Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-12-16
IN THE COMMON SERVICE


The services in connection with the
celebration of the Lords Supper in
the Yorkville A. r. P. church last
Sunday morning were of especial and
peculiar interest because Of an inno-
walton introduced by the pastor, Rev.
J. L. Oates, in inviting and securing
the assistance of the pastors of the
local sister churches in the preaching
service. Rev. J. H. Machen, of the
Baptist church preached Friday night.
Rev. DR.. E. E. Gillespie Of the Pres
byterian church preached Saturday
morning. Rev. J. L. Oates preached
Sunday morning and officiated at the
communion, and Rev. Henry Stokes
preached Sunday night. All the SER
vices were very well attended and
each of the different ministers being
apparently at his best, the powerful
symposium that resulted was of un-
usual interest and benefit.
Mr.. Machen based his sermon on
Hebrews 9:13, 14-"For If the blood of
bulls and of goats, and the ashes or
tifieth to the purifying of the flesh;
How much more shall the blood Of
Christ, who through the Eternai
Spirit offered Himself without spot t.
God, purge your conscience from dead
works to serve the living God" The
speaker drew the contrast existing be-
tween the Old Testament dispensation
and the New, showing clearly and
forcibly how superior the latter Is to
the former. In the Old Testament cere-
monial law, full provision was made
for the cleansing of the flesh; In the
New Testament provision was made
for the cleansing Of the soul. In the
first part Of the text, the following
truths are shown: The certainty that
man would become physically polluted,
,he provision that was made for his
cleansing, the command that he should
accept and apply the remedy, and the
certainty of his cleansing when once
he had done so.
In the discussion Of the second part
of the text, he showed that thes,
things spoken Of were only types OF
higher truths plainly brought out un
der the teaching and by the work 0
Jesus Christ. For, to man living II.
this world comes the certainty tina
the soul becomes polluted with sin.
but that a provision has been made by
which that pollution may be cleansed,
even by the blood Of Christ, that we
are commanded to accept the remed!
and are assured that IL we do acceL
1t the remedy will prove efficacious t.
the saving of our souls and to the
preparing Of us for acceptable service.
DR.. Gillespie selected as his text,
Galatians 6:10, "As we have therefore
opportunity, let us do good unto all
men, especially unto them who are OF
the household of faith" In the be-.
ginning of the sermon, the rewards OF
doing good were spoken OF at some
length; this being made clear that
when a man lives right and does good
there are plentiful rewards even In
this world, but emphasis was laid on
the argument that doing good mere
lays up untold rewards for the doer
in heaven. The preacher made him
self perfectly clear when he stated
that we are not saved because OF our
works, but because we believe on the
Saviour. He further made 1t plain
that when we get to heaven, we Will
all be perfectly happy. Still our ca
pacity for happiness will to pretty
large extent depend on our develop
ments while in this state Of probation,
and doing good Is way by which this
capacity is developed.
Then emphasis was laid on doing
good in itself. Doing good has Its
foundation in being good. The heart
must be given up to God as his habi-
tation, the will must be made subservi-
ent to his will, the motives prompting
US to act must be such as come from
God. Then with the heart right, ac-
tivity in the way Of good works must
spring from 1t.
In the close Of the sermon, the ex-
preston, "As we have therefore OPP
portunity" was enlarged upon. The
many around us who are In need OF
almost all kinds Of help, the crowded
cities, the needy country places the
thousands beyond the seas who need
our money, our prayers, our work that
they likewise may know Christ.
Rev. J. L. Oates took his text from
Matthew 81: 42-"He saved others;
himself he cannot save" The speak
er showed how the words spoken by
Christ's enemies In contemptuous re-
Wiling, expressed a fundamental truth
far beyond the conception of those
enemies; but of such vital import to
the whole plan of salvation. He show
ed very clearly how II the Savior had
saved Himself from the cross, as He
could have done had 1t been mere
matter Of the exercise Of power, the
others to whom the taunting reference
of his enemies was made could not
have been saved.
Mr.. Stokes announced Exodus 1925.
second clause, as his text. There
shall not an hoof be left behind" A
parellel was drawn between the vari-
Gus methods used by the willy Pha-
raoh in his efforts to effect some kind
Of a compromise with Moses, and
Moses replies to these, with the efforts
Satan makes in trying to induce us to
enter into a compromise with him,
and the replies we ought to give him.
When Moses first asked permission to
go and worship the Lord, Pharaoh
said. "If you must worship your God.
worship him, but stay in my territory.
Moses refused to agree to this, and
Pharaoh said, go, but do not go far"
This proposition toward compromise
was also refused, and the king said,
"Ye that are men, Co." But Moses
was not willing that men should leave
their families behind. Another COM
promise was offered. go yourselves
with your wives and your little ones.
but leave your flocks and your herds
behind" Then Moses delivered what
we might call his ultimatum, There
shall not an hoof be left behind"
These are the ways Of Satan. II you
must worship God stay in my terri
tory; II you will not do that, don't go
very far off; If you must go far away
from me, leave your families behind;
II you must go and take your families
leave your property in my charge. and
on any Of these propositions I know
will get you back. The only safe way
to deal with sin Is the way Moses dealt
with Pharaoh; I will go myself far
away from thee, will take my family
with me and I will take all that ]
have with me, and thus I will serve
God.
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