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GHAllLOTTiV N C, TUESD
EVENING, FEBRUARY 13, 1900.
NO. 3640
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VICTORY AD FLIGHT.
British Take a Point But Were
Unable to Hold on, Owing
to Boers Hot Fight.
ALL DEPENDS ON ROBERTS.
Preparations to Move From ilod.
der River Seem to Have Been
Completed Boers Are Extend
ing Their Attacks Along the
British Lines.
By Telegraph to the News.
LONDON, Feb. 13. A dispatch from
Rensburg, dated yesterday morning,
gave much cause for congratulations.
The dispatch states that the Boers who
had occupied Bastard's Neck and Hob
kirks Saturday, .had been driven out of
these positions by the English artil
lery and were in full flight, the British
having occupied both places. A later
dispatch from Rensburg, however, da
ted last night, says:
"It seems that the Boers, according
to the British reports, returned and at
tacked the English and drove in the
outposts. The British made a left
flank, but were unable to re-occupy
Bastard's Neck and Hobkirks. The
British retired in "haste to Maeder's
Farm; The fighting was severe and
there were a number of casualties. No
details of the losses have been re
ceived. TO MOVE FROM MODBER RIVER.
LONDON, Feb. 13 A Cessation of
war news from South Africa -is taken
ijjqrdicaite itihat the British iprepar'a-
p 'to move froon Madder River have
i'ffriKsJ. about completed, and that im
portant events cam ibe anticipated for
tie next few days. Interest centres
almost 'Wholly upon 'Lord Roberts, es
pecially since Gen. Bullers report and
-wt.Tjhd raj yaJlclm Vaal-Kraniz caime
iinciW'in'g 'that ail jdiff erent operatic lis
over 'a wMe field will, hereafter, be
imore "com pieced co-ordinated.
It is now known that the military
attaches have gone to join Roberts ai
.Ipddisr River. Another imove indicat
j rr t i e j-i
IU1P?LU. .'.A'U'V'iLIKJ't;. X lit? iitU'atJll.t? LW. HjrtUi.,
French frcim 'Rensiburg 'district, seems
to have given the Boers an opportunity
for renewed activity. They have ap
'Piarenxiy 'oegun exteniaea attacks on
the British linss, imeetfinig with manor
successes 'which 'have considerable
moral effect on the 'border colonists.
BRITISH FEELING (MORE HOPE
FUL.
iu.jn jj'uun, u eo. 13. T.ae reeumg is
more v hopeful in consequence of the
widespread belief that Roberts and
Kitchener 'have new a firm grip on the
helm and that, whatever happens, the
campaign will be waged on careful,
comprehensive plans, in which all the
forces .will co-operate.
Both sides seem collecting them
selves for an attack. The left born of
the Boer army is creeping through Zu
luland, threatening the British right
at Chievely. General Joubert is re
ported with six thousand men endeav
oring to attack Duller.
Boer aggressiveness ihas been devel
oped and has been repulsed at Rens
burg, while from the most important
point of the campaign, Modder-(River,
news has been received of ceaseless
activity and redoubled vigilance.
These reports create hopefulness in
Great Britain rather than anxiety, for
the impression prevails that the Boer
aggressiveness will , give the British
troops their long-yearned-for oppor
tunity and will tend greatly to assist
the broad plan of campaign which
Roberts may be expected to set in mo
tion soon at Modder River.
STARVING THE ENGLISH.
LONDON, Feb. 13. A dispatch to the
Pal! Mall Gazette from Mafeking via.
Gaberones, dated February 2nd, says:
"The situation is unchanged. Col.
Baden Powell has received a commun
ication from 'Lord Roberts, promising
that relief will be sent in a few weeks.
i ne garrison is as game as ever. The
Boers have expressed their intention
of starving us out." . ..wj
JUMPS TO DEATH.
Congressman Checkering Com
mits Suicide in New' York.
