Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-05-09

having preached to thousands of, peo-
ple at Glover, Rock Hill and Fort
Mill has changed his church affilia-
ton from the Methodist to the ,BaD-
tist. He has recently been elected to
membership in the First Baptist
church. of Fort Worth, Texas where
he has just concluded an evangelis-
tic campaign In response to query
as to why he quit the Methodist and
Joined the Baptist church, Mack
sends the following dispatch from
Fort Worth:
Twelve years ago I made applica.
tion to join the South Carolina Con-
ference, and don't suppose there he's
ever been a fellow in the history of
the world that missed it as far as !
did. But after much manipulating,
wire pulling, placating and panhand- :
ling, they condescended to give me a
supply job. had marvellous record
for two years, preaching he'll hot, sin
black, life short, death certain, eter-
nifty long, and calling people to a
blood bought redemption. Crowds of
folks came into the church; finances
tripled but because Of the wrath Of
some of the beu wethers and minority
leaders, was dropped without any
ceremony, or explanation, and left on
the cold world. For six months
wrote letters and begged preachers to
let me hold meetings for them. And
thcy all, with one accord, said; nay,
nay. After while. an old Baptist
preacher threw open the. door and
said, Mack. If you went to preach. I
will be glad to welcome you to my
church. For the balance Of the year.
he kept me busy on his hard scrabbled
work.
From that day till this, nineteen
twentieths of my calls have been from
the Baptist denomination. The lust
six months have received fifty calls
to prominent places in America, and
forty eight Of them have been from
the Baptist denomination. Right now
I have calls from the leading Baptist
churches of America. They back me
up and sympathize with me and love
me. l never have in all my ministry
found a church that suited me, until /
came here to the First Baptist church.
And then I found what l have. been
looking for these years. A church that
believes in the Bible from Genesis to
Revelation. They believe what God
says because God said so, and Gods
saying so makes 1t so.
"They are not apologizing or COM
promising. They believe in the old
fashioned. backwoods religion. They
believe that the only way to get to
God is through the atoning blood Of
Jesus Christ. They are not whiting
nothing off to point, fighting. theolo.
gical non-essential. shambattles, split
ting hairs over trifies., Here is a
church OF about six thousand mem
bers. No rich <or poor, high or low.
Nc. caste spirit No big rs and lit
tie i'you's' /, No mediocricy or aristoc7
.racy. Just folks, that love God and
believe in Jesus coming, the Baptist
Of the Holy Ghost, and believe in
prayer andSthen getting out and help
ing God to answer their prayers by
doing personal work and leading peo-
pie to a saving knowledge Of Jesus
Christ
II have been here four weeks.
have seen no evidences of sectarian-
ism. But the rcotto of this church is
to win men to God, and to fight every
thing that has the appearance Of evil
and stand for the Bible just as it Is
written, nothing added and nothing
subtracted.
'"These are my reasons for coming
to this church ahd uniting, with DR.,
Frank Norris IN his great fight for
the Bible, vital Godliness and old time
salvation. = 'f'.', -, -.
- -tMy hearts cry today is Back to
the Bible, back TO the supernatural
Away with the sickly sentimental
'trash;ithat we see all about us these
days: Back from this, high tone, kid
gloved, deviI.concocted starch of today.
Back from this damnirg. soul-wither-
ing, worldly establishment and hu-
man restitution, that have been insti-
tuted in the place Of the Holy Ghost.
and lets have. 4hat old. time, ear-un-
stopping. limb Strengthening, tongue
emptying power. Let's nave the su-
pcrnatural that glorifies God and glor-
ifes the Son. A power that will
empty. sepulchres and break chains,
take off bands and let the captives
so free" p..