The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-05-12

the piano had to be kept covered to
prevent it's getting rusty, but Mr..
Mckenzie sang a selection which was
greatly enjoyed by the audience.
From The Daily Item, May 10.
"Ill tell you, men, we're up against
1t in America" In a powerful dis
course, summed up in this one SEN
tence, Bob Jones yesterday afternoon
told 400 men of Sumter and sur
rounding country Of the striking "Sins
of Men" and why it was urgently
necessary that the safety-brake be
put on If the men of America wanted
to save their country from mental and
physical ruin.
AS a preliminary statement Mr..
Jones said that ne was not going to
aim his shots at anyone in particular.
but that whoever the cap fitted could
wear it. He then turned loose the
%shrapnel.
The text was from the 9Th chapter
OF Galatians: BE not deceived, God
is no Knocked. For whatsoever a
man soweth, that shall he also reap"
1t is possible, said Mr.. Jones, to de-
ceive your family and neighbors at
times, but it is never possible to de-
ceive God. Generally, however, even
the neighbors are pretty we'll inf ,rm-
ed on a man who is not leading a
straight life. Sometimes a man is
guilty, when people know it, and talk
of it, and yet couldn't prove it in a
court of law, but still he can be
guilty. The devil doesn't tell the
same lie everywhere, and when the
same suspicion follows a man every
whore he goes. 999 out OF 1OOO times
the suspicion is "A fact" Ana I
don't see now you coUld live IN sum
ter Il not believe il Il devil The
devil is in sumter ard in every other
part OF the world, and not in hell
now as some believe. He is an intel
ligcnt being, he knows every mans
family record, knows his weak spots,
and Will hand you out just the kind of
bait that suits your palate. He gets
his deadly pills into your system east
ly, because he sugar-coats them.
Whether cards, liquor or women is
the enticement, he knows and acts &C.
cordingly, and many a mans eyes
are opened too late" after his home
is wrecked. AS proof of his intelli-
gence the devil often quotes scripture.
and some men who are infunced OF
the devil quote scripture also, to ex-
cuse their sins. 1t is, at first thought, a
strange thing hat the devil will
work hardest on the mar who has
the most influence. This is another onr
of his "sug~ar-coated" methods. He
doesn't want any of his right hand
men" to get too low. For instance,
it is the drunken bum in the ditch
who doesn't entice your boy, but the
naughty clubman who does, and the
poor ruined woman Of the red light
district for whom the average girl
feels, a loathing, and yet can be led
ultimately to the same state by the
allurements of a crooked society wo-
man. Speaking of some of these
agents Of the devil, the evangelist
said: "If the devil wanted to make
men to order he wouldn't change
some of you fellows a bit" Another
trick Of the devil is to get hold of
public sentiment. He sends fellows
around haranguing that the bawdy
house is a necessary evil" well,
Them Mr.. Jones stated, murder is
a necessary eviT' for the average life
Of these poor women is only five
years. Further Mr.. Jones said: This
is a den ocratic principalled country.
why don't some of you who howl for
this necessary evil furnish some
body to keep them up" And, any
uoClor tHdl says tiey Ic Il IeCeSSdIS
evil, is a dirty, low down quack." It's
the men who frequent such places,
says Bob Jones, that ruin the decent
girls. Because, under n mask of be-
ing nice young fellows they come
around and pluck the fairest flow
ers'' because this type of man Is al
ways seeking a new field for the
escape of his hellish lust. Mr.. Jones
made a plea for one standard Of pur-
ity for men and m saying that
he had lust as much respect for a
lewd woman as an impure man. The