The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-03-30

the METHODIST cnurcH. REV. A. y
! Parker, pastor of the Main Stree
Christian church, will preach the
sermon and an evangelistic service
will be held. The evangelist Their
said.
II had not expected to add any
thing to what I said last night about
the carnival. / had hoped 1t could
be kept out. I said nothing against
the carnival nor against the fire
men. No one has deeper sympathy
for the firemen nor appreciates their
faithful and heroic work more than
do. | say the firemen deserve our
sympathy and appreciation. / had
not expected to mention the carni-
val again, but when picked up a
copy of the Daily Light this even
ing | found a special invitation to
the ministers to visit the attractions
and pass Judgment upon the merits
of the various shows. I suppose
that was all right, but In another
place I found an advertisement of
the carnival, and saw a list of some
of the things the preachers were in
vited to visit Now what would you
think of minister going to see
Texas Bud, or the 'Darktown
Bellies or the Dancing Damsels,' or
some of the other things enumerat-
ed in the advertisement"
A Rev. j. A. Whitehurst--''I think
the idea was to have the preachers
n visit the shows first and sample
them and the nrecommend them to
the people"
i Il guess Brother Whitehurst
didn't get an invitation said the
, evangelist. How many of you
! preachers. got invitations? Did you
get one Brother Hogan? Did you
get one DR.. Bigger"
The ministers answered in the
: negative, and the evangelist added
We'll, | guess the reason of that is
| see in this little announcement in
the paper where only the prominen
ministers were invited"
This little jest caused the audi
ence to laugh heartily.
, Now" said the evangelist, II
want all who appreciate the work
4 the firemen are doing, but who at
the same time want this meeting to
: go on to stand up"
, Nearly every person in the audi
ence stood.
:. You see that don't you, Mr.. Edi-
J tor?" turning to the Light reporter
] You tell the firemen that we have
said nothing unfriendly about them
but this meeting is going on
: didn't say anything about the car
I nival either, l Just read their ad
I Now. will expect you people t
8 stand by the meeting.''
AT the conclusion Of the servie
the evangelist stated to the reporte
! that 1t was to be depIored that til
carnival was coming in on SUNDAY
as announced in he paper, and tina
the day would be devoted to gettin,
ready for the shows to open Mon
day
Following Mr. Carter's sole
Evangelist Hendrick stated that he
was going to preach on the I'm
pardonabIe Sin" He said this was a
solemn subject and he wanted every
body to be perfectly quiet. IF there
4 is any one" he said, "who feels
that he cannot stay until the SER
4 mon ends | will consider it no dis
courtesy If he leaves now so as not
to create disturbance at some CHI
NAUTICAL point in the sermon" One
or two persons got up and left.
This theme" he said, lis one of
very great interest to everybody be-
cause there are great many people
who are ready to ask, What is the
objectionable sin r."
The text announced was a part o.
the sixteenth verse of the fifth chap
ter of First John, There is d sin
/ unto death"
i The evangelist said there were
various opinions about the unpard-
enable sin. There are some people,
he said, who believe that it was
committed only by those who saw
the miracles of Christ and then re-
jected him. What is the unpardon-
bale sin?" he added, Il will first tell
what 1t is not 1t is not swearing,
but that is a terrible crime against
4 God. 1t is an awful thing to take the
, lame of God in vain, but the swear
! err can be forgiven and | believc
! many men are now in heaven who
J were guilty of this sin. Stealing is
! not the objectionable sin, for this
is sin that can also be forgiven,
and many pickpockets and thieves
] have been saved and they now walk
: the golden streets of the New Je-
rusalem | believe the objectionable
sin is the constant and continual re-
, lection of Christ. When Christ was
on earth the Pharisees committed
this sin by rejecting the Savior, and
that is what some people are doing