By Telegraph to the News. . -
NEW YORK, Feb. 13 'Congressman
Chickening, of Lewis aunty, New
York, leaped from the fourth story or
tine Grand Union Hotel to tbis ciity to
'day. Hie diied 'befoire the larrivail elf the
iamlbnuiiamee. He Wias siuffering from
alheuinnatisim and. Was very deapon-dent.
REALTY.
Mr. George Etheredge bought a house
m Seversyille yesterday from Mr. C. H.
Duls, trustee. It don't be lone till
'-d George-wilL own. all .of Se
EN ROUTE TO RALEIGH'.
Bryan and His Party Enthusi
astically Received at Henderson
To-Day.
Special Telegram to the News,
HENDERSON, N. C., February 13.
The Bryan special reached Hender
son at 2 o'clock. It was met by a
committee of Democrats from all parts
of the State. Several thousand people
gave him a rousing reception.
Ex-Senator Jarvis introduced him as
the best known and best loved living
American.
After some preliminary remarks Mr.
Bryaji discussed Republican policies of
ixktion. money, power, trusts and lm
fjH&ismHej saidf th? time had ar
riy&t whEtoaitcer could afford to
bj Republicans, t&iay had amended
the s commandment f :o xeatl; "Thou
shalt notijfetelalj on small scale."'
Ih deat M w ftii v the Philippine, he
said they had repealed the Declaration
of Independence1 for the almighty dol
lar. He said he would not spill the
blood of one American boy for the dol
lar of trade.
The speecih was enthusiastically re
ceived. After dinner the Bryan train pro
ceeded to Raleigh. Stops will be made
at Wake Forest and other places.
Weather is line and the crowd is
large. t
Two speeches will be male in Ra
leigh this afternoon and tonight. Dem
ocrats are delighted with the recep
tion Bryan is lecaivini.
W. C. DOWD.
MR. J. A. YOUNG DEAD.
Passed Away This orHlng
in
Corinth,
Miss.
Miss Lelia Young received a tele
gram about noon announcing the death
at Corinth, Miss., this morning at
o'clock, of her brother, Mr. J. Alpho
Young. Miss Young was not surprised,
as she received a telegram yesterday
afternoon which prepared her for the
sad news. Neither message gave1 amy
particulars. Mr. Young had gone to
Corinth to attend the marriage of his
oldest son, Tate, and was -unable to
leave. - He ihad"beenlrr bad health for a
year and died at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Emmie Young Jones,
Deceased was the oldest son of the
late Gen. John A. Young, of this city.
He was born and reared here, and made
Charlotte his home up to ten or fifteen
years ago, when he went elsewhere q
engage in business. ' Mr. Young was
in the hotel business the greater "part
of his life. He made an exceptionally
fine clerk, for he was a man of pleas
ant address; cordial, suave manners;
always polite and agreeable an4 al
ways bright and cheerful1, rnkd a
smile and a joke for everyone,1 and
friends many. He was whole-souled
and 'hearty; kind-hearted and clever.
Everypne knew Phonse" Young, and
everydne liked him. He married early
in life Miss Laura Tate, of Morganton,
who died a number of years ago, and
who is buried in Morganton. There
were five children: Emmie, :Mary,
Phonse, Jr., Herbert and Tate all of
whom are married. He leaves besides
these two sisters: Miss Lelia Young
and Mrs. Addie Young Marsh, of Fay
etteville, and two brothers, Mr. John
G. Young, of Winston, and Mr. E. F.
Young, of 'this city.
VALENTINE PARTY.
Cupid Sepds Out; Cards for To-
Tommorrow is S?. Valentine' Day.
The -News is .rm judfefl of this by the
follqwtofg -'lljvtafliiQnbi received this
"StJiValentine desires to meet you
at the 'hall 'of the Daughters of Liber
ty, No. 33 East Trade street, Tuesday
evening, February 13th, 1900. We trust
you will accept his invitation, and that
your beart may not be punctured be
yond all repair by any stray tlairt from
Cupil's bow. No admittance without
a Valentine.. Hours 8: 30 to 11." . .
