Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-01-15
THE HOUR is COME. J."
Sermon Preached by Rev. "Billy''
Sunday, in Philadelphia, Sunday.

made sober whether he likes Bill
Go ask the girl who was dragged from
the ouagmire Of shame and restored to
her mothers arms whether she likes
Bill Go ask the happy housewife
who gets the pay envelope every Satur-
day night instead Of it going to the
filthy saloonkeeper, whether she's for
Bill Some people say. oh, he's SEN
sational.' Nothing would be more SEN
sational than If some Of you were to
suddenly become decent. I would
rather be a guidepost than a tomb
stone.
Truth Will Convince.
"I repeat that anbody who Is de-
cent, or wants to be decent, will ad-
mire you when you preach the TRUTH
although you riddle them when you
do it. The hour is come, my friend.
The hour is come to believe in re-
vival. Some people do not believe IN
revivals, neither does the devil, so you
are like your daddy.
| "I am in favor Of everything the
] devil Is against, and am against ev-
erything the devil is in favor of, the
dance, the booze, the brewery, my
friends, that have cards in their
homes. I am against everything that
the devil Is in favor of, and I favor
everything the devil Is against, no
matter what 1t Is. If you know which
side the devil is on, put me down on
the other side any time. If you have
not got religion enough to believe In
revivals, get down on your knees and
pray until you get it, or get out of the
church.
did you ever hear the story of the
Scotch shepherd that drove his sheep
into the fold and counted them over,
one, two, three-95, 96, 81. and then
came into the cabin and spoke to the
collie dog lying in the corner with her
puppies and he said to her, 'Cis there
are three Of them gone; you better go
out and find them She jumped to
her feet and rushed to the door. The
storm beat in her face and she turned
back to her puppies, and he said: GO
on, I counted them and there are three
missing; get them She jumped
through the doorway and was gone.
After a while he heard her at the
door. There she stood with two Of
the sheep. He went back into the fold
and counted a second time, thinking
that he had made a mistake, "a, 95,
90, 81, SO, 80.
Lost Sheep Is Found.
HE came back to the cabin and
went over to the corner where she was
lying with her little ones and he said:
I was right the first time. There were
three. You found two; there Is one
yet out on the mountain. Go and get
it. Hurry up She jumped to her
feet and rushed to the door, and she
WINGED and turned back again to her
little ones. He said: 'Cis, you won't
let that sheep die, will you? Go and
find it. She looked at her master
and she couldn't say no, and she
bounced through the open door In the
teeth of the storm and was gone. One,
two, three, four hours went by and at
last he heard her scratching on the
cabin door. He threw it open and
there she stood, torn by thorns, bat
tered by the storm, torn by the rag
ged rocks, but she had found the
sheep that was lost and brought 1t
back.
"Tenderly the shepherd took the
sheep in his arms and carried it to the
fold. He counted the third time, one,
two, three, four-95, SO, 81, SO, 9s'
100. He locked the door and came
in. She attempted to reach her little
ones in the nest, and had fallen ex-
hausted. He spoke words Of encour-
aeement to her. He patted her wet
and drenched coat. She made su-
preme effort to reach her little ones
and fell dead. She was dumb brute
and would do that for her master!
Oh, God, she had no thought Of thee!
She had no thought only that she was
willing to serve her master; she only
thought about obeying his commands.
When Jesus extends his hands and lifts
his thorn-crowned head and says:
They are lost to the church of God.
Go and bring them in we vince and
howl and murmur and are not will
ling to do something to bring them to
Jesus Christ The hour is come.
1T would be great thing If we
could sing the doxologyy full metre.
How about it? Let's have it.
THE hour is come to offer yourselv-
es to God. The hour is come. He that
believeth not is condemned. 1t may
be the man who bears your name. 1t
may be the one who sits across from
the table when you eat. The hour is
come. Oh, God, help them. we pray,
and guide them Alright. The hour Is
come. How many of you men and
women are willing to come down here
and accept Christ. The hour is come.
Say, Jesus, think there are thou
sands going to help God, help them
we pray and guide. Sing the Nine
ty and Nine How many of you men
and women will come down here?"