Expounding the profound doctrines of the mortality of men revealed in the scriptures
Persecution, Suffering, Mortality, & Immortality
"During the summer of 1862, I became acquainted with a Mr. A____, who professed infidelity, and who was, I think, as near an atheist as any I ever met. I held several conversations with him on the subject of religion, but could not seem to make any impression on
Persecution, Suffering, Mortality, & Immortality
Through the kindness of Rev. N. L. Stambaugh, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, we furnish our readers with the following sad experience: In the year 1886, while the writer was at Crawfordsville, Indiana, working in revival meetings, there was a certain young man present at the meetings who was under deep
Persecution, Suffering, Mortality, & Immortality
A minister, while traveling one day, was overtaken by a thunderstorm and took refuge in what was called a tavern. His attention was soon directed towards a man who seemed to be trying to entertain himself and others by using profanity in its lowest degree. He claimed to be an
Persecution, Suffering, Mortality, & Immortality
Thomas Graham, the noted revivalist preacher of the Erie Conference of the Methodist Church, relates the following sad experience: When stationed in Fredonia, a girl who lived about three miles from that place, toward Sheridan, and had been awakened at a meeting held in the village, but who refused to
Persecution, Suffering, Mortality, & Immortality
A number of years ago, in the midst of a powerful revival, the preacher observed a young lady under deep conviction. He was moved by the Spirit of God to urge her to give her heart to God at once. He plead with her and urged her not to grieve
Persecution, Suffering, Mortality, & Immortality
About twenty years ago, while we were doing some evangelistic work at L____, early one morning a little boy with a very sad heart called at our room, saying that his mother was dying and wished to see us. We hurried to Mrs. B____'s home, and as we
Persecution, Suffering, Mortality, & Immortality
Through the kindness of Mrs. H. A. Coon, we publish the following: Mother Hart and I were sent for to visit this neighbor. We found him in terrible distress of soul, pacing the floor and groaning. I said to him, "Mr. C____, we have come to help you, if
Persecution, Suffering, Mortality, & Immortality
Near L____ lived P____ K____, talented and wealthy, but a hater of God, of the Lord Jesus Christ and of the Holy Bible. He talked, lectured and published books and tracts against the Savior and the sacred scriptures, circulating them freely wherever he could. His influence for evil had been
Persecution, Suffering, Mortality, & Immortality
"I never believed in a hell before, but I do now. O, how terrible!" There lived at one time in our neighborhood a man whom we will call Mr. B____. He was intelligent, lively, a good conversationalist, and had many friends. But Mr. B loved tobacco and strong
Persecution, Suffering, Mortality, & Immortality
Mr. W____, the subject of this narrative, died in New York, about the year 1883, at the age of seventy-four. He was an avowed infidel. He was a good neighbor in some respects, yet he was very wicked and made a scoff of Christianity. About seven years previous to his
Persecution, Suffering, Mortality, & Immortality
E____ had a friend who did not believe that the injunctions, "Come out from among them and be ye separate," "Be not conformed to the world," and kindred passages, have anything to do with the external appearance of the Christian. She was united in church fellowship
Persecution, Suffering, Mortality, & Immortality
"The dying man continued to stare in dreadful astonishment, his mouth wide open, and his eyes protruding out of their sockets, till at last with an awful groan..." Near the town of K___, in Texas, there lived and prospered, a wealthy farmer, the son of a Methodist preacher,