BRYAN TO VISIT COLUMBIA.
Hon! William J Bryan has accepted
... . r 4 V - TT
an invitation to visit uoiumDia. tie
will be in that: city Thursday of this
week and -will address the general as
sembly, now in session's Considerable
preparations are , now in progress - in
South Carolina's capitol for the recep
tion of the Democratic leader.
MR. SPRINGS ILL.
Mr. Holland Springs was taken sud
denly ill while at dinner today, at the
Arlington Hotel, and fainted before'he
left the dining room. A doctor was
summoned and later Mr. Springs was
about .himself again. The illness, it
-wi? thought, resulted tfrom an. over
dese of quinine. '
BIG VESSEL WRECKED. ,
By Telegra'ph- to the News.
N'SW YORK, iFeib. 15 The Big sli
" Couinty of 'FJdinJbTErgsh" : (was wreck c i
off , the Jersey araast last nlg'hlt. during
al dense fo. Twienity of her crewre
taken affthis, m-oirnins.
The ehlri&j
BIG JUMP IN COTTON.
Future Market Takes a Turn
and Goes Up Twenty
Points Today.
RISE EQUALS $1 A BALE!
Liverpool Closed Very fluchj
Higher and the General Im
pression is That the , Bears
Have Been Routed O'Neill'
Estimate Knocked Out.
By Telegraph to
te News'. v
NEJWU YORK bl vl3,Cotton " 'took
a big jump toaj options opehiag 20
points, or a dollar a bale higher. Such
a market lias not" been witnessed since
1896. The fact that the advance oc
curred with the prevailing prices above
8 cents, indicates that the bears have
been fully routed. It also signifies that
Liverpool is not making prices this
year on O'Neill's estimate and that
the crop shortage is conceeded by every
one. The local speculative market was
very active, as well as excited. After
the opening, prices reacted somewhat.
Jb.lS.Cottori
The News of the big jump in cotton
was not unexpected in Charlotte. The
local buyers have been anticipating a
sharp advance for several days. While
they expected this thsy were not pre
pared to see such an unusual jump.
Charlotte cotton men, from the first,
fWok but little stock in Mr. O'Neill's
-large estimate. They-have, from the
opening of the season, been in posses
sion of indisputable facts relative 'to
the shortness of the crop. Everything
pointed to this and soonr or later they
alized that the English mills would
also have to come to a realization of
this. , .
NUPTIAL MA sS.
Hiss Annie Martin and AaSjjJ
Miss Annie Martin and Mr. Joseph
G. Monahah are to be married tomor
row morning at 8 o'clock at St. Peter's
Catholic church, Fev. Father Francis
officiating. Nuptial high 'mass will be
said. Messrs. James Cunningham and
f Philljp Gallagher will act as ushers.
There will be no other attendants. The
bride will be given away by her bro
ther, Mr. John Martin, who is an en
gineer on the S. A. L. Her parents
are in Ireland. Tomorrow nizht a re
ception will be held at the residence,
No. 819 North Church street, from' 8
to 11 o'clock. The bride is a most
attractive and estimable young wo
man. She has a number of admirers
and friends. The groom is well known
in the city. He is esteemed as worthy'
of the pnfty bride he is to win. Mr.
and Mrs. iMoniahan will continue to re
side here. ,ri
NEW COLORED CHURCHES.
The colored people of Charlotte are
to be commended for the handsome
ehurches which they have. Several
new ones have been built in the past
few years- churches costing from $4,
000 to $6,000 and another is to be
built. The Congregational cihurch, of
which Rev.' Haines is pastor, has raised
$2,300 toward the erection of aJftftw
edifice. The chureii Will -cqAmi
about $6,000. rti lo X dO?,V -t
.': 7 SOCIAL. V
The Chafing Dish Club will be enter
tained tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock
by Mis3 Edna Hirshinger. , ,
.
