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Strong Sermon Preached By Evangelist on Obedience and Faith of Fishermen n is ? f - Despite of Handicap of Early Starting, Sec? ond Day of Evangelistic Campaign Draws Big Crowd. '? ? AGAIN FINE MUSIC IS ONE OF BIS FEATURES OF THE DAY NKAKIjY I.JOO |'W)I'I.k HOT AN HAKLY STAUT I'Olt TABERNACLE TO HEAR COWERITL SERMON ON "CATCH1NU E1SII FOR GOD" ?MOB JONES ITTs EIRK INTO VIVID MESSAGE OF OBEDIENC E ANI> EAITM?CHOIR SHOWS M A It K ED IMPROVEMENT. rrom The Dally Item. April IT. Despite the fact that the services were started at the tabernacle last nlfht a hair hour earlier than the reg ular set time which had a natural tendency to cut down the audience, a crowe) estimated to number about 1.109 heard Bol> Jones preach a ser? mon that was equally as strop II either uf hin Sunday sermons. In faot. the sermon last night, centered as It wae about a familiar episode of Christ'? ministry, which holds a. pe? culiar appeal for almost every lilble reader, showed Mr. Jones' power of delivery In probably a stronger light even, than on the previous day. The music last night, too, showed up In greater strength, notwithstand? ing the fact that the choir also H?f? fe red in membership from the early starting hour. "Ood Will Take Care of You" wae one of the songs that the audience seemed to like, and number Iff. argl the song that Mr. McKenzie seems to have as a favorite, "Jesu?! Includstl Me," also proved popular. Last night Mr. McKensle didn't only announce the whistling of one of his songs, but he had the Choir whistle "If Ydjur Heart Is Right." and if it would J>e permissible to use a theatri? cal term to describe It. the whistling ehnniej* "mnde n big hit " Mr. Mc? Kensle Ming, for hi* solo of the ev.n ing Nk 142. in th* song boo* Yh book*,]by the way. ar** sold at a small I'flce *J**r> evening, to those carink for them, by the Filipino secretary, Jose Eliot. Mr. Jon*? took his text last night from the 5th chapter of 8t. *Luke where Christ enters Into Peter's boat to talsj to the assembled crowds, the particular words of his text bttaf "Launch out Into the deep and let down your nets for a draught." In a beautiful manner Mr Jones explained the parallel between this incident in the Hees of the fishermen and in the lives df "Every man" of today. From the story, as It Is recorded in the pas? sage referred to above, Is first to be learned the lesson of obedience, the fisherfien had had no success imil Christ entered Into their boat. Their nets bad been let down with no re? sult* And they were discouraged. 3ut Chrlut told them to let them down lnt<> ih.? deep again. His will was obeyed and l<>. the nets were hei\y unden the weight of the fishes caught. This shows, said the evangelist, that a man should not merely do what he, feels Jlke doing, but what Ood wants him |o do. The disciples, tired as they Were of unsuccess. yet were wil? ling %t> Obey fJdd'l arltl, and they wrt<> overly repaid for their ot>. ,ii,.m o. in other words, the speaker sumtm-d gp the substance of the gUsfy'l moral in the I rief sentence: "It is up to you to fii d Vot Qod's will for you. and do It." i nd "If >.mi M do what God lathi u o do, you'll have ill the feeling you lead"?this last in answer to the escu o,of some that they "don't feel like MadT '>ne thing or another. Tl boj there is to be learned from the t?e the lesson of faith. In spite of tl e Storms known to exist with for - ibid nf Intensity, on I.4ikc (Jennesaret. T ? those who heard t'hrlst's commands willingly put oul nom the shore. be? cauie. In the word* of Mr. Jones, no man who ever trusted <'hi ist implicit - ly iver hit bottom " Home men. ho^eScr. trust Clod with one thing an mother. for instance the) trust htm with their soul but got thell poejkdt book. The real lesson to he learned is that h man should he wll /?? turn louse" completely, and everything to Ood. then safety hiU*ch the storms of lite is assured Just ss the llsherrneu hud to t Into the deep, w here the >e could not wreck them as easily tn 'he shallow water, so the true i#|V- in would be safe nut on the i <{..