VOL. XXIII.
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CHARLOTTE, N. O., THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 8, 1900.
NO. 3630
WILL NOT SIGN.
Governor Taylor Decides Not to
Ratify the Louisville
Agreement.
THE LONDON LEGISLATURE
Adapts Resolution Pledging Its
Unqualified Support to Taylr
Chairman of the Republican
Caucus Says They Hay as Well
Have the Fight Out Now.
Bv Telegraph to The News.
LONDON, Ky., Feb. 8. Not hear
ins anything from Frankfort as to the
lesult cf last night's conference,' the
House met today and passed resolu
tions of confidence in Taylor, pledging
its united, earnest, loyal and enthus
iastic support, urging him ito stand
firm, and letting the appeal to all Ken
tuclv.ian.3 go forth that we will never
compromise with dlshonor .nor yield
one iota in this .'battle for civil liberty
and the rights of the people asex
pressed at the polls in November.
Chairman Slack, of the -Republican
House caucus, said this morning that
lie rather leaned towards compromise,
but he declared the Democrats seemed
:to want all the Jaest of it, and he was
now for a fight to the .finish. He said:
"The fight will have to come sooner or
Ister. It had as well (be commenced
now. so it can be got through with.''
Much indignation is expressed at Lieu
tenant .Governor Marshall signing the
Louisville agreeement.
WILL NOT SIGN THE TREATY.
FRANKFORT, Ky., 'Feb. 8. Gover
nor Taylor has not signed the Louis
ville peace agreement nor will he, a
it now stands, "nor will any action be
taken today. This was determined at
a conference that lasted' until two
o'clock this morning, when all of
Taylor's legal advisers' were present.
Judge Yost made a vigorous protest
against signing the treaty. He said
if Governor Taylor signed the agree
ment it should be of his own making,
and provide for the convening of the
Legislature and repeal ' of the Goebel
election law, passage. 'of a substitute;
Hie settlement of cpnte'sits1 .by vote of
the House and Senate 'in? separate ses
sion ; the settlement b"f ''minor "contests
by fair trial before tnefelection com
mission; the Republican'0 vincunibents
being allowed- to take any legal, steps
they think proper. ' ' :
HOISERY MEN MEET.
The Price of Yarn to be Advanced
to Keep Pace With Cotton.
The Southern Hosiery Yarn Spinners'
A.-ociatioii nut thi' morning at 10
o'clock, at the Manufacturers' Club.
As scene of the most representative
spinners were to arrive at poon, the
irir.rir1; adjourned wit: transact t' g,
ar.v ;.u?inf.-ss. until after dinner, j. Ff
Af,-:cialion is n-0'v in session. '-jS.tctTi
others the following named members
were registered::
J. B. Mo-Milan, Talladega Cotton Fac
tory, Talladega, Ala.; J. H. Hicks,
Highland. City Mills, Talladega; J. F.
Lovejoy, Newman Cotton 'Mills, New-,
nan, Ga.; J. !W. 'Hanson, - Barnesville
Manufacturing Company, Barnesville,
Ga.; M. L. Smith, Clover Cotton Man
ufacturing Company, Clover, S. C;
Charles Iceman, McCall Manuf acturing
Company, McCall, S. C.; J., C. Rankin,
Spencer .Mountain Mills, Lb well; G. B.
Spencer, Scotland Cotton Mills, Laur
inburg; R. M. Gates, Jr., Gold Crown
Hosiery Mills, Charlotte; C. W. John
son, Anchor Mills, IHuntersville; J. F.
Taylor Kinston Cotton Mills,' Kinston.
Mr. William D'Olier, the well known
eccnnitssicn merchant, of Philadelphia,
is -inv attendance. . -. ..
Mr Hanson, of Brunswick, Caabas
joined the association since' itsJlast
meeting here, DeeemfoexciU. c4t wiH
be remembered that at that mee'tinjgva
schedule of price was adopted on 'ffche'
basis of 16. cents for No. 10 -hosiery
yarn. : -l .: . ':. ' '
"Will the price be advanced today?'
a prominent member of the association
was asked. "It isrmore than;: likely
that it will," said he, "on account of
the recent sharp advance of cottoni."
