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N fApiwS. i- CHUOWtCLt, CAMDUI, —UTM OAWOHWA, FHiPAY, APRIL % 1f4l tue» Monday NiahtSe To Join Onii-ch rhan Anything Else In Says Gipsy S Smith, Jr., the noted »«»- St, who is now con- icting a revival at the rst j^ptist churoh of Cam- tn, preached a sermon I “Partakers"' Mdnday yht to a cong^regation that Jed the church. Gipsy gngelist came hi some Sttndajr morning into onr churchea and pulpit, we would - • * an /** W*-. -- Hr. Smith read for his erening SOB from the ISth chapter of itthew, beginning at the Uth rie: ‘Then said Jeftos unto his dia- iles, If any man will come after , let him den^ blmnelt, and take ><>« cross, and follow me. vtu not dare stop and cry to the deTll, “Stop thief!” for he would only be taking those who belonged to him. We hare made It too easy. People hare slipped in. We hare a crowd In erery church whose names are on the chnrCh roll, who count fi naneially, and who count socially who count numerically, but apirltual, dynamic force, if they dropped dead before tomorrow morning, the church would not miss them, only adclally, financially \niki do and numerically. I waht you to ask ^ I yourself how far that is true with jg , We hare made it too easy, jg his cross, ggye 1*^*1 L^teni Christ never made it easy.jgnd jewels a # anothms, who nerer aOowed hla reason to count the coat, and said. “Lord. 1 will follow Thee whither- soerer Tbon goeat” And the Mas* ter said. “Hold on.” He said, ‘The foxes bare holes, which is home, and the birds of the sir hare nests, which is their home I haren’t any home. I nerer know where I am going to eat I never know where 1 am going to sleep, whether it is ander a roof, or whether it is tm the MoQQt of Olives with a sod tor my ilUow.” And when the young beard and saw something of divlae program and the hard- and the denial that It was to be turned on his heel and was^ver heard of again. And to ^ crowd that was following ^“'“Ijast as though Jesus was they had not grasped the geiW o( His mesage. that they %inK of the divine pro- ***“• *Vtopped them, and He held«upVro88 and said, "Look , ^paan would be my dis ciple, letv deny himself, and take up u%ngs and follow me.” >ow about a cross? OQ know anything silver and gold, mt 8t1 Por whosoever «•».. »— ill lose It; and whosoever will ie him life .for my sake shall find Tor what is a man profited, if -i,,u eain the whole world, and -K.ll Father shall gain le his own man give al? For the Stfn me in the glory of -^is tb bis angels: and then he ^all A'ard every man according to his irks." ■ . . In these days we have cheapened lags, we have vulgarized them, d if you will pardon the eapr^- ID. we have prostituted the Qoo- 1 of Jesus Christ. In our anxiety A - A inadl There was a man who came lavalier, or > to Christ on one occasion, and watch-^aia. said: "Lord, are there few that saying words be saved?” And Jesus said. "You meant It soul? or what shall strive, you struggle, you agonize jje nerer in exchange for his to enter at the straight and narrow disciples never of ■ Man shall gate." Another man ame to Him, meant loss of ho| on one occasion, a wealthy man, meant separation popular, refined, cultured, one of u meant being a the leaders In his own social circle, gake. It means bein' and be said, “Lord, what must I do Christ’s sake. It. to inherit eternal life?’* And the maimed for Christ’s Master put his finger on his spirit- of them had to go ou dal pulse, and after He had dlag- where they with diamonds angs from yonr acelet, or your esus was not sting t{me. He y, and the it easy. It >r them. It ^oved ones, T Christ’s clzed for being some cities their axe the uld nd fW Uai PU1B«» -1 j nosed his case. He said. "You'arel 01 a wealthy man, *—**— ® block, and ministers and officers 10 get your social poslLuu ^nwn and n ail into the church, to get the ood. Reverse the jKwltion "oet rid ^ rt man and the last woman of of these things sS coine iin! lost their r different persuasions into oil* hands with Me and wa will Church we have and do^TthtaVo^i ZSgM 9 easy, and we hare lowered the oyot and unstopping de^ ears and ®**‘*J^ fathers nerer indard until today. Hear me!