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Boys in Blue and White March to the Front to Join Christ's Big Army Many Girls and Boys Come Forward When High School Night Was Held at the Tabernacle Monday Night. IKE SPECIAL MUSIC IAS I BIB FEATURE BF NIGHT OF JOY forty-Three Converts Wat Total Number Made Last Night Kjuellent Sermon Preached on "What Is a Christian"? Afternoon Talks on "Sin" Proved Highly Entertaining and Instructive to Enthusiastic Audience. Prom The Dally Item. May 11. Loot nicht waa high school night at the tabernacle and in a section of seats reserved for them and festooned about with the school colors of purple and white between two and three hun? dred light heirted "lads and lassies" heard Bob Jones deliver what he call? ed one of his "simple, practical little messages" but which proved to be a strong appeal for surrender to Christ that brought 4 3 to the Mercy Seat be? fore the dismissal of the audience. Bveryone seemed to be In a good hu? mor last night, and an immense crowd composed largely of parents and friend* of the school girls and hoys watched with Interest their par? ticipation In the exercises. Coir Blas? ter McKenzie get in his usual humor? ous sally at the delegation last night telling the pupils of "High:" "You glrla certainly look nice with your rib? bons?aud you boys with your white britches," several of the boyn wearing their dress parade uniforms from the Memorial day services. "Come Thou Almighty King" was sung at the re? quest of the high school members of the audience. Mr. McKensle had them sing three stanias of It by them? selves, and they did It so well that lib? eral applause waited for them at ti.e finish. It was a notable thing last aighl that practically as soon as h Invitation had been given two "en rados" from upper- < lasses in high School came forwa* 1 and gave Ii | *> -tagsUst their hands other* of ih* I aulMiul battalion marched up to Join the army of Christ before the invita? tion song had been concluded. Many school gtrla took advantage of the of? fer also. Bob Jones himself took an active part in the personal work last night. Standing on an empty seat In the reserved section he made a power? ful appeal to the school lads, Just be? fore the concluding stanza of "Almost Persuaded" that brought a number of young fellows to the front as one man. The choir It seems was on dress pa? rade with the school boy* last night, singing a bunch of cheer-bringing songs in which the delegation from high school joined heartily at times "Oh. How I Love Him." "I Would be Like Jeaus" and the whistling song "If Tour Heart Keeps Hight" were all Oa the musical program last night. After the au Hence had sung "I Love to tell the Story.' standing, Uev. J. H. Wilson of the Lutheran church offered s prayer. Th?r 12th chapter of the Acts last night furnished the evangelist a text In the short but Impressive verse. "And (he disciple* were culled Chris? tians first at Antloch." Showing how one la not a Chrlatlan, although living In a Christi in country, has Christian relatives, liven In s Christian home, or I-.In? th' church, Mr. Jones then an? swered in a practical way the question "What Is a Christian. ' A Christian Is a person who has had four Import? ant things happen In his life. Convic? tion, repentance, conversion, and trust In Jesus. A parallel Illustration might be given that you "Stop, resolve to turn, turn, and walk in an oppoHit? direction." It can be seen, therefore, that mere conviction 1a not enough to Christianise. Manv a tsarrtetsd man goes to hell because he doesn't a get any further than conviction. Bs? ruing a Christian is nothing more or less than coming to the Lord Jesus <*hrlet. and "The day you SPSS! to Jeaua Christ y??u do the \ery best thing you gO#J did In your life." Yon ahould come to Jesus Christ Mihi of all, because it Is the right thing to do. and no man *ho ever did the rsfM thing over was the loser fat doing it. Then it Is the safe thing b> do. und SVOS In huslneaa "flafSty FtfSl SI ? motto thai no man turns away without giving It sound thought. Your conscience tails on you to surrender to Jesus. Of course It does not do this unless you believe thit the Bible speaks Irul) of ChrU: SJsi the place he is to till In your life, for your conscience after all. la g"lng to follow your creed. An II luatratlon 1* the thief whose con? science doesn't hurt him I ? < muse he aaya "The world owes me a living" Your happiness depends on your be? soming a Christian No