The rule of the association, 'has been
'to meet every 30 'days1 (here in Char
lotte. Hereafter it willmeet every 60
days. The tome of the market 4s buoy
ant, and spinners and commission men
wore -bright faces. The meting today
will probably not adjourn .until the
last call for supper. , ;
"Why is a; police detective like the
scene of General Butter's recent de
feat in the Transvaal?" asked a gen
teman, "at the fountain" today. 'Give
it up," said the crowd. "Because he
is a spion kop.' The proprietor was
immediately compelled to set 'em up."
Nelson, the young son of Mrs. M. F.
Lyles, is ill with pneumonia.
BULLER GAINS A FOOTHOLD.
Altera Loss of 233 Tien He Se
cures a Position North of the
Tagtla.
By Telegraph to The News.
SPEARMAN'S CAMP, .Feb. 8. Gen.
Buller has clinched his positionnorth
of the Tuegla river. He has mounted
heavy guns and infantry are now in
trenched to support them.
GATA'CRE REPULSES BOERS.
STiR'EKSTROM, Feb. 8. The Boer
attack yesterday on Per Hock proved
only ia. feint. The main attack devel
oped later, was directed against this
place, and, Boers, with three guns,
shelled the British position and staeted
to advance. Gatacre rushed reinforce
ments to the front. The Boers re
treated, British cavalry pursuing.
BULLER'S POSITION. -
SlPEAR!MA.N"3 CAMP, Wednesday
Night, Feb. 7. .The British position, at
Vaal -Krans1 ridge has been made sfc
cure. Infantry advanced today along
the -ridge, driving the Boers before
them. The Vaal Krans ridge forms
a continuation of BraKfontein Range
and is several miles east of Pctgeiter's
Drift. ; . ' -
HALF WERE NATIVES.
s Over half the Boer troops were na
tives. The enemy held on until the
British .reached the top of the kopje,
When they fled.
BRITISH LOSS 233.
LONDON, iFeb. 8. Buller has tele
graphed the War Office that the ap
proximate British casualties in the
fighting. at Pctgeiter's Drift till Tues
day noon were 233.
TATE & BROWN.
Mr. J; C. Tate and fir. Claude
Brown Become Partners.
An interesting change in mercantile
Mr. J. CL- Tate,' of the 7 Dcng-Ta te
Clothing Company, sold his interest in
that company, to Mr. W. D. Long, one
of the members of the company, and
purchased a half interest in Mr. Claude
Brown's men's furnishing business.
The name of the new firm will be Tate
& Brown. Negotiations were begun
yesterday, looking to this change, but
final "agreement was not made until
this rncrning. Mr. Tate and Mr. Brown
began taking stock at once.; By this
deal Mr. Tate severa ' his. connection
entirely with the Long-Tate Clothing
Company, Mr.," Dong, buying, his, , entire
interest. The . Lm,g-Tatex, .eiothifcg
Company is a stock - Company and '.rtiip;
name will remain;asat present. The
only -two stockholders now are Mr.
Long and Mr. "John R; Pharr. The
business .will continue as heretofore.
Mr. Tito will be manager of Tate &
Brown's business. They wil continue
business at tihe present stand, but will
make cihanges ; not only in the stocK,
but in the aDpearance of the building.
A handsome plate glass front is to be
put in, and mew fixtures in the inter
ior. The new firm will keep a complete
and "swell" stock of men's furnishings.
Mr. Tate has had 14 years' experience
in the business, as cleirk and proprietor,
and to bis experfence adds taste and
popularity that are winners in the race
for success. Mr. Brown will be here
now and then, and wlill assist Mr. Tate
in the buying. '
MR. BRYAN ACCEPTS.
Will Speak in Raleigh Tuesday
Night, the 13th.
The New thisi morning received the
following telegram: from Mr. Josephus
Daniels, editor of the Raleigh News
and 0!bserver,v and Democratic Na
tional Committeeman from this State:
"Mr. Bryan accepts the invitation to
speak in Raleigh Tuesday nigh, Feb
ruary 13. Everybody invited.
