Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-01-24
SUNDAY IN ROCK HILL.
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position and worldly honor are al
nothing.
Would Like to be God.
1 can't tell you how much God has
done for me- If there were a million
more words in the English language
they would not be sufficient to tel
YOU. l am trying to do something fol
God in appreciation of what he has
done for me. He asks your service In
appreciation of His gifts to you. You
don't give it. ,-..
You know he said shaking his
finger at. his audience, its, a gooo
thing for some folks that I'm not God
for fifteen minutes. I'd keep the grave
diggers busy for month II l were.
Yes, sir l sure would" .i.r-u.
And here people are just simply goT
ing crazy. We are getting crazier ana
crazier every day. II we keep on goF
ing at our present pace and there isn't
decided improvement in coming gene
rations everybody in the world VIII pe
crazy in 215 years, That's fact. =.
Pleasure and wealth don't satistysV
Mr.. Sunday declared intellectual su-
Rvron could shoot off intellectual
sparks that dazzled them and yet he
saw there was nothing in IL. Edgar
Allen Poe wrote a poem called The
Raven that has been translated into
more languages and dialects than any
thing ever written by an American au-
thor. Yet Poe ea'ized that the thing
that counted most was faith in Jesus
Christ"
There's nothing in this thing OF
seeking amusement and pleasure all
the while. I've stood in front Of the
big theatres in Chicago and watched
the pleasure seeking crowd. I've
watched the rich ones drive down In
their electric heated limousines, the
pampered sons and daughters or
wealth. I've seen 'em go to the fash
ionable restaurants after the theatre
and get half soused and most of them
all lit up on champagne and liquor
with enough on board to sink battle
ship. Then I've known 'em to go home
and hit the hop in an effort to coax a
lite sleep and in a short time, become
physicaI and mental wrecks. There's
nothing in that life. 1t doesn't satisfy
-. 40 Folly Of Fame. .r
But let's discuss fame a little while.
Does that satisfy the soul OF man!
Make one constable and he wants TO
become sheriff. Nc &e him sheriff and
he wants to become governor. Then
senator and then president and presl-
dent a second time. Speaking or fame
though, / want to tell you about one
man who was famous and who was all
right. / refer to the late Ben Tilman
yho was one of my best friends. Old
Ben was the right kind Of man.
Reference to the name or the late
Senator Ti.lman was received with ap-
plause.
No there is nothing to fame in its n
nality, Mr.. Sunday continued as he re-
viewed the life Of Lord Give, the Brit
ish conuueror of India. That man had
money and position and yet he filled
suicide's grave. He suicided because
he didn't have Jesus Christ.
Chatterton and Bobby Burns were
failures. They had genius, but they
didn't have Jesus. B."
The evangelist stepped aside to COM
ment on the carelessnesS and laXlty OF
many people in the matter OF dress.
ike to see any person wear their cloth
es in a neat and orderly manner and
not in q slovenly and slatternly way,
he said. If you women look better
with hair on your head that didn't
grow there, why go buy 1t and put II
there. l do hate to see a woman SIT
ting around the house with an old kl-
mono on and one shoe on and the other
off. Ugh, that kind of sight always
gets next to me.
But remember, II you haven't
Christian spirit and faith in Jesus you
are a failure, lady, no matter how
beautiful and charming you might be-
Let's cite the case of the late Lazy
Hamilton Of England, for instance. In
her day she had 'em all hanging over
the ropes and fighting for air when II
came to looks and charm. The men
| fell for her from Admiral Nelson all
down.
But she had no faith in Jesus Christ.
The light of God wasn't in her soul
and she died in poverty and obJcurity
in an attic room in the city of Paris.
Charm doesn't satisfy.
Faith Satisfies.
II YOU have faith in Jesus Christ and
His Gospel, don't you worry. Your
faith will hold you up through all the
trials and temptations even as mine
holds me up. OF course the devi! is on
| the lob, but he can't hurt you II you
cling to Jesus. The devil didn't invite
me to Rock Hill today and l Know ne
didn't have anything to do with this
sermon I'm preaching.
If YOU live a life of faith In Him you
lead useful life. Remember that art
er YOU leave this earth there are only
two places you can go-heaven or hell.
II s the Lord or nothing for you-no
haf way ground. You've got to take
this gospe! on faith. 1t isn't how you
feel about it. It's question OF direc-
ton. or course there are a lot OF
things on this earth don't understand.
| never will understand them here. I'm
going to ask God about them when
get up there, because he didn't mean
for me to know down here.
The thing to do is to believe. For
Gods sake get some horse sense about
religion. The Lord is a good old Scout.
Ii you try to do right He will help you.
Look at Noah. He planted vineyard
and had a little home brew. He got all
Lit uL. Jacob skinned old Laban in a
cattle deal Sarah, Abraham wife, was
good locker Abraham took her into
Egypt and the ruler of that land
thought to take her into his harem.
Abraham told the ruler a polite lie to
save her-told that Sarah was his Sis
ter instead of his wife
I'D lie to save Ma Sunday" declared
the evangelist, while his wife laughed
Then I'd fix it up with the Lord later. y
Do as these men of God did. ASK
God to forgive you and save you and
he'll do it. Just accept Gods plan
You can't change it. You can plant
cotton and pick it, but you can't make
Ill. & II.