mattet how wealthy you may bo you can't know real Joy without Josus enters your life. M??re gratitude, if nothing else demands that you accept Jeaus as your Saviour. He died for you, and the least you can do to repay him would be to trust and believe in Him. An? other thing that beckons to the Mercy Seat is the unceitainty of human life. ''No man can tell what a day may bring forth?in the mh st of life we are in death./' In the words of Hob Jones, "The yeara go by like the mile poata on a railroad." Moaclay Afternoon's Service. Evangellat Rob Jonea Raid that he was aomewhat indisposed yesterday afternoon and would not take a reg? ular text but would 'speak for a short while on the subject of "Sin." This talk proved to be one of the most in? teresting Mr. Jones has delievered any afternoon thus far. "Sin," to be gin with, said Mr. Jones, "is unbelief." And, "there never was a bigger lie than that it matters not what we be? lieve because conaclence Is regulated by creed." We cannot hope to please God without faith. Men are lost be? cause they are born in aln. They are Judged becauae they reject Christ, and they are punished according to their works. On the other hand men are auvcti '.???cause they are horn again; th.y are excepted from Judg lOent baeauao Christ has been Judg- j ed In thcl?* place und th^v are re warded im?, to .hnlr work*. Tb? greatest sin that can be committed is the sin of not loving Qod. He wills that we ahall love him with all our heart and soul and mind. Qod In? cludes every mortal man under sin. Our best deeds, in Ood's sight are mere "tilth end rage" If we have not accepted Chrlat. No man can be educated out of depravity either. Ad-' am had the be9t environments and yet committed aln. The results ot aln are separation from Qod, death, and a reward of a rain of fire. That is Ood's indictment for us, and our only hope is pardon through the cleansing blood of Jesus Christ. Sin evidences itself in many people by selfishness. 999 out of 1.000 people, says Bob Jones, are horn out of human aeltlah ness. The march of sin has kept pace with the march of civilization, too. Ood sees down through fine clothes ami fine faces, right into the depths of wicked hearts and selllah desires, and Ho always says "Woe to them that devise iniquity." Man is a sin? ner by nature, by choice and by prac? tice. The Bible says "All we like sheep have strayed away." And sheep, says Rob Jones, aro the most lost things imaginable when they atray away. Pity it la that this passage could not have been made to read "dogs" or "cats" said the evangelist for these animals generally Und their way back. Rut the very use of the word aheep ahowa the need of the guiding hand of the Master to bring us back to the fold of righteousness. To neglect to do good la sin, and put? ting ourselves to the front when we ought to make way for our neighbor is sin. also. Anything not right is sin, and we need not always look for a Thou shalt not." Our conscience, II we have tho right belief, will tell US [when we are going wrong, lhsobey log Qod la sin, and a man ought to let nothing that prevents his giving his highest and noblest to Qod, stand in the way; If so, he sins. Kvon the legitimate work of an unregenerate ' man la sin. because It Is a selfish work, In which there Is not the loach [of the Muster's Influence. The Bihlu teaches this to ua In PrVOertM MH 1 hi n It aaya: ' The ptotlghllll of the ?j irked la ?dn." I n.mi The D?||y Item. Miiy 1 I, v steady downpour of r;?ln failed to dampen tho ardor of a largo crowd. which eoaifortabl) Ailed the main aoattorluai of Trinity Church last nlffhti le hear Bah Jaaea On account nl t leak] labernaele the service had to be traasferred to the ohurch. In I he andiene?? last night were ul.out HO business girls of gumter who had marched from the Y. M. <'. A . In H body, to beui the 9\eitgclist. after having enjoyed a pleasant 'social hour with Airs. Allison, the personal work? er of the Bob Jones party. Mr. Jones remarked I.uM night that women's iffairs and rainy weather seemed to go together in Sumter. It will be re? membered that the women's service last Friday afternoon was interrupted by a severe wind and rainstorm. Last night, while the rain poured steadily. Bob Jones made a practical and ap? pealing talk on the subject of "What shall 1 do then with Jesus, which is called, the Christ?" The choir last night, while, of course, not as large as it usually is at the tabernacle, did. some good sing? ing, the pipe organ helping to swell tho volume considerably. "God Will Take Care of You," and "Jesus In? cluded Me" were two tabernacle songs of the evening. The business girls sang "The Touch of His Hand on Mine." Mr. and Mrs. McKenzie sang a duet which was enjoyed to the ful? lest by their audience. When the in? vitation for converts was given last night eight persons responded, which was a large per cent of those in the audience who had not previously stood, as an acknowledgment that j they had already accepted Christ as their Saviour. With two converts made at the afternoon service, and one at the business men's prayer meet? ing, the total number acknowledging Christ yesterday was 11. ' What Then Shall I Do With Christ" is a question, said Mr. Jones, that all of us must answer sooner or later, and, living as we do in uncertainty of life, the aooner we answer the ques? tion favorably, the better for us. It is the most important question, too, that ever confronted us, and if we set? tle it right we have solved the prob? lems of life, but If we settle it wrong we have ruined our lives for time and eternity. Our destiny depends on the answer to this question. What we do with Jesus God will do with us, be? cause he is an infinitely perfect God, and he has said that He cannot take us up in our sin, but that the only way for us to be received into heaven is through a sinless Christ. God wants us to be saved, and He has shown that he does, by putting every obstruc tion possible in the pathway to hell, and numberless signposts of direction on the pathway to heaven, but we must do our part. Christ voices the sad warning of the fate of some, when he says: "Ye will not come to me that ye might have everlasting life." Our justifies I ion With God depends on J what WS do with Christ. Ood Will r* oolvc e^ud foira^ve In one moment, if it is done through the cleansing blood i of His Son. "Hid with Christ in God" expresses, in one short phrase, the possibilities of Christ's influence ex? erted in our behalf. Our becoming God's child depends on our acceptance of Christ. The Bible teaches us that to be a child of God we "must be born again" und this, of course, means that we must take Christ for our Sa? viour. Our having peace depends on what we do with Christ, so does our having joy depend on the same prop? osition. However, the most import? ant thing of all is that our having eternal life depends on what we do with Christ. Whether or not we have eternal death or eternal life is decid? ed by the rejecting or acceptance of Jesus, and "eternal death" is God's picture of a lost man. That Jesus was indeed the Son of God, with all the power that he represented Himself to hold, was attested to by the divine life that he lived, the divine words that he spoke, the miracles that he wrought, his resurrection, and his in? fluence on subsequent ages. It was the marvel of Christ's time on this earth that, "having never studied yet he knew his letters." Another thing Christ always psoke the truth, and never anything but the truth, show? ing that He was indeed divine. In advance Of his sermon last night Mr. Jones suggested a prayer for the Divine guidance of the presidential hand in administering the affairs of the nation. Applause greeted the statement made by Mr. Jones that we should be proud that we had such a man as Wood row Wilson In the presidential chair. Tuesday Afternoon. An audience of about 7f>, with a Choir of abottt 2& braved the rainy weather yesterday afternoon to hear an interesting explanatory Bible read lug by Hob Jones. Mr. Jones said that the first espistle of John contain? ed many wonderful truths for con? verts. What the people Ol today need to do Is to read God's word more, and lake Just what it says. Bible students today agree on this. The book of John is written to Christians on the subject of "fellow? ship." Jesus Christ bore the sins of the world and if we accept lilm, will bring uh into fellowship with Uod However, we cannot say "I know God' If we go ahead breaking bis com* mamlmente, because, once we know Him. it will be our aim to please Him We cannot bate our neighbor and loVS (iod. because the Godly spirit keeps tin* family relation'' right. A wonderful testimony from Jesus |S that the e'alhri will forgive all our Ira nag i ssloni loi "the sake oi Jesus' name." Hut we ought to read earnest? ly and often the will of God as set forth in his Holy word for "you'll nev? er be a strong Christian unless the word of God abides in you." Mr. Jones