"JOSEPHUS DANIELS."
An effort is ibeinig made to get Mr.
Bryan to come, to Charlotte, if possi
ble, 'bnpit is. not kn own .whether it
ill S'be- successful, i He has a : largo
"number 'of engagements ahead.
Mr. Bryan will' be wiarmly welcomed
to North Carolina.,; A number are ex
pected to" go from here to Raleigh- to
hear t'he Democratic leader. : ' '
' gretogreen AFiFAIR. ;
There was a runaway marriage: i-v
Long Creek Tuesday evening, which
interested the people of that township
greatly. The bride was Miss Rena Mc
Call, daughter of Mr. Alex. McCall; and
the groom, Mr. Lorenfco Ferris. The
former 'is 17 vyears old; the latter 16.
They drove to South Carolina, to
'Squire Bailes' and were there made
bey and wife. They returned home
yesterday morning and are living at
his father's.
MRS! PEARSON'S MEETINGS.
Mrs. Pearson meets with the ladies
from 4 to 5 this afternoon and tomor
row at the First Presbyterian church.
Numbers of ladies have heard her
talks this week, and all have feit
strengthened and helped. She will talk
especially to young women tomorrow
afternoon, and asks, that as many as.
possible be present- '.:
TRUES DALE HANGED.
Came Near Dying of Collapse
and Had to be Dragged
to the Scaffold.
NITRO-QLYCERE GIVEN HIM
Drop Fell at 10:27 and it Was
Sixteen flinutes Before He Was
Declared Dead-Truesdale Mur
dered His Mistress the Night of
August 23, 1899.
iWilliam Truesd'ale, the, negro mur
derer, was hanged in. the county jail
this morning.
Around tb.3 jail was the usual greiat
crowd that gathers on such occasions
(hundreds of negroes, men, women
amd 'Children several scores of white
men; all of whom know they will be
denied' amlttan.ee to - the jail, hut
who hang around waiting with breath
less interest for any intimation of
what is going on within. Inside the
jail, crowded on a narrow landing, on
top of the steel cells and standing in
the marrow rooms, were the sheriff, his
deputies, the chief of police, his offi
cers, the doctors, newspaper men; and
the congregation of t'he morbidty cur
ious who go to a hanging for the
sensation of seeing a man die.
UTTERLY COLDaPSED.
When the time came for the hang
ing Truesdale was in a state of utter
colapse. iHis nerves had given away
completely and he was on the verge of
heart failure. The doctors were called
in, and administered . hypodermic in
jections of nitro-glycerine. The sher
iff's assistants then dressed him. He
was'ais limp as a dish cloth, was in a
profound fupor and his ibreathing was
very labored. He could not walk to
the scaffold, and had'to ba carried from
his cell.; : . ?
DRAGGED TO THE SCAFFOLD.
Wihen he arived at the .door at the
foot cf the eoaffold stairs, he held
back and resisted strenuously. He
had to the hound hand and' foot, and
it took 'half a dozen men to drag him
up the stairs to the scaffold and put
him in position. A scantling was- put in
position above the scaffold and Officers.
Curiningham and , Black stood on it and
tkH"t Tiuesdal -in positibn while . th
.ipap was-' sprung.' ., j f1' 7fr ,.t
toi:mim. IN, STUPOR. I
"Have you anything to ay, iWill?
asked one of t'he officers. There was
no answer. The sheriff repeated the
question. Truesdale showed no signs
qf consciousness.
iNo minister was there to officiate,
there were no closing songs; no service,
no last words, no confession.
Just .as Chief of Police Orr knocked
out the block and sprung the trigger,
there were a f ew "good-,byes" f rom
the crowd. That was all. 1
Tiuesidalei was already on the verge
of death when the black dap was fitted
DIED FROlM STRlANGUDATION.
The trap was sprung at 10:27 o'clock.
