The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1911-11-16
MEETING WELL ATTENDED
DR.. Dill's Preaching Attracts
CroWds.-SerViee Daily.

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The series of meetings referred to
briefly in our last issue as being con-
Quoted at the Baptist church is still
in progress and much interest is be-
ing manifested. The pastor, Rev W
E Hurt, is assisted by Rev ] S Dill,
D D, of Gaffney, and services have
been held twice daily, at II a. m. and
7:30 p. M, since The opening service
on Tuesday night of asst week. Good
congregations have been in attend
ance at each service, notWithstand-
ing there has been good deal of
unfavorable weather. Usually at
the night services the church is filled
to its capacity.
On Sunday three services were
held, at IL am, $3.50 and 7:30 p. m,
respectively. At the morning service
DR. Dill took for his subject Con-
fession", and his discourse was able,
forceful and eloquent.
At $3.50 special service for men
was held, attended by large and
representative audience, with num-
ber of ladies present. The evangel-
lists subject was, The Kind of Men
that Kingstree Needs, and his text
was taken from the book of Daniel,
I:S, wherein Daniel purposed in his
heart that he would not defile him.
self with the portion cf the Kings
meat, nor with the wine that he
drank; therefore, he requested of the
prince of the eunuchs that he might
not defile himself" The subject was
good one, and the speaker portray
ed the life and character of Daniel
in way as to make him most ad-
mirable example for the present day
men of any community to strive to
emulate.
DR. Dill's subject at the evening
service was The Mistake of Life"
ard he chose as his text part of
two verses from | Samuel. which gave
us the life Of Saul, a choice young
man and goodly," but who event
ually disobeyed God and fell upon
his own sword and died. His sermon
from start to finish was one of deep
interest. and so clearly, earnestly and
eloquently was it rendered that a
child could comprehend the import
ance of living in obedience to Divine
law.
Monday eVening the speaker chose
for his subject: "A Bargain in Sal
vation," and his text was appropri-
atelv selected and applied to his
theme. In his earnest, eloquent style
he endeavored to impress upon his
hearers the freedom Of salvation.
He spoke of the extensive way in
which it is advertised throughout
the world and said in the United
States alone there were one hundred
and fifty thousand travelling repre-
sentatives of the bargains in saliva
ton as proffered in the holy Bible,
which is, he said, the most ext tansive-
ly advertised commodity in the mar
kets of the world today. He illus
trated his subjects throughout by
the Importance of advertising and
showed how, by extensive, system
attic advertising one of the most
widely known and generally used
commodities of commerce and trade
had it's origin in !;ttle shack by
man with only a jug of molasses
on1 O cock of wheat This great con-
cern now spends one million dollars
annually advertising an article which
has no other qualities of recommend
alton; yet the man with the jug of
molasses and sack of wheat in that
little Michigan shack" has made
millions by advertising it.
At the conclusion of the sermon a
number of his hearers went forward