Stone County enterprise. [volume] (Wiggins, Stone County, Mississippi) 1916-current, 1923-09-27
Williams Gospel
Meeting Success

Virgins mas us clClZenSnlp Deen
aroused in spiritual way as it
has been during the past week
since Howard S. Williams,
layman-evangelist of Hatties-
burg, has been preaching night
ly to the largest crowds ever as
sembled in Virgins for religious
services.
With the able assistance of
Mrs. Williams, Messrs Perry and
McInnis, Mr.. Williams has liter
ally taken the entire community
fo1r their Master and Saviour.
They have been driving away
sin and in it's stead have planted
happiness in the lives of hun
dreds of men, women, boys and
girls.
The choir of one hundred or
mere, led by Otis Perry, the
leader, has helped in a great way
to bring about saving of souls.
Beginning Wednesday night
of last week, the revival has
been meeting with great success.
Every night the big tent is fill
ed and on several occasions all
seats were taken and many were
forced to stand. Sunday night
probably broke all records when,
it was estimated fifteen hundred
people attended. Some said the
number was close to two thou
sand.
At the close of each sermon an
invitation was extended the un-
saved and those who wished to
reconsecrate their lives, and al
ready close to two hundred have
responded.
The First Service.
The opening service, held
Wednesday night of last week,
was a great success. Mr.. Will
liams used as his subject 'The
Prodigal Son." and handled it
in masterful way. Some of
his remarks were:
"Are you eating of the husks
of the Devil or Of the sweets of
God?
Tell the Devil to get behind
when tempted, but see that he
does not push you in after he
gets behind"
Thursday Night.
Mr.. Williams sermon Thurs
day evening was dedicated to the
press. 1t was his first plea to
the unsaved, and in the course
of his remarks he said:
1--WE are all newspapers, eth
ev carrying the news of the
Devil or of God.
"Have you permitted God to
set the type of your life?"
Are you headlining your
daily with thoughts of Christ
or deeds for the Devil.
"Who is editing your copy of
daily life? Does your copy
carry glad tidings of great JOY
to those about you, are does it
carry heartaches, disappoint-
ments and sin?"
Friday Night.
Fruits of the Spirit" was the
subject on Friday night. Mr..
Williams likened life unto the
county fair where the best is
displayed. "Only the choisest
Of life is brought out for inspec-
tion," he said. 'Is the soil of
your life fertilized with the rich
ness of Gods great love? Have
you permitted the dew drops
from Heaven, such as love, kind
ness, charity meekness and holi-
ness water the plants that grow
in your life? Is your farm of
life growing up in thorns and
thistles, or is it bringing forth
fruits worthy of a portion of
Gods love?
"1S your love Gods garden OF
roses, garnered by others, fresh
with the perfume of heaven?"
Saturday Night.
Saturday night Mr.. Williams
preached on The Feeding of thhe
Five Thousand, making use of
the five loaves and two small
fishes.
Mother, Father, was your
boy among the crowd today that
was following Jesus, as the boy
was who had the loaves and the
fishes? Do you suppose that
boy came from a Cody or Cod
less home? If you had that
food in such a crowd, would you
have given your all to Christ, or
would you have profiteered as
did many during the world war
when food was scarce? Have
YOU ever given God a chance to