His body was so limp that the fall did
not break his neck and the died slowly,
from strangulation'. There were con
vulsions anduthe body writhed. The
doctors examined him time and timt
again, ibut still the spark of life lin
gered. It was sixteen nuinute after the drop
fell when the county physician said:
"I hereby pronounce William" Trues
dale dead, dead, -dead."
-The body was' in a few minutes cut
down and place in the pine coffin. It
is understood that the remains will be
carried to his old home, Camden, S.
Co., for .interment. Truesidale told
Sheriff Wallace that his mother had
promised to pome this morning, but
she did not appear. K
HE NFJVBR CONFESSED.
Truesdale affirmed his innocence up
to this morning. He never confessed
the crime, and his nervedM not give
way until about an hour, before the
hanging. : . ,:T 1 . -
Rev.rB. F. Hargett, . thj&hite Bap
tist niiinisterwho visi''Ttrbesdale in
his cell seveiral times, iSald 0 a News
reporter tady; -. ; ' 1 ; ' :-v1 '.'
"I called to s-ee Truesdiale yesterday
aLad had a private interview with him.
To my question, 'Did you, or did you
not, kill that girl?' he answered, 'No,
I did not.' I told him not to die with
a lie on his Hps; it would do him no
good after he was dead. 'He sclll pro
tested his dnnocence and said that he
was ready to go. This morning Sheriff
Wallace went with me to his cell. He
saiid: 'Get up, Will, the preacher, wants
to talk with you and pray for you.'
Will said, 'Tell him to pray, hut I am
ready, sheriff, when you are.' iHe was
carried to the caff old and in an un
conscious state met his death."
THE CRIME.
Cn the same day Julius Alexander
w-?,s hanged, August 24 last, there was
a ghas tly find near the Victor Mills,
jvisc beyond the city limits. A negro
man discovered- the mutilated body of
a negro womai in the woods Just north
of : the cotton . mill. The body was al-
mast naked. There were deep cuts
about the eyes, seemingly maide foy a
knife and the head was crushed with
'ome heavy instrument. Bier cloth es
were found about a hundred yiarda
away. The police went to work on
the ease at once, and one clue after an
other came into their possession until
in a few hours they had traced the
crime to Iniffsdale. The woman, was
Jane Brown (alias Ida 'Hcbson) and
had been Truesdale s mistress. She fol
lowed Truesdale from Greensboro to
Charlotte; and tried to compel him. to
provide for-her. He got her hoard at
Eenma Leeper's. The night bef ore the
; muraer ne took tne woman out lor a
i walk. That was the last seen of her
; until the 'body was identified at the
i corcner's inquest next day. Truesdale
was arrested. The woman's purse and
I money were found on his -person, and
iiis shirt bore blood-stains that he had
viinly tried to wash out.
The chain of evidence mas- complete
at every point. v,
FUNERAL OF MISS KEESLER.
1 1
Friends Pay the Last Tribute of
Respect This Afternoon In
terment at Rock Hill.
The funeral of Miss Marie Keesler,
who breathed her last yesterday af
ternoon at 4:20 o'clock, as announced
in the News, will be held this after-
noon at 4:30, at the residence of Mr.
Hj. Li. Keesler, on East Sixth street
The announcement of the death of this
bright young girl filled many hearts
with sorrow and was ec sad surprise to
many. Her intimate friends knew of
her decline, but the outer circle did
net realize that the end was so near.