*?. oosom of Hod's love and gfQlSO igit, Some men. however, the speak ?S? 9*% " ' Sg Had It (be shore ' that tftey don't want to see it all slip away ftprfj them. Hornet lines It is a com pfjgjssust-d life, gsgybe at i one little i. hft hut that little Iis most bf tut. if the ahsotlir* fai'h in I hi i a -. gfO" tectlng arms Is to ???? evidenced. MQad aaa mv?r do ?nvihmg with uny nan who wants to have his own way about one single thing" wns the way Mr. Jonea expressed this. The further away a man gets from the shore, i. e., the more he trusts Christ, the less he wants to cling to the shore, the less he is tempted' by the devil to put his faith in the shore, rather than on the deep expanse of Jesus* loving bosom. Juat here Mr. Jones stopped for a minute to tell of his own experience in this regard. He said that he was not an evangelist through choice, but beeauso God wanted hin. to be. The declaion was made at 2 o'clock one night in a bed room of a hotel in a littlo I^ouislana town, after he had tried to urguo this or that reason why he should not accord with divine will. And thiit is the way with so many newly made Christians, they push their little boats out Into the sea, but before they can get far enough away from the land, a snag, a rock, or a storm overturns them. Sometimes, however, one gets away out safely wht-re only aky and sea are evident. Then they are truly out in the at? mosphere of Clod's love. And when you do, you have unexplainable hap? piness enter your life, for "If you can tell all you've seen of the matchless Isjffl of God, you haven't seen much." Approaching the other shore. aXttf ..iK out r>f the grip of the shore you are leaving behind yo?, >ou see the Btgng of Cod's goodness and ineivy mauif??t<d. just us Columbus saw the moving light, and the live branch of a tree floating near his ship. There were no fish in shallow water for the fishermen to catch, and so in life. Hob Jones says, you must get out where the water is deep. Give what you have to God's use, whether it be voice, imagination, personality or what not. "Turn your business into a pulpit." Just as Peter freely turned over his boat to Christ. And there are plenty of fish to be caught. The father should be sure to catch his son, the mother her daughter, the busi? ness man his friend, and so on. "I pity the man who can't catch his own son for Christ." Telling the functions of the mod? ern revival. Mr. Jones said it is where men bring their friends to Christ one at a time, and It was up to everybody to try to "Catch llsh for God." As a parting question Mr. Jones asked: AH of you who will say 'Bob Jones,' by the help of God I'll bring at least one soul to Jesus Christ dur? ing this revival.' stand up." A good portion of the audience stood. The speaker then requested all who felt that they were not right themselves and heure not in position to help bring others to Christ, but who want? ed tu hi prayed for. to stand up. A number of men and women took ad? vantage of this offer. From The Daily Item. April 28. Having to face again last night the handicap of an early start. Hob Jones iffjfH a crowd, estimated to be greater |ha\l that of the night before, to heat him preach a strong sermon on ' The Peace That POOBSth I'ndei-standing." His audlSBOS last night probably numbered 1.400. The sinuing la becoming better daily, and last night the auditn< ? showed ;? greater disposition to join in than at any previous service. No . ::7. -'?. and H? wart Mini by the eholr at the opening last night, and i be tntlrS audienee, standing. Bang the oM familiar hymn, 'Take the Kasnt Of Jesus With You." The chorus w.im rspsntad softly twice nt Ihs dl? roctlon of Choir Master McKcnsie, A prayer ofTor#u\ al Ihs conclusion of ibis s<?iik by Kev. H H? Trosodals, oi Trlnlt) Methodist Church, Mr. McKensJe sang lor Ihs sudlcnce 'Sueti Penes, I he QIC 1 of Qod'a (boro, ' i:. fore lotting; Into Ihr subject mut? ter oi his ssrmon <<\' Ihs svcnlm, Boh Jonas s.if.i ih.it tin Friday night he would knots inst how much tie etuirch man of Bumtcr urs Interested in his enninnlgn, Friday nlghi i>. ?lng i i hin eii Men s Night," when s ua i nie to the tabernacle, headed l?V u brass band, will be ? feature id Ihr STSnlngi He urged I hat tie uulouee be more liberal with contributions to clear up the running expenses, for, said Mr. Jones "at the rate we are go? ing now it will take 4K days to lift this expense. I have been telling my northern assistants all the time 'just you wait until we get down South and see how warm hearted our Southern folks are about giving,' and don't you iolka In Sumter go back on me, and ruin my reputation for veracity." "My Peace?I give unto you" was th" brief but impressive passage .tak? en from the 14th chapter of St. John around which the evangelist built up a wonderful story of the restful ness that entered into a heart when It had secured possession of "the peace that passeth understanding." Despite the culture and so-called high civilization of the present day, there are some of the bloodiest battles ever known in history being fought at the present time, Mr. Jones said. And the two reasons for this are rebellion against Ood and the prediction of Christ himself