The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-04-28

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Of the afternoon Mr.. Jones asked
Il want to know how many Of you are
willing to say: Bob Jones, we ar,
with you. AS an affirmative answer
to this question a majority of the bis
audience stood up.
In the beginning his sermon last
night. after a prayer had been made
by the Rev. Robert Phillips, rector OF
the Church of the Holy Comforter
Rev. Bob Jones said that today, Tues
day and Wednesday would show
whether the people Of Sumter were
backing his campaign. He announced
That. on account Of the Chautauqua
being here for these three a no
afternoon service would be held, and
the night services would begin at 7.3O,
letting out in time to get to the Chau-
quata grounds before 9 o'clock, the
hour of starting the entertainments.
Mr.. Meinardi announced at last
nights service that Friday night
would be Church mems night" and
requested that the church men of the
city would assemble at the Y. M. c.
A. Friday evening at us. to march
down to the tabernacle in a body.
seats to be reserved for them for this
service A brass band would probab-
ly head the parade. Mr.. Meinardi
stated.
Taking his text for the evening from
the fifth chapter of Matthew where
Christ breaches his sermon on the
mount. and dwelling particularly on
the verse: blessed are the pure in
aeart for they shall sec Cod MI.
Jones showed how tho blessed mes
saees all have "A general application
and apply 10 no one special sees
The Bible is the fairest book that
ever was written" the speaker con
tinued. A mar reared in bad sur
may OSSoIIiS puI u, III eNdH-
gellst said, but the scars would be
left, for every impure thought or
deed left it's touch. Or vice versa, a
man who was reared in good sur
roundings might become impure, but
still underneath there were the marks
OF the good that had been in his soul.
III l could see the pictures on your
bedroom wall. I'd know what you
are" the speaker said with grea,
earnestness. And further, you'll
never be any higher than you are ca
pable Of thinking" Again, IF you're
going to live right, you've got to think
right" The most miserable sinner on
earth can be saved by Christ in a
single moment. Mr.. Jones said, but
still there ought to be the proper en-
vironment to make it easier for a man
to be saved. Speaking Of the oft
talked of culture" of the present day
Mr.. Jones developed the theory for
his audience that there is nothing
new under the SUM- "Why in olden
times they even had the hobble skirt
he continued. The trouble with the
average man. according to the evange
list, lies in the fact that he doesn't
take time to think, and thereby
caricatures the expression take time
to be holy" Some men, said the
evangelist, think more of their stom-
achs than they do Of their character,
and some women, more of their hair
than they do of their souls. II car
look at your Bible and tell you what
you are spiritually" he continued
He said that If a mar took time &c
think and read his Bible, he was get.
ting on the right road to a close
connection with Christ. eff thi.
evangelistical campaign does nothine
more than turn mems thoughts to
ward God for four weeks, it will BIZ
worth the effort put behind it," tn,
nSe said.
Mans soul and body are vitality re
lated, he went on to show. and "a.
a man thinketh in his heart, so /
he" However, sin does not only eX
list In the slums, and similar places
according to Bob Jones view, it ca,
exist where the environment is ap
~parently good. 1t takes the life az,
the heart to produce the environ
> ment, he said. Developing this ide
further, Mr.. Jones said that if a ma
carried u PIE heart wrought by tn
power of Jesus he made the right i'm
? preston. "a preacher and his wifi
can go anywhere people ought to g,
he said. Il was never offered a drin
y of Whiskey," Mr.. Jones continued, b,