Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-11-30
REV. BLACK BEGINS MEETING

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ditorium, in attendance upon the init
ial service, Rev. william Black, Synod
ical evangelist Of the Presbyterian
| synod Of North Carolina began a pro-
tracted meeting in the First Presby-
terian church here Sunday morning
which will continue throughout the
week and probably longer. Two SER
vices will be held each day, the first
in the morning at 10 o'clock, the Sec
| ond at o'clock in the evening. DR..
Black Is accompanied by Prof. Andrew
Burr who Is directing the singing,
which is a distinct feature Of each
service. DR.. Black has had large con-
| gregations at each Of his services thus
far and he has made very favorable
impression upon his hearers.
There Is nothing sensational about
DR.. Blacks preaching. In plain and
sages home to his hearers In a way
which never appears to make his SER
vices seem tiresome, but Of real inter-
est.
In introducing the evangelist to the
congregation Sunday morning Rev.
DR.. Gillespie stated that DR.. Black
was not a stranger here, since q little
more than z years ago, he and Prof.
essor Burr conducted a protrscted
meeting In the first Presbyterian
church here. DR.. Gillespie said that he
believed the community was in the
mood to derive great blessings from
such a meeting at present and that he
hoped and prayed the spirit Of God
would enter the hearts Of the COM
munity in fervent and earnest man.
ner.
DR.. Black said that he remembered
his visit to Yorkville seven years ago
quite pleasantly, that the meeting at
that time had been greatly blessed and
he believed and prayed that In the
present series Of services, much good
would be done for the Gospel cause.
At the request of the evangelist the
congregation and choir Joined in the
singing Of Lord Send Us Revival"
at the service Sunday morning. While
the collection was being taken, Miss
Marie Inman sang Rock Of Ages"
and at the conclusion Of the sermon
DR.. Black and Prof. Burr sang "Eter-
nity.' to the inspiration Of the con-
gregation.
| l. Kings, 1898: "And when he saw
that, he rose and went for his life and
came to Beersheba, which belongeth
to judah and left his servant there"
was the text Of Rev. DR.. Blacks SER
mon Sunday morning. He wished to
speak only on the first clause. "And
when he saw that" He said the les
son from which the text and SER
mon were taken was the story Of the
Prophet Elijah, how he DESTROYED the
prophets Of Baal, how a famine was
made to come upon the land of Israel,
how Elijah was nourished together
with a widow and her son from q
meal barrel and a cruise which were
never empty, how the messenger OF
Jezebel, the queen, came to Elijah
and told him that she would kill him
even as he had done unto her prophets,
and how Elijah disregarding the COM
mand Of God, then fed for his life be-
| fore the queen.
What do you see, my friends?
asked the preacher. when you look
you can see only difficulties, while
some of you can see opportunities
II you do see those opportunities and
take advantage Of them you can see
victory and glory further ahead. Eli
jah, wonderful man, had a wonder
| full victory over Baal at Mount Car
mel, but he did not stick at his post
and therefore the glory Of his victory
was dimmed.
Elijah was great man and was
meant to be great He was ever
lover Of the Lord. The very name Eli
jah means, my God is jehovah"
Elijah realized that God could do with
him as he pleased. II we who stand
here today could only be brought to
realize that God stands behind US and
that God Is our Jehovah, what won
derful powers for good we could be-
come.
I am sorry that Elijah didn't stick
at his post, continued Rev. Mr.. Black.
Yet we are told that he was only hu-
man. subject to passions as we are. I
wish there was some man In history
who has not failed God. 1t seems to
me that Elijah should have been that
| man, yet he ran for fear Of Jezebel,
one Of the lowest down women in his
tory. Jezebel's message was nothing
save bluff and bluster. Had she in
tended killing him she would not have
given him twenty-four hours warn
ing. Elijah did not stop to consider
He heard the message and left his
work, his God and everything.
We are like Elijah. When we hear
that" when we encounter tempta-
ton and pitfalls, we forget our re-
ligion. The Lord is with US as he was
with Elijah. He went after Elijah and
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after US and gives US chance to re-
pent.
do you remember the question
God asked Elijah when he found him
in the cave: Elijah what doest thou
here?" Elijah had no good excuse and
neither would we were God to ask us
why we have discarded prayer or quit
attending prayer meeting or other
posts Of duty which We have aband-
oned. There are doubtless lots Of us
here today not doing our duty toward
God.
But although Elijah abandoned his
post Of duty, said DR.. Black in con-
clusion, God did not abandon him,
but merely set him aside, and appoint
ed Elisha and others to take up his
work In his stead. wonder how many
Of US have been set aside because we
were not willing to continue at the
post God has given US. It Is a horrible
thing to be set aside by the Lord. Our
impetuosity and discouragement often
keep us from being in favor with the
Lord as was the case Of Elijah. Had
Elijah not abandoned his post 1t is
possible that the Children Of 1sreal
would never have been cast into bond
age and 1t Is possible that there
would today be no follower Of Baal.
Did we all today stick to our posts OF
duty as God would have US do, this
might be better world.
Yesterday Morning.
Before a large congregation In which
there were almost as many men as
women, a circumstance quite out OF
the ordinary. Rev. Mr.. Black preached
sermon full of good, practical ad-
vice yesterday morning from the text:
Even so let your light shine before
men that they may see your good
works and glorify your father which Is
in heaven"
We have no light, said the evangel-
ist, unless we accept Jesus Christ as
our Savior. He Is the light. There is
naturally no light in US to shine. God
compared Christianity to two Of the
most beautiful symbols known to us
in the 5th chapter Of Matthew. Those
symbols are salt and light. "Ye are
the salt Of the earth; but II the salt
has lost its SAVIOUR, wherewith shall II
be salted? 1t is thenceforth good for
nothing. but to be cast out and trod-
den under foot Of men. Ye are the
light of the world. A city set on a
hill cannot be hid"
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