Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-10-26
TUESDAY, OCTOBER as, 1915.

a soft preacher. The only time he ever
got tender in his preaching was when
he was talking to the fallen woman.
Following up his declarations on
the subject Of repentance, Mr.. Ham
said that it was necessary that the
sinner should be convicted Of his sim
fulness before he could repent Con-
viction is the realization Of a truth,
he said. In illustrating the point he
said that he had a conviction that In
few years women would be allowed
the right of the ballot He had a con-
viction that by 1926, whisky, that
death dealing, damnable agent Of the
devil, would be prohibited by law
despite the fact that there will be
hundreds Of "pop-skull lovers" who
would not have 1t so.
Fear, said Rev. Ham, is an element
Of repentance. Fear means hell. You
unregenerate sinners who have not
admitted Christ are rapidly approach.
ing hell. Every so seconds you are one
minute closer to hell. I come to you
tonight not as a hireling but as a ser
want Of God, to ask you to repent. Now
is the time; you don't know when the
crepe will be hung on your door
Some one has said that the prayers
Of sinner are not heard, that 1t Is
useless for a sinner to pray. That Is q
lie. Gcd hears the prayer Of the sin.
ner. Neither does II take God forever
to do business with a man when the
man Is in earnest.
Jesus is ever on the alert to heal
the prayer of the sinner, concluded
Mr.. Ham. In the great continent Of
Australia, 1t is easy for one to gel
lost in the dense brush. When a man
becomes lost he raises a cry "Coo-ee
coc-ee," and If there is anyone ir
hearing distance the lost one hear.
the return cry "Whoo-ee, whoo"ee.'
Most Of YOU people are in a desert
country like unto Australia tonight
You are in the desert of the devil. Yor
arc lost unless ycu cry "coo-eee" tc
Jesus. He will answer all right. Il
you cry you will receive the friend
ship Of God and your sins shall be
forgiven you.
To Men Only.
To use Mr.. Hams expression h,
was billing over" when the houl
arrived for the service to men only
Sunday afternoon. First he removed
his coat and then he unloosed hi!
the preacher waxed warm to his sub
ject the perspiration broke out ovel
his face. Lying on the pulpit in front Of
him was a package Of cigarettes, q
pint Of pop skull whisky, a decl
Of cards, a pistol and the complet,
paraphernalia which is used in q poker
game. These things were the subjec
matter for the plain lecture deliver.
ed to the 1,200 men before him.
In the outset he told the men tina
he was going to tell them Of the sim
they were committing, that he wa!
going to "call a spade spade" and h,
did. Il have no apology to make tt
any gink in the crowd for what I an
going to say" he informed his au
dience. Il am responsible to Cox
alone for the message that / am going
to bring you. Don't get the idea tina
because l am an evangelist now tina
l say things that I would not hav,
said when was pastor Of church
l am bringing the same message nov
that I did then"
Mr.. Ham in his sermon to men hat
as his text the 9Th chapter and the It'll
verse Of Galatians, which is: BE moi
deceived; God Is not mocked; fol
whatsoever q man soweth, that shall
he also reap"
There were four tremendous fact!
which the preacher desired to bring
to the attention Of his hearers. First
that all have q great responsibility a.
Is evidenced by that part Of the tex
which reads, Whatsoever a mar
soweth." Second, an unchanging law
that shall We also reap" Third, ar
unalterable fact, God is not mock.
ed" Fourth, a solemn warning, "Bt
not deceived"
Men today refuse to be warned, said
the speaker. They believe in the doc.
trine Of personal liberty, which Is the
doctrine Of the devil. Adam and Eve
exercised this doctrine and were cast
out Of the garden Of Eden. This doc
trine of personal liberty is that Of the
drunkard, the white SLAYER, the sinner
Of all classes. This doctrine Of per.
sonal liberty must have limitations
You hear the whisky soak say, 81
believe that every man should be al.
lowed all the liquor he wants." But
society says different.
The evangelist was reminded Of the
story Of the Irishman coming tC
America because he had heard II was
the home Of personal liberty. Seeing
la Yankee on q street In New York
the Irishman knocked him down
Whe he got up the Yankee promptly
knocked the Irishman down and the
later gave the former to understand
that he thought this was the country
Of personal liberty. $50 1t is, replied
the Yankee but your personal liberty
ends where my nose begins"
Mr.. Ham scored users Of tobacco
habit which he said was bringing
men down morally and physically. HI
who smokes or chews, does something
that a dog, hog or poll ca
wouldn't do, he said. IT'S q dirty
filthy habit, and I'd rather have the
whisky habit than this habit" he de-
clared, as he held up cigarette. He
explained how cigarettes rob men Of
their will power, takes enthusiasm ou
Of their brains and tends to max,
them go down hill. There are men
here who won't quit the habit no mat.
ter what you say, he said. There are
men here who will go down to hell nc
matter how hard you try to keep them
out.
Look at this, commanded Rev. Ham
as he held up bottle Of mean looking
corn whisky. Cant you see rattle
snakes eyes in it? This is the next
step after the cigarettes. They DOM
vi lin iiqdOi lhlo io"h. 4hCy oA Ahn
ginger which Is 95 per cent alcohol
and per cent ginger. Ginger Is
worse than this whisky. 1t is so mean
that 1t will make a jack-rabbit sit on
his hind legs and spit in bull dogs
face"
The speaker deplored the fact that
some men in this town as in others
thought they had to get drunk every
Saturday night. He told Of a man In
q North Carolina town, who after max
ing grape juice, fed the hulls and rem
nants to his hogs. The juice had fer
mented and the hogs were made
drunk. The next time this stuff was
offered to the hogs they refused to
touch it. Some of you men are not
like those hogs. You will get drunk
on Saturday night and then do the
same thing next Saturday night" he
told the men before him.
In the course Of his lecture the
preacher scored those who are fond
of dancing. IF you take the hugging
feature out Of the dancing, there Is
nothing to it," he declared. Dancing
is nothing but "hugging set to music.
assert" he said, that 80 per cent OF
the fallen women of this country can
trace their downfall to dancing"
This, he continued, holding up a
package of playing cards, is the
DEVILS prayer-book. He told Of going
info "a home i'm Yorkyilla repentlV tO