said that we ought not to love the world's "system." Hook today what an awful condition exists among the supposedly most cultured people the world has ever known. The world's system is more or less a sys? tem of greed and selfishness. As In the old days, anti-Christians exist at the present time, but now, said the speaker: "They stay with us and try to run things, whereas in olden times they quit, either voluntarily, or they were put out of the church." We are called by John the "Sons of God" because he is talking to Chris? tians. There is no such thing as the "Universal Fatherhood of God." He is only our father after we.have been received by him through the grace of His son Jesus, who died for us. We ought to look forward to the second coming of Christ, because He told uu ?that He was coming back. And, look? ing forward to His coming, we will be purified, for no man wants Christ to find him in h place that he would be ashamed to have Christ come; ami we know not when He is coming. Mr. Jones says that he has been looking for Christ to come any time now, for the past seven years, and that every evangelist he knows of agrees that the time of His coming must now be approaching?"The next thing on the program of God is the second coming of Christ." From The Daily Item, May 13. Tomorrow's fate, though thou be wise. Thou cans't not tell nor yet sur? mise; Pass, therefore, not today in vain, For it will never come again. ?Rubaiyat. Making a powerful plea for righ? teous living for the sake of the "to? morrow'' that must come in our own lives and those of our children, Evangelist Bob Jones last night deliv? ered one of the strongest sermons of hjs stay here on the subject: "You can't do wrong and get away with it." After showing how our "tomorrows ' are governed largely by our actions of "today," the evangelist made his usual earnest appeal for converts to take advantage of the opportunity present for publicly accepting Christ, and not put it off for a tomorrow which might never come in the lives of some. Twenty soids sough* '.he Mercy Seat at the conclusion ot tin sermon, while , the choir Pang "Jesus la Calling To- i day." Threatening clouds, with intermit? tent thunder, did not keep a large crowd from coming to the tabernacle last night. In fact, it was a remark? able gathering considering the fact that sure signs pointed to an early downpour of rain. The Sumter Light Infantry marched to the tabernacle in a body, arriving Just after the singing had commenced. Applause from the audience and choir loft greeted their arrival. At the request of Captain P. M. Brown the choir sang "America," the "boys in khaki" joining heartily in the song. The Bible reference for the sermon of the evening was "Numbers, 32nd chapter: "And be sure your sins will lind you out," or in modern day lan gauage, "You can't do wrong and get away with it." This is true, Bob Jones says, in the case of a nation, a church, a home or an individual. Sin "finds the sinner out." because it puts its mark on the human body, marks the biain, marks the sinner s chil? dren, marks the conscience of the sinner, produces recklessnoss, exposes the sinner to judgment, and inflicts a penalty. An example of where sin puts its mark on the body Is shown in the case of a man who dissipates. No one needs to have a drinking man pointed out; ho can read the story for himself in the drinker's face and eyes. As an illustration of what sinning in this manner can do for a man Mr. Jones told a touching story qf how a great painter who made the picture of "The LftSt Supper." sought all over Ins country for a model for Christ's face. He at last used the fea? ture of ? bright, pure, inno? cent boy. Years later he ggalll went out for a search, this time for a model for Judas Iscariot's counten? ance. Finding what he thought would ?Ult him in person of a poor imprison? ed wretch, he took this man to his Studio only to recognize In the new I depraved creature, the wreck of what had been the pure innocent hoy who pesed for the face of Jesus. Sin, says Mr. Jones, "plows little furroughH in the brain," and these impressions stick through youth very often into extreme old age. Little do wo think of the awfulness of accumu? lating these "brain marks," while we allow them to be put on. or we would ward them off at any cost. The children of the future are marked v\ith the sin:i of the present das. Many a hoy has been ruined With the curs.' of a father's sin which has hern handed down to the poor