Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-08-16
PREACHING OF DR.. VINES

How the World War Will Save
Christianity" vas the subject Of DR..
William Vines in his sermon at the
First Baptist church Of Yorkville Mon
day. and every one who heard the SER
mon is agreed that 1t was a master
piece from every standpoint, and es-
pecially because 1t gave what many
believe is the secret Of the way In
which the great war will be brought to
an end and how the Christian world
will be benefited by the war.
DR.. Vines read part Of the eleventh
chapter OF Genesis, and took for his
text the fourth verse of that chapter:
GO to, let US build US q city and q
tower, whose top may reach unto hea-
ven; and let us make US q name, lest
We be scattered abroad upon the face
Of, the whole earth" DR.. Vines en-
pfaized the Independent spirit Of the
descendants Of Noah when they be-
gan to build the tower Of Babel. They
left God entirely out Of their plans.
Then the narrative relates h,w God
came down to see the city and tower
which the children Of men built, and
how he saw the people all had one
language. and how nothing would re-
strain them-they were united as one
and God confounded their language and
one could not understand another, and
they were scattered abroad over the
face Of the earth. The speaker went
on to show how the people Of Europe,
the Christian nations, and those Of the
United States. In their great prosper
ity and wealth and seeking after pleas
ure had gotten to the point where they
considered themselves pre-eminent in
all things-they forgot God. DR.. Vines
observed that IL the kaiser and his ad-
visers In Germany had read this chap
ter Of Scripture and read II Alright,
perhaps they would have hesitated be-
fore plunging the world into such a
holocaust. In their greed for CONNER
cialism and world domination and all
that this would mean. The same thing
had been tried by others and all had
failed. How will the world war save
Christianity? A presumptious quest
ion, possibly. because Christianity will
remain as long as there Is human
need for Christianity. God carries on
his work through human agencies and
advances only as his children allow
themselves to be used for this purpose.
Christianity a failure? It Is not
true. The world war has nothing to
do with Christianity. A man may be
sick and the doctor may prescribe me-
dicine for him that will cure his NAL
ady: but the man doesn't have to take
it; he may throw II away and die.
The world Is like this man. Christian
ity will save the world, but the world
must take Christianity in order to be
cured. What Is necessary to perpet-
uate Christianity? Sincerity and SER
iousness. Prior to the war In our
great wealth and prosperity we were
rapidly drifting through shallowness.
fippancy to that which
would destroy the world. Humanity.
through the holocaust Of war will be
brought to its knees and when the
Christian world 10 on its knees and
humbles itself before God and ac-
Him as its maker and
creator and king then. and only then.
will the Christian church exert the
power to save the world and itself.
The world war Is bringing people back
to a realization Of the seriousness of
and when II brings them
back to a realization OF their depen-
dence on God instead Of their inde-
pendence of Him, II will have saved
for the great work which |
which is its mission on earth.
Tuesday night DR.. Vines took for his |
Bubjeet, Home, Sweet Home" and
the discourse was along the line OF the |
proper training Of children religiousiy '