The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-12-21

| nleaii? It means this: That here IS
the church Of 100 members instrumeE-
tai in the conversion of six souls to
Christ in q year. / would not be sat
! isfied with that rate at all. One hun
| dred per cent. is the least rate OF gain
that any Christian church ought to
think worthy Of the kingdom OF God.
The bells Of the millennium would he
ringing before we uled if We only
would keep our soul winning for few
wears. 1t is not difficult to win Il soul
/ have been trying 10 work out this
problem for years-tryinS to be worth
| something for Jesus. One night l ar
rived at New Haven. Conn. and took
Il hack at midnight to the house where
was to stay. When the hackman
asked for his fare dropped quarter
into his hand. and, graSping it, said:
Good night. sir. l hope to meet you
in glory some day" He jumped on the
box. whirled his horse around, and
was gone.
l did not expect to see him again.
Away after midnight my host knocked
at my chamber door and said: "A
hackman is here. acting Queerly. He
saws he wants to see you and has g3t
to see YOU tonight l said: Let
him come in" l arose and threw 4
shawl over ne. and in came Il great
| stalwart backman with his whip IN
his hand and tears running down his
cheeks and he said: If I meet YOU i'll
glory l have got to turn around. for
am not going that way. l have come
10 ask YOU to pray for me. could not
| -hnt iny
pray for that man! He went out COM
forted by Gods holy spirit. and l be-
lieve. I was worth 100 per cent. to my
Master that night. The :;ossible
growth OF the kingdom is what l am
talking about.
In 1865, when the war was over, l
was on train going from Lancaster.
Ohio. and saw drunken soldier sitting
by himself. Nobody would sit by Il
drunken soldier, but that is the very
kind of man l like TO sit by. l sat
down by him and by and By stole my
arm gently around his neck and Wills
pered to him: "Comrade. when are
YOU going to give your heart to Jesus
Christ and be 4 Christian" He
looked embarrassed and got up ana
went to another part of the tram.
| thought had offended him. l went
that night to preach in the little town
| OF Putnam. where l once was pastor
and there sat that man and his sister
beside'him. We had 4 glorious meet
inc that night. / did not see him
again for thirty-fve years. but one
i, night l was auout to speak to the
| Grand Army in the old Dutch Church
on Fifth avenue. There were 1900
soldiers there. \ splendid looking
man came down the aisle and | said 20
Il c2ntlemsn: who is that man.:
and he said: THAT is Colonel Hadley,
the head OF the st. Bartholomew Mis-
sion. He has been instrumental i'll
planting fifty-four rescue missions i'll
this country" l went down. and said:
Brother Hadley. l am glad to see
YOU. | have heard aboat your work.
but never saw You before. "On. yes
YOU have" he replied. "Thirty-hve
| years ago l was sitting on n train and
YOU came and sat down by me and
! wanted to know when | was going to
be a Christian and give my heart 10
God. never got over that question.
You have seen me -cfoce.' / believe
it is possible for every Christian to
! gain over 100 per cent. for our blessed
Lord every year.
There are souls that are worth a
thousand per cent. There was tha;
noble woman in the Epworth Rectory
with her nineteen children. Do you
know she ?dopted five orphans be-
| siGcs-twenty- altogather-and her
| 1, cIN,n nj al
| Surely the invested life OF Susanna
Wesley was worth more than 1909 per
cea..
The bishop then reviewed ut some
length the progress of MethodiSm
since the first conference in 1913. par
ticularly in Ohio. He then spoke Of the
work in Russia. where there are now
1000, 600 converts. and liberty to wor-
ship according to conscience. and
then said:
| There will come 4 time when God
Himself will get in a hurry and when
He will say. The earth has wept long
enough. There has been enough war.
enough trouble" and when He will
hasten on the Kingdom and bring it
quickly. l think He will hasten when
we hasten. Oh. brothers. let us hurry
with the gospel.
After an urgent appeal for Increased
subscriptions TO missionary work, Bis
hop McCabe concluded his sermon as
| follows:
Brothers. your children will see this
! world converted. In q great meeting
| the other day we sent this message to
| Theodore Roosevelt: 1--WE are looking
to you to bring about & movement for
universal arbitration" | find twen-
ty-one nations have asked him to take
the initiative, and Your children will
live to see the day when war will be
20 more. ard when that happens we.
who have believed it all the time. will
say. Il told you So" There are two
kinds Of aith. one that believes before
4 thing happens. and the other after.
| What Ind have vol? l thank God
| believe it now before it happens.
believe the whole earth is going to be
converted. The time is coming when
no man will have to say 10 his neigh
| Dor. know the Lord And the tine
is coming When 1.-THE glory Of the Lord
shall I'll the earth as the waters cover
the sea-" May He hasten it III lis
| time.
All Light.
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