Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-10-19

Jesus CnrlSt ndu COLle lulo TIC WoAN
as the friend Of the worldly-the law
less, the crooks, the harlots, the down
and-outs, those who are without
the pale of society, those plain, simple
1olk who through their lack OF euu-
cation, OF social position n or wealth
nave beer brought low. Il tell you,
he said, Jesus Christ thinks more OF
the harlot, the drunkard, the all
around crook han he does OF these
"saciety" folk who consider themselves
the salt of the earth. There Will be
many more of the former type OF
loIK In heaven tnan there will be or
the 'saciety or Pharisee kind OF peo-
pie"
The evangelist's text on Saturday
night was taken from Matthew 9-S:
And as Jesus passed forth from
thence ne saw a man named Matthew,
sitting at the receipt Of CUSTOM: and
he saith unto him, Follow me. ana ne
arose and followed him."
The same Kind of people were In
the world when Jesus was here as are
here now, said Mr.. Ham. There were
the PhariSeeS VINO were the So-calleu
best people, who had control Of the
government and of course control OF
the people. Matthew was a little, dirty
politician considered beyond the pale
of society. The Pharisees were indeed
SuTpTlSeu ludl JcSuo oiAoeA @~'~
speech with such a man. Matthew was
in their minds an utter outcast. Such
is the case today. There are those VINO
consider themselves so far above their
fellow men that they do not want them
in their churches. They want nothing
whatever to do with them. Some OF
the present day people OF this class
call themselves Christians. The rehglon
of Christ is the religion for all. There
80 l.-,1to-c IN ~ Ono &c az w0rInV
as the other.
Then speaking of present day church
es, the evangelist said there was no
religion in many Of them. They are
nothing save social organizations ne
said. organized and maintained Tor the
purpose of holding up certain people
as the" people, and holding SWAY
over others.
There is too much cold heartedness,
too much selfshness, too much am
bition to acquire power, in many OF
the present day churches, MI. Ham
continued. Doubtless this Is as true in
Yorkville as elsewhere. There is feel
ing here, hatred and malice here. You
have not let God into your hearts
though he is willing and anxious 10
enter. Neither this town nor any other
will be commercially, educatlona!ly
morally, or otherwise SUCCESSFUL
uIltll yOu have 6iNSh NOo NS
milton.
Pursuing this declaration. Rev. Ham
said there are so many churches AND
so many hearts in which God is not
in today, and in this connection he IL
Illustrated his point by telling the story
of a man who entered a wealthy
church in Boston. He secured a seat
at the front but was Informed by an
usher that he could not sit there since
+Aot uvoo q ranfn6 nnU He WAS shown
a back seat, and before sitting down
he inquired Of the usher, What
church is this" That official replied,
1T is Christ's church." whereupon the
interrogation asked, " Is he in today
The usher was dumbfounded. The Of
ficers of hat church are still trying
to solve the problem. "Is he in today,
said Mr.. Ham, who asked If there were
such churches in this community and
If there were hearts in which He was
not in.
At the close of the sermon the evan
gelist invited those who wanted to be
Christians to come forward. A number
accepted the invitation.
A Study Of Tears.
"a Study of Tears" was h evan
gelist's subject Sunday morning the
text being found in John 11-35, Jesus
Wept." -,
There are four kinds Of tears said
Rev. Ham:-natural tears, diabollcal
tears, human tears, divine tears. The
first kline are those that are shed for
no reason under the sun. Some people,
especially women, can't help crying at
times. ~
Diabolical tears are the devils
tears. Have you ever seen anybody get
SO mac that they couldn't do anything
except shed tears? Well the devil is In
that person.
Human tears the third class, the
preacher said, are most often seen
around a funeral. They are different
from natural tears in that they nave q
sympathetic value at least.
Divine tears are those that were
shed by Jesus. Repentent sinners shed
those kind. They come from the depths
Of the soul. Whenever we shed these
tears of repentance We can get an
audience with God. Jesus was Gods
love message to the world. Hardness
Of heart made men reject him.
The evangelist observed that there
We're doubtless many socalled Christ
ian church members in his audience
who had become hard-hearted and
and cold. He invited them along with
the unconverted to shed the / OF
tears that Jesus shed and accept his
message and His love.
Sunday Afternoon.
The big tent vas filled Sunday at
ternoon when Evangelist Ham deliV-
cred an interesting lecture on TN
Catholic Church or the Great Amerl-
can Menace" At this service a col
lection was taken to dcfray the incl
dental expenses Of the meeting-the
moving of the tent from Hamlet, N.
c., the building of benches, etc. About
$3.50 was contributed.
Last Night.
Preliminary to his sermon last
night the evangelist stated thai some
"week-kneed, namby-pumby Chris
tians' had advised him to &c SLOW,
that some of his ~utterances were not
meeting with the approval Of the town
and that if the meeting were to be a
success he must tone down MY
friends" he said. that did not worry
me at all. When people begin to talk
and say all of evil against me,
that means that the devil is becoming
worried. That means there is crook
edneSS in this town and n need for
preaching-plain, practical preaching.
Those who are criticising me are
crooked people. There is a crooked
spot in their lives somewhere. l am
preaching the message of God as 1t
comes to me. / have just begun to
preach and to tell or the crookedness
that is going on here among our
church people and others. When peo-
pie begin talking about me that means
that the DEVILS satellites are getting
busy. that the devil is on the run.'
In the curse Of his sermon last
night Rev. Ham said that when he was
here last year he took part in a peace
service" a service which he entered
thinking that it would result in great
good. He had discovered that it was
one of the most hypocritical in which
he had ever engaged. We prayed for
peace and that the conflict in Europe
might be stopped, he continued. Yet
our manufacturers of arms and m
munition Immediately enlarged their
factories, began working day and night
to manufacture arms in order that men
might STAY their brothers. The United
States government is today the biggest
hypocrite on the face Of the earth. In
!. our churches we pray for peace and
at the same time allow our armament
manufacturers to run day n night.
We ora serving the great god of gold,