The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-11-22

Last Sunday morning the pastor, Rev. E. B.
KenpedY, gave us one of the best sermons
thatihe has delivered at Abbeyille, and that
is saying much. de spoke OF. the religious
meeting In New York where representatives
from the different denominations were In SEES
sion. -. ".
The. preacher thought that good and evil
existed in the divisions. of the ehurch. He
thouahtthere were good In all the churches,
and that, strong objections TO could be urged
to any plan Of unity OF church organiZa.
ton. but he held to the Idea that the trend
OF public thought was in favor OF union
among those denominations which were
moreclose.y allied.
An added brain, as ours was last Sunday,
could give no clear idea Of SO able and SC
learned q discourse which val expressed 10
the choicest English. MIR. Kennedy is moi
only a preacher but he ia q teacher. HI
breaches the gospel Of our Savior, and he
teaches the purest speech In our language
He would bring our minds and hearts close
to the foot Of the cross. and he would set fol
our daily lives higher standards In holiness
and pureness OF living. Practical and earn
est, his services are always varied and always
interesting. You should come TO hear him q,
the little church around the corner"
A the evening service MIR. Kennedy intro
duced with words OF commentator, tina,
veteran in the service Of the Church, DR.. Nee
Pressly, who has SO long struggled to impress
perishipg Mexicans with the truth, thd purity
and the sweetness Of the Christian religion,
The Doctor was ordered. by the recent Synod
IN aonyaa rho Aiffaront nOnUYoCaft0na In ar
effort to raise 81. 800 for the erection ofa board
ing school building at Tampico, and the
preacher asked that the cause Of the mission
ery receive the most kindly consideration
from those who were present. He said thai
Due West had given $500 10 the Mexican Nils
sion School that morning.
The missionary is 30 thoroughly interested
in his work, and the beautiful spirit ofour re
liglon 30 permeates his every thought and acI
that the goodness Of his hesrt ID at all times
In. evidence. He 10 thoroughly imbued will
the idea That IL is the duty Of Christian peopl.
everywhere to prea6h the gospel to everybody
and especially 10 the Mexicaps whom he
thinks are psrishing for the bread OF life. HI
depleted a fearful state OF ignorance on par
OF Mexicans as to the religion and the teach
luxe VI our AVN 1uO DOCtOE ud6 D66L
laboring at Tampeco for nearly thirty years
and his zeal for those who know not oui
Savior as we know him has Increased with
the passing years. He thought the great need
OF the country was educated mothers, and
that the Mission School might do much good
Educated mothers might 30 out from thai
school into dark places, carrying With them
light of the gospel.
Both, the pastor and the missionary, In
their prayers. made grateful petitions In be-
half OF those Who were "out OF Christ" and
for those whose wayward feet had car.
ried eallou hearts far from that Savior who
was anxious to save even the worst OF us-i1
we only look ed to Him hopefully and trust
fully. :. $500
To as the prayers are the most importan,
part Of the service. 1t may be said that the
sermons appeal ". the head and the under
standing. and that the pray rs are In behal,
OF the heart and the soul. While reprobates
inithep pew may7sometimes feel like talk ine
back at the preacher for his ludicrous theo
rles and mistaken assertions as TO the
will OF the Almighty, yet no heart Is so lost
as mott to feel a grateful fnterestin the prayers
that may be said to the Father OF Us all In be.
half ofeven his most erring children.