Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-03-14
THE MILEY.HooKER MEETING


THE MILEY-HooKER MEETING
Restore unto me the joy of thy
salvation; and uphold me with thy
free spirit-Psalm 81: H."
This was the text from which DIR.
Miley preached to a congregation that
filed the First Presbyterian church of
Yorkville to capacity Sunday night.
The singing Of the evening by the
Junior choir, the regular choir, n solo
by Mr.. Hooker and the singing OF
Have you Prayed 1t Through" by
choir from the Cannon Mill chapel
were special features\of the service.
Announcement was made by DR..
Gillespie that the services would con-
tinue daily throughout the week at
$3.50 and 1880 p. m, until next Sun
day evening, when the meeting would
be closed.
DR.. Miley read the 51st Psalm and
based his sermon on the prayer oil
David to God to restore him to his
good graces after forgiving him OF
his sins.
at was evident, that David had lost
something" said DIR. Miley. 1T was
not servants, or soldiers, or wealth or
his kingdom. 1t was joy-the JOY OF
his salvation. How was it possible
for David to lose the Joy of his saliva
tion? 1t was lost through. sin, NO
man jumps into sin in n day, nor the
profanity of the profane or the habits
of the gambler. The beginnings are
small. Add so for the true causes of
David's sins we must. go back. Inc
first was distrust. David did not hes
itate to attack the bear and the non,
nor did he fear to attack Goliath when
the Philistines were fighting the arm
les of Saul. Yet David said | shall
fall at the hands of Saul. he lied.
He distrusted God. Distrust OF God Is
dangerous-d to the indivi-
dual. &k .EIA.
'Dayid's second sin was deception.
David lied at Ahimeleck while fleeing
from Saul, by telling the high priest
that he was on the kings business and
was given the hallowed bread! AS the
result of this sin there were SO per-
sons slain. Who can tell what the re-
suit Of sin will be?
Then there was the sin OF disobedl-
ence in David taking Abigail tn WIFE
Deeper and deeper went plvid in
sin. Saul is dead and David Is king,
he remains idle at Jerusalem and dur
ing his idleness his great sin is COM
mitted. The Staying Of Uriah that he
might take Uriah's wife. David was
not naturally cruel, but his sin made
him so and his treatment Of the army
Of Ammon was one Of the most heart
less acts in history. II sin will do that
for David, what will 1t do for you!
Sin overthrows kingdoms, destroys
nations and peoples.
"Then it was that the joy of saliva
ton fled. Is there any hope for man
like that-a guilty murderer? Yes,
while the light holds out to burn the
vilest sinner may return. How? God
sent for David. Otherwise he would
never have gotten back. People OF
this day seem to think they can do
Just as they please and come to God
when they so desire. 1t can't done.
If people would thoroughly understand
this there would be a great fiocking to
God. -t' .1
DR.. Miley then told of the coming of
Nathan into David's life and how he
pointed out to him his great sin. How
easy it is for us to see the sins and
shortcomings in another's life-the
mote in the others eye and overlook
the beam in our own?" said the doctor.
II have sinned against Cod David
did not realize his sinful condition.
1t is the same with men and women
today. The doctor told &C Il TenneS-
see mountaineer who made business
of catching rattlesnak,s, who on one
obt Ia
home and putting it into a glass COW
cred box, left it. His little child see
ing the box and the serpent within,
removed the glass and the rattler bit
the child and it died. The mountaineer
in his anguish exclaimed that he would
not have given his child for all the
snakes in the mountains. And it is
often that way. Men and women
bring sin into their homes and the
lives and souls of their boys and girls
are lost and they realize the danger
and it's consequences too late. Boys
and girls who are reared in homes
where card playing and dancing is in
dulged in and other forms of sin are
victims Of sins that are begun in the
homes. aa
David realized that he had sinned
against God. He reached for his harp
that had been laid aside. Not for the
hall or the dance. but for a
song to God. David is coming back
his steps backward are just as clear
as his going.
Ist. There was confession Of his
sins He had at last caught a glimpse
of the Nervousness of his sins toward
God. There are degrees of sin, but
there are no little sins. Every sin is
against an infinite God. If we confess
our sins he is faithful to forgive. Peo-
pie complain that they cannot get ms
lice David did not want justice. !
There are men in South Carolina who |
10 not want justicc-they want mercy !
blot out all my tranSgressiOns."
,ricd David. Come let us reason to-
scther, though your sins bc as scarlet !
YOU may be made rs white as snow.
David did not stop there. Create |
within me n new heart. He caught Il
glimpse Of the statement of Christ.
'Ye must be born again" Restore un-
o me the joy OF thy salvation.
Beware of the least sin, because ii
will lead to great sin-maY lead to Sc
ious consequences. David's sins are