Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1923-08-30
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NUNION REVIVAL
Rev. Norman H. Camp Delivers Pure
Gospel Sermons. Illustrated. Tells
Story of His Life and Conversion.

Inc Union Revival Meetings now
being conducted By Reverend Nor
man H. Camp, the Lawyer-Evangelist
from Chicago, are attracting consider
able attention. The main auditorium
OF the Baptist Church is well filled
each night and on Sundays the annex
has been opened in order to accommo
date the people. Much interest is be-
ing manifested in Mr.. Camps unique
and plain way of preaching the Cos
pei. With the aid of large black
| board he is able to make his audien-
ces see as well as hear the Word of
God.
Meetings for prayer are held each
morning at nine o'clock. The business
men meet at the Commercial Hotel
where Mr.. Camp makes his head
quarters. The women meet in the
different homes at the'same hour. At
3 o'clock each day except Saturday
Bible Exposition is given at the
Baptist Church.
Last Sunday afternoon Rev. Camp
told "The Story of His Life and
Conversion" 1t seems that he was
born on farm and raised in small
town on the praries of Illinois. He
was religiously trained and united
with the church when quite young,
but did not experience the power Of
So1x
years later. He graduated from the
High School, the University of Hi
nois, and the Northwestern Law
School of Chicago, practiced law for
seven years in Chicago and was
brought to a saving knowledge of
Christ in his law office. Sometime
afterwards he received a definite call
from God to leave the law Office
and engage in the Christian ministry.
He fought against it for several weeks
and months but finally yielded and
took a course of training at the Moo
dy Bible Institute in preparation for
Bible teaching and evangelism. >
IN giving his testimony Mr.. Camp
spoke of the verse in the Bible he
believed at the time he was saved,
viz:-Romans 5:1 Therefore being
justified by faith we have peace with
God through our Lord Jesus Christ"
He showed the things which are be-
tween sinful man and holy God
that must be settled before there is
peace between them. These are: Sin
which gives us an evil inclination;
sins, thousands of them in word, in
thought and in deed; the broken law
of God and the penalty which must
be justly satisfied; the natural enmi-
| ty in the heart of man against God
etc. This settlement man was and is
unable to make, but God in his great
love and grace has made through the
| death and resurrection of Christ who
or the cross was made to be sin for US
who bore our sins on his own body,
who paid the penalty Of broken law
! abolished the enmity in His flesh.
Now all who accept and confess Him
as Savior and Lord are called right
eous by God because of their faith
and are put over into new relation
ship with God, as though they had
never sinned. 1t was this wonderful
truth that the evangelist declared he
believed when he was saved, but at
the same time he saw himself as vile
a sinner as ever walked the streets
of Chicago. Since then old things
have passed away and all things have
become new.
1t is expected that these meetings
will continue over Sunday and all of
next week. Preaching every after
noon at 3 o'clock and every night at
8 o'clock.
Next Sunday afternoon Rev Camp
will speak on a special theme as an
nounced: "The Significance of the
World War and Gods Program for
World Peace" The American Legion
is expected to attend in body, and
the men of Boone, especially the old
soldiers of all wars are cordially in
vited.
On next Friday night of this week
the evangelist will speak ON the sub
ject: "13 Ways to He'll" and answer
the questions so often asked: Was
hell prepared for man? What kind of
place is it? Will any man ever go
there? Let the Christian people be
very much in earnest and pray for
such revival as will mean "a nigh
ty uprush from God that will save
the world from its downrush to He'll"