The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1909-12-08
INTENSE CONCERN
IN GREAT REVIVAL
Crowds Are Attending The
Daily Services.
THE Fifteen DAY SERIES
Meeting 1t First Presbyterian Church
Attracting Widespread Attcn-
t0n-Thc Singing.

With no fear OF error it may safely
be stated that one OF the greatest re-
vival meetings ever held in the city
Of Laurens is now in progress at the
First Presbyterian church. Great
crowds are attending each service,
particularly at night; but. hard as
il is 20 get people 10 attend an after
noon service. the meetings at $3.50
o'clock have been a decided success.
From the very start, the opening
night, last Wednesday, the attendance
was past the most Sanguine of hopes,
and it has been on the increase since.
At the night service last Sunday,
:hc attendance was a record breaker.
In the recollection OF the oldest mem
bers OF the church there has never
heon such crowd in the church's
auditorium: it was estimated that
saou, 100 people heard the sermon
sunday night This was even greater
than the audience that greeted DIR.
Jno. G.. Kilgo in the Presbyterian
once last fall
And the people are attending the
meetings because of a geuuine and
thorough awakening along religious
lines, the powerful preaching by DR..
J. Ernest Thacker, and the excellent
music by the large choir under the
direction of Prof Geo. y. Fisher, as
sisted by Mrs. Fisher at the piano.
Great preparation was made for the
meeting; it was advertised; everybody
has been invited: and the attractive
ness OF the services have held the
peoples attention.
Or. Thacker is powerful preacher;
ne is a clear deep thinker. but his SER
mons are not encumbered with high
sounding phrases nor with the show
of his learning. He is a Bible scholar
and an effective teacher; he does not
employ useless language, under which
rich thoughts are SO often ObScured;
his uttcrances are to the point, and
his sermons end when he gets through
with the subject under discussion.
On Sunday morning the subject of
hell' was discusscd; not the nature
OF the place, but the existence OF it;
not the location. but the fact and the
necessity of the fact Dv. Thacker
argued conclusiyely that the existence
OF a hell was necessary for the actu-
ality of the SOULS immortality. for
the reality of divine love and for the
existence OF a heaven. He deplored
the fact that some people have learn
ed but one little sentence of the Bi-
Bile. God is love" and that because
he is love he will not punish sin. He
said that God is also just and shat
justice demands the punishment of
of wrong. The sermon was of remark
able force and il made a profound i'm
preston upon the people.
Instead of calling for those who
will accept Christ to come forward
invitation cards are distributed at
each service and the people are re-
Questcd to sign them. There are three
distinct invitations: First, to those who
will accept Christ; Second, to those
whose church membership is not in
Laurens and who pledge themselves
to unite with a church here; Third,
the church members who desire to
live more for Gods glory and the
good of his church"
In the first four services held fifty
signed under the first class, Z under
the second and 331 under the third.
Thus it is seen that there have been
fifty professions of faith.
Not the least attractive in the SER
vices being held is the singing by the
large choir. Many people say it is
the best singing ever heard in Lau
rens. Prof. Fisher says that the
choir is the best has learend the mus
ic quicker is more "in the spirit" than
any choir that he has directed in re-
cent years. Sunday night there were
seventy-one voices in the choir.
The meetings will in all probabili-
ty come to a close on Thursday of next
week; meanwhile services at $3.50
in the afternoon and at 1880 in the
evening are being held.
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