The Misses Nash, of North Church
street, last night issued invitations to
an "evening," this evening, in honor
of Miss Jenkins, Miss DeRossett and
Miss -Andrews..
v Miss -Daisy Griffith, : who is visiting
in Chester S. .C; is to be given a dance
tonight by the young men of the town.
She returns fhome' tomorrow night.
, CHURCH NEWS. v -;
There "were seven accessions to West
minster Presbyterian r church Sunday.'
The new chandelier, which has been
delayed so long, has at last arrived, and
will be hung in the centre of the
church before Sunday night, to give
light unto all. This will rnake the in
terior complete. The work at West
minster is going steadily and satisfac
torily on. '
THE DATE SUITED HIM.
(Mayor McCall yesterday, received a
telegram from Hon. C. B. Aycock ac
cepting the invitation to speak here
next Monday night. The news went to
the people of the county last night in
the Times-Democrat. They will all, be
here. Tb 2 arrangements for the speak
ing will be made later. It will either
be held in the city hall or court house
hfr. Faiinie Hmilt Srrai!fc. of Clrahiain.
arrived -IJS
MR. D. WHITLEV DEAD.
Passed Away This Morning at 6
OXIock Was One of the riost
Prominent Men in the County.
Mr. Robert D. Whitley, one of tlie
oldest and most prominent citzens of
the county, died this morning at 6
o'clock, at his 'home, in Long Creek
Mr. Whitley was 82 years of age. He
was born and reared in Long Creek,
and ihis name was associated, through
all the years of his long and useful
life, with the prominent affairs of, that
section.. He was a man of fine sense,
integrity and stength of character. He
was universally looked un to arid his
radvice and opinion was sought by the
people of the West on all subjects. He
several times represented the county
in the Legislature and was always a
prominent factor in the politics of thr
western part of the county.
Decefased-rwas ,icken with paralysis
scef monthW Thursday (he was
taken worse, -hilpng bad grippe. This
morning death set him free. He was
pre-eminently a good man a religious
man. He was a member of the Epis
copal church, and the main strength of
the little church at Bristow., Bishop
Cheshire "often visited him, no longer
than about a month ago passing
through here on his way to see Mr.
Whitley. Deceased was twice married
and had by ibis two wives, twelve chil
dren. His second wife and six of his
children survive ihim. He was one of
the, most prominent, as well as one of
the oldest, Masons in the- State, and
will be buried with Masonic honors.
The funeral will take place tomorrow
morning at 11 o'clock, being conducted
by Rev. Mr. Parkman, rector at St.
Mark's, Bristow.
MID-WINTER MUSKS
Concert at Elizabeth College To
Night The Composers and
Inter perters-
The mid-session students' concert at
the Elizabeth College will be held Ho
night, commencing at 8' o'clock. The
programme consists of 17 numbers, in
eluding selectioijas f rom Germani ?ipn
Schira, Liszt, Hope Temple Raff, Gur-
litt,. Gounod-Eddy, Jakobowski, Ga-
brieK Godard, Moszhowsk'i, Weber
Scotsor and Clarke. Those to ifcake par
are: Misses Ellk Jowitt Rebecca Nurn
bergsr, Emma W. Harris, .tVtafnie
Chrietzberg, Annie Hurken;, Jean
Davis, Hilda Geihrker, Dora Koenig
Hallman Watkins, R. Peters, Lucy
Holton1, Katherine Seagle and Mamie
Lang. The. orchestra will consist of:
F'irst violinsHMrs. Fisher and Miss
Koenig.
Second violins Miss Ruth McLiuh
and iMiss Irene Allison.
Organ Miss Seagle.
