Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-02-12
NOTES ON THE
REVIVAL CAMPAIGN
nv G. A. TOLIY)

The meeting that has been so def
nitely planned by all the churches OF
! the city, under the leadership of Mr.
G. w. Haymaker, campaign manager,
| is getting under good Roadway and
great crowds are attending. Sunday
night fully 1000 people were in attend
ance, notwithstanding this was the
first day of the meetings.
Ordinarily the heavy rains Monday
would have kept people away from
church, but Monday night something
like thousand people were there, and
last night Tuesday. fully 1880 were
! in attendance, although big show
was going on at the same hour. Mr..
, tones said this was a testing time OF
church members. 1t would show where
there interest was.
He spoke Monday on "The Amer
Jean Home" and last night on The
outstanding sins of America. He said
the reason the laws of the land were
so little observed was because the
homes were not teaching law observ-
ance neither the laws of God or man
and no wonder children were being
raised up to disregard law. He stress
ed the damnable immodesty of our
women, even the church women for
their immodesty in dress. Tempta-
tons are being handed out to men by
our Society women in the way they
are dressing, he said.
He was not so much concerned
about David's fall, as he was about
why the woman did not pull down the
shade while she was dressing. Davids
first impulse was to turn away, but
the Devil caused him to look back
the second time. 1t is the second temp
tation that traps men.
Mr.. Jones said in speaking of con-
ditions in America, there is no gett-
ing around it! Things are terrible in
America" "Conditions of our young
people are terrible" said che trembled
when he thought of it." Shows are
packed with young and old. And the
trouble with the churches he said sis
there no line of demarkation." The
church people PLAY with the same
kind of cards, drink the same kind
of bootleg liquor, dance to the same
kind of music that the world does"
Church members should live up &c
the Christian expectations or get out
of the church. The trouble is the
church folk are trying to live like the
World and keep up with the present
age. He wished Fitzgerald would be
one town that would give Christ a
fair deal"
Everybody out for a good time.
Pleasure seeking, and any kind OF
pleasure, makes no difference. He
said any girl who goes to a dance,
and drinks bootleg liquor. rides in an
auto anv hour of the plight, is crooked.
And any girl, though she may be viz
tuous, that makes the start will turn
out to be crooked.
He said he had Just as much re-
spect for a bootlepger as he did TOR
the man that would buy the damna-
bic stuff, and then sit on the Grand
Jury and defend that fellow. he
trouble with the so-called Christians
are that they are on too good terms
with the devil
Mr.. tones spoke in the highes+ terms
of Woodrow Wilson and Lloyd George
saving they were Christians and he
believed thew were absolutely ncere
Christians. and meant well, but that
Clemerseau and the other fellows at
the peace table were not in harmony.
C1emenceau himself was an ATHEIST.
The trouble with the World League
was that Jesus Christ did not have
seat there. and that all efforts Tor
World Peace would fail without Christ
having a part in It.