The log cabin Democrat., 1916-03-11
PAYS TRIBUTE 10
 CONWAY'S SPIRIT YOU HAVE TOTED FAIR"
SAYS REV. CULPEPPER OF CON WAY PEOPLE-MEETING
 ENDS MONDAY.

sefVlces being conducted at the First Methodist church was paid by Rev Burke Culpepper, the Memphis evan gellst, m some remarks preceding his sermon last night. T have never preached in town where better spirit was shown,' he said, and he thanked the merchants and business men fer closing their places of busi- ness for the day services during the past week. You have toted fair with me" he said
 After Song service which con- cluded with an offertory, "The Sinner and the Song" by s. F. Anderson and chorus from the choir, Rev. Cul- pepper announced that the final serv- ice in the revival would be held next Monday night Other places, he stated, are pressing him to come and he has already been booked for the entire year 1916 and is now making engagements for 19lI
 An innovation was introduced in last night services, when the evan gelist called upon those who desired to profess religion te do so calnl, and without oThortation. before the sermon was delivered. A score CT more responded to the invitation and gave the preacher their hands.
 Rev. Culpepper last night tool, for his text II Timothy, 4:21, Do thy diligence to come before winter" Life has it's seasons just as do the years, the preacher said, and the springtime of life is the best time for q person to embrace the Christian religion. He used his remarkable descriptive powers to show the con- trast between the appearance of woods and fields in spring and in winter. When you save an old per son. he said, it is a great thing: but when you save an old person, you save only soul, and when you save Loy CT girl you save q life and soul.
 He urged his hearers to decide definitely the great question of life and eternity before the winter of conflicting claims, the winter of habit ual neglect, the winter of listless conscience and the winter of Divine withdrawal"
 The winter of conflicting claims, he explained, was when we, get too busy with everyday affairs to seek after the truths Of religion "Secularity is damning thousands,' he said.
 Seek ye first the Kingdom of God then sell your gasoline, your shoes and your groceries Seek ye first the kingdom of God then graduate from your colleges.
 The winter of habitual neglect. the preacher said was a season when it became difficult for the sinner to be reached. This neglect, which gradu- ally steals into ones life and becomes fixed habit, causes an infinite amount of sorrow, ne said It ex- tends into every phase of life "A husband habitually neglects to kiss 1 his wife except when he is saving goodbye to her, and some of them habitually neglect to do that. Some 1 of you women out there haven't been kissed in 25 years" Carelessness, prayerlessness, habitual absence from church were condemned. You've got men in your town who don't re- spect God as much as they do a man" he declared.
 The winter of hstless conscience is also to be avoided. Men stihe their consciences until finally their con sciences will no longer speak "Men, keep your consciences alive and ten der" he urged
 he winter of Divine withdrawal, the evangelist declared, was the time that all should shudder to approach There are men in this town who have fought God so long that the Holy Spirit has withdrawn from them. My Spirit shall not always strive with thee says the Bible This is what 1 understand to be the sin against the Holy Ghost The minister gave an illustration of Di- vine withdrawal in the case of man who had grievously wronged his wife and who after failing in every other way to obtain her forgiveness made a pretended confession of faith and assumed false conversion to Christ ianity This man, he declared, was now eternally lost, the Holy Spirit had withdrawn from him and there was no way in which he could be reached or touched by Christian in fluences. Do thy diligence and come before the winter of death and doom, the preacher urged in conclusion
 No afternoon services were held today, but the evangelist will preach at the usual hour tonight. Two serv- ices will be held tomorrow, at II q.