PianistsMisses Annie Belle Wise
Maggie Crowell, Mae Muller, Sophie
Puckhaber. Willie Metzger and Ellie
Grier.
Ueilos Miss Jane Van Etten and
Mr. FrCtz.1 . .
Contra bassjMr. Fisher.
Tympanum-'MisB Nurnberger.
MILL NEWS A CORRECTION.
; Yesterday the, News stated that
Messrs. Forbes, iHowell and Gilligan,
of the Edna cotton mills, Reidsville,
were here to buy new machinery, in
tending to nearly double the capacity
of the mill. The reporter wrote
that, the capacityat present was 13,000
spindles and 550Uo9pis. The jinotypist
lS.Wt HMlt; UI IXIC M S5, ULLl.n.iU.&
read "1300," instead of 13,000. ;
t Since Chistmas the ; Cornelius mill,
at Davidson, has put. in new carders
and new spinning frames.
PRBSfBYTERIAN NOTES.
Mr. Frank "Barnetit, df Huntersville,
ihas entered Lee's Buisiiness College. Mr.
Bar.nie.tt is a 'Pireslbytterian.
Mr. Henirv Oathey amd Mir. Young
Daarmond. of 'Huntersville, are clerk
ing at the Bee Hive both -Presby
tertians. "
JUDGE CONNOR l HERE.
J udge H. G. Connor,- of Wilson, ar
rived in the city this, morning and is
the guest o 'Mr Piatt D.WaIker,Judge
Connor w;a-8peaker-of the House. He
is an ex-Superior Court judge, and one
of the leading JDemocrats, as well as
prominent men, of this State. "
BUSINESS CHANGE.
ESS CHj
'Mr. T. S. Harris, who had a-grocery
store" in the new Liddell building, on
North Trvon street, where the fire oc
curred several nighs ago, sold oht last
evening to Mr. J. E. Teeter. Mr. Teet
er' has a grocery on North Caldwell
street and will move the stock there.
MTPROHANT TAILOR. .
Taste Brown are. to open , a Mer
'c'hant Tailor esitaiblishment on ' the
Uhird1 flaeir of the bulldiing ithey now
occupy. Mr. Brown oes -to Nw York
to-morrow night to secure twk of the
hest ooat makers' he .can find.
P1HILLIE13 COMING.
I The PhiOMes are to Ihiave tneor Bprjng
piractiee here. They haye secwred the
"THE NEW BIRTH.'
The Evangelist Tells the Sinner
"Ye Must Be Born Again"
If You Would See God.
THREE PERTINENT QUESTIONS
Regeneration a New Creation in
Christ Jesus- It is Pre eminent-
ly and Exclusively God's Work
Thres Things Necessary
'New MrtH&SHl-
-vt"
The. song service, unden Prof
Try,
is all inspiring htfoduction to the ser
vices, . eVer. Tifi ichoir 4s-faithful and
earaestr and theCeongi of -ion as sung
are -anllnspiratibn. Last night was "a
wild night," but it did not deter any
one from being at his or flier place in
choir,' pulpit or pew. -Every place
was full; and half of the annex. The
peopleChristians and unsaved can
not afford to miss one semon of the
great "preacher who is here. He has
special messages for the people and
they . press eagerly forward to hear
them. iMr. Pearson said last night, in
regard to the meeting Sunday night v
"I am accustomed to speaking to large
audiences but I never saw a finer set
df men than filled this room last night:
I love to preach the Gospel to anyone,
but especially to men, for I feel that
they need it more. And now on Wed
nesday, Friday and Sunday night we
tiave the same arrangement as last
iiie men will nave this floor
entirely, the women 'the gallery, and
the annex. God bless the women. I
feel a great interest in them, but the
majorityof them are already church
members, while the men are not. .Last
night the men came to church because
they were assured of seats. In the
after-meeting tonight I will ask that
no one . remain in the galleries. We
want just two classes to remain in the
.After-meeting: seekers - and workers.
