Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-04-21

called strong ana lempAat!c dllShIlN a
to the extent to which men are deVot-
ing themselves to the worship OF
Mammon instead Of the service TO the
only living and true God and urged
the value of the human soul as COM
pared with things that perish. Follow
ing is a comprehensive summary OF
what he had to say:
= The world tendencies ever since time
was has been more or less towards the
things OF the world, the flesh and the
devil. If we look into profane history
or sacred, we will find that the minds
Of people have gradually been turning
to the things that please the eye.' 1t
was customary for people in days gone
by. 10 trade by barter or exchange,
but when money came into existence,
they turned from that Of barter to that
of trade by money and ever since, we
find that people have gone from wild.
ness TO that of madness for the Man,
mon Of this world.
And now we find that the conditions
are all but unbearable, and fast draw
ing TO the place that the maintenance
and even life itself, is in jeopardy.
People no longer count the life more
than meat and the body than raiment.
We have forgotten that Christ said,
'Tf God so clothe the grass of the
field, which today is, and tomorrow Is
east into the oven, shall He not much
more clothe you, oh, ye Of little faith"
Brethren, is this not coming home to
,fs more every day we live? Soon we
are going to realize that the golden
touch Of Midas will not keep the wolf
from our door, nor will 1t release our
souls from the dastardly grip Of sin.
1t was an easy thing to lake the fruit
that was offered by the old serpent but
to drink the cup Of Gods wrath has
been by far a harder thing to do than
was first dreamed or thought. The
human race under the leadership Of
satan has ever since that time been on
a crusade to conquer the world for the
forces Of evil, while on the other hand
the forces of good under the leader
ship, of, Christ to come. Christ present
and Christ already come, have been on
a crusade to conquer the world for
God and righteousness. The prophets
from time to time and Gods messen-
gers have ever given warning to the
people Of the world to mend their ways
and repent for the kingdom of God is
at hand.
When we study the whole matter
from the stand point of both the world
and eternity, we find that there are
but two ways in which to walk. Either
live according to the world and die,
or live according to Christ and live. A
great many people think the call Of
the church is fanatical or only mis-
taken view Of the things which are
to come to pass; but when we read
that Lazarus died and was carried
by the angels to Abraham's bosom, and
Dives died and was buried. and In
hell he lifted up his eyes, being in tor
ment," we begin to realize that it is
not all of life to live nor all Of death to
die, and again we read that, "Enoch
walked with God and he was not for
God took him."
In our study of human nature we
find that we are no better than these
in the bible, and to this end we Will
study the two sides Of the question to
see if we can't initiate the Nazarene,
who came as our Saviour, and champ
ion of righteousness. All through the
ages we find champions of the worlds
side of the question and champions
OF Gods side-men who say there is
no God in heaven, no hell, and then
who say. Where He leads me I will
follow, I'll go with Him, with Him all
the way"
We find the grossest affronts given
TO our Saviour and his church by our
government, those in authority, both
in nation and in state, and now our
attitude towards them as our represen-
tatives in large measure shows what
our attitude is towards the powers that
are working in opposition TO each
other.
Whether the world or the church is
vic ctorious largely depends on which
side we throw our influence and power.
Some will say it is small matter
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