The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-03-18
This Service Will Long be Remembered.

This Service Will Long be Remembered.
Perhaps no larger congregation has
ever assembled in the Baptist Church
than that which enjoyed the unique
service of song last Sunday evening
After the main auditorium had been
filed, with chairs put in every avalia
BILE place, number Of people standing
and a large number Of people IN the
Sunday school room, as many as cou!c
find places there from which they cou!o
see and hear, good many who came
later had to be turned away.
No sermon was preached, but the en-
tire hour was given to a special pro
gram of song prepared by the pastor
| Rev. J. A. Ansley. Several farorlte
| HYMNS were selected. their histories
given, and incidents associated with
them, after which the hymns were
sung. either by the congregation OF
choir. Hymn books were dispensed
with. and the hymns sung by the con-
pregation were thrown upon The canvas
by The stereopsicon. The congresa'
tional singing was joined in by almost
every one in the congregation, and
filed the large auditorium.
The service was opened with q volun.
tary by Chas. II. Gabriel, sung by the
choir, Gall Hail. Immanue!." The TO-
spring words and splendid music were
rendered by the choir IN way that
left nothing to be desired, and prom
ised we'll for the program which fol-
lowed.
MIR. Ell Wilkins read the history
of bis favorite hymn, "Stand Up for
Jesus" He told how, in 1857, young
Presbyterian minister. Rev. Dudley
Tyns, of Philadelphia, after having on
q Sunday morning preached to a con
sregation of thousands, with great
effect, during city wide revival, was
accidentally killed by an accident with
some machinery. His dying words TO
his fellow workers in the revival were,
..Tell them to Stand Up for Jesus" "
The hymn was inspired by this mess
age.
tory of "Jesus, Lover OF my Soul"
The tradition is that Charles Wesley
was sitting at his desk, when SPAR
row, pursued by d hawk, new IN
through the open window. and found
protection 10 the presence OF the poet,
who al once took his pen and wrote
this immoral hymn. She also reiateo
the story of an accident at sea, where a
mother and infant child, floating on a
10y. were rescued through the singing
of this song.
Capt. D. j. Bradham read the touch
ING story of the soldier On picket duty
during the civil war, upon whom the
guns of the opposing army were tram
ed, whose life was spared because, just
before the order to fire was gwen ne
was heard to sing. "Cover my defense,
less he ad with the shadow OF thy wing"
Miss Aileen Fladger read OF "One
Sweetly Solemn Thought" which was
composed by a young girl, Phoebe
Cary, one Sunday morning after com
ING from church. Years later Col.
Russell n. Conwell, now Baptist min
ister in Philadelphia. witnessed scene
in Macao, China, whereby Two gam
blers were reformed through the sing.
ing of verse OF this song oy one OF
them.
Miss Ruth Touchberry read OF the
composition of "All Hail the Power OF
Jesus Name" by Eawarl Perronet, at
one time an associate of John Wesley
in the Methodist movement IN England.
She also gave an Interesting incident
of Billy Dawson. a famous and eccen-
tric English evangelist, in connection
with the song, together with remark
able use of the hymn by missionary
among a cannibal tribe in India.
The last hymn on the program was
Crock of Ages" the story OF which,
with interesting comments, was read
by MIR. A. S. Briggs. The little known
fact was brought out that this unlver-
sally loved hymn was originally writ
ten as a part of an argument IN row
forgotten theological controversy.
These stories and incidents OF these
we'll known bymps will give a new 10
terest in them, wherever sung or
heard, to those who attended this SER
vice.
In connection with "Jesus Lover OF
Nv Soul.' the choir sang Will L..
Thompson's solo and quartet, The
Sinner and the Song"
Ile SOLO parC was SuuS W ~ y. 10
Wells, and was greatly enjoyed by the
CONGREGATION. Miss Valley Applet
sans One Sweetly Solemn Thought"
as a solo. It's beautiful, touching
song, and its deep meaning was we'll
brought out by the feeling manner IN
which it was sung. Mr.. Edward John
sons voice was never heard TO better
advantage than when he sang The
HOLY City" During the singing OF
this song, at almost every line, hand.
some co!ored stereopticon view was
projected on the curtain, appropriate
to the words of the singer. AS IS known
the song relates dream, and IN these
views the dreamer was seen asleep 10
the lower corner, while the stately
scenes OF his vision were spread out IN
the upper portion of the views.
In connection with the last hymn,
Crock of Ages Miss Striuger gave q
very effective reading of poem full OF
pathos based On this grand old hymn:
Though there was no sermon, and
the entire hour was given 10 the soug
service as described. the religious I'M
preston was as deep as any sermon
could have produced. The immense:
congregation enjoyed every moment OF
the unusal program, and it will be re-
membered for long time to come.