Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1915-07-21
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EIeTnlCy was III every uooGIino3
every exhortation, every hope and
every point of faith he inspired. He
referred at some length to the Mes.
slahship of Christ. The Bishop said
the tendency of the times is to
temporalize, to mundane Christ
to fatter Him instead of worship
ping Him-to patronize Him rather
than obey Him. He deprecated the
tendency to change the gospel to
suit the conditions. The Bishop said
long centuries lie out before us,
civilization is yet crude, but lin
spite of the changes that will come
Gods word will stand. Teach
them whatsoever 1 have command
ed you" The scientists may find
out more about water,, more about
the wind, more about the electrical
forces and other forces of nature,
but there is no more to learn about
God. He likened the latter day
fermentated ecclesiastic" who goes
about trying to discover new faith,
to mosquity that disturbs the tired
farmer at night.
He said the people have differ
ent way of coming to Harmony to.
day from what his father had 40
years ago, but while they go now in
automobiles they yet have the same
hope, the same faith and the same
plan of salvation. Our fathers
preached eternal punishment for the
sinner and eternal life for the saint.
Bishop Kilgo spoke at some.
length of the efforts to bring about
peace in Europe, but said they were
all selfish, being inspired by desire
to realize a better price for cotton
or for bonds and stocks on Wall
Street. People II are interested in
large corn yields, but the way to
Judge Clemson. college is not by
larger corn yields that are being
made but by the: way the Clemson
boys will appear, at the Judgment
Bar. Wofford college should not be
Judged by it's sociological advantag-
es but after Gabriel blows his trum-
pet see what the harvest will be. He
said that sometime one asks if the
church opposes dancing or card
playing, as if the church could
make laws. The business of the
church is to proclaim already-en-
acted laws. The preacher is not a
legislator but an ambassador with 8
commission. In speaking of service,
Bishop Kilgo said: The man who
serves the world the best is the man
who hungers for heaven most" /
Occasionally Bishop Kilgo would
grow less serious and with some de- |
gree of irony and ridicule refer to |
some of the fatter-day fallacies and
in dealing with religious
matters, occasionally giving the,
ministry thrust by way of pleas
antry.
In concluding, the Bishop refer
red to the pleasure that it gave him
to attend the church that was serv-
ed by his father 40 years and more
ago. He said Harmony was the
church in which he first kneeled at
the "mourners' bench" as an eight
year-old boy, and 1T was in this
county, at Moore's Chapel, that his
father was licensed to preach.
Moore's Chapel was later sold to
the colored people and is now used
by them, being located some dis
tance to the rear of Cedar Grove"
Mrs. Elizabeth Nicholson'a home.
Church Formally Presented.
At the conclusion of the dedica-
tory sermon, the officers of the
church, Messrs. G.. M. Smith, B.
z. sSmith, Bettis Bouknight, Joe
Bouknight, Walter Smith, L. G.
Watson, S. B. Marsh, ]. S. Smith
and E. N. Smith, came forward and
formally presented the new build
ing to the conference to be dedicated
to the service of God, the solemn
words being uttered by Mr.. G. M.
Smith. The building was received
by Presiding Elder Kilgo and the
dedicatory prayer was offered by
Bishop Kilgo. With this beautiful
and impressive scene the exercises
were concluded.
Dinner Announced.
Just before adjournment, Mr..
Erwin Smith arose and extended
a very cordial invitation to all
visitors to partake of the dinner
that had been provided. Soon after
adjournment the large throng gath
cred about the long table under the
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