The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-05-22
From The Daily Item, May 10.

From The Daily Item, May 10.
"A thunder cloud which came up
about the time the services were to
start at the Tabernacle last night Gu,
down the crowd considerably. While
the rain pattered on the roof Mr..
Jones delivered what he announced
would be the simplest message yet"
1t proved to be message that went
home to the hearts of his hearers
and brought six people to the Mercy
Seat.
THE harvest Is passed, the summer
| Is ended and We are not saved" was
| the verse which the evangelist Sc
lected from the Sth Chapter of Jere-
miah. to be his text. The harvest
time for Christ, like the harvest time
on the farm, is the time to get down
to business. The pastors SOW the seed,
the preachers do the work and the
evangelist reaps the harvest are the
steps outlined by Mr.. Jones for the
saving OF n multitude Of souls for
Christ.
There are only two classes in the
world, the, saved and the unsayed.
Jesus Himself said HE that is not
with me Is against me-" If you have
never repented OF sin, If you have
never been converted. born again. you
are lost, hy Gods own word to one
of the best men Of his generation.
Nicodemus. Just IA N!codemus had
to face the issue and select one Of two
propositions so in this day every man
must decide. for or against the Sa-
viour. How you can grope your way
along without Christ, how you can
do without Him in your trouble, how
you can solve your problems without
his aid is more than 1 can under
stand" the evangelist said in this con-
necton. God can help you solve
your problems; there are men listen,
ing to me tonight with storms in
their hearts that would sink ship
troubled hearts. But If it is COM
fort to have Christ save you from
troubles on earth, how much more
satisfaction ought there to be in the
knowledge that you will be saved in
death. And the saints. said Mr..
Jones. die different death from the
unsaved. Even the doctors have ad-
mitted this.
"You can live without God, but YOU
can't die without Him." the speaker
continued. You've had chance after
chance. AMI thrown them away. In
the beginning, God never planned for
one man to have more than a certain
number Of chances, hence the oppor-
tunity for accepting Christ is bound to
pass at some time. And, 1t Is not right
to ask God for a better chance. He
has given you good chances. and
it is not right to ask God for a better
chance, and every time you have put
off taking the step means that the
next time the opportunity Is offered it
will be harder still to accept.
The successful men are the men
who have accepted Christ. Bob Jones
says. for the measure of n man Is not
'his worth in money but i'm the spirit
that wants to make him work for the
Master. The commercial spirit is the
controlling spirit here and in other
places. and men are putting business
first when they ought to realize that
they can better afford the poorhouse
than they can afford to put Christ in
The same thing holds good in the case
OF well educated man. As an ex-
ample Mr.. Jones pointed out the
untimoly end OF Elbert Hubbard ia
NOUS for his unique juggling with the
English language, but "a failure If he
died without Christ"
| Thinking OF the cost of salvation,
the evangelist said that while he has
no objection To others wearing cross
he never wears one himself. for II
brings back to him that face In agony
I'm the Garden, and the picture of
naked shame rs the Master hung on
tho cross and died for the sinners ON
this earth. -
In concluding Mr.. Jones said that
1.-The time To he saved was when the
opportunity was offered and the
lchance IN here tonight, six, as noted
above, accepted