that there would be "wars and rumors of wars," "I have no patience with this talk of univer? sal peace, because while human de? pravity continues, war must con? tinue." The time will come, however, when the devil will be chained and another age will see a world at peace. It was the intention of Christ that people should live together in peace, and to this end people should love one another better, Hy this, it is not meant that the laws of temperament should be ignored, but that no man should confine himself to doing good only in one particular sector society, for instance a Methodist should be eager to help out his brother Baptist, for said Mr. Jones "we stand together on the essential beliefs," and the mere forms and ceremonies of ser? vice should not be allowed to es? trange congregations so that they can? not live together in the harmony that Christ intended should exist between them. The success of holding a union revival proves that the churches are essentially in accord with each other. Telling of the peace that should be in every home Mr. Jones said, "If you haven't got a little heaven in you* home, Ood pity your home." Lots of homes have everything but the peace? ful sovereignty of Jesus Christ, so much needed. Then some homes would have this peacefulness but for the fact that one member is without 'hrlst * heir, and one QttoTtesfl mem? ber can destroy the peace of a home, j Jesus Christ, said the Speaker, can solve the home problem. If ho is gtV en a chance. Anchor kind of peace that every man should carry in his heart is peace with his neighbor; a man should love everybody and "the religion of Jesus Christ can make us love folks." What is meant' by this is not admiration, necessarily, but love in the sense of being "Without i jrrouch" towards humanity. As an illustration the evangelist told a touching story of an old soldier who couldn't get right with Ood because he held a murder? ous hatred In his heart towards one Old man. IJut when' he felt the touch of Jesus* peace In his heart, he was not satisfied until he had gone on the run to his old enemy and "squared up." This is a restless old world, Hob Jones says, and individual peace is an? other kind of peace that is needed. Many a man is apparently happy, ard enjoyini* life to the fullest, and yet there comes a time when all gayety and glitter can count for nothing and the only balm that can ease is the peace that Jesus brought when, hound to the cross, with either hand stretched towards God and his fellow man, he spanned the chasm between sinful man and the omnipotent and peace-giving Father. There is noth? ing that can help like peace, when ruin and trouble comes. Even Christ used its healing power to hold him up In the great hour of sorrow, when In the lonely garden he saw pass in re? view the shadow of the misery to be tndtlfed on the cross, yet still was able to say "Thy will be done." And so can every man. who has accepted the offer that Christ made when ln> said: "My peace, give 1 unto you," say in hlH hour of trouble and sorrow, "Thy will be done." From The Daily Item, April li'.h A short but inspiring service at the tabernacle last muht attracted a sur prlalngly huge crowd, considering the fait that tiie last and .star Attraction of the Chautauo.ua season was pre? vented and many passed up the tab? ernacle s<> as to be able to reach the ChautauQtia tenl In time to secure u choice seat. Hob Jones said last night that be and his parly were very tired from their work In the last campaign, on reaching. Bumter, and that, since the ChautaUHUn was dividing the at? tention of the people the first three days of this week, he had been con? serving his strength, until the serve s could be settled into an uninterrupted series of sefcinons, The cholrf lust nigh! added several more songs to I heir repotoiro, "ItcHC-Uc the Perishing," "?>, That Will He Olory" and "In the Sweet Kvo and Rye" were some <?t the songs sunn lot night, Mr. McKenzie sang "I'm I Sure That He Unes Fven Me." Rev. j W. E. Thayer, of the First Baptist Church made a prayer at the conclu? sion of the song service. Christ's sending out his disciples two by two to preach and work mir? acles, as chronicled in the 10th chap? ter of St. Duke and its application to the work to be done for Christ today was the skein of thought from which Mr. Jones wove an interesting Bermoll last night. The Influences which bring a man to Christ must be brought to bear by more than just one per? son. Billy Sunday, Sam Jones and other evangelists did not really vsave thousands of souls" as they were so often credited with. Credit should be given to mothers, lathers, ministers and