The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1921-08-12
REVIVAL MEETING AT
THE BAPTIST CHURCH
DR.. J. W. Gillon in Series of High
Power Sermons.

The meeting at the Baptist Church
is in full swing. DIR. GilIon, of May
field, some years ago pastor of the
local pulpit, preached his first SER
mon Monday morning. He is deliver
ing series of sermons. the topics be-
ing published and distributed all
over the city. The first three even
ing topics are called Playing the
Devil" ETC., and ON Wednesday even
ing the full title of the topic was
Playing the Devil Yet Some More,
or Some Thingo 1 Would Do to the
Sinners if l Were the Devil to Keep
Men from Being Saved"
The auditorium and aisles on We'd
nesday evening were crowded There
is large chorus of voices and the
singing is exceptionally fine. Every
body seems to be interested.
DR.. Gillon began by reading a text
and then launched out, assuming for
this particular sermon the first per-
son, or the devil, and the things he
would do if he were the devil The
first would be to discredit and deny
the inspiration of the Bible. The
world is full of this to-day. There is
an effort to overthrow our govern
ment, and the agencies in this work
are the anarchists, the l. w. w.
and socialists. The first attack is to
be made upon the Bible, the funda-
mental law upon which the Ameri-
can government is founded. And
these, the preacher branded in vivid
language as the agencies of hell. If
these powers prevail. says the preach
er land they are moving heaven and
earth to destroy the Bible), the
world will be thrown into G war so
horrible that the late war will seem
in comparison like times of peace.
If / were the devil" says the
preacher I would next scatter the
seed OF infidelity in the schools. The
State schools and universities are
full OF this to-day. They are teach |
ing the Darwin theory of evolution |
and undermining the revelation Civ
en- in Genesis. They too are trying
to destroy the Bible. Don't mistake |
me-" says the preacher, Il am talking
about your public high schools and |
universities.
Il warn you" says the preacher,
we are on the oboggan-traveling
the descent to hell"
The earth is scourged with race
suicide, divorce. murder, and why?
Because the devil is flanking the
highways of our social, political and
religious institutions. He stands by
and watches the red dragon with it's
midnight jewellers, your daughters
and mine, in contact with the lust
of human leeches. They go out into
the darkness of midnight to destroy
our homes and tho social standards
established in the book of life.
| warn you that the devil is riding
on the top of these midnight motor
cars, dancing in fiendish glee as he
sends the souls of men and women to
hell.
Says the preacher, l would take
my imps into the church and in
the guise of self righteousness I'M
dertake to lead men and women away
from the Blood of the Lamb. l would
use all the arts of satanic cunning
to destroy the Gospel and the plan
Of salvation among men and women.
The preacher closed with an invi-
tation to come and hear the entire {
series of sermons. He extended a {
special invitation to the day serv- '
ices. Rev. McGehce, the pastor, is
directing the order of service, and {
DR.. Carlton tho music.
Road to Samburg. I
The proposed road from Union City l