The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-10-22
REV. M. B. KELLY.
breaches at Central Methodist Church
Large Congregations - Many
Friends Welcome Him.

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w~nl. prcache'! strong and logical
~>%M:'n IN C".!.a! M2'!:u,liSt church
"r SUNDAY: m.rIri:!-. Mr. Kelly at
one ti~c lived in Newberry. and he
has many warm personal friends
acre. who have been much 9ratiied in
the prominence which he has taken
among the members of the South Car
olina Conference. and the good which
he has accomplished in his various
fields Of labor during the eighteen
Years Of his service as a member of
the Conference. He was heard by a
large congregation on Sunday morn
in:
Mr. Kelly took his text from Paul''
First Epistle to Timothy, l Is: "This
is faithful saying, and worthy Of all
I>acceptation, that Christ Jesus came
into the world to save sinners; Of
whom I am chief" 1t was no mystery
why Jesus came into the world, ne
said. No man was able to realize a
double purpose in life. Unity cf pur-
pose was the secret Of all strength
and the key 20 all success. Christ
might be asked at any time why he
came into the world, and his answer
was always tire same in substance:
For your sake came; for your sake
I abode among you; for your sake [
died; for your sake went into the
grave: for Your sake | broke the
bonds of death; for your sake I as
cended unto your Father and my
Father; for your sake I sit upon the
throne; for your sake I make conces-
sions." He came to be the Savior of
sinners. In that he was unique. No
other man ever did that, not even
John the Baptist. Jesus got down in
to the very heart Of things and
worked down in there, and changed
the innermost springs Of life. If the
power of forgiveness were taken
away there was nothing left Of Chris
tianity. 1t was the very key note Of
Christianity, said the speaker.
To save 1T was a blessed word, it
was child s word, it was Gods word.
He spoke of the earthly physician,
and said it was glorious work to
save the body in health and strength.
God was trying to save. It took heart
to do that; it took all heart; it took
the heart Of God. Why did God send
his Son from the realms of glory to
the realms Of darkness? God so low
ed the world. God sent Jesus into the
world, because he loved the world !;
sent him to save sinners. That includ-
ed all men.
It was not an easy thing to be say
ed, said the speaker. 1t took the
whole cross to save. It would have
been necessary for Christ to die to
save one sinner, and it was necessary
! today.
The more a man had communion
with God, the more keenly alive Was
he to his own defects, he said. When
a man got the right conception Of God
i he felt like exlcaimine with Paul of
old, I am the chief Of sinners. Christ
did not deal with our little infrmi-
ties, but with our incarnate sin. The
church needs to be filled with the
glorious truth that it worshipped one
who could conquer.
The church needed testifying Chris
tians. Tne disciples could all have
been crucifed, but that would not
have god rid Of the living, breathing
facts which were the result Of their
work. The people went to the man
who had been born blind and whose
sight had been restored and attempt
ed to argue with him. He told them
that he could not follow their subtle
reasoning, and did not propose to at
tempt it. But one thing he knew,
that whereas he was born blind, that
now he saw. The breathing, pulsating
fact that one who was born blind had
been made to see, could not be cruci-
fed What the world needed today
was testifying Christians, whose lives
should give testimony.
He brought, he said, the most glor .
ious gospei ever preached, the most
blessed saying ever uttered: It was
the news out of heaven that Jesus
Christ came to save sinners.
Mr.. Kelly preached again at the
Central Methodist church at night and