She was so young only 18 and so full
of life and brightness, one could not as
sociate death with her, yet today she
sleeps. Loved ones had watched her
since the first symptoms of her illness
last December. Her young life began
- to decline as the year was winging its
flight. She lived to greet, but not to en
joy, the New Year, ifcr her days and
nights have been filled with pain and
suffering since -its dawn. But sorrow
knd sighing are o'er she rests, she
Mfrleeps, and calm and beautiful is her
Sleep. There win De tears on tne roses
that cover her bier, but tears of sorrow
not despair, for she is "not lost, but
gone before." Her bright, lovely young
f spirit has jdlned "the choir invisible-
6f those immortal dead who live again
in minds made better by their pres
ence; whose music is the gladness cf
the world', , '.;
Tor
'f- :.LrOttie Marie . Keesler i was .born the
s-v . a - j ' .1 i ' r 4 find T"i "LS ' T-S il
iytn or septemcer, lesaaHiK, nijii,,
S. C. She made h,er fiOmerLlways)"ith
her brother, ' Mr.' EC f L. Keesler; xnd
came to Charlotte when quite a child
By her sweet disposition and bright,
attractive ways she surrounded herself
with a circle cf interested friends, and
by these and others her death Ss de
plored. She connected herself some
years ago with the Episcopal dhuroh,
her membership at. the time of her
death being at St. Peter's, this cfity. She
leaves two brothers. Messrs. E. L. and
S. R. Keesler, and five sisters: Mrs. J
S. Rhaine. of Camden. S. C. ; Miss Saida
Keesler, who lives with Mr. S. R. Kees
ler, in Greenwood, Miss.; Mrs. E. V
Durham and IMisses Janie and Mozelle
Keesler, of Charlotte.
Among the many beautiful floral of
ferings which "were sent to the house
today, was one from the young ladies
at Tapp, Long & CWs. The remains
will be taken to Rock" Hill. S. C, to
morrow moraine for buriaLV other
members of the family being buried
there. . '
ThA nail bearers will be: Messrs.
Fred Nash. Ed. McDonald. Hubert
Ramseur, Pat 'Williams, Marshal Col
lins and Torrence DeGrand.
WAGNER.
Last evening Dr. Charles R. Fisher
gave a recital in Elizabeth College
chapel, ilustrative of Wagner's works.
This was iby way of supplement to the
Wagner evening, recently given hy the
Diatelian Literary Society.
' ' v OHXJRCH. . :
IVev: "Mr. Carson, of Baltimore, who
hasr,&een here preaching at East Ave
nue, Tabernacle, returned to Baltimore
thili morhing." .- V ;J ;. - .
is to be nastor
atfhe Tabernacle, arrives next- week-
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AFTER THE LOAVES .AND FISHES.
Mr.. W. iM: Roes, of Ardreys, was in
the city yesterday to get the 8 mar
ket on his cotton.- Mr. Ross ia lucky
to not having disposed of his cotton
sooner. He has sveral bales in hand
yet. . J
COLD WAVE EN ROUTE.
Weather. Observer Davis' greeting
this morning had a chilling effect. -Said
he: "There's a -cold wave coming to
morrow. It started in the northwest
and is traveling toward us as fast as
it's windly majesty will allow. It will
be much colder tomorrow.'
CHARLOTTE WORK.
OVtr. W. Glenn, the contractor, has
been awarded the contract for building
the new Southern Railway passenger
station at Harriman, Tenn. Architect
Milburn made the plans. ,
PRACTICAL HOLINESS
' . .7
Evangelist Pearson Takes as
His Text First Peter, First
Cnapter, 16th Verse.
TWO KINDS OF HOLINESS,
Holiness of God arid Holiness of
Man Topic Announced-for To
Night A Special -Sermon on
Mother's Inlluence" on Fri
day Night.
Appropriately, the opening hymn of
the service last, night was, "Nearer My
God to Thee," for who could .have
heard the sermons the great evangelist
has been preaching since Sunday night
and not felt nearer to God? Other
hymns introd-tfetory to the service pro
per were, fWork for the Night 4s
Coming,". "Oh! Happy Day," and
"Faith is the victory." Prayers were
offered by Revs. Messrs. Turrentine,
Surratt and Bissell. The collection Was
introduced last night for the first time
collection for incidental expenses. Mr
Pearson announced that he would not
vary the programme as at first arrang
ed, viz: That the services would be
held this week in the Second church,
and next week in the First. "Drs.
Howerton and Stagg have shown the
sweetest, lovest and best of spirit in
the matter, and have left it with me'so
I concluded not to alter the programme.
We - will go on here until Saturday
night. Sunday night I will preach at
the First church, and throughput? 4he
week following. The place is a matter;
of small import. Tomorrow night I '
will preach on, 'The Work of Christ on
the Throne. ?u The work on the throne'
supplements the work on the- cross.