friends, who, often jointly con? tributing their little bits of help were the means of saving a man who never could have been saved by the power of one single individual's influence. Going further into the reading of this particular section of biblical history, as told in St. Luke, Mr. Jones took the phrase "And salute no man by the wayside," and showed just what Christ meant when he gave this admonition. Of course, he was speaking of the ori? ental salutation, which sometimes necessitated a stop of a half hour to pass greetings, and he wanted his disciples to know that they must go quickly about their work for the mas? ter, and "salute no man by the way," for there was not the time to waste. In the present time, as then, there is no time to waste in bringing souls to Chr'st. Mr. Jones says he believes in reform, the abolition of gambling, and corrupt politics, also prohibition, but "the work that counts above every ? thing else is bringing unsaved souls to Christ." Personal work means the bringing of man and God together, and just the inspiration to be derived from the thought of what this means ought to be suflicient urging for a man to help his neighbor in getting in touch with God. Introducing men to God is a great work, the evangelist j says, and those who set out to do per? sonal work need not be afraid they will strike someone who is already "qi^ce" enough, and doesn't need CAri"* in his life, for "there isn't a' man or woman In Sumter who doesn't need Jesus Christ." The mere fact that the devil tempted Adam to be? come like God proves that he gets in his insidious work under any masque? rading mood that will accomplish his oy, Wends. ?"Every sinner without God is lost," j and in a Striking manner Mr Jone? wained mothers and lathers that there was no time to be wasted In saving their boy or their girl "the only thing between that boy of yours and hell, Is a heart beat." Spanking of some so-called "hopeless cases" which are claimed to exist in almost etrtrty-'town and city, Bob Jones says there is "no such thing." If only peo? ple will give him a chance there isn't a dinner on earth that Christ cannot save. A revival, in a manner, like a political campaign, there is only a great concentrated effort once in every few years, and in Sumter the cam? paign is now on and the time to work with might and main is for the next three and a half weeks of the cam? paign's continusince. For three main reasons 'there is no time to waate" now when so many issues are at stake. First, there, is so much to be done. There are more unconverted than the average person would suspect. Sec? ond there are so few to do the work. Church work must be done by a few loyal people, just as community work is generally by a few putting thier shoulders to the wheel. And, lastly, the time is so short. At best the time is short for a man's life work to be done. Mr. Jones says he remembers distinctly little happenings oi his childhood twenty-live years ago, and so does every man. All of which goes to show that, even taking it for grant? ed that every man will live to a rea? sonably old age, there is very little lime in which to do things. And in the present campaign already an eighth of the time has Sown by. Only three and a half weeks more are left, and it is up to every Christian to ex? ert the utmost effort these next few weeks, to introduce men to God. I In closing Mr. Jones had the aud? ience bow their heads, while be sug? gested a beautiful chain of thought for solicitation of a divine guidance in the work which it is hoped to accom? plish before the campaign shall have elided. POLL TAX EXECUTIONS. Tninod over to Sheriff by Count> Treasurer?Road Taxes in List. From The Daily Item. April 28. 1 County Treasurer I'.. C. Wallace this morning turned over to the sheriff 369 road and poll tax executions which will b?' collected through the sheriff's otflce in the next '.hi days, the collections being in the bands of the sheriff and the rural policemen. whom the executions will be turned o\ sr t his arternoon. I . There are not us many delinquents ??h \ear as usual. These arc merely road and poll tnxes, executions on ill ?mfter taxes will ho made out later on fHW1 turned over t<? the sheriff for col? lection through his regulur collectors. BUY IT NOW?1H SUMTER. PRESIDENT WILSON SAYS ?141 V NOW AND STAKT PROS? PERITY. Chamber or Commerce Suggestions on How to Revive Business?War Scare lias Passed and This is Time to Work lor Future Prosperity. In his recent Indianapolis speech President Wilson said among other things: "That every individual who buys an article becomes a seller and a buyer." He said in substance: "That hoarding