape If we neglect so great saliva
| tion?' The philosophy of this text
| is indisputable progress or degener
acy is the law OF life. 1t Is either
evolution or deyilolution. Neglect
| your health. there will be no apology
when the law administers its rebuke--
| you become an invalid Neglect your
| mind, and you become an ignoram
Gus, neglect your spiritual life and
you become a moral degenerate.
Confirmed in Sin.
Neglect is to become confirmed in
sin, and sin is hell in embryo. Neg
lect salvation from sin, and there Is
no escape. You are better or worse
today than you were yesterday, you
will be either better or worse when
you leave this building tonight. Bet
ter II you grasp your opportunity and
accept Christ as your Savior. Worse
/ & you murder your opportunity and
pass up Jesus Christ This text is
true from the very nature OF the case.
The salvation of Jesus Christ is the
only salvation that is open to men,
therefore If you neglect the one and
only salvation, there is no escape.
Escape.
There is something to escape from
There is one verse of scripture that
would write indelibly on your mind
What shall the end be, of them that
hey not the gospel" My friend you
hould look to the end of the journey
which you're travelling | was once
asked to locate hell the location OF
which is not hard TO determine-lT
lis AT THE END OF A SINFUL
LIFE. Just as at the end Of chris
tian life is heaven Matthew asks
another question, How can We escape
the damnation of hell?" The damna
ton spoken OF is characterized by
three things-The unquenchable fire, |
the worm that never dies and outer |
darkness. God Almighty is doing His |
utw ost to keep men from hell, while |
TIE devil is racking his brain to get |
men TO hell ana keep tnem out OF /
heaven One of his most successful |
methods is NEGLECT
Do Nothing.
To miss salvation all one needs TO |
do, is simply do nothing. You need |
not be an outbreaking sinner com
init some dastardly crime. All you
need TO do to be lost IS simply to 90 |
right on as some of you are. neglect |