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Bob Jones Tells of Hell Described as a Place of Despair and Darkness i _ p 1 - Able Sermon Preached By Evangelist Jones Around Story of Fate of Rich and Poor Man, 160 CONVERTS COME TO CHRIST B THURSDAY'S SERVICES Bob Jone* Explains Why There is a Burning Hell of Torments ?Draws Striking Comparisons Between "Hell on Earth" and Hell as it Really Must Be -Over Four Hundred Wood? men Marched to Tabernacle Thursday Night. From The Daily Item. May 7. If I didn't believe In hell. I'd throw my Bible Into the fire." In thin manner laat night Hob Jones char? acterised aa false, the modern ilI \ Ideaa of some that thero I? "no such thing aa hell" In the sense of Us be? tas a "burning place of torment" as stated-In lfth St. Luke. The Woodmen of the World were the tabernacle's guests I ist night ami over 400 of them filled the front sec? tion of seats to the right of the ros? trum. Mr. Jones had announced "Hell" for the subject of his sermon last night, and the tabernaclo was crowd ed with an audience who heard, many for the second time, a sermon which centered about the lifo of the rich young man who died and went to hell. Mr. Jones having used this same text for a previous sermon, developed along different lines.. The evangelist ?aid. In beginning his talk last night that ha took for granted his audience was sn orthodox one. and believed In the Bible. He said he failed to see how anyone could believe In the atonement and not believe In hell, for "If yoer sin killed Qod himself. It will damn you In hell forever." Some contend that the story of Laxarus and the rich man Is a "parable." but the Bible does not say so. and the two ex? tremes pictured are two wide apart for tha atnry to have been set down as m, tear* tgura'tv, Illustration, <Mr. Jones say* that if It won? loft to his own iMjHlteo* h?i woeld prefer nlwny* to speak of heaven but the awful facta v-f hell can't be rubbed out. and these facts have got to be faced at one time or another. The rich man was a philanthropist, he was doubtless papular, he fed the very beggar at his gate, and yet, not having given him? self Into Christ's keeping, his soul woks up one day In Hell. Doubtless, said the speaker, the rich man may have thought somehow that he would to to heaven, just as many nun of the present day do. "No soul ever woke up In Hell that expected to get there." Many men of today say they have I "hell on earth" or "hell In my bos om." but "you may have hell In your hosoen but If you don't repent you'll have your booom In hell." Strength? ening his statement that there Is a burning of torments. Mr. Jones sa>s that the Hlble does not teach that the wicked dead will change when DM resurrection comes, but It does h;iv that the icood ahull arise, clothed In righteousness. And It Is not for us ! to think about what Is written. Mr. Jones thru drew some striking pictures of hells on arth. the harlot's dwelling, the drunken son In the home. tii?> drunken father In tho j home, but the won't of these pictures Is but a drub outline to the awful pic? ture il l hWnsoll ha* nivcn of a place of "weeping and walling und gnaahlng of teeth." where outer dark? ness prevails. Standing out predomi? nant in every pPturo that we might paint of earthly hells Is the note of il'i'r. t something better, the hope lessness. and the burning wish to for? get. Hut none of these illustrations csn compare with hell. Itself, where every wicked deed will be painted on the very walls, where we will want so many things which we cannot pos? sess, and where ae will know that hope no longer exists, but that there Is an awful gulf between us and any? thing better, the gulf of separation which Is spoken of In the story of l*a*arus und the rich man. (living an example of friends and even mothers, who send their Sjffri loved ones to hell, Mr. Jones told two tripping stor'?s, one of a man who took poison be raose he w;ts reared in .? raid-playing puaeh-diinking fsmllv und hence had come to ruin through lack of Mfa'dl Ity, and flnallv thought that the only way out was to "end It alt." The other story that he told was of a voting girl who hsd taken the a mug tetf Mid was being run away frogs' home by her own mother When she reechec the gate, she turned snd showered ? rale of sarcasm on "the beautiful mother" who bid started her on the road to ruin, bees use she wanted la make her "popular." "Then- apt mothers in this city who will slip into hell, to find their own daughters following' them." Mr. Jones said lr. conclusion that there were lights, mu? sic, laughter "tonight." but that none of these were to be fount! In the black despair of hell, and he urged thorn within