money and not buying is stagnating business and knocking mil? lions of men out of work." The rail? roads immediately responded to Pres? ident Wilson s suggestions. The great Pennsylvania railway system gave or? ders lor twenty million dollars' worth of additional engines, coaches, freight cars, hundreds of tons of steel rails. Other railway systems followed the Pennsylvania with millions of dollars worth of orders for equipment. Im? mediately the steel industry was re? established, many manufacturing plants were reopened and hundreds of thousands of men went back to work. Millions of dollars are in cir? culation today that were hoarded two weeks ago. We can do it in Sumter county on a smaller but telling scale, if we start to "Buy it Now." Every time a man spends a dol? lar now he hastens a return of nor? mal business conditions. The manu? facturer gives some one a job to earn money to spend with a merchant and this money the merehant deposits in a bank to bo again placed in circula? tion. .Buying it now" doesn't mean extravagance. Buy what you need und have been needing since the war be? gan. The time for "hard times war scare" is over. We know now that there will be no starvation in this country. Exports are greater than ever in the history of this country. The demand for 'made in America" goods has swept over the world. Prosperity is here already greater than ever before if we will only open our eyes and see it. "Buy it now." You can buy it cheaper than you will later on. You must have it. Why not get it while the price is low? We have passed through the critical ?tarres of the European feafe Vtu United Sb'.t?':; have dem itrwted ih<dr j'bjiity to weather the mi. CottOfi i>. bringing as much us would have Bold foi hail there bee liu war. S? I your cotton and uee the money. Forget the war. Get into a nor Rial state of mind. Turn your money loose. Millions of dollars In circula? tion arc necessary to keep factories going*; to give millions work. The time for hoarding your money has long since past. Wake up from your nightmare of "hard times'' and call it all a hideous dream ami be thankful that the South Is still the most bleanod country on the earth. "With the great? est prospects for the greatest crop in the history of .v'outh Carolina, wiiii millions of dollars more to eat plant? ed than ever before, with diversifica? tion of field crops greater than ever before, with the cattle and other live stock industry established, and the greatest era of prosperity before us that we have ever known, and a pros? perity that can withstand a ten years' European war if necessary, now is the time to help each other by "buying i* now." In other parts of this country "everybody Is doing it." Sumter county can "do it" too. "Buy iL now." j "Buying it now" means millions put ,into circulation to keep hundreds of factories going to employ hundreds of thousands of men and women. Amer? ican made goods have found new mar? kets. American cotton, corn, oats, wheat, and other American foodstuffs are being sought throughout the. world. This is our year of prosperity, ' if we only start out right . "Buy it now." Don't think about the war. "Forget it." Colored, Pastors Invited. The pastors of all the colored churches of the city are invited to at? tend the Bob Jones Tabernacle meet? ing. Seats will be reserved for them. We regret that the building is not large enough to permit us to invite all the colored friends. On Saturday night, May Xth, the service will be. for colored people only, and we hope that they will till the building to hear Mr. Jones. Chairman Executive Committee. TalK'rnaele Notes* Have you joined the personal work? ers* class? If not, why not? The choir is improving, but your voice would help it to be just a little more effective, i Ask Mr. McKenzie. The colored pastors of the city have Dann invited to the meeting by Bev. J. P. Marion, chad-man oi the executive . . omiltee. A number hnvc taken ad? vantage, of the opportunity. On \fn> ?ih tb? tabernacle will hold services lor the colored people of the city. J. P. Marion, THE MOST DESIRABLE SUMMER WASH FABRICS ARE HERE! {f Having been recently supplemented by new arrivals, our assortment of Summer wash goods is now unusually large and thoroughly comprehensive. We have overlooked nothing in our endeavor to give ycu a stock of Summer wash goods to choose from, that contains every fashionable style, every popular color and every desired pattern. H We invite inspection to this showing, and call particular attention to the fairness of our prices. Some New Arrivals: Cotton Garbardines at.. 25c 40 in. Embroidered Voiles at 50c and 75c. O'Donnell & Co