We arr not Aere'oMaTfeHb'yter
ians 'or Methodists or Baptists, but
Christians. My sermons this week will
not be as long as they were last week,
when I was preaching to Christians. I
will, preach 30 minutes and then have
the after-meeting. As there are many
who would prefer ijtalking to the pas
tors quietly in their homes, instead e
in the after-meeting, I will announce
that the following pastors will be
ready to talk with anyone every day
from, 3 to 4 o'clock: Dr. Stage, at Sec-
f5ndi church parlor; Dr. Howerton, at
his1' study in the manse; Dr. Barron, at
his home; Mr. Siler, at his study, in
the church; Dr. Chrietzberg, in his par
lor at home." .
"I call your attention tonight," said
the preacher, "to John 3:7: 'Marvel not
that I said unto you, ye must be born
again.' The word 'again' does not car
ry with it the idea of a repetition. It
carries with it the idea of the origin of
a new birth. 'Ye must be born' again
born from above. I want to talk
about the 'new "birth' tonight. Iam
going to make a sweeping assertion :
You may belong to any Church or
creed; you may take the sacrament
every Sunday; you may even' preach
the Gospel, or go as a missionary, and
yet if you are nqj 'frcrn again' you will
land m a solemn. jhell;yu know this is
the truth. How'tfovfl know it?lM3e
cause Christ says so$ Then 'don'Zyou
see that, the 'mew 3a4Httus'the pijVtMffon
wmcn neaven ana ineM'tiurn, as ataxias
you and I are concerned? I wantifo
say plain, simple-things tonight. I
want to ask and answer three ques
tions:
"First, What is the" 'new birth ?'
"Second, Why should I be born
again? .
"Third, How can I be born again?
First: 'What is the new birth?'
Ephesians 2:10 Lam speaking now
to 'saved men: 'For. ye are. His work
manship created in' Christ Jesus untb
good works. 'Create'--now catch that
idea. 2nd Con 5:17- 'Therefore if any
man be in Christ he is "a new creature.'
'New - creature- literally a new v crea-'
tion. Let us get a Bible conception: of
what regeneration is : ; It is a new ere-,
atibn ; new- ereaticn in Christ- Jesus.
God: created your body, and God has
laid His creative hand on your soul
and made that soul a new creature in
Jesus Christ. No one can create but
God. The 'newbirth' then is pre-emi
nently and exclusively God's, work.
Don't you see how a man can "join, the
Church and God have nothing to do
with it? The question is not to what
Church you belong; what creed do you
profess, but the question is: 'Has Goa
aid His creative hand on your soul?
don't care if you belong to the col-
ege of the apostles and have not been
born again, you are on the way to
hell.' -. .. -:
"I go a step further, John 3:6: 'That
which is born of the flesh is flesh ; ; ancL
that which is born of the "Spirit, is
cniftt ' And in 2nd Eetfii:4. we are
"'"v T ' . ' I
iOld that we 'are made partakers ot tne
Cities r." zr.. - - - . .
.MTU
r a
itual birth. How did von th f
Urirth? By
birth; by physical parents. Then how
can you get the spiritual birth? Frorr
God, your spiritual . Father. I don'
care what your creed is. You can got
hell with any creed, but has your jxa
ture ever been regenerated?.
"Incarnation and regeneratici
are the complements of each other.
What is incarnation? It is God in the
person of Christ, being made kin to hu
man nature by being born of a virgin.
What is regeneration? It is the pro
cess of incarnation turned around: It
is human nature beiner made lrin t-
God's nature by being born of a divine
iituuiiy. ;
There is a pet phrase in" the
of today: 'The universal fatherhood of
God
It is a universal lie. God i3 the-
universal creator maker of all men.
We are told in Gal. 3:26 'For ye are
all-the children' of God by faith in
Christ Jesus.'
