The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-04-04
STORY OF THE DEMONAC
IS SUBJECT OF SERMON
Evangelist Hendrick Discusses the
Evil Effects of Worldly Amuse-
ments---Dance Condemned.

modated at this church arrange
ments have been made to have a.
overflow meeting at the Methodist
church. This church is being held
in readiness for such an emergen.
cy and the officials of the Central
Presbyterian church have a unani.
nous invitation from the board OF
stewards to use it. The attendance
last night was greater than the
night before and the service was one
OF the best that has been held
In the preliminary song service
! Mr.. Carter introduced new chorus.
Blessed whosoever that means me. .
After the chorus had been repeate
i a number of times Mr.. Carter said
1t ought to touch every life present.
4 Rev. Hogan announced that
another service for young people
would be held at the church Friday
afternoon at o'clock At 10 o'clock
Friday morning there will be SER
vice for women at the church.
Evangelist Hendrick announced
that he would preach this evening
on THE Greatest Choice" so far as
It's influence is concerned, that is
recorded in the bible.
| evangelist Carter sang as a solo
Where Is My Boy Tonight" and
Dr. Parnell sang from the PASTORS
study the answer to this song, "Tell
| Mother I'll Be There"
4 i.+
| first few verses of the fifth chapter
OF Mark as scripture lesson and
announced his subject as "The De-
moniac of Gadara.''
As preface to the general theme
the evangelist told the story of the
landing of the Savior from ship
on the shore of the country of the
Gadarenes and of the meeting be-
tween him and the man of the I'M
clean spirit who dwelt in the tombs.
he told of how Christ had been busy
performing miracles and was doubt
less weary when he went on board
the ship and was soon asleep Then
the storm arose and when the Saw
liori was aroused he rebuked the
4 wind and there was great calm
j This he said. was something won
derful and nobody but the Son OF
God could have performed such j
miracle as that. Jesus claimed tn,
4 tempest with a single word. AS sooi
. as he had landed man whose gar
ments were doubtless tattered an
torn came running to him and cry
ling for mercy This man, he said
was a picture OF sin. Sin, he decIar
ed, changes the very expression o.
ones countenance. Sin comes rc
wreck and to ruin. 1t will undermine
character. As soon as sin gets into
the heart it begins to do It's mighty
work. He said the big headlines in
newspapers over reports of divorce
proceedings, murders and other
things that ought not to be printer
are only evidences that sin is abroad
In the land Sin in its smallest be-
ginning, he said, is thing to b,
dreaded 1t is greatly to be dreaded
for it brings death and ruin in Il
end
Sin also deecives, said the evan
gelist 1t is wonderfully deceiving
| in its effects. Man was created to
live a loyal, free life, but this demo-
MAC had been unawed and unsham-
ed by sin, So unawed was he from
the effects OF sin that 1t was fmpo5-
Isible for men to bind him.
The evangelist then took up some
of the worldly amusements of the
present day and discussed for few
minutes the effects of theater at
tendance upon the cause Of right
eousness. The theares flourished In
the days of Pompeii, he said, and
he guessed the same kind of vulgar
| pictures adorned the bill boards.
"And you know what God did to
Pompeii," he said. THE theare
comes like other things to destroy
the christian Sabbath. was sorry
to see In the papers today that the
people of Dallas have refused to
close their theatres on Sunday.
There is another form of sin, he
said, that is called the dance and
the dancing school. The dance is one
form of sin that tends to demoralize,
degrade and to get men ana women
further away. from God and the
church. He quoted Henry Ward
Beecher on the degrading influence
of the dance. ''The question IS" he
said, 'do you believe the theatre
going and dancing christians hun
ger after righteousness? They may
be christians, but they are not hap
Ipy christians. don't believe the
dancing school is the place to Pun
our boys and girls. l don't believe v
cultivates graeefulness. Some folk
argne for it as an innocent amuse
ment, but / never heard of it beint
used as a means Of grace. The dance
is never opened with prayer ans
there is something about 1t that i
Incompatible with religion. Coz
pity the mother who dresses he
daughter up and sends her to tn
ball room"