Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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^ I , daa«d from VU» <»•) different from ?'mS the weekd«r w- , «f the town that V. i« «tr»cl..4 to HO* of her f*Ui^^ »*»• had been Uuf^Mid Structed in the ^rr- ,rtiat ahe knew, and nh* ^U> where the wtmen nray erery whek, end e» there Paul end SUee I on the scene end th«r .upposc. to tell the eto^ •uob and Bln* PreJ*" ^ Paul didn’t aey to her, on Hhe Lord Jenue and he didn’t aej to her d to the other women, to a within come out M-e devUs in Lydle to come ra was the devil of pro* 1 opinions end ertf-rlght jUl her Ideas of morellty o cast away end ahe had ce that her church wee to save her, end whet ahe iras Christ And we ere these men dealt with her ily and powerfully that her ,g opened and Jeans was d In her heart end life as and Master. sir. I know thia is ted- I want you to get it, end tt win help you as It has je. In that chapter you two women and one man, DISCOMFOKTt - 35 f Per Oottle •0 ieltyerad ht die eeme aplritial snrgeon. every case Oagnoeed.' the ofereOag power In ee«h case Ood'e Holy Spirit God ie honored, Christ obeyed. ee<di dealt with by the Holy Spirit. nntU ell three were brought to the place where they can own Tim ae Lord and Master. • And, now. If yon jumped up, and Paul was here, and you said, “Paul, ♦hat mnet 1 dor I think he would ■ay, “Come here, sir.” I don’t think he would make it public, of course, hot when yon get alone I think he would look yon straight In the eyes and say, “Are you anxious to know what you must do to be Bared?” And If you said, yes—what would he say? Would he say. '^mB In and Join my church?” No. I don’t think be would, sir. Would he say, "I will meet ybu next Sunday mom* Ing and I will baptise yon.” No, I don’t think he woold. Would he •eyi “If you will come into our church we will put you on proba tion f’ No^ I don’t think he would. 1 think he wonld look yon straight between the eyes and say, “What Is the thing In your heart that Is keeping you from «od and Christ? Is It some woman you are keeping on the side? She must go." What is the good of taking yon into the chnrch while you are keeping that woman on the ^side? What Is the good of asking you to bellere In Jesus Christ until you are willing to clean up that mess and let that woman gp? What Is the good of os preachers standing at the altar and administering to you the H(^ Communion, while we know that possibly the same nli^t yon are going to be with that woman you hare been ^T-Ing with in adultery. Xtlsten! Jesus didn’t say, “Be* Here.” He never, said It In three years of ministry, jmd I dare you to contradict me. He never said be lieve. He said, ^’Repent!” And until you, have given up your drink and YOUR SAVINGS ARE WELCOME Small sayinsa accounto liaTa often been the beginning of substantial fortunes. 3% Current IMvidend Wateree Building & Loan Association First National Bank Building Camden, S. C. Telephone 62 your womsa aad your gsiubihig and your rottenness aad your pride, there can be no belief. Isn’t that orthodox, gentleman? You have got to turn from your rotten* nese before you can believe In Christ And I think he would eay, old man, “What is that thing that is in your heart that Is standing between you and Christ?” And as you owned up and said, “It is this, or that, or the other.” becauae I hare found that in my experience and in deaUng with other men whom I know today as friends, who hare sat down with me and talked over their experiences,'and I have found this thing out. that where there might be eight, ten or a doi* en things wrong In a man’s life, there is usually one predominating, over-mastering ^thing, and if you can get him to let go of that tbtng the others will slip oft Hke so many whipped ours. And if you Jumped up, I think he would say, “Sister, what is it that is blasting the roses in your life? What Is it that is destroying your life with weeds and spoiling the beauty and charm of your wom an hood?—and I think, ■IstM’, he would probe atfd wolm until ha found the cancM* spot, but I don’t that he would say, ’^Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ” I think the first thing he would say to you, sister, would be, “’That thing has got to come out.” PHrat things first And if you Jumped up, I think he would say, “What is It that has got you by the throat, what is It that is destroying the purity and no bility of your womanho^, what is the thing that is killing you mor ally and spiritually by inches? And as you owned np, and said, “The predominating thing In my life is this, Paul,” I think he would say, “Get rid of It. You have got to clean things' up.” ft Is first things first. The Bible t^ls ns that the derils believe in Jesus Christ, and every time they hear his name they tremble. Lis ten! Ah, that kind of belief, that kind of faith only leads to trembl ing. There is an intellectual assent to the word of God and of Christ and to the beautiful oly Spirit; there la an Intellectual assent that can damn, there is a saving grace which can regenerate. Listen! We have tried to save the world en masse when we have said, “Believe.” I want to tell yon, old man, that your belief In God and Christ and the Holy ' Gbose won’t save yon