Friday night I will speak on, 'Mothers'
Influence,! ; but I don't want any one
to get the idea that the service is for
mothersonly. I want the fathers tov
come but and hear what I have to say
to the mothers,' and Saturday night I
want the mothers to be here and hear
what I have to say to the fathers. Fri
day night I want the mothers close to
me, and. so we'll use this main block of.
seats for the women. Saturday night
we will reverse this order and use it
for men all sorts of men. I hope there
will be much praying about these two
services all the, services, in fact. Let
us bow' now and have a word of pray-
f. " -Note theihange of tone in the
preacher's., yoic! ; Force, energy , and
declamation give, place to tenderness,
reverenceoand , humility in addressing
Him who sits 'upon the throne,; as "Ho
ly, Holy, Holy Lord f God of Hosts."
"We thank Thee for the atonement of
Jesus Christ on the cross, forMHls inter
cession in heaven' said the preacher
"Bless these, thy people, savje) ,, them
from error on the one 'hand, anld from
worldliness on the other. 'May this b
a head-instructive service, and a bene
fit to all our souls. Amen."
"I now call your attention to 1st Pe
ter 1:16," said the preacher: 'Be Ye
Holy, for I Am Holy.' The preceding
verse reads: 'But as he which hath
called you is holy, so be ye holy, in; all
manner of conversation.' So you isee.
my friends, this thing cf holiness ught
. SJ . . .. -W A
to go into our cnaracters. - i- want to
talk on 'Practical Holiness.' There is
a great deal of impractical holiness in
the land. There are two things to note
in this text: - '
"First,. The holiness of God revealed
'I am holy.'
"Second, The holiness of Christians
commanded 'Be ye holy.'
"First, as to the holiness of God:
'What is holiness?' There Is not a
more difficult word In the English lan
guage or on earth, 'Why? Because
it is an unearthly word, a word God
coined. The idea is not in the world.
We cannot give any definition that
conveys all the meaning - of it. One
idea is consecration anther, freedom
from sin Adam was holywhen he was
put in the garden of 32den he was cre
ated free from sin.. ;: . -.
."Another: Idea' is absolute moral pur
ity fnthaf sense Gpd is holy and, in a,
sense, "none other can be. "r'r ,:
"Now the next Question 'Wftat are
the' characteristics of God's Holiness?
- "First, That it is an essential attrib
ute of His being. He can't be the uod
of the Bible and not be holy. Holiness
is not essential to an angel the devil
settled that nor to a man, but it is to
God. God is omnipotent holiness is
omnipotent; God is omniscient holi
ness, s omnfscient. So with all of God's
attributes. It is the crowning glory of
all of His attributes. It is the perfec
tion of His being. Does He cast the
angels out of heaven who kept not
their first estate? Yes, and does it in
absolute holiness. Does He send the
flood and sweep the earth? He does it
in absolute holiness.: Does He permit
His Son to die on the cross? He does
it in absolute holiness. Dear, dying
man, does He assign you a place in
the nethermost hell? .He does it in ab
solute holiness. God, who created and
redeemed us, is to judge us, and will do
so in absolute holiness.
"Another peculiarity about the holi
ness of God: It is absolutely unswerv
ing. It did not swerve a hair's breadth
thouh Adam and hi race were to be ii -volved.ip
misery and woe. We see ia
Moses a man pre-eminently a type C
Christ, and yet in His dealings with
him God s holiness did not swerve-.
Again in Christ's agony on the cros;
when His sweat was as drops of blood;
When He cried, 'My God! my God! Why
hast thou forsaken me?' th hr.Hnc
of God did' not swerve a hair's KrHt,
Xhank;G'6d for that blessed fact! O'h!
it is tne joy of the angels in heaven
and of good men on earth, but Ail
what, a doom to the man who iiVt,
the love of Christ and rejects the hc-li-nessof
Hi gospel; that impugne3 God's
motives.-criticises His government! To
illustrate: The sun is the centre of
gravity. Suppose it should swerve a
hair's breadth from that centre, what
would fellow? It would wreck the uni
verse. So in the moral universe, holi
ness is the moral centre. Should God
deviate a hair's breadth the moral uni
verse would be wrecked, o much for
the characteristics of lllo holiness!