Ilinresponsihle son. sins of this na? ture follow i<> the third and fourth I generation, but seldom further, be cause by that time ihe family is wiped out. Sin puts its record on our conscience and our conscience is God's, "speedo? meter." It follows us everywhere, keeping the record of our doings, and for aught we know its testimony, when the final judgment comes, will be even finer than that of the best speedometer ever attached to an au? tomobile. "Your conscience will stand up to accuse you when you stand be? fore the bar of God." Many men and women are "con? servative sinners" at first. They say "I can do this or that and it won't matter," but sin produces reckless? ness. It carries the sinner on and on until finally he or she falls over the precipice of despair from which, nine out of ten times, there is no rescue. When committing sins in this world It is possible often to keep them en? tirely hidden, but not so when we stand before God. All must then be exposed. It is even possible that the very scenery around the throne will hold the pictured record of the deeds thought to have been committed in the darkness of a never disclosing night. The Bible says "The wages of sin is death" and the Bible speaks truly. There Is only one way, then, to get the best of sib, and that is through the cleansing power of the blood of Christ. He Is the only physician capable of treating the disease of sin. He knows the remedy, and his remedy never fails, even on the worst cases. "Christ never loses a case." All we need to do Is to put our life in Christ's hands; accept Him as our Saviour and he will keep his promise, which is that "Whosoever corneth unto Me I will in nowise cast out." "Wednesday Afternoon. Mr. Jones gave an interesting talk yesterday afternoon on the subject of "Regeneration," or, more particularly, the evidences of regeneration. The service was well attended, although bad looking clouds doubtless kept many away. Mr. Jones said that John teaches us throughout his epistle that the new and Divine nature which we have, after coming into the fellowship of Christ, is very widely different from the old nature. This evidences itself in a number of ways; we do not care for worldly things, we seek the com? pany of other Christians, and best of all we love God's word ami seek oft< n its promises. While receiving at the time we accept Christ, a new nature. * till we cannot expect to oe entirely tree of old desires, without a fight. The apos? tle Paul in his first epistle tells us something of his fight, and in the sec? ond book shdws how he mastered the old passions and lived in the full en? joyment of an ideal spiritual life. Having secured the fellowship of Jesus it is natural that we seek out his peo? ple in social and business matters. "Men," said Mr. Jones, "don't run from preachers if they are true chil? dren of God." In this connection too, Mr. Jones said he thought it a shame that in this day and time secret lodges had, in many cases, to perform the functions of fellowship that Christian ity ought to be able to perform of it self. He said that if a Christian came to him with the "password of Christ" he would be Just as ready to help him as if he were tho brother member of the strongest lodge or so ciety in the world. Mr. Jones says that it Is natural for those who have not been born for a* second time to shun the reading of the Bible. There is something about thiu Holy Book that makes unregenerate people want to keep away from it. Once a man has been converted, how? ever, he takes the Bible for a friend and comforter and leurns to answer perplexing questions that arisi in his lifo with God's Holy Word. And, as a little reading ia it will tell you, the Bible is a book of eternal freshness and inspiration. We can read it over time and time again and still find it as interesting as the first time. Mrs. Sarah Ellen Carraway Dead. Olanta, May 10.?Mrs. Sarah Ellen Carraway, wife of J. A. M. Carraway, ? lied Saturday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. A. J. Good? man of Sbiloh, aged 70 years. The body was taken to her old home near * i OlantS Saturady evening. The burial was held Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock in the Bethel cemetery, her pastor, the Rev. B. K. Truluck, re? sisted by the Rev. J. W. Truluck and the Rev. EC. M. Hicks, conducting the services. , Mrs. Carraway had long been a member <>f the Baptist church, Sun? day school and missionary societies, and her long life abounded In