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revival campaign TO END TOMORROW ' * 'The Signs of the Times” Subject for Evangelist’s Last Sermon PLAN three services Sunriw* Service at 6:30 a. m. freiichin; at 3 and Bp. m.; Large Congregation on Friday Evening Xhe six weeks revival meeting which has been in progress here at the Big Henderson Warehouse, under the leadership and direction of Rev. jj c. Cav.njess. Portsmouth, Va., evangelist, will come to a close with three services tomorrow. The usual gunrise service will be held at 6:30 a m.. followed by an afternoon ser vice at 3 o’clock and the evening and final service at 8 o’clock. Xhe subject for the afternoon ser mon will be, “The Second Coming of Christ." and at night “The Signs of the Time 3," Mr. Caviness slated today. At last night's service the denom jna’ions sat together in the warehouse to hear the evangelist’s sermon. The evangelist last night said in part: The love of money is the root of all eveil, which while come coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with man y sorrows. 1 Tim’ 6:10. God doth not censure riches, but the desire' to be rich, not money, but the love of money, not riches, but trust in riches. Wealth, within itself may become a great blessing, and certainly there is no eveil therein only as one takes wealth and translates it into eveil. The ‘love of money’ is the root of all eveil. Love (,f one dollar hath just as much power to damm an immor tal soul os doth a million, million dollars. •The sins most.deceitfiil in their in fluences, and more soul destructive in their immediate effects, is not drunk ness. with all of its fearful havoc and borrow and hell. Neither is it gam bling with its crazed devotees and maddened victims. Nor is it harlotry with its hellish orges. But the love of money on the part of man and the love of fashion on the part of wo man constitutes a contribution iof corruption which is more soul dam ming destructive than aH other sins, perhaps. While open vice sends its thousands to a hell of torment and torture, but these fashiohnble and highly favored sins, (in cultured- par lance they might be termed, ‘indul gences.) send their multiplied mil lions to the place of segregation. Hell. Oh; someone remarks, “I do not believe in hell’ Then with like consistency that person should con demn every prison, every convict camp, every gallows, every electric chair Suppose a vile and terrible murder is committed in Henderson, the person guilty of this heinous crim? is sentenced to die in the elec tric chair, would you'abolish your pr.son, destroy yhur- engine' of death, the electric chalir, release this crim inal and give.l him # canfe 'blanche ‘to continue his criminal career, thus in; vjtjng him to enter your home and slay your loved ones? Why society, godless and un-Christianized as it 14, in such a large majority, demands punishment, exacts its toll to the last farthing from the criminal, and then in the same breath denies the right of similar procedure to an outraged God who ha v h‘been*sinned against in superlative degree by those who re ject the blood atonment of Christ Jesus, trample under foot rfis blood covenant and to despite to the grace of God through the Holy Suirit. No crime can compare with the criminal whose love for money hath converted him into a. mean miserly soul, who with eyes of cove'eousness hath looked so long on money that he is blinded and fails to see the Cross of Christ, to appropriate, by grace through fai'h, the eternal salvation wrought out for him through Christ. This criminal is exemplified in Judas, who for love of money became a traitor, a betrayer ,a merchant of blood, who sold Israel's God for thirty pieces of silver. W[ho used his high and holy Posi’ion to traffic with and commer cialize in Divine things. This love of money sears the conscience, incrlists the sou.l wi'h an impeneterable hell of wordliness, debauching the highest and holliest affections, and divorcing the soul from its Saviour. Making me n and women worshipper of self. And while doing all this the poor vic 'i® is allowed by public opinion to bink themselves Christian, provided 'hey have joined a church, while the drunkard, the gambler nor the pros titute is not deceived by such a thought for a moment. The gospel of ’his age is this ‘Money covers a mul -1 ude of sins. Money weaves a robe w hich hides our hypocries, money Purchases power, invests its possessor w >th a scepter more potent than em peror's crown.’ Money defies God and A wove for Him, when He was dead upon the cross, i<s shroud with which hoped to hide His face forever. «ney demands worship from its de- though God hath decreed, thou shall have no other God be °re Me, Money demands slave like evotJon in the face of God’s express ed command. But thou O man of cd flee these things.’ Money pro- Mdpg temptation for God hath declar * that ‘they that will to be rich a ’emp'lation.’ t-lbney is a. d| e for it makes fools of men, °tKy becomes like a flood of waters its devotees in hell. ( hen a man dies the first thing l ? ne a .f.^ s ' ll,su laly, ‘how much did he . ave -’ Well God pity your penur cu-". soul, he left it ali. ‘We brought tai ng int ° lhid world - and is cer ' Tim V^ t - Can carr y nothing out.’ 1 m 1:1, How terrible this desire to. r '. r ' ch really is. ‘They that will be j v’h . m '° ’emp'ation. (that is they ;n1( ° ' VIL ricn) O.Ud o snare, and w. many foolish and hurtful lU3ts, clrown men in destruction and 1 1 Tim. 6:9. roh p e J love of m °ney makes men h Ujd ‘Will a man rob God? Yet a- aavfc robbed Me.' Mai. 8:8. ‘But | Jesus Answers His Adversaries ; ILLUSTRATED SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON . « b, «k. r.t. am* e. b.u Aim r - -1 '-""-'II r-^—c-u» 1 - ■ I— : . . . ' r -' - --"'l' " ' —=r<3 cl wHL ivlt Jesus told the story of the wicked husbandmen to teacH his enemies how wicked they were in planning his death. As the men of the story cast out the son of the vineyard owner and killed him to get the vineyard for. themselves so they were planning to do with God’s Sop. ** - * • Concludes Revival Here Tomorro mm '.' I 'j||L * REV. 11. C. CAVINESS ye say.i whei'eitf have we robbed Thee? in t.thes and offerings.’ Mai. 3:8. Therefore . this love of money hath brought God’s curse upon us as a City > as a State, as a Nation, as a World. ‘Ye are cursed with a curse, for ye have robbed Me, even this whole nation.’ Mai. 3:9. We are com manded. ‘Jaiing ye all the tithes Into the storehouse.’ Mai. 3:10. It is so blessed to know that Christ covets my tithe, the tenth part of every dol lar which He gives me,-that He wa.ts for and wants my gift, and yours. “Consider yoUr ways, ye have sown much and bring i n little, ye eat, but ye have not enough ye drink, but ye are riot fitted with drink; ye clothe ye; but htere is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put into a bag with holes, this said the Lord Os hosts, consider your ways. Why? a aid the Lord of hosts.i Because of mine house that is waste.” (Hag bai 1:5-9. Writte n were these words 520 years before Christ, but Oh; how applicable to this nation today. More wheat in grain elevators of world than ever . before, yet children crying for bread. More cotton and silks, yet more nakedness than in the past of all human history. Corn is being burned for fuel while men die of hunger. More money in the vaults of the bAnkg of the world than ever before in all bamking ytet more poverty among men. Taxes un met, debts Unpaid, millions of unem and mockery-*t)f it all. Why? “Ye ployed, men dying with the madness are cursed with a curse/’ ‘‘The love of money is tihe root of all evil, which will some , .have coveted after they have “pierced themselves through' with many sorrows.” (1 Tim. 6:10) Oh-what an age of sorrow, our streets re-echo with our sobs. W)e have been robbing God, and my friends if we do this, be thou assured that the devil will take his collection. Deny God and He will deny thee. Steal from God and from; you will be stolen What you have. Refuse to place in God’s treasury your gift, and in a little while you will spend all you have, perhaps, on hospital bill funeral expense or devestating fire or earthquake. “Honesty pays” is a mighty old slogan, forgotten in these days, how bitter are the brews which the cup of dishonesty contain. Oh. you say that tithing is the law, not grace. Why my friend long bel fore the law was given, tithing was an institution of God. (Gen. 14:20). Abraham was the world’s first tither, so far as the record discloses, and he wa s the world’s first multi-million aire.’ God prospers those who share with Him th e results of their pros perity. In the 6th chapter of John one finds that loaves and fishes of the little boy were augmented by di vision and multiplied by subtrac tion. “The liberal soul is made fat.” (Prov. 11:25.) Mlserelesness is the thing which impoverishes. Poor, greedy soul, thou who have robbed God shall spend thy eternity in hell’s poor-house. So poor that they can not even afford a drop of water there. The Lord Jesus teaches us .to tithe. “Woe unto you, scribes and hypo crites for ye pay tithe of mint, and anise Jjtt d cummin, and have omitted the weighter matters of the law, judg ment. and mercy and faith, these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.”) Matt. 23:23 Again He saith that except our right eousness exceed that of tihe Pharisee, | who tithed, we shall not be saved, j “For I say unto you, that, except your j righteousness shall exceed the right eousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of Heaven.” (Matt. How terribly solemn, and heart' ar-, rating arg tfeeSe wards, Giving ourj " HENPPCSON, (N.C.LEMLY PBPATC|k BATURDAY, MAY 20, 19811 tithe is not sufficient we must ex ceed that, of course our gifts, will not entitle u s to heaven, but it is a token of our treasures there, ah evidence of our faith, and,, without faith no man shall see God. “Render unto God the things which are God’s-.” Give to Him that which is His, 'and an abundant grace shall provide for thee. “My God shall supply all your needs according to His .riicheS' in glory in Christ Jesus.” - (Phil. ,4:,J.9.) “Joash Day” Will Be Had Tomorrow With M. P. Church What is known as “Joash Day” will bo observed at the First Methodist Protestant Church tomorrow. This day was observed last year with gratifying results and good results are anticipated this time. The idea is taken from-a Bible incident rec orded in II Kings the 12th chapter and in II Chronicles the 24th chap ter. Joash, king of Judah, command ed the'priests to prepare k chest,and place,it at trie entrance of the house of the Lord and the pepple placed their oiffeitings in that until .they had gathered in abundance the money needed with which to repair the house of the Lord. Methodist Protestants are request ed to bring their offerings, tomorrow and place them in a chest, or box pi-e --pred for the purpose. Those who have made pledges to the budget of the church are asked to use their regular envelopes an dto pay qp to dfde mak ing additional contributions as they feel able. Those who have made no pledge are -requested to bring just as large and liberal an offering as they can. The money gathered tomorrow will not be used to repair the church but to pay the regular obligations of the budget. The record in II Chron icles tells us that the people rejoiced as they brought their gifts. May there he rejoicing on the part of God’s peo ple tomorrow as they lay not only their material offerings but their lives as well upon God’s altar. —Re- ported. —”■■ - - - L Christian Church Members To Meet Thera will be a called meeting of the members of the First Christian church tomorrow morning immedi ately after the Sunday school hour it was announced today. It was said that several matters of business im portance to the church are to be discussed, and as many members as possible are asked to be present. Finals To Start Tomorrow Morning With Townsville Finals at Townsville high school will get under way tomorrow with the baccalaureate sermon at 11 a. m. by Rev. I. W. Hughes rector of Holy Innocents Episcopal church of Hen derson. The annual commencement address tq the graduating class will be by Dr. Harold D. Meyer, of the University of North Carolina on Fri day evening, May 26 at 8 o’clock at which time diplomas will he awarded and other prizes and certificates given. -\ The high school play, “I Will, I Won’t,” will be presented in the school auditorium next Wednesday evening, and an all-day gathering with morning and afternoon sessions, will he held on next Thursday in what is to be known as education- day. They came asking - Him if it was lawful to pay tribute to Caesar, hoping to get him in bad with Rome if he said, 1 “No”, and-with the people if he said, “Yes”. But Jesus answered, “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s and to God the things that are God’s”. ? v* ‘ r 1 - . Churches FIRST CHRISTIAN. . v Rev. S. E.. Madren,-pastor. 9:45 a. im . Sunday school, C. D. Newman sußerinendent. 3->.p. in. ;apd 8 p. m. Services at the warehouse in charge of Rev. H. C. Cjaviness, the evangelist. These,'are the olosirig services of the union revival And all members of the church are, uTged to attend. HOLY INNOCENTS EPISCOPAL. •-ReV> I>W/ Hughes, rector. . Rogation Sunday. > • Fifth Sunday After EkStef. I 7:30 a.im! Holy communion. 9;45 a. m. Church .school. , J 10, a.' m. Men’s arid. Women’s Bible classes. 11 a. m..-Morning prayer. 