"Again: 'Hew has Gzd revealed HIa
holiness? In just three ways:
"First, The Sabbath. He blessed tha
Sabbath. vHe rested that day Gen. 2: S.
Now, what's the idea? If God would
reveal His holiness to man, there must
be a time when men can commune with
Him,'have fellowship with Him, so, my
friends, he who disregard the Sabbath
is striking a blow at the fundamental
teachings of religion.
"Second, There must be a place
where God dwells, where man can ap
proach Him. What made the yholy of
holies soH.holy? The presence of God.
What is holiness, so far as you and I
are concerned? It is God dwelling in
us, and you have just as much of holi
ness as you have of God. It is God
dwelling , in you.
, "Again, The next great revelation
God makes of His holiness is in the
incarnationTT-Luke 1:35. (Here is a
holy persbn. There was no sin jn
Him. " Herelwe have personal holiness.
Heretofore'it had been abstract, ndw it
is personal, practical. What is practi
cal holiness?. It was Jesus Christ do
ing the will of God on earth in the
flesh.' That was the rule of His con
duct. What's 'practical holiness?'
For you to do the will of God in your
thinking, in your business, in your liv
ing and in your home, and that's the
gist cf Christianity; that's the gist of
pur .religion in that we should live re
deemed, godly, Chri3tt:like, lives on.
earth. ' . , -. .
"One other thought: Christ is the
connecting , link between us and God
and in Him,we find human and divine
holiness. Thee is no-chance of our
living in the presence of that holy God,
but by the holiness of Christ. As wo
grip the holiness of God, we grip what
sin is, what salvation ' is and what
Christ's , work on the cross and throne
was v; ff
"Now I come down to the second
question: 'How is holiness command
ed?' We can't afford' to dodge this be
cause some sinless perfection cranks
are going about the country abusing it.
What hinders our practical holiness?
Three things:
"First, Failure to lay our besetting
sins aside. We can't make any prog
ress toward practical holiness as long
as this is true. What is a besetting
sin? A sin that sticks clcse to us.
Every one has them. We must look to
God for grace and help.
" Another thing that hinders is an un
willingness to let God search us. The
PsalmWt says: 'Search me, O! God.'
Are you willing to get alone with God
and just open your heart and let God
search yon? To say: 'Search me, O
Lord, and if I am dishonest, sordid, or
guilty of gossip, or of talking
about my neighbor, or of impug
ing motives, or untrue as wife or hus
band; if I practice shark tricks in
trade: if I am not keeping, the Sab
bath; if I am cherishing any animosity,
show it to me!' Oh! dying man, you've
got to come face to face with-God some
time. Don't talk to me about searcn-
ing yourself. You can't do it.
'Another thing that hinders a me
of;practical holiness is: Failure to con
fess our sins, even when we know
them. Christians, let me give you a
word of advice: The moment you give.
wav to your temper, or tongue, or any-
sin,; breathe a confebn(rjgbt there to
God' and as-soon asyoUan get on
your.knees and confessto God. Don't
let it.lie .there corroding on. the con-
science.
"Now to the next question: 'What
helps us to live a life of practical holi
ness?' One thing is faith. That may
sound trite, but listen: Ephesians 2:8
'For by grace are ye saved itnrougn
faith.' Let's look at this. In the first
place you are to put your faith in
Christ's willingness to help. He
sees your besetting sins and
longs to help you, to Bul.ue
you and keep you from this con
tinual hank-slidine. and falling from
grace, but the question is, do you want
it? Will you say with tne poor icper.
If thou will thou cans t maite me
clean?' If you doubt it tnere is uu au
thing as your gaining a victory ana
livinc a llfA of practical holiness. Start
out each day with the idea, that 'the
Lord Jesus Christ, who uiea ior me,
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