hearing who had not surrend? ered to Christ to make at once the decision that would assure their jour? ney to heaven when the earthly cares of life had to be laid down. The choir sang "Jesus Is Calling Me Home" and "Almost Persuaded," while 76 persons took advantage' of the Invitation to give their souls in to Christ's keeping. Good work was ac? complished by the personal workers. In answer to the criticism of some that this method of having people come forward was not right, Mr. Jones said: "If you saw a man in a burning building, you'd drag him out whether he wanted to come or not, and ccrtulnly it is just as important for him to make sure of escaping a burning hell." The Children's Service. "Listen, boys and girls," and over three hundred bright faced children came to attention, while Dob Jones told them in simple childish langauge tho story of Jesus and his everlasting promise. The "children's afternoon" at the tabernacle was a great success in every particular. About two hun? dred girls, and half that number of boys assembled on the graded scion : , green, marched to Lhe ta?*J*JMM ly. indl paid the staootl StCs'ltUon to what the] t vang?'!ibl had ??? sh; to |}l< HI Special music was a feature of the afternoon's entertainment for the children, and their happy voices sing? ing "Jesus Included Mo" brought a smile and a heart full of cheer to many an older person who attended the services yesterday afternoon. I'p on the platform littlo Bob Jones, Jr., sat at his mother's side, and gaz? ed out over the sea of young faces in front of him, apparently being, him? self, ono of the most Interested of the several hundred children present, Choir Master MeKonzio sang "When He Cometh" and let the children sing the chorus. Their Hinging all during the service was much remarked up? on, and as a children's choir they could make old singers "sit up und take notice." Mr. Junes told the children that If they would DS very SjUtot and atten? tive he wouhl only give them a "seven minute sermon" after taking his text. I'irst of all. he told an interesting lit? tle story of his boyhood, where he climbed up into a tree to swing out from the top to tho ground. "How man> of you ever did that?" In? stantly there was a stampede of wav? ing hands. "All right." said Mr. Jones/1 I got up into the tree and the top wouldn't ??? nd? now what was the matter with that troo?" "Too old" was the prompt reply of a little follow away over on the left, und "correct said Mr. Jones. And, by the way. Mr. Jones says that was the first time tie gsjsjWOf hud ever been given corrcotly Immediately, und without any Wrong replies of hesitancy, Ami I he answer to Christ?"too old." Isaiah .0 says why its so hard to bring some folks to Iiuist "too old." Isiah ;>:. says "Seek Ye The Lord While He .May be I'oiinil," ami th.it BBOaM when the heart Is young and hasn't become sin hardened John 1:11 tells how to find Jesus: Tor <iod so Loved the World that II? QoVf His only begotten ?on tii.it whosoever belleveth In Him should not perish but have tvorlastlni life." After ? minute or so more, spent in telling the children nuotit the good things in store for them with rhrist as their guide, the evan gellst sshed for all the larger children w hO und? t stood S hot be had been talking sboUt, and who. tin- boot they knew how. surrendered their hearts t.( Christ, to eosjii ami give him tin t {hand. Klghty-llvc ol the larger chil? dren OSme t.? tin- front. and t hoi i nomcs were taken, as at the regular evening services, a number of the gSjoltOf Children rsms forward sum, b t their iiiiiim'H were got put down. Prom The Doll) Item, Msy v "nh, woman, in OUT hour of ease, Uncertain, coy and hard to pleas*. When pain ami anguish rack the brow a ministering Angel, Thou." Thus briefly, did the poet Scott de? scribe the woman of kill day, aa he ?aw her? And yesterday afternoon, in a more detailed manner, Evan? gelist Bob Jones described the wo? man of his day, as he sees her. Yes? terday afternoon the nice ' ig at the tabernacle was for women only. There were women ushers, women singers, ami the women put In the collection?