Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-10-25

had been weighed in the balances
and found wanting and that he was tc
lose his life and the kingdom Of Baby.
Ion was to be divided unto the Medes
and Persians.
And it was so. The enemy changed
the channel of the river Euphrates
that night and then marched under
and into the city by means of the dry
river bed. A thousand great lords and
ladies were slain that night and Bel
shazzar along with them.
We are all to be weighed in the
balance as was Belshazzar said Gypsy
as he proceeded to apply the story to
present day people. The same scales
that weighed Belshazzar are going 10
be used to weigh us. Ask yourself
now, How must do l weigh in the
sight of God? 1t Is possible to be a
heavyweight in the sight Of Rock Hill
and a lightweight in Gods eye which
is the only standard that counts.
If you are not worshiping God you
are heathen and there are heather
in Rock Hill and throughout York
county just as there are heathen IN the
widest parts of the world,
Some men worship money as their
god; others worship ambition; others
have no thought for worship save the
worship of fame or position or other
god. Money is a good thing. God
wants us to get all we can honestly
but when money comes between man
and God money is wrong.
There are other weights that cast
us down. Some men and lots Of wo-
men are cast down by the weight of
society. The social swim Is their god.
They live for society and for the cli-
que to which they belong. What So
cfety does is their rule and guide re-
gardless of whether or not it is right
or wrong. Society and social matters
are the weight that will cast them into
outer darkness.
Sin of Profanity.
L
dwelt at length on the sin of profan-
ity and taking the name of God In
vain. Lots Of you men and you wo-
mon too, do not think and do not mean
it when you curse but it is q sin all
the same. It is a sin that Is growing
among the women as we'll as the men.
followed two young business women
of Rock Hill down the street the other
day following the woman's prayer
meeting service. heard one say "Oh
Ny God, this"
No gentleman swears and no lady
swears. You had better watch the
habitual cusser Personally I wouldn't
trust him with my wife for FIVE min
utes. II is wrong, 1t Is wicked and
ugly "You can always tell what
kind Of wheels man has in his head
by the spokes that come out of his
mouth"
He made a most powerful appeal
to his hearers to honor their parents.
Almost all that We are and will be, he
said, we owe to the fathers and moth
ers who have reared US. There is
many chap wearing striped suit
who wouldn't be wearing 1t If he had
listened to his dad. There is many a
girl behind the redlight door who
wouldn't be there II she had listened
to her mother. Don't call your dad
the old man." Don't call your moth
er, "the old woman" Be respectful
to your parents, young men. Don't
hurt their feelings or wound their sem
sibilities. Remember that there are
other ways of killing them besides
shooting them with gun.
The evangelist closed his sermon
with warning against the sin Of adul-
terry and spoke Of the evils that it
caused The state holds you respon-
sible for your acts only; but Gods
law holds you responsible for your
thoughts. Be clean in thought as we'll
as deed that you may inherit eternal
life.
Many Hit Cody Trail.
Following his sermon he issued an
invitation to all to make profession
of faith in Jesus Christ. Responses
were slow at first, but as the choir
sang they increased and scores and
scores made the promise to live right
and clean. Ex-soldiers with tears
streaming down their faces gave the
Gypsy their hand. Old men and wo-
men went up. Young husbands and
their wives went.
A notorious gambler of Rock Hill
marched up. Evidently one Rock Hill
blind tiger went up because an ex-
service man was heard to remark,
there goes a fellow from whom 1 have
bought many a quart Of liquor"
The choir continued to sing and the
converts continued to come-some
smiling, some with an expression of
sadness and remorse; others in tears.
The service was closed with a bene-
diction and prayer by Rev. R. d. Bryd
of Tirzah who fervently thanked God
for the manifestation Of the preach
ing of His word that night.
The service was unusually long; but
no member of the great throng re-
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