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

HuilDer Jesus included Me-" The
Church in the Wildwood" was sung by
special request of the church men.
Choir Master Mckenzie introduced
som, innovations in the way of hay
Ing the choir and the audience in the
rear tiers of seats sing alternate lines
of Jesus Included Me-" He had tho
children sing one song, and those be-
tween certain ages sing certain verses.
a new song introduced, IF you're q
Smiling Christian you will outshine
the SUM- u a decided hit. Mr..
Mckenzie sang "He lifted Me-" Rev.
w. IL. Bays prayed at the conclusion
of the singing.
Bob Jones said that he would have
a direct message for church workers
TOMORROW afternoon. He urged liber-
al giving at the next few services SO
that the expense Of the meeting could
be cleared up without the passing Of
the pans becoming a nuisance .
MIR. Jones' text last night was taken
from the 18th chapter of st. Luke.
This day is salvation come to this
house, Salvation is a fact that cam
not be disputed. 1t Is the plan God
for saving sinners and it cost
Christ's life. There are three classes
of sinners, hyprocrites, moral men
and hard cases."
A hypocrit, according to Mr.. Jones
definition is the man who connects
himself with the church for personal
gain. Moral men are the fellows
who don't dissipate because "they
were born without the desire for it,
They nave a negative" goodness, bu.
that kind of morality can't save a
man. The hard cases. are the ring
leaders" of a certain set or commun-
ity, and if they can be brought to
Christ, their following also come.
Il can take a dozen men in Sumter
and save this city,"
Telling Of the danger of being
wealthy, the evangelist said: 81 know
many a man who lived decent till he
had plent OF money" then family
praper and Bible reading very often
got out of his life. There was consid-
cradle applause when the speaker re-
marked Il wish every politician in
America was a good, clean man, and
That time Is coming. Politics, how
ever. often tempts men to go wrong;
many a man goes in decent and
comes out dirty" The prejudice and
whining of many poor people came in
for a severe humping, after the curse
created by riches had been pounded.
"A man should go to work with the
best at his hand and not whine about
his condition and he would get along
n Sreat dcai better tn; l 10y complair,
Jag. f0r ITS better 20 nave character
than 1t is 10 have gold.
Tho story IA Of wi CHI the sermon
came was the story of how Zaccheus,
to see Christ, climbed 8,
to fulfill his wish. Il know some
Of you fellows who would have been
too lazy to DO that" tie evangelist said.
L like a man that's what he is, all
time. Zaccheus wasn't a Christian
he made no shams or p%retenses too
be anything but what he was and he
was the kind of man who ACCOMPLISH
what he sought to accomplish.
is a scarce article in this
but II know some men," said
the speaker who would die before
they would compromise their Chris
tianity and integrity. A man ought to
nave the grit to express himself on
what he thought was the right side,
no matter how great q loss;
he faced in doing SO. 1.-TWO faced"
people came in for tlaying just here,
also pool rooms and drink.
Drawing the comparison between
liberal giving and that of
the average man today. Mr.. Jones said
some of you scOundrels ought to
starvc to death you're SO stingy with
God Zaccheus, after he nae come
under Christian influence, restored
what he had dishonesty gained, and
so ought every man. for every man
who's got a dishonest dollar i'm his
pocket is on his way to hell" There
are lots of church members who think
they're going to heaven, who are go
ing to hell" because they cheat ano
AS an instance is the woman
who will buy "a half ticket" for a "big
s%trapping boy" and the man who sues
the railroad for a Jersey" when the
train Kills a veritable old bag of
bones DplOnpinn tn hin, Sop,n