while you live in rottenness. Let me prove my state ment: As soon as Paul told this map what believing was, what did he do? We are told in this word, listen now—that they took the sheriff and taught him that night what believing in Jesus Christ would really imply; and when he understood it, when he got hold of it, did he call a few of his friends together, shouting happy, and say, '‘God hu forgiven me my sins, let He turned to his guards and said. “Bring some hot water and some bandagea,” and he turned to Paul and Sllaa, and said, “GenUamen, now I understand what believing in Jemn Christ rasllr asu you please let me warii your strl^? VPIU you take off your robea? Will y<sii let me right the wrong?" _ Listen, folks, that his willlngnees to right the wrong and washnhose ■tripes was evidence to n|p that he did believe in Jesus Christ When you hear a man In the Meth odist and In the Eipiscopal chnrch on Suiraay morning stand up and say. ”I believe In God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, and la Jesus Christ his Son our Lord,” and I know be has got a pint of liquor, which is against the Constitution ef the United States of America, and he has got that' pint of liquor In his home, I can look him la the eye and say, “Yon Ue,” and If you believed In Christ you would have respect for the laws of your country. When a man say, “1 believe in God. the Father Almighty,” and he is living an impure life, I say, “You lie,” for Will lowmen? What does your \)elief amount to if It has not made you fine, big-hearted and strong, and made you give up all ^he rottenneM that you have been„ fooling with? What is the good oi believing in Jesus Christ if it does not make me clean up? What is the good of it? And I find everywhere I go men will come into my room, women will come .to see me sometimes, and they say, “Why don't I feel right? Why^don’t I have these assurances the preachers talk about? Why don’t 1 have the p^tce in my heart that i^seth understanding? Why, on can’t feel right until you ;ht I never feel right when done wrong. God has made me so^ and yon, (hat when we do wrong we feel bad; when he do right we feel right. Some people are more concerned about a feeling and vfhat they call peace, what they call attarance, than they are about [doing right. God. says that the King(y)m of God is not iqeat man. vo do righ 1 havq ' if you believe in Jesus Christ and,.|md dimk; It is righteousness, and had a saving faith in Him, you would not go on with that rotten ness and uncleanness. What do^ your belief amount to if it doep i\ot make yon walk humbly before Oqd and your fel- rlghtness is first. When a man does right, {then peace comes. When a man does right, then Joy comes. When ,a man does right, then he has the assurance in his heart, born Ghost, sir, that he is riidit. aad not until. God la not going to give BM peace in my heurt if I am not treating my wife nnd children right God la not going to give me peace in my heart if 1 am living like n hypocrite. God Is not going to give you power in your Christian life when yon are an of ficer In the chordt, and you know yon are doing things contrary to the laws God. aad man. I wonld like to win yon tor God and Chiiat, and if I know what your Bin was, your partlealar tin, I would not publlah it abroad, 1^ cause that la none of my hualneiM and I have no right to do that, but J woold like to go to yon quietly, by yourself, and I would Uku to reach in and pull that damning thing out at your heart, oM man, and say. Look at It, with all of Ita rottenneaa, and tta loathaomenees, and Ita hideonsnees, and I want you to turn away from it And you would lum away from it if yon cOuId see that rotten thing M God Almighty aeea U. Wash your stripes. Have yon ever done any strlpe-washihg? After he had washed their stripes—Listen—let me read this to you, let me give it to yon ss it is here. “And they spske unto than the Word of the Lord, and to all that were. In his hSma. And he took them the same hour at the night and washed their stripes, and was baptised, he and all his. straightaway. And when he brought them into the house, he-set meat before them, and rejoiced.” Ah, he rejoiced after he had washed their stripbs. Oh, man. why don’t you get Tight? What a great thing It would be if you could go to some chap you haven’t spoken to for years, and pat your arms around him and ■ay, “(Nd ,Msn, I was wrong. Will you forgive me?" Would It not be a great thing tenight, if a couple of yon women, after services are over, spoke to each other and ask ed forglvenees? I warrant yon would be happy when you went to your room to^ht God Almighty can’t do anything with a man unless he will clean his heart out. If you be big enough and fine enough *to confess your sin—and I am talking to the chnrch people—yon will turn from your wicked wajrs. God has promised to hear in heaven. Will yon clean up your heart? Listen. Will yon wash your stripes? Let ns bow in prayer. • >' ' V r ¥ WE WELCOME , I » LI. duPont de Nemours & Co. TO CAMDEN We iean assure the company that it is coming to one of the finest communities in'the country ond that it will receive a corral wdcome from all of the pec^le. We shall be happy to be of any sendee pos sible. The First Natioiial Bank