The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-04-17
G0ODFELLOKs SERVICE
IS Hello At THE DIXIE
SOME SIXTY or SEVENTY PEO-
PIE HEAR PASTOR BELLS
ZIG SNAKE STORY.
SIN Is Characterized rs the Biz
snake That Coils Itself About
Ones Heart and Crushes
the Good.

"A Big Snake Story" was the sub
ject Of thirty minute lecture by
| Rev. d. y. Bell at the Dixie theater
Sunday morning at 10 o'clock. The
meeting was the initial service of
what will be known as the Goodfel-
| lows class, which will meet every
Sunday morning at the Dixie. There
were some sixty or seventy persons
present when Jpo. ID. McRae in a
brief talk explained the purpose of
such a service He said Rev. ID. b..
Bell, who was a most informal man,
thad conceived the idea of such a
service as a means of getting people
who seldom attend church Interest,"
ed in religion. He said while the
service would be religious in every
respect IL would nevertheless be
lstrietly informal and those who at
tended would be privileged to come
when they pleased and stay just as
| long as they pleased. lie declared
| people would be welcomed in their
shirt sleeves, In overalls. or any
clothes they wear upon the streets.
/, lie said this service was not intend
ed to attract people from any church
or Sunday school in the city, but
| rather to interest the fellow who
| doesn't go to any Sunday school.
| He asked those present to aid In
making it a great and good meet
| ing, by asking some one to come out
with them on next Sunday morning.
A song was rendered by Messrs.
D. b. Bell and c, ]. Snider which
| delighted all present.
! Briefly emphasizing what Mr.. Nc
| Rae had said with regard to the
! services Pastor Bell of the First
| Presbyterian church took up his sub
jeet "A Great Snake Story" and de-
| liyered a master appeal for better
living. He called attention to the
lserpent in the garden of Eden, how
it tempted Eve, saying 1t was the
biggest snake story in the world
d that ell inclusive word sin. He de-
elared sin was not so much the
thing one does as the thing one
fails to do. in other words it is not
so much the stepping over the mark
as it is failure TO come UP TO the
J mark. This great reptile Of sin is
coiling its body around the hearts
of men and women, and to the eX-
tent you allow it to coil about you
does it crush out the good things
J that are in you.
God made man in His own i'm
age and that image cannot be
marred entiroly-no matter TO what
depth of crime man has fallen there
still remains some good in him.
| used to be a travelling man, was
prospecting, but | gave up my chances
! of becoming a rich man to enter the
ministry. | have rubbed UP against
the lowest and most vulgar beings
the world produces, but not one can
II recall that had blotted out the
Image of the Master. the most de-
based persons | ever knew had
some good in them. There is a de-
gree OF goodness measured by the
wrappings of the serpent about your
heart-it is the same old coil that
has wrapped around the hearts of
people since the days of Eve"
He illustrated his talk with a
story of a man in one of the famous
zoos who had trained a huge reptile
Ito coil itself about him and lay its
head on top of his head. One day
with a large audience looking on
the snake wrapped itself about its
keeper. then spark shone in its
eye and the huge body frightened in
its grasp until the very bones of the
imam were crushed $50 ii is with
sin, it coils about your heart and
brushes out all that is good.
| The service was very interesting
one and no doubt marks the begin
ming of very interesting Sunday
morning service. Men, women and
children have most cordial inyi-
Itation to attend these services each
Sunday morning. The doors are
open and you are privileged TO come
and stay just as long as yon like.