The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-05-15

having enjoyed a pleasant social hour
with Mrs. Allison, the personal work
er OF the Bob Jones party. Mr.. Jones
remarked last night that women's
Affairs and rainy weather seemed to
go together in Sumter. 1t will be re-
membered that the women's service
last Friday afternoon was interrupted
by a severe wind and rainstorm. Last
night, while the rain poured steadily,
Bob Jones made a practical and APP
pealing talk on the subject Of What
shall / do then with Jesus, which il
called, the Christ 2"
The choir last night, while, of
course, not as large as it usually is at
the tabernacle, did. some good sing
Ing, the pipe organ helping to swell
the volume considerably. God Will
Take Care Of You," and Jesus In
cluded Me- were two tabernacle songs
Of the evening. The business girls
sang THE Touch Of His Hand on
Nine" Mr.. and Mrs. Mckenzie san
a duet which was enjoyed to the full
lest by their audience. When the in
vitatiOn for converts was given last
night eight persons responded, which
was a large per cent Of those in the
audience who had not previously
stood, as an acknowledgment that
they had already accepted Christ as
their Saviour. With W w
made at the afternoon service, and
one at the business mems prayer meet
ing. the total number acknowledging
Christ yesterday was IL.
What Then Shall l Do With Christ
Is a question. said Mr.. Jones, that all
OF IS must answer sooner or later.
and, living as we do in uncertainty of
life, the sooner we answer the ques-
ton favorably. the better for us. 1t Is
the most important question, too,
that ever confronted us, and If We set
tie 1t right we have solved the prob
lens Of life. but IL we settle it wrong
We have ruined our lives for time and
eternity. Our destiny depends on the
answer to this question. What we do
with Jesus God will do with us, be-
cause he is an infinitely perfect God,
and he has said hat He cannot take
us up In our sin, but hat the only
way for us to be received into heaven
Is through a sinless Christ. God wants
us to be saved, and He has shown
that he does. by putting every obstruc-
ton possible In the pathway to hell,
and numberless %signposts Of direction
the pathway to heaven, but we
must do u part. Christ voices the
sad warning Of the fate Of some, when
he says: "Ye will not come to me that
we might have everlasting life" Our
justification with God depends on
what We do with Christ. God viii re-
ceiye aud forgive in one moment, II
II - done through the cleansing blood
of His Son. Hid with Christ in God"
expresses, in one short phrase, the
possibilities Of Christ's influence ex-
In u behalf. Our becoming
Gods child depends on our acceptance
Of Christ. The Bible teaches us that
to be a child Of God we must be
born again" and this, Of course, means
that we must take Christ for u Sa-
viour. Our having peace depends on
what we do with Christ, so does our
having joy depend on the same prop
osition. However, the most import
thing Of all Is that our having
eternal life depends on what we do
with Christ. Whether or not we have
eternal death or eternal life Is decid-
ed by the rejecting or acceptance of
Jesus. and eternal DEATH is Gods
picture Of a lost man. That Jesus
was indeed the Son of God, with all
the power that he represented Himself
to hold, was attested to by the divine
life that he lived, the divine words
tina he spoke. the miracles that he
wrought, his resurrection, and his in
fuence on subsequent ages. 1t was
the marvel Of Christ's time on this
earth that, having never studied yet
he knew his letters" Another thing
Christ always psoke the truth, and
never anything but the truth. show
ing that He was indeed divine.
In advance Of his sermon last night
Mr.. Jones suggested a prayer for the
Divine guidance Of the presidential
hand in administering the affairs Of
the nation.
Applause greeted the statement
made by Mr.. Jones that we should be
proud that we had such a man as
Woodrow Wilson in the presidential