— atialghtenlng withered liSi ’ HJd remember whea d I say it reverently. It I. far bSng coif^ tTSoie X sSJ * preachers a « to loin the Masonic lodge sorrowlW and we church of_ Jemis th^worW'th^Jrelt of ^.ristlanlty was an etmy - - 'God. Come.” iSd hriookld at the lonely ostracized Jew, with a few ®®’'**'®*^**®®* -ow. wun a row ftey thundered out great text - ' * **'*• Wnw often 1 he tte wlt&eee oTthe. Splritr Tsj he ctmsclofii* of'* hie Beloved?” There was anocher: 'fHas he got liberty?*’ Liberty from what? Prom hell, man. from the thraldom of the devil. It was a procees which he was golpg through. They were anxioes that that thing we call con- rereion should take idace, and they would pray with thehi, and they would plead witii them, and they would work with them, and they were anxious that that mas and that woman should be able to get up on their feet and say, "We know.” Ton could Question tke average man today, and ask him if he Is a Christla:^ and he would tell yon that he la trying to be. Men, I am not ^ng to be tbe sen of Rodney Smith and my moth er. Annie Smith. I am their son. I am not trying to be. The moment I was born, they were my father and my mother. I don’t tfye to be up his cross and follow me,” Have you' done this? or hare you joined a church? Jesus said, "I am the vine, ye are the brsnches,” Are you rooted and grounded in Him? * Paul said. "He is my Master after Christ.” Paul said, "Christ died for me.” But you have read that so often that H has become very dry. has it not? I hare seen some people that could pick up s novel and cry over it. I hare seen some folks look who could go to a funeral and cry Qver It. I hare seen ome folks look at the Son of God on His crocs, shedding His blood for their sins, and never bat an eye. “Christ died tor me,” and Paul didn’t stop tbM^e. He said, ”I died with Him. I am crucified with,Him, and now for me (Paul) to lire is for Christ to lire over again In me.” Do yon know any about It? or hare yon simply Joined the church? You can join a church and know nothing abont prtvilefe ffls life was completely^ changed, and those childno It, and they grew up to that they wanted to be Ukp>^ they didn’t know Him, know Christ, but they^ ^ be like tbelr father. And my father, a little share (Please turn ,to page V’- a Christian. I am a Christian, sir,; this, but when this has taken place. ,rder to Join an it Is the irist. in the state of South Caro- ta. We hare allowed people to me in Just as though they were eased all orer ^—«i and If the devil itihrills Pain a quick, deUshtfoUr eoAforttag help for iSM and pains of ahewmstlaw, Axthritta nrttU, Luasbaco, SciatlM, MlUranlgia try msM. WorkaUtraafh tbs Mood, yint tSosa rasUr starts sUsviatlnf pStn M ytm eaa sit. ecjor Iite and sleep mort eomfoitably. St ReMiad at druftlst today. Qakk. cooi- lete latufactloa or moQer ba^ SsatrsDtoed. lonely ostracueu folks a^nt Him that didn’t ^onnt Scripture like this. How often to much, aiw he looked on the oth- you heard these texts of Script Bide at his ^tle^s and his so- preached in the last thirty yes cial position and^ the things that <^iqq out from among them eUfvedr by an aqt of the Holy Christ, be cause I dropped on my knees and said, "Oh, (iod. If you will forgive me and will help me from thiaj moment, I will begin to lire more like the man that yon want me to be." That moment, by a creative act the Holy cjhi^st, I became a child of God. I didn’t try to be it I am. I don’t say I am perfect I am far from it old man. I- have spoiled every day, from that day to this, but atm*I am Hla child. My - boy Is my boy, whether he goes to Frisco, or to London, or to South America, or to China, or tQ Japan. He is my son, and I am his father. Oh, we have made It too easy. We have said—listen—we have said, “Come up here and shake my hand, and I will make you a mem ber of our church: Come and join our church.” And I want to say to you—listen— tonight we ministers can take you into the church, we ministers can baptise you, we can administer to you the Holy Com munion. We ministers can confirm yon, we ministers can wrtte your name down on a chnrch roll and ut It back in tbe archives of the lurch, but if you ever become s d of God it will only be as you made so by Uie Holy Spirit, ^man can do that no church can at, no bishop, no ecclesiastical that is, the creative act of bly Ghost, sir. and I want ann thing, anc cial poBiuou hla wealth could buy, and he turn- touch' not the unclean