Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-07-28
REVIVAL SERVICES
MAKE A GOOD START
Evangelist Jones An Earn
est Preacher.

OuuudN
ternoon at o'clock in the taberna-
Gle which had been erected for that
purpose at the corner of Lamar street
and Windsor avenue. Rev. Robert
Jones, the evangelist in charge.
preached Sunday afternoon, Sunday
night, yesterday morning and last
night. Services will be held this
week at 10 O'Clock each morning and
8 o'clock at night.
At the opening services Sunday af-
ternoon the evangelist chose for his
text the words: Thou Art Peter,
and upon this rock will I build my
church The tabernacle was filled.
AT the conclusion of the meeting an
invitation was extended to all who
were going to do all they could to
make the meeting a success to come
forward. Quite a number Of men and
women responded
At night the tabernacle was crowd
ed, while many others heard the SER
mon either from the sidewalk, or
from nearby points of vantage Pre-
viOus to the sermon Miss Harrison
sang That Little Bit of Love" in an
effective manner Rev. Mr. jones took
for his text the words: Blessed are
the pure in heart for they shall see
God" His sermon was an exhorta-
ton to put away evil and worldly
thoughts and let Christ fill the mind
and heart. At the conclusion of the
discourse, those were asked to come
forward who expected to get right
with God during the meeting. A
number of responses were made.
Yesterday mornings service was
well attended. After the singing a
Want Service" was held, at which
the desires of the speakers for the
result of the meeting were stated.
The theme was individual work,
the story of the conversion of the
Eunuch by Phillip behind read for
the morning lesson. His hearers
were urged to do work as individual
among individuals, each one among
his or her friends.
Last night another large crowd
greeted the evangelist The singing
was led by Mr.. Gilreath in an inspir-
ing manner Miss Harrison sang a
solo. Dr. Bascom Anthony announced
that number of firms had agreed to
close in the mornings from 10 to II,
which would be the length of the
service in the forenoon.
Christian Life Urged.
Mr. Jones then read for his text
Matthew 8: 8: Come, follow me-" In
introducing the discourse, Mr.. Jones
said that man becomes in time like
the one with whom he associated. If
this was true with man and man, the
Christian becomes like God if associ-
ating with Him. The wonderful thing
was that man does not have to as
sOCiate for years to become like God,
but in a minute, in the twinkling of
an eye, the man is changed to the
likeness of God. Because all the
change was not understood did not
make it any the less untrue. The
speaker declared that he would not
believe the Bible if mortal man was
able to understand it. Only on the
other side did he expect to fully know
it's mysteries and beauties.
The Transforming which a child of
God undergoes was illustrated by the
story of the woman who was cured of
disease. She had heard that Christ
cured, and the next time he came
within her city she went out and MAX
ing her way through the throng, she
touched the hem of his garment and
was cured.
1t was easy enough to be a nominal
Christian, said the speaker. The
churches were filled with nominal
Christians. If man is determined to
come out and serve God with vigor,
folks would criticise, but to become a
power for God it was necessary to
take this seemingly radical position.
Drunk on ''Near Beer"
1t was easy to be a sinner. Any
body could be that. The speaker said
it would be easy for him to get drunk,
either from a blind tiger or on near
beer" The hard thing to do was to
live Christian life. The noblest men
and women were those who lived
nearest to God.
The manliness and joy of the Chris
tian life were pointed out, and his
hearers urged to get on the Lords
side, and obey the injunction Follow
me-"
At the close of the service an invi-
tation was extended to those who de-
sired to lead a Christian life, and
number came forward on the prop
osition.
One thing which has impressed
those who have attended the services
has been the earnestness of the
speaker. No time was wasted in pre-
liminaries. Mr.. Jones saying that he
believed in putting the high pres
sure on from the start. In many of
the places where he had held meet
fngs recently he found the revival
had been practically begun before
he arrived.
In speaking of his methods he stat
ed that they were his own and that
while other methods were good he
would carry on the meeting in his
own way, as he could do better in
this way than if he tried to adopt