I go further: A new heart will f
give you.' What does that mean? Jt
don't mean the old human heart rubbed
up, scrubbed and varrxlied, but it
means the imparting cf a new life: l
will give you the new birth In Jesus."
Hence we can say in GaL 2:20: I am
crucified with Christ, nevertheless I
live; yet net I, but Christ liveth in me,
and the life which I now live in the
flesh, I live by the faith of the Sen of
God.' Regeneration is a new creation;
a new birth; a new life. The crucial
point in the history of every man and
woman is regeneration. In every truly
regenerated man there are two na
tures:
The first-Adam nature, which
is always sinning; the regenerated second-Adam
nature, which is toe new
created nature. There is a continual
conflict in every Christian's life be
tween the two. If the first dominate. ;
you are what Paul calls 'carnally
minded ;' "if the second dominate, you
are what Paul called 'spiritually-minded."
' ; -.i ' . .
"Now to the second question: 'Why
should I be born again?' Be
cause the Psalmist says Psalm
51:1: 'Behold I was shaken in -
iniquity and in sin did my mother con
ceive me.' He is fool or an infidel
that denies total depravity. Every
man must be born againjcause' he
was born wrong. He wasJ" "of -sinful
parents. If you get aTrtynaniiW
ydu mustrbe born 'of God - 'Why 'shouli'1 '
I be born again? Because -'Cririst says
so: . John 3 : 3 'Except . a man 'be born
again he cannot see the kingdom 6f
God.' You may deny total depravity if
you want to, but Christ is authority for
it.. Why must you be regenerated? Be
cause that is the way that Christ save?,
Titus 3:5: Not by work of righteous
which we have done, but according to
His mercy He saved us by the wash
ing, of regeneration and renewing- of
the Holy Ghost!' How? 'By the wash
ing of regeneration and renewing of the
Holy Ghost.' Don't you see how God
begins to save you? Salvation begins
when God regenerates. I don't care
what your Church or your creed, if
you are not regenerated you are not
saved. ,
"Why else should I be born again?
Because character determines destiny.
Heb. 12:14: 'Follow peace with all
men,, and holiness without which uo
man shall see God.' Don't confouned .
character and reputation. There is a
difference between them. Reputation
is what a man is supposed to be; char
acter, what he is. There are myriads of
people in heaven, all of one character .
holy; there are thousands in hell,
all of one character unholy, Christ
says He will divide the sheep from the
goats at the 4 judgment of the nation
Character will then decide destiny.
There will riot be a single sheep on
the left with -the goats; nor a single
goat on the right with the sheep. If
men are going to be happy with God
in eternity, they must love the things
that God loves, and hate what uoa
hates. They must have the same char
acter if they are going to live happily
together. Now what is the character
of God? What is the character of the
unregenerated? 1st Saml. 2:3: 'There
is none holy as the Lord,' and again
in Isaiah:. 'Holy, Holy Lord God of
Hosts.' Hear what the character of -
the unregenerated is: Jer. 17:9 The
heart is deceitful above all things and
desperately wicked.' - iMatt. 15:19: 'For
out -of the heart' proceed evil thoughts,
murdersadulteries, fornication, theits.
false witnesses, blasphemies.' Now you
see, that the character- of , the unregen
erated, and the character of God are
diametrically - "opposed. One of two
things must follow: One, must be
J changed. Hear God say: l am tne
Lard; I change not. men wnai: iw
must change that . character, or thatr
unregenerate character must in, eter
nity be eternally separated from God.
That is what Christ meant when He
said: 'Verily I say unto you, ye must -be
born again.' There is but one way
to get sinners into heaven and that is
for God to regenerate them to work
from the inside out. See what regen
eration will do: It will make you a
partaker of God's nature. Let that re
generated man die, he will go right in
to God's presence and he is fit for it
that's heaven. . Let, that unregenerated
sinner die' and now what?. You might ;
as well try to mix oil :and water or
two chemicals that have no affinity for
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