The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-05-01

sion OF the song service.
Christ's sending out his disciples
TWO by two to preach and work mir
acles, as chrOnicled in the 10th chap
ter OF st. Luke and it's application to
the Work to be done for Christ TO-DAY
was the skein of thought from which
Mr.. Jones wove an interesting sermon
last night. The influences which
bring a man to Christ must be brought
TO bear by more than just one per-
son. Billy Sunday, Sam Jones and
other evangelists did not really "save
thousands Of souls" as they were so
OFTEN credited with. Credit should be
given to mothers, fathers, ministers
ana friends, who, often jointly con-
tributing their little bits of help were
the means Of saving q mar who never
could have been saved by the power
of n single individuals influence.
Going further into the reading Of this
particular section Of biblical history,
as told in st. Luke, Mr.. Jones took the
phrase And salute no man by the
wayside," and showed just what Christ
meant when he gave this admonition.
VI course, he was speaking of the orr
ental salutation, which sometimes
necessitated a stop Of a half hour to
pass greetings, and he wanted his
disciples to know that they must go
quickly about their work for the mas
ter, and salute no man by the way.
for there was not the time TO waste.
In the present time, as then, there is
no time to waste in bringing souls to
Christ. Mr.. Jones says he believes in
reform, the abolition of gambling, and
corrupt politics, also prohibition, but
the work that counts above every.
thing else is bringing unsaved souls to
christ Personal work means the
bringing of man and God together,
and just the inspiration to be derived
from the thought of what this means
ought to be sufficient urging for a
man to help his neighbor in getting
IN touch with God. Introducing men
to God is a great work, the evangelist
says, and those who set out to do per-
sonal work need not be afraid they
will strike someone who is already
NICE enough, ana doesn't need
tGhrlst in his life, for there isn't a.
man or woman in Sumter who doesn't
need Jesus Christ" The mere fact
that the devil tempted Adam to be-
come like God proves hat he gets in
hisoinsidious work under any masque-
radlng mood hat will accomplish his
ownends.
Every sinner without GOD is lost"
and in a striking manner Mr.. Jones
warned mothers and fathers that there
was no time to be wasted in saving
their boy or their. girl 1.-The
only thing between that boy of yours
and hell, is a heart beat" Speaking
of some so-called hopeless cases.
which are claimed to exist in almost
eveiy|tOwn and city. Bob Jones says
there is mo such thing" If only peo-
pie will give him a chance there isn't
Sinner on earth that Christ cannot
save. A revival, in a manner, like n
political campaign, there is only a
great concentrated effort once in every
few years, and in Sumter the cam
paign Is now on and the time to work
with might and main is for the next
three and a half weeks Of the CAM
paign's continuance. For three mair
reasons there is no time to waste
now when so many issues are at stake.
First. there is so much to be done.
There are more uncOnverted thar the
average person would suspect. Sec
ond there are so few to do the work.
Church work must be done by a few
is generally by a few putting thier
shoulders to the wheel. And, lastly,
The time is SO short. At best the timr
is short for a mans life work to be
done. Mr.. Jones says he remembers
distinctly little happenings OF his
childhood twenty-five years ago, and
so does every man. All Of which goes
to show that, ever taking it for grant
ed that every man will live to q rea-
sonably old age, there is very little
time in which to do things. And in
the present campaign already an
eighth of the time has flown by. Only
three and a half weeks more are left,
and 1T is up to every Christian to eX-
ert the utmost effort these next few
weeks, to introduce men to God.
In closing Mr.. Jones had the aud
fence bow their heads, while he sug-