acts of kindness ami love. They anticipated celebrating their 50th anniversary to? day, she is survived by the follow? ing children: Mrs. A. J. Goodman of Sbiloh. Mrs. J, C. Truluck of olanta. Mrs. B. U Truluck of Lynchburg, Mrs. P. J. Payne of Sbiloh and S. C. Carraway of olanta, and :>4 grand? children, and one brother, J T. Klrhy >of Columbia. CURB MARKET SATURDAY. Good Supply of Product- and Man/ Customers In New Building. The building erected by Dr. E. 8. Booth for some of the producers of Sumter and Lee counties, who have been bringing articles to sell on the curb market since its inauguration last fall, proved a successful acconv* plishment on Saturday, for there were several producers on hand with a good supply of produce and many customers called during the morning, there being "tittle difficulty in dispos? ing of the vegetables and meats which were in the building for sale. The house is a newly constructed one, tarred roofing, board walls, with wire screening on parts of the sides and front to admit plenty of light and air. Counters are arranged in the building and it is fly-tight. The place is clear, and will no doubt prove a great benefit to the producers who use it and consumers. SHRAPNEL. "There are hearts that are breaking in the palaces of the rich?money can't buy everything." "1915 will be chiseled in the mar? ble slab over the grave of some of you hearing me tonight." I "You must be born again or go to hell." "There are people in this city who could bring their own loved ones to Ch -st, if they'd only try." "I can't think of a more dangerous thing that could happen than for me to leave my boy a fortune." "The man who lives in poverty is not always a failure and the man who lives in riches is not always a success." "I've never been able to have a re? vival without a fight." "There are too many Fords in this town for folks to howl about hard times." You've got plenty of devilment in this town?don't you imagine you haven't." "The fear of hell is the motive that moves most men to repent." The thought of death can make the heart of a multimillionaire stand still with horror." "Being a Christian is playing the game safe." "You've got men in this town who haven't time for God, but they'll have time to AUjun "I'd 1 rather be hell ? seared than lie ch. .1 "1 ha o tet h* devil get a man with a i he lit?if he's got to get anybody, I hope heil get some ot you stingy folks." "The man who'll let God take care of him all day and all night and then jumps in and out of bed without thanking God for caring for him, is a contemptible, low down, dirty in grate." "I've never understood how music gives a man a right to hug his neigh? bor's wife or daughter." "You've got church members In this town who can out cuss a sailor." "You've got church women in this city who are going to hell with a drunkard's blood on their hands..' "You've got church women in this city who are afraid for their daugh? ters to get religion for fear they'll have to quit dancing. "You quit going around patting old ?inners on the back and telling them they are good folks." "There's a sickly sentimentalism in this country that some folks take for goodness." "There's something about a deck of cards that can't be made decent, although its shuttled by the jeweled hands of a society woman." "Some of you men would like to have a heaven with a saloon on one corner." "You think your husband is such a nice, respectable man?you ought to have seen him on his last trip to Columbia." "If you hear anybody cussing Bob Jones, just tell me his name?I may know something "bout him." "If you go to hell, you've got to run roujjh-shod over the churches in this city and this I leeting." "There's one thing the rich man took to hell that you are going to take with you?memory. "No drunkard ever staggered down tho street of any city but somebody made him." "No soul ever woke up in hell that expected to get there." "You may have a hell in your bos? om but if you don't mind you'll have your bosom in hell." "In this day and time we are try? ing to make everything figurative." "Many a convicted man goes to hell." "The years go by like the mile poote on a railroad." "There never was a bigger lie thaa "it matters not what you believe"-? even your conscience is regulated by your creed. "The hard eat job you ever had is to keep from lying?if you don't believe it try it for the next 24 hours." "Yon can't educate a man out of depravity." "The legitimate work ot an un? regenerate man is sin."