Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-12-23
THOMAS SERVICES CLOSE.
Many Unite With Churches OF Fort
Mill as Result or Meeting.

Msny Unite WIN CnurcheS OF Fort
Mill as Result OF Meeting.
The special services which had
been conducted by the Rev. Trigg
A. M. Thomas, d. D.. of Kansas City.
Mo-. In the Fort Mill Presbyterian
church during the past two weeks
were concluded with union serv-
Zee sunday night at which the
church was filled. DR.. Thomas left
Monday morning for Bluff City.
Tenn, where he will spend the holi-
days with relatives, and his singer.
w. G. Waltermire. also left for his
home in Birmingham, Ala.
During the IL days DIR. Thomas
WAS in Fort Mil he conducted AZ
services, Including four at the cot
ton mills and several at the homes
where cottage prayer meetings were
hold. He received &C recorded decla-
rations for Christ from non-church
members who will connect them
selves with one of the three churches
in Fort Mill; is from church men,
bers whose membership is elsewhere
but will move their membership to
the Fort Mill churches, and 80 vows
of reconsecration from church men,
bers.
Last Sunday morning 20 persons
CHURCH on profession of faith and
nine by affiliation, and a number OF
Others are expected to join at the
service next Sunday morning.
Last Sunday afternoon service
was peld especially for men and boys
at which every seat in the church
was gfBled to hear DR.. Thomas dis
I. cuss the subject of his sermon, The
Meanest Man in Fort Mill. After
naming Gain. Esau and Saul as the
meanest men in the Old Testament
and Judas, Ananias and plate as
the meanest New Testament char
acters, Dr. Thomas preached what
Tmany considered one of the strong
cest sermons ever delivered from
Fort Mill pulpit, in which he de-
sscribed The Meanest Man in Fort
Mill' as the man who would have
nothing to do with the churches and
Rcoffed at religion. In the midst OF
the sermon DR.. Thomas removed his
coat, vest and collar to be better
able TO describe in fitting language,
he said. the man at whom his re-
marks were directed. Al the conciu-
. sion of the sermon score or more
men walked up to the chancel and
announced their intention OF uniting
with the church.
At the concluding service Sunday
.. night, short talks were made by the
Rev. J. w. III. Dyches, TIL. d., pas
tor OF the Fort Mill Baptist church,
4 the Rev. w. r. Bauknight. pas
toy OF st. Johns Methodist church.
DIR. Dyches stated that when the
proposition of inviting DR.. Thomas to
hold the meeting at this particular
time was first set forth he doubted
the Wisdom of 1t, owing to the posi-
hlc disagrccable weather and to the
Christmas season, but he was now.
d. quite willing to admit that he was
sswrong. as the meetings have been
Fan undoubted blessing to the town
and the community generally.
A record was made by the two
Win One" clubs. known as "Whlte
. and Cold" the ono having received
: 1S1 points and the other $50. A re-
! su). s,pf the. meetings for the young
people has been the reorganization
. of the Young Peoples Society OF
,Christnn Endeavor. the officers OF
which are Brice ID. Culp president
Miss Nora Hamilton vice president
Miss Lucy Fish secretary. Miss Clar-
:, olene Carothers treasurer. There
- are five standing committees of the
society IA follows: Program. Bruce
RI. Stribling. chairman; prayer meet
Ing. Brice d. Culp, chairman. look
out Miss Margerie Mills, chairman;
social. Miss Dorothy Bergstrom'
chairman; social and sick visitation,
Miss Ethel Armstrong, chairman.