$ 1G5 worth of it (ap? plause). Just about time for the ser? vices to start, the rain began to pour, and in a few minutes finding a dry spot in the tabernacle was almost like Unding the proverbial needle in the hay stack. After a while, how? ever, the rain held up, and, as many ladies had requested that he should not cut short his remarks, Mr. Jones launched into his lull lecture. As a preliminary statement, Mr. Jones said that, from a human stand? point, the hope of the world is in the goodness of our women. The apos? tle Paul, writing to Timothy said, in effect, "You had a good mother and a good grandmother * * and so to? day, as a usual thing great men are the sons of great mothers. But wo? man has In recent years come down from her pedestal and old time stand? ards are being broken down. Men are losing respect for women, ana class. As an example, is the man who Will try to flirt with a strange girl on the train, because he finds so many willing to flirt that he is willing to take a chance on every girl he sees. And the "why' 'of it, according to Mr. Jones, Is explained in a nut shell in this verse from the 5th chapter ol Timothy: "She that llveth in pleas? ure is dead while she llveth." Modern woman adopts herself to any circum? stances, she fits the style, whatever it is, whether the styles lit her or not. "I hepe," said Mr. Jones, "that this war will have at least one good effect, in checking voluptuous France from dumping voluptuous styles on Ameri? can women." This going in for ex? tremes In style has a detrimental ef? fect on woman, herself, oil growing girls, on the opposite sex in general and on her own husband in particular. When a woman Is dressed In "the la? test" she is self conscious and self consciousness detracts from beauty. Many a woman today, raid Mr. Jones, is nothing but a "decorated animal." ^he may have I soul mind and body capable of great tMngs, and yet 1" ! living on the plant of the animal. 11 i sou* dries tut without God. a girl Knows when itie Is Irnrnodestlj dress cd, and too many mothers are dedi? cating their daughters on the altar ol fashion. There are girls who sell their souls, their bodies, and their very lives to keep up the pace with the fashions of the wealthier mem? bers of their sex, because there is in them the craving for "looking as good as those other girls." The sin of America today, says Hob Jones, Is the sin of adultery. The socalled "street mashers" can bo stopped "whenever the women of America begin to wear more clothes. ' 1 don't expect the men and boys of America to do right until the women of America dress right." Many a wife and daughter drive their husband and lather to bankruptcy and ruin with their in? satiable desires for linery, and even it it is not that bad "they keep father's nose to the grindstone and keep turn? ing the gr'ndstone, too." Woman of today loves admiration, and its a dan? gerous ground she is treading on when sho does. Young girls walk up the streets of cities and towns with an air of "Well, how do you llko my looks.' Its all right for a woman to be neat, very often a slovenly woman will lose her husband's love through her slov- i linesr?, but it is not proper for a wo? man to try and attract admiration with physical charms. The woman of to Jay is "bossy." Said Mr. Jones, "She Wants to run thliiKs, and we have al? ready turned over the house, the children, and business world and the church to her, and now she wants t?? run the politics." Some women drive their sons, and brothers away, ami even their husbands bccau.se they litter up the whole place with their thing! and "in some homes there's not a si^n that there's a man about the place." I Some women today get sour on tho world and blame it on their nervous system. This is bocaUSC they lack a conviction In their Ideas In olden times black was black and white was white. Now often black is only a dull gray, In other words, sin Isn't as black as it used to be. It is so easy to say: "< >h, there's no harm In that because ? * *" Nowadays, In the average town. a woman can do questionable things ami still be a so clsl leader. Society may call it "tii" mantle of charity," but .at the same time Society IS putting a premium on rotten living ami saying in substanci 'IjlVO as you please." "A woman can ( be a shining light in society when everybody knows she is as crooked ns bell." \\ bat an example for < lie young girls who are coming on! I v Mo twlfl bent, the tree's Inclined > hi the olden (lays, loo, a kiss w:is mi [awful thing, bUl III these modern time*, I3ob Jonei says the "brazen 1 it i tie devils" will sit in a hotel dining room and brag about a boy kissing ! them the lirst time they met. The barriers of sex have been torn down; the tendency of the average Amcri ; can girl as to go ?just as close to the (lire as possible without getting burned. I Woman of today, in a general sense, , is unlit to marry for three distinct j reasons. She despises restraint, many I a one goes with a secret hour of sin 'locked in her bosom and the key I thrown away, she lives for a good j time, and she's a novel reader. Wo . j man of today doesn't want to bear the j burdens of home life. She dctcrmens ; before marrying that there's "nothing j doing" for her in a little "three rooms and bath," but "we'll live in a boarding house Instead.' Mr. Jones characterized the woman who puts out the life of an unbor i babe as an "infernal murderess" who commits just as great a sin as if she had mur? dered her husband. Some women marry knowing that there's a secret littlo story about their lives "long ago" that they can't tell their hus? band. They have the key thrown away, but still they are always afraid that the key will be found and it keeps them on a nervous tension. "Girls will be girls' is a popular ex? pression, and the average girl loves the the theatre, card parties, and dancing, "while father pays the bills" to cart her around all over the country trying to trap some poor de? luded fool Into becoming her hus? band. Mr. Jones scored the popular novels saying they were read almost entirely by women, and that most of the heroes that women think are "per? fectly adorable* and "wish they had such a sweetheart" are nothing but low down contemptible dirty adulter? ers." They paint the picture of sin in a gilded palace, and "you can't love a crooked ideal and not have a crook? ed heart." Woman's love of pleasure evidences itself in a disposition to play cards, attend the theatre and the dance. Some women are so drunk with card playing that "they see the spades, hearts, clubs and diamonds pass in review in their dreams." They gamble for prizes and still keep their membership in the church. Mr Jones said in this connection, "If I had my boy attending a Sunday school class with a card playing teacher at its head, I'd take him out of It, and why don't you applaud that?" (Ap? plause.) Women attend the theatre ssyinf "I go for the moral." "Head iht- Bine for the beet ihorati you ever saw," says Bob Jones, "Decent people] ixight to draw the ine this side the! whole infernal staue?" for any cro< With talent and pull can gcL on Ihf stage. They don't need any character. Its wonderful how a woman can go to the theatre and applaud a crooked harlot's antics In an abbreviated cos? tume, and then walk home with their escorts and say: "Oh, wasn't it lovely." Mr. Jones says that if he had his way about destroying evils he would put out liquor first and the "hellish dance" next. He said that a wealthy young convert confessed to him that he had led girls away "from Maine to California" and that the very lirst thing he did was to teach his victim to dance if she didn't already know how. You may think you arc "play? ing safe" Mr. Jones says, but nobody on earth can tell what devils In the human body arc going to be awaken? ed In the whirl of the hellish dance. Said Mr. Jones, after he had told a number of instances that he knew ol personally, where the dance had ac? complished the ruin, of which it is a past, master: "No girl that's a nice girl will keep on dancing after she has heard of Its evil." Mr. Jones says that dancing is growing more and more vulgar?formerly "they caught hands to dance, then they hugged j around tho body" and sonic of the I new dances require a veritable wrap? ping each other of the two dancers. Coming back to words of the text, Mr. Jones says that "She who llveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth' ?dead in lino feelings, modesty, and the mother instinct. At the conclu? sion of his sermon he extended the invitation for converts. Three wo | men responded from a tabernacle ; practically crowded with nothing hut ? women. Asking that all of those present who would go on record with him as against the dance, and car l I playing stand, all of the women pres? ent stood but 20, according to a state? ment made by Mr. Jones. Applause during the lecture was liberal and , it seemed to have made an extremely favorable impression. _ Last Night's Service. i There was only a small number who bi ved the element! last nlghl to at? tend the tabernacle service, but an in? teresting meeting was held, neverthe? less, which resulted ?'? IB converts coming t" the fron! and acknowledg? ing Jesus as their saviour. Mr. Jone;' requested those who had recelveti some benefit during I he m< etings held thus far. to tell about their blessings, and many did so. Heading from the First chapter of First John, the evangelist told of how Cod want.-! us to li\e in harmon\ find fellowship with htm. This world cani give ui peace, |ti too changeable, but once we have been attuned to the pitch of Heaven, happiness is ours. God wants us to have pleasures of the right sort, he wants us to have *. "full measure of joy." We should "tell what we have seen and exper? ienced to make-us happy Christin?