Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-10-27
REACHING The GOAL
Rev. Hafnef Is Preaching TO Large
Congregations at Sharon.
MEETING TO GO THROUGH SUNDAY

pit Orator Who is Being Heard With
Interest by People Among Whom he
Formerly Lived.
(By a Staff Correspondent.)
Sharon, October 27.-Attended by
members of all the denominations in
the town and many people who live in
the country for a distance of several
miles there Is much interest in the
series of services being conducted in
Woodlawn Presbyterian church by
Rev. w. A. Hafner of Gaffney. Rev.
Hafner is we'll known in this section
where he formerly lived. Before going
to Gaffney he was pastor Of the Pres
byterian church in Fort Mill and he
has on various occasions preached in
most of the Presbyterian churches
throughout the county. A minister Of
the Gospel who breaches the word in
plain and simple phrase, he is general
ly regarded as one Of the most forceful
pulpit orators among the Presbyterian
ministers of the state and the large
congregations that have heard his
sermons since he has been engaged
in the meeting here attest his popu-
larity with the people Of this section.
Two Services Each Day.
Two services have been held every
day during the week, the first in the
morning at 11:15 and the second in the
evening at 1880. A song service has
been held each evening prior to the
prea ching service, the song service di-
rected by Rev. Carl McCully pastor Of
the church. There are number Of
good singers in the three churches in
Sharon and many Of them have been
assisting in the song services at the
meeting at Woodlawn. Among those
who have taken part in the song SER
vices during the week are: Mrs. G. A.
Plexico, organist, Miss Annie Ashe and
Messrs. George Plexico, ]. c. Plexico,
Ed Maloney, D. L. Good, w. c. Potts,
H. w. Shannon and many others in
cluding a large number Of juniors. 1t
is announced that the meeting is to
continue through Sunday night and
unusually large congregations are ex-
pected tomorrow and Sunday.
Reaching the Goal.
Especially impressive was the SER
mon preached by Rev. Hafner last
Tuesday night on the subject, Reach
ing the Goal" The text was found in
Genesis 1875, which reads as follows:
And Abram took Sarah his wife and
Lot his brothers son, and all their
substance that they had gathered, and
the souls that they had gotten in
Haran; and they went forth to go into
the land of Canaan and into the land
of Canaan they came"
To accomplish anything. or to get
anywhere we must make a start, said
Mr.. Hafner in the course Of his SER
mon. I have always admired some
qualities about the Prodigal Son. AS he
sat among the swine contemplating his
sad condition and thought Of the COM
forts in his fathers house he determin-
ed to return there and he did more
than arrive at a conclusion to return.
He went. So many Of us never start.
When God ordered Abram to go into
the land of Canaan he found that
Abram was ready to go and he did go.
Abram trusted God. He did not stop
to argue. He was willing to go all
the way with God. If we really and
truly love the Master as we should
we too will obey His commands and
walk in his footsteps without question
and without quibbling.
There are some of us who start and
then stop or stall. Some time ago
Baptist preacher who was holding a
meeting in my home town of Gaffney
used in an illustration the fact that
when he was a boy there were two
horses on his fathers farm. One was
called Fan" and the other Queen"
Fan was a steady kind Of horse who
was slow but sure. Queen was a ner-
vous, spirited horse who started with
apparently all the energy and power
imaginable; but when the hill was
reached Queen would stall while Fan
kept pulling the load.
Many Fans and Queens.
There are many Fans and there are
many Queens among men, continued
Mr.. Hafner, using the illustration to
make plain his point. In church that
served before taking my present
pastorate were some officers who were
eager and anxious to help me and my
work in every way possible when 1
first went to the town. But as the
months rolled by found that some Of
those who had been most enthusiastic
about me had Jagged in their interest.
They had stalled or dropped by the
wayside as it were.
When 1 took my present pastorate
noticed the same thing. There were
some officers and some members Of
my church who evinced the greatest
interest in my work and apparently
were bubbling over with enthusiasm on
account of it. But they have stalled.
Tbnv are OueenS while the Fans Of