The Holly chieftain., 1922-01-12

were held In the three churches In
terested In the union services. BY
exhortation and prayer the people
cOnsecrated themselves to the com
ing work of the meetings.
In the evening at seven tho.e In
terested met and organized q union
choir ready for DIR. Casel when he
comes. About 20 or rs Joined the
choir. Others will join later
There will be room in the loft for
about IS singers. The following Of
ficers and committees were elected:
Manager, H. A. Rose; Assistant. G
o. Virgin; Secretary. Miss Bertha
Duty; Pianists, Mrs. E. T. Cassel
Miss Alice Adkins and Mrs. H. d
Steele; Committee on Supervision
Mrs. Allen, Mrs Steele and Miss Ad-
kins.
The initial meeting of the union
services, to continue two weeks. wa
held Sunday evening The Metho
dist Church. where all the meetings
are to be held, was well filled. Tht
choir led the people in some spirit
ed singing. DR.. Stone gave the
opening address exhorting the peo
pie to the spirit Of unity and har
mony. He urged all to prayer and
personal work.
The sermon of the evening war
given by Rev. O. B. Lewis who
preached from II Kings. 7:2 on ~The
Result Of Unbelief" The syrianf
had shut up samaria until the peo
pie were dying Of famine. A proph
ct promises that there .shall soor
be plenty in the city. Elhe Kings
officer who scofis ct this b told h
shall see the plenty but shall not
eat of it. Some lepers at the gate
discover that the Syrians have fled
in the night, supposing that the
allies of the Jews to be aiding
Israel. In the melee. following the
discovery OF the flight of the Sy
rians, the Kings officer Is trampied
to death. So he saw Of the plenty
but was not allowed to eat OF 1t
SO now unbelief destroys men
Men know the truth but willfuliy
reject it. II you are willing to
God will. He will be revealed to
you. Follow the lite light you
have. The devil makes people be
licve they have plenty Of time tc
decide for God and SO many are lost
The preacher declared that pres
ent day doubt was due to unfaith
full living. Men are slaves of sin
Even Christians follow afar off. Az
Emerson says, What you are
.speaEs so loud can not hear what
you say" To many the Bible is q
closed book, but they read our lives
The lives of Gods people fs the
Fifth Gospel. Doubt is born, also
of anxiety over the cares of this
lie. We are more anxious to make
n living then to make a life.
The word and purpose of God is
true whether men believe in then
or not. Ones unbelief does not aI
ways change the fact. We may re
fuse to believe and deny God but
this will not avert our eternal pun
ishment
Good works, lodge memberships
or even church membership will not
save us, though good in themselves
All have sinned but they cannot
trust In their own righteousness
which is as filthy garment. "Ye
must be born again." As Spurgeon
says, "The saved man ia born twice
but dies once, but the unsaved man
is born once and dies twice." Every
soul that is lost commits spiritual
suicide. Men need to realize they
are lost and then turn about and
go the other way. In hell the lost
shall be full of anguish. and even
in heaven, where no sorrows are.
there will be regrets that we did
not do better on earth.
The church will finally triumph
Cour doubt or unfaithfullness can
not hinder her but you will be
dropped by the way as the church
OF God marches on. The service
was closed by an earnest talk by
DR.. Cantwell.
MONDAY
DR.. and Mrs. Cassel arrived on the
afternoon train and were met by
the committee on entertainment
and taken to their place of enter