Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-08
Or. M'COMBE SCORES
] WASTEFULNESS IN
SERMON LAST NIGHT
Prodigal Lives Of Past Five
Years Leave Little Now He
Says; Record Attendance.

Rrandywine Summit, Pa. Aug. S.
Perfect weather. continuous until
night. and interesting services attract
ed 1000 persons TO Brandywine sum-
init yesterday. which was the first
Sunday OF the campmeeting season.
The religious program was long, ex-
tending from $40 O'Clock In the morn
ing till $40 o'clock at night, with brief
intermissions for social calls.
Evangelist McComb conducted the
lorcfeast. at which many persons re-
lated Christian experiences.
Our Bread Basket" the subject OF
the morning sermon. was suggested
by the story of Christ feeding null
titude. For text DIR. McCombe Sc
lsctcd the words of the disciples, send
them away" and the utterance of
Jesus. they need not depart" When
We have preached our sermon we are
not through. the evangelist said. The
church OF God should have its doors
open seven days each week to minis
ter to the body as well as TO the souls
Of men. He raped men and women
who voted for the Eighteenth Amend
ment to. the 1eral Constitution,
threw their hats in the air for the
Nolstead act. closed the saloons and
never gave a second thought TO how
they might substitute something for
the poor mans club. He stated the
church that only opens its doors twice
on Sunday and one at night in the
week is not functioning 10 its highest
la humanitys interest. The open
theatre. dance hall and baseball match
do not produce a revcrent or prayer
meeting feeling. he said. The church
may be- loud in condemnation of things
that oppose II. but very indifferent
In substituting something to take their
place. pr. McCombc scored the scanda-
lous wastefulness Of the average man.
He declared we have lived prodigal
lives In the last FIVE years and now
in the pinch Of hard times the average
man has little TO fall back on. America
is the worlds bread basket, he stated.
Hands across the seas are reaching
toward us. The time for strict economy
has come and nothing should be lost
Running comments and duet, The
Prayer of the wsnderer." by Mrs. Rob
erts and Prof. Clase. featured the sun
day school meeting, which was full
OF pep"
For the afternoon sermon DR.. Nc
combe chose the text how shall we
escape IL we neglect SO great saliva
tom" Hairbreadth escapes are popu-
lar with the average American, he
said. The managers Of fairs. for the
purpose Of attracting cr- wds, put on a
thriller. The elei .ent OF danger in au-
fornohile races. airplsne flights and
tight rope walking stirs everyone. IL
* hard for some mento escape from
their business. They carry business
with them on a holiday. II is hard for
some men TO escape from church. They
take the church with them. IL is
hard for some men to escape from
denomination. IL is hard for some
men TO escape from ward view. The
greatest escape is to escape from our
own self and our own sin TO the arms
of Jesus. In doing this the greatest
obstacle in the way of the average
man Is not dope, booz~ or sin IN
varied forms. but simply negiecung
the soul. attending TO pleasure. busi-
ness. lodge, everything except the soul.
The damninS sin today is neglect, and
fhe biggest problem of evangelists is
20 stimulate interest in spiritual things.
DIR. McCombe made strong appear
for men to attend 10 their souls
need, and the upturned faces of the
throrg gave evidence that his message
had not failed of its mark.
Miss Marjorie Guthrie had charge OF
the young peoples meeting, which
was featured by an address by Miss
Margaret Foulk and solos by Miss
nd u Law NnNnr
Music preceding the evening sermon
included a vocal solo. "Starless Crown,
nv Mrs. Roberts. a piano solo. The
Lost Chord" by Prof. Roberts, and
selection. Lord Is II r. by the evan
xeiistic quartet. While lightning
flashed. thunder crashed and rain
poured DIR. McCombe preached on
Five Rails OF He'll" He believed the
commandments are the "ten rails of
he'll" and he commented on the first,
third, fourth. fifth and sixth: Thou
shalt have no other God before me.
Thou shalt not take the name of the
Lord in vain Remember the Sabbath
day to keep il holy. Honor thy father
and thy mother. Thou shalt not kill"
His remarks We're impressive, and
when he finished the men in the au-
iience stood together in front of the
platform and sang Stand Up for
Jesus and "A Charge to Keep j
Have"
Yesterday was enjoyable socially.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry NJ. Pierce and
MIR. and Mrs. j. Albert Pierce visited
Mr.. and Mrs. A. NJ. Pierce.
MFR. and Mrs. W. F. jackson. Mrs
II. L. jackson. Misses Lydia and Vir-
ginia Hayden, Mr.. and Mrs. W. w
Anderson, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles VAIN
wright and Mr.. and Mrs. Grover Mac.
Nance were guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
g. II Hayden.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. A. Bower and Mr..
and Mrs Charles Bower visited Mrs.
NJ. n. Lincoln and Miss Anna Lincoln.
Miss Marie Haywood was a guest of
Mrs Stuart J. Horn.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Seeds, Osborn
Seeds. Mrs Mary Leeds. Mr.. and Mrs.
Alfred Barlow, Mrs. Mary Barlow,
Mr.. and Mrs. Henri Lindsay, Henri
Lindsay. Jr.. Mrs Anna Lang, Miss
Smith. Mrs. Elizabeth Hart, Mrs. Har-
Yset Iarkin. Mrs Ella Ingram, Mrs.
Albert Layman and Charles H. Max
well visited Miss Ella Hance.
Mrs. George Helms, Miss Helms and
Mrs Thomas Wise were guests of
Mrs William +. White.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Overdeer, Miss
Margaret Overdeer. Mr.. and Mrs. !
Harry Overdeer. p. H. Overdeer. Mr.
! nd Mrs William Hitler. Norman KILLER.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carlton Bryan. Mr.. and