ed on his heel said bocdt-bye to j -^jjj bg ^ father untd"yoa, and ye Jesus Christ 'The Master asked gball be my sons and mr dau^- him to do the hardest thing he saith the Lord God Almighty." could ask him to do. ^ Here is another they thundered at And another man came to Him ^g. “Obedience is better than sac- on one occasion, one of those men fifice, and to harken than the fat who are completely moved by their qj rams; for rebellion is as the ■ sin of witchcraft and stubbornness ... Tri/vl See a demnstreth^ today / you—listen—Hare you obey- ’ I read to you a moment any man will come after im deny hlnuelf and take old man, you can’t hide It You won’t have to tell anybody you are a Cbristion. you can’t hide it. My grandfather, after he gave his heart to Jesus Christ, couldn’t read and he had no Bible, but he did the next best thing be could do. he came home to his Gipsy children, and the first thing he did two hours after he had heard of Christ was to gather those fire children in that wagon and put his arras around them, and said, "Don’t be afraid of me. God sent home a new father to you tonight,” and before they knew what was happening he haddropped on his knees, while those ■ little children looked with wide open eyes to see who he was talking to. They didn’t know. He was asking God that tbe same ex perience that had come into his heart might come into the hearts and lives of those little children. And that big, rough Gipsy i man, whose life was changed, didn't drink any moi%, be didn’t corse any more, he didn’t steal any more, he didn’t pnt his horse to grate on another roan’s field without asking parmigskm or paying for the ENJOY Nutritious ICE CR w WalceaMRaltaffir BAmCHEPAMS Im It MnMltr llnia,kittiia, Lwktgt, IlMMMiliM jVST nib nirttbiitg, gtotU NciiW-btlm on th* tort tpoc. IiiM«iKlr, KfciBg muKles tun to rtlax . . . th* paio taata. Uat NEURA- BALM to sw iaM. loiis.|aMi«z rdicf from tbt miaarici of muacuiar ad«M and paioi. BKEAUX KENNELS MITOM^ ASHER iksm m, m MTS PINS, tOmSICAULt 3NVERTS FROM ICIQTHES WASHER TO mSHWASilEX WITH A SIMPLE CHAMBE OF IHHEB TUBS \. is as idolatry, saith the Loi^ God of Hosts." T^ere was another one they preached, '‘Be not conformed to this world, but be, ye trans formed _by the'renewing your mind, that we may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God." And then they preach ed to us, and they dropped down on their knees in the pulpit, and then they would pray that God Al mighty would convict the folks that were there that morning. They didn’t care whether they were pop ular, or not, with us. They did eare I It they were popular with God. and. they were true to the revealed will of God, as He had given it to them in this Book; and they would pray that God would convict us of sin as we sat in front of them; and then, after the service was over, they asked _us to stands and they i dldn^ aay, *'We are going to throw open the doors ef the church this morning,” and they didn't say, "We will sing a verse of a hymn, and any of you folks that want to nnite with the church, come dowi^ this aisle.” They said, "If there is a man or a woman present this morning that ia anxlou about their sours salvation—” They didn’t take a chap into the church, in those days, until he was converted. Llstah! 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If you will meet these I conditions, here is the promise. iThis is what God will do for yen,, and you will be His child, beouise I God Almighty says so. (And they I would pray with Him and sing vrlth I Him and read to him, and. then, I among themaelves, they would use expreesions like this: Listen?! I "Has he got through yet?” “Has nNAL DISCHARGE Notioh Is hereby given that one month from this date, on April 2f, 194S, L41a B. Skipper, will make to the Probate Ck>nrt of Kershaw Coiw- ty her final return as executrix of the estate of James B. Skipper, de ceased, and on the tame date she will apply to the aald Ckmrt for a final discharge as said executrix. N. C. ARNBTT, Judge of Probed. Cemden, 8, C., Mar, », 1148. Me | CITATION The State Of South CaroUnn. Oounty Of Kendanr. By M. C. ArnetL Probate Judge: Whereas, Helen 8. Beet made suit to me to grant her letters of administration of the estate and ef fects of Baseomb W. 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