}*." as John so commands in his epistle which is intended for the instruction of those who have accepted Christ for their Saviour. "Some of us never go to Christ unless we want something out of Him." We ought to keep in mind what He has already done fori us, and remember his loving kindness at all times. "Sin" is what we are, but we need not commit "sins" because "sins" arv what we do. John directs us?"Don't sin," but if you do sin, remember that Jesus is ready and willing to act as mediator in renewing our fellowship with God. On account of the rain last night, the piano had to be kept covered to prevent its getting rusty, but Mr. McKenzie sang a selection which was greatly enjoyed by the audience. From The Daily Item, May 10. "I'll tell you, men, we're up against it in America." In a powerful dis? course, summed up in this one sen? tence, Dob Jones yesterday afternoon told 2,700 men of Sumter and sur? rounding country of the striking "Sins of Men" and why it was urgently necessary that the safety-brake be put on if the men of America wanted to save their country from mental and physical ruin. As a preliminary statement Mr. Jones said that he was not going to aim his shots at anyone in particular, but that whoever the cap fitted could wear it. He then turned loose the shrapnel. The text was from the 6th chapter of Galatians: "De not deceived, God is not mocked. For whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap." It is possible, said Mr. Jones, to de? ceive your family and neighbors at times, but it is never possible to de? ceive God. Generally, however, even the neighbors are pretty well inf ,rm ed on a man who is not leading a straight life. Sometimes a man is guilty, when people know it, and talk of it, and yet couldn't prove it in a court of law, but still he can be guilty. The devil doesn't tell the same lie everywhere, and when the same suspicion follows a man every? where ^e goes out of (Hih the guepieton is a tact." A in 1 > d' i't see now you Cotfld live In Sui::- j ter ami not believe In a devil." The I devil Is iu Humter and In every other part ot the world,. and not in hell now as some believe. He is an intel? ligent being, he know's every man's family record, knows his weak spots, and will hand you out just the kind of bait that suits your palate. He gets his deadly pills into your system easi? ly, because he sugar-coats them. Whether cards, liquor or women is the enticement, he knows and acts ac? cordingly, and "many a man's eyes are openod too late," after his home is wrecked. As proof of his intelli? gence the devil often quotes scripture, and some men who are inllunced ol the devil quote scripture also, to ex? cuse their sins. It is, at first thought, a strange thing that the devil will work hardest on the man who has the most inlluence. This is another one of his "sugar-coated" methods. He doesn't want any of his "right hand men" to get too low. For instance, it is the drunken bum in the ditch who doesn't entice your boy, but the haughty clubman who does, and the poor ruined woman of the red light district for whom the average girl feels, a loathing, and yet can be led ultimately to the same state by the allurements of a crooked society wo? man. Speaking of some of these agents of the devil, the evangelist said: "If the devil wanted to make men to order he would'nt change some of you fellows a bit." Another trick of the devil is to got hold of public sentiment. He sends fellows around haranguing that "the bawdy house is a necessary evil." "Well, then," Mr. Jones stated, "murder is a necessary evil" for the average life of these poor women is only live years. Further Mr. Jones said: "This is a dem icratic principalled country, why don't some of you who howl for this "necessary evil" furnish some? body to keel) them up." And, "any doctor that says they're a necessary, evil, is a dirty, low down quack." It's the met, who frequent such places. Bays Bob Jones, that ruin the decent gil ls. Because, under a mask of be? ing "nice young fellows' they come .around and "pluck the fairest How i eis" because this type of man Is al I ways seeking a new Held for the . scape of his hellish lust. Mr. Jones made a plea for one standard of pur? ity for men and women, saying thai he had full as much respect for a lewd woman as an impute man. Tin? dance came in for a thumping along I he same lines followed at his sermon Ion the sins of Slimier ami at the wo? men's lecture. The married men had a few shots aimed In their direction When Mr. Jones denounced the man who will betray his marriage vows I ami deceive his w ile?i think Go?l 'may make a ?pedal hell for the man I that's impure to a true wife." Taking up the question brought up by some ithat it is necessary for a man to "sow his wild oats," Mr. Jonen characteriz? ed this