Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-10-03

sins to every one who will believe,
was made twenty centuries ago, and
the soldiers Of the eternal kingdom
have as yet made 1t known to a COM
paratively small part Of the earth's
Inhabitants.
Leaving out Of the question the
teeming population Of lands that are
yet In blacklist night, and turning to
our own land, let US see something
of the conditions which should spurn
US to greater activity and zeal in this
mighty work. Taking the question as
a whole, we may we'll say that in this
country there are millions who know
almost nothing Of Jesus Christ-peo-
pie who never read His word, who
never darken church door, who
make absolutely no claims as to Chris
tianity, and who form no part in His
kingdom.
There are millions and millions who
are nominal church members, who
have their names on the church roster
but whose names have never been
written on the Lambs book Of life.
These are exercising such a power
over our country and Its affairs that
instead of winning the country for
Christ, fear we are allowing 1t In
many ways to become g. country with
out q God. Take the government in
itself. Our forbears believed, and be-
lieved wisely that the church and
state should be separate. But we
have been building with terrible
fallacy on this truth. For while 1t Is
arate, II is utter ruin for religion and
government to be divorced. Ask a
law-making body to formulate and
pass laws in regard to almost any
earthly interest and 1t will be so, but
ask the same thing Of them In re-
gard to religion, and how many deaf
ears will be turned to you? ' H
Turn to our great cities, and see
how much Of godlessness Is there.
One day a scientist stood holding in
his hand q glass Of stagnant water.
He saw that the water was moving
rapidly as in vortex. On examining
the water with a miscroscope he found
q tiny creature called q rotifer-all
arms and stomach-causing the
water to whirl, and with its arms
drawing into its mouth every tiny
living creature within the glass That
Is picture Of what our great cities are
doing With their mighty tentacles
they are reaching out and drawing
into their maws the young men and
women Of our land. And what do
they find there but sin? There Is a
lower strata Of vileness and an up
per strata eof folly, and these consti-
tute much Of city life without God
without Christ.
Turn to your schools and you will
find much the same conditions. A
very prevalent modern idea in regard
to education seems to be to train the
mind but do not train 1t IN the way
Of Christ. Not long ago q bill was In
troduced In the Georgia Legislature
requiring the reading Of the Bible In
the public schools Of that state. The
bill was not passed. In Indiana or
Illinois, I forget which, bill was In
troduced, not requiring the reading
Of the Bible, but permitting 1t, and
that bill, likewise, never became a
law. You can go to the state col
leges, and even some OF those In the
south, and find there indifference, abb
solutely hostile to religion. You can
find in some Of our southern uni
versities, professors who scorn the
Bible as book Of old wives fables,
and such men are usually blatant In
the expression Of their opinions. It has
come to pass that infidel, agnostic, Is
raelite and Romanist have Joined hand
in an unholy crusade to Danish the
Bible from our state schools, and
right well are they succeeding. And
yet these are the influences under
which many Of your sons and daugh-
tiers come, No Bible and no God.
Or you might come closer than that,
and take up the question Of the
time when the first day of the week
was kept holy unto the Lord. When
young and old ceased from all un-
necessary employments and recre-
ations and spent their time in the
public and private worship of God
when parents taught their children
the things that pertain to the king
dom.i Now what do we find in many
very many, places2 People rise on
this sacred morning and at once take
the Sunday daily. They bury their
minds In that form of news which Is
the very offspring of the world--ft
preparation indeed for the worship Of
God. Then they go to church and
listen to a twenty-minutes sermon.
From that until night they are out In
their automobiles. or with their horses
and buggies taking their Sunday
outings upon the streets and high
ways of the whole land they
'desecrate that day declared holy
by Him who demands one day as His.
Or you may go into the home itself,
that citadel Of strength for God and
His kingdom. How is religion almost
banished from the home? When
their lives, ought to be receiving that
training which goes to produce a
Christian citizenship. worldiness,
careless and sin 80 often hold sway.
Goddess homes, and little toward
bringing about the coming Of his
kingdom. " 'i.F
Therefore, with conditions like
this in our home land, 1t Is we'll that
we should be busy In regard to our
home as well as our foreign field, and
I bid you women Godspeed In your
efforts in this direction looking for
ward to that time when sin shall real
ly be driven out. and the Kingdoms Of
this world shall become the king
doms Of His Son. .
Following the conclusion of DR.. Mar
tins address, Rev. ]. L. Oates Of
the Associate Reformed Presbyterian
church of Yorkville, lead in prayer,
and after the singing of a closing
hymn, Rev. J. H. Machen, pastor Of the
Baptist church of Yorkville, pronounc-
ed the benediction. *
The services Of Wednesday night
were altogether Of public nature; but
after the ladies took charge on their
own account, while the church was
still open, and all who chose to attend
were welcome, 1t was not supposed
that other than active missionary
workers were particularly interested.
and there was no general invitation to
the public. The attendance on all the
subsequent meetings, however, was
very good, and much interest was man
ifested in all the proceedings. ..
The Regular Work. o..
The Presbyterial got down to Its
business work promptly at 10 o'clock
yesterday morning, after devotional
exercises lead by Mrs ]. d. Mcdowell.
followed by a carefully prepared ad-
dress Of welcome by Mrs. M. L. Car
roll, the address concluding with the
hope that the meeting would be pro-
life of beneficial results to all the del
egates, and contribute to the inspira-
ton Of renewed zeal and enthusiasm in
behalf of missionary enterprise.