Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-08-26
NEWS FROM WESTMINSTER.
An Excellent Sermon-LOcal Notes
Gathered Here and There.

Westminster, Aug. 24.-Special:
Rev. F. G. Mcconnell, of Kansas City,
Mo-, preached in the Baptist church
last Wednesday evening. He is an
able eXpounder Of the Word of God.
Edwin l.. Mason, of Charlotte, was
welcome visitor in Westminster last
week. He has been unwell for the
past few weeks and is resting q while
to regain his health.
Miss Lizzie Messer, of Atlanta, Is
visiting her cousin, Miss Mary Mes
ser.
Rev. j. J. Harrell preached on
Sabbath Dissertation" last Sabbath.
His text was Luke 2:27: "The Sab
bath was made for man, and not
man for the Sabbath" Rev. Harrell
said In part: 1--WE want to lay great
emphasis on this Made for Man.
Gods people must rest. The Bible is
one book. or course before Christ
came into the world there was one
part, and after Christ came into the
world there was another part The
foundations as laid in the Garden Of
Eden are marriage and the Sabbath
day." After speaking Of the proper
regard for the Sabbath from a civil
standpoint Rev. Harrell said: "a
dark sign Of our times Is this, the
Lords people are drifting. They
are making 1t holiday rather than
q holy day. They do not spend it in
private and public worship as they
should. The Bible Is the best inter-
prefer and then the catechism. God
leaves 1t to man to be his own Judge
as to how much time on the Sabbath
to devote to works OF necessity and
mercy. A great many people put the
OK in the ditch on Saturday night in
order to get to pull him out on Sun
day. Gods great principles never
change. You may change, but the
principles never. We Presbyterians
are drifting away from the principles
as Llactfced by our forefathers.
There Is a tendency to-day to sub
stitute light reading for the Bible.
We should use great care. 1t is
never wrong to read good book on
the Sabbath. The criticism of one
who knows on the subject Is the dan
gers Of the undercurrent through
which We must pass. If we substi-
tute light reading for the Bible 1t
Will be hard for our children to cul-
tivate a taste for the Bible. 1t Is
the duty of the lawmakers of our
town and State to see that this holy
day Is not interfered with. Cheap
shows should not be allowed to ex-
hibit on Saturday night and stay
over Sunday and become a spectacle
for our people to look at. Look
into the character Of the people who
compose these shows. And there 3
something else, and that Is the late
closing of the business houses Oh
Saturday nights. The business men
and clerks cannot get ready for the
Sabbath as they should. 1t would
be good thing to know Of the stores
closing early on Saturday nights in
order that the business men and
clerks could spend the nights with
their wives and children and get
ready for the Sabbath. May God
help us to worship and serve Him in
His way"
Our community mourns the death
of one OF its best and most beloved
women in the departure Of Mrs. II.
II. Munson, who passed away very
suddenly at o'clock or Saturday
morning, August 15. Mrs. Munson
was in the best Of health when she
retired Friday evening, and got up as
usual the next morning. Shortly af-
terwards she was taken with neural
gia of the heart and died within if
teen minutes without a murmur or
complaint. Mrs. Malinda Epsy Mum
son was 72 years of age, having been
born in Richland county on May IA,
1886. She was the daughter of En-
ma and James Messer. On February
Ii, 1853, she was married to Hiram
Robert Munson, and to this union
nine children were born, two dying