Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-05-27
NEW A. r. p. CHURCH

Last SUNDAY was great Qay IOT lne
Associate Reformed Presbyterian con-
gregation Of Yorkville, for the Asso-
ciate Reformed Presbyterians of the
county and for church people Of the
town and community generally. 1t was
the occasion Of the formal opening of
the recently completed Associate Re-
formed Presbyterian church for the
worship of God, and the exercises of
the day which included three separate
services, were very much enjoyed, not
only by the members of the local con-
gregation but by all the hundreds of
people who filled the spacious building
in the morning, in the afternoon and
at night.
The feature Of the morning service
was sermon by Rev. DR.. J. G. Gallo
way, a former pastor of the church,
but now Of Gastonia, N. c.. In the af-
conducted by the Associate Reformed
pastors Of York county, participated
in by representatives of all the ten
Associate Reformed congregations of
the county, and at night there was a
union service conducted by the pas
tors Of the local sister churches and
participated in by all the local congre-
cations and church going people gen.
orally, with less than a dozen excep-
tions, every family in the town being
represented and there being also many
people present from the surrounding
country.
During construction, many people
deceived by the compact arrangement
of the main auditorium, naturally form
ed the idea that the seating capacity
limited for extraordinary require
ments. But the actual test demon
strated the error Of the assumption.
The big congregation that assembled
for the morning service was easily ac-
commodated without crowding, the
larger congregation In the afternoon
was comfortably seated without diff
Guilty, and when more than six hum
dred people came for the night service
the ushers easily had room for all Of
them and could have found chairs for
at least a hundred more.
There was no special ceremony in
connection with the morning service,
except that after the opening exercises
pacity as chairman of the building
committee explained briefly how the
congregation had fifteen months ago
appointed Hon. D. E. Finley, j. s..
Brice, Esq, Messrs. ]. M. Stroup and
w. D. Grist along with himself to take
charge of the erection Of the new
church; how the committee had dis
charged its commission to the best Of
its ability, how the congregation had
subscribed $13,500 and paid about $S,-
900 of 1t up to the present time, and
he announced that the work was now
complete. With this explanation he
turned the keys over to Mr.. James L.
Moss, acting chairman Of the board OF
deacons with the admonition that the
building be at all times devoted ex-
clusively to the service of the Lord.
Rev. DR.. Galloway took his text
from I Corinthians vi, 11-"And such
were some Of you: but ye were wash
ed, but we were sanctified; but ye were
justified in the name of the Lord Je-
sus Christ and in the Spirit of our
Cod" DR.. Galloway's sermon was a
clear, forcible exposition Of the gospel,
bearing solely on the proposition that
no matter how wicked and abandoned
the sinner may have been, that Jesus
Christ is able and willing to the ut
termost to save, If only trust Is put In
his love, mercy and forgiveness.
The programme Of the afternoon
service went somewhat awry because
of previous undiscovered engagements
of Rev. E. B. Hunter Of Sharon and
Tirzah, Rev. A. S. Rodgers, Of Rock
Hill and Rev. w. H. Stevenson, OF
Neely's Creek. They were unable to
be present All Of the ten Associate
Reformed congregations in the county,
however were represented as follows:
Bethany, Crowder's Creek, Glover,
Smyrna, Hickory Grove, Sharon, York
ville Tirzah, Neely's Creek. Rev. w.
p. Grier, pastor of Bethany, Glover
and Crowder's Creek, gave an inter-
esting talk on What We Hope For"
and Rev. DR.. Galloway talked on What
We Stand Fer" both the speakers
made good to the satisfaction Of the
large audience. BY way Of excuse for
his presumed unpreparedness, the doc
tor took occasion to explain that the
matter had only been suggested to
him the night previous, and that he
had submitted to conscription only on
the principle Of helping the COX out Of
the ditch" Later in the course OF
some very appropriate comments on
the service, when Rev. Mr.. Oates said
that he had been called a good many
things, some of them complimentary
and others uncomplimentary; but this
was the first time he had ever been
called an OK in a ditch, the big con-
gregation was unable to repress the
merriment suggested by the remark.
"p,It Mr. Oates went on In a tone that