as a lie. when he stated that the leading medical hoards of the world have said that a man can be just as pure as a woman." God never made a law, but that n ntal and phy? sical strength was scoured if we fol? low it," but it does take real "men" to live up to some of these laws, ths speaker continued. Four of the striking sins of the men told of by Mr. Jones, were the use of profanity, drinking, gambling ana physical debauchery. "No man is any purer than his language*' is the way the speaker pounded the man who will "cuss" and tell dirty jokes. As for the gamblers?"any man that gambles for money will steal," be? cause they both want something for nothing. Said Mr. Jones, "some of these fellows around here are up in high life that ought to be on the chaingang." Hitting the drink evil, the speaker said that, in a word or two, mod< rn business demands "boozeless men" for the stuff hardens human brains and burns out human stomachs. Many a man drinks a litle beer and says "Oh, that doesn't matter," not knowing, poor fool, that beer drinking, even in small quantities is very injurious to the liver. A telling illustration of this was a young minister who became ill some time after he had been con? verted, and upon summoning a doctor found that his health was ruined for? ever, because he was one of those who had thought there was "no harm in a little beer." Mr. Jones was roundly applauded when he stated that we are going to kick every drop of the ac? cursed stuff into h<jll before long.'* But, for that matter applause was liberal all through his lecture. "Amer? ica, will never be what it would have been if it hadn't been for liquor" was one of the concluding remarks on the boo^e problem. The sin of adultery is the greatest sin of America today, Bob Jones says, and he brought home this fact by telling of the tendency to lewdness of the motion pictures, the stage, and tho novels of the modern era. Tell? ing of the "wild oat sowing" of youn ? men the evangelist said that if they don't stop their dissoluteness before marriage, nine times out of ten they won't stop after marriage. It is more important to put down venerial dis? ease today than it ih line white plague. Many a man puts his v. ife under tho surgeon's kaifs because of his fool? hardy actions bet?re marriage. Many a childless home is the result of a sexual debauchery of the husband be? fore marriage." I hope some day to see a law in every state that will prevent a man from getting married until he can produce a health certi? ficate from a reputable physician?? this is necessary to save American wo? men from wreck and ruin." The invitation tor converts was ex. tended at the close of Mr. Jones' lec? ture and 73 men responded, while the choir sang "Jesus is Calling Me Home." The choir, composed of about 150 men made fine music at the beginning of the services, also. The men put In abount $200 towards the expense at the men's meeting yes? terday. 1 i Sunday Night's Service. In one of the strongest sermons he has yet preached. Bob Jones, last night, told how every man must give an account at the judgment bar for every sin of this life. A record . breaking crowd gathered at the tab? ernacle for this service, coming f-om miles around to hear one of the most convincing messages which the noted evangelist has presented since timing to this city. In his preliminary remarks Mr. Jones said that he regretted to report that on account of some complaints being made regarding the blockading of streets m the vicinity of the tab? ernacle, this practice would have to be discontinued. He said that all but about $75 of the expense had been raised, and he hoped this would be raised during the evening collection. An extra long musical program was s feature of last night's service, the choir singing, "I'm a Pilgrim." ?"Crown Him King of Kings," "Saved.'* and "Somebody Knows." Miss Kellar sang "Somebody Knows" as a solo in her usual engaging manner, the choir joining In the chorus. The audience, standing, sang "Sweet Bye and Bye."* The ever popular "Jesus Included Me" appeared on the program? also, before the end of the musical numbers. Forty-seven converts came to the Mercy Seat at the conclusion of the sermon last night. With SS more who came at the other services held else? where in tho city yesterday as a part Of the campaign, a total of 135 ac? cepted Christ yesterday. This makes a grand total of 574 who have taken Jesus as their [Saviour since the Bob Jones campaign commenced. The text of last night's sermon came from the 14th chapter of R > I mans, "Bvery knee shall bow to God and every tongue shall confess to God." We must all render an account of ourselves. Neither our loved ones.