had only intended to stand up for and express his convictions toward a
very vital subject--that of living above sin. He had been a sinner, he
had now become soundly converted, had received light on sanctification
(though he was not yet sanctified) and holy living, and his only
object had been to be loyal to the truth he had found. As it looked
to him now, he was one of the principals in a battle between truth and
error. He was very young in faith, and it is not to be wondered at if
his zeal was greater than his knowledge. Day by day he prayed that the
saving truth of the gospel might be made plain to all, and that deadly
error might be exposed, and its power to blind the people destroyed,
completely and eternally.

"Romans 7," called out Peter Newby, who led off without consulting
anybody. "Read the first verse, Mrs. Johnson. Everybody follow the
reading. There are so many present tonight that only a small portion
will get to read. Pay strict attention."

After the chapter was read, Peter began:

"Neighbors," he said, "you have known me for a long time, and all of
you know that I am fair and square to everybody. I try to treat my
neighbors right. I have been a Christian a long time. I was baptized
fifty years ago in the Big Sandy River. Water baptism is essential to
salvation, so somewhere between the time I went down into the water
and came up out of it, I was converted.

"Now we are studying the seventh chapter of Romans. Paul gives his
experience in this chapter. Paul was a great man but he said that he
was 'carnal, sold under sin' (v. 14). Now my experience is just like
Paul's. He says, 'For what I would, that do I not; but what I hate,