8-p. m,., Evening prayer, and ser mon. » St. John’s' Mission, Nori:h Hender sonj 2 o’clock,* church 'school. FIRST METHODIST. '< RevV D. E. 'Eafrihardt, pastor.’ Sunday school at 9:45 a. m. /WjorshipT service at 11 a.jm., with sermon 'by ’the pastor and special music by the choir. Subject for the morning sermon, “His Masters Voice.” Service in afternoon and at night at the Big Henderson Warehouse. FIRST METHODIST PROTESTANT. Dr. L. W. Gerringer, pastor. 9:45 a. m., Sunday school, C. F. Tankersley, Jr., superintendent. 11 a. m., Worship and preaching. Pastor’s theme: “The Log# of Stew ardship.” “Joash Day” will be observed at this hour and an opportunity given for those who wish to unite with the church. 3 and 8 p. m. Union revival ser vices at warehouse. All are urged to attend these closing services of the revival. SOUTH HENDERSON BAPTIST. Rev. L. B. Reavis, pastor. Sunday school at 9:45 a. m., V. H. Roberson, superintenderit. Peaching at 11 o’clock by the pas tor. B. Y. P. U. at 6:15 p. m., Miss Helen Duke in charge. There will be no evening service. The congregation :is asked to attend the ; union revival meeting. PRESBYTERIAN. Rev. W. C. Cumming, pastor. R. W. Bruin, Sunday school su perintendent. Sunday school at 9:45 a. m., with Bible Classes for men and women. Morning church service 11 a. m. Mrs. B. F. Harris will sing “I Shall Not Pass Again This Way.” The ser mon subject will be,. “Making a Suc cess of the Christian Life.” Mr. Archibald Yow and Miss Francis Woodlief will ply a violin duet. The young people’s society of Chris tian Endeavor will meet at 7 p. m. with Miss Mary Francis Williams as the leader. The services at the warehouse will come' to an end with an afternoon service at 3 p. m. on “The Signs of the Times” and the evening service at 8 p. m. o nthe “Second Coming of Christ. ’’ Come and worship with us. FIRST BAPTIST. Dr. Hugh A. Ellis, pastor. Sunday school meets at 9:45 a. m., with a warm welcome and classes for all ages. Morning worship at 11 a. m. Dr. Hubert M. Poteat, of Wlake Forest, will preach. The choir will sing “The Lord Is Exalted.” Weiss, and “Open Our Eyes,” by MacFarlane. There will be services at the ware house at 3 and 8 p. m. The public is invited to attend. REV. C. RKELLEY IS TO PREACH SUNDAY Rev. C. H. KeHyy, pastor of City Road and White Memorial Methodist churches, will preaoh as usual at City Road tomorrow morning at 11 O’clock it was announced today. He ha 3 -been in Tennessee holding a re vival meeting, which is reported to have had outstanding results, with large attendance and nrxuch interest and many conversions. Mr. Kelly returned Saturday night, he advised, in time to preach the commencement sermon at Stem high school last Sun day morning. The publi cis cordially invited to the Cit yßoad services tomorrow morn ing, the preacher announced. Class To Meet The Men’s Wesley Bible Class of j the First Methodist Episcopal Church j will meet in their class room tomor-! row morning at 9:45 o'clock, it was announced today. All who are not members of some) other class tyro, cordially invited to attend. '' Copyright, 1983, by Central Prbs* Association. Inc. The Sadducees then asked him a question about a woman who had seven husbands. They meant to ridicule the idea of the resurrection. Then came a lawyer with a question about the most important law. Jesus answered saying it was the law of love. GOLDEN TEXT—John 7:45, - Jesus Answers His Adversaries The weekly Sunday school lesson \ j«» ——^—— • - r - j (Die (Soldett ■ 1 \ i!a 7:4(1-—'“Never irian so spoke,” * (The International Uniform Lesson on the above topic for May 21 is Marh; 12:1-44, the Golden Text ..being John 7:46', “Never man so spoke.”) > By DR. ALYIN E. BELL ' : “Never man so spoke,” is our Gold 'en Text. It was the judgment of his foes sent, out to arrest him but them selves arrested and overwhelmed by the power of his words. Nothing tests our -speech like conflict. And that Tuesday of Christ’s last week was the £reat day of conflict in the tem ple between the various groups of his adversaries as one after another as sailed him with some carefully for mulated, question by which they sought “to catch him in his words.” The Political Question They figured that the most likely question on which to catch him and discredit him either with the popu lace or with the powers of Rome was the question “Is it lawful to give tri bute to Caesar or, not?” No question was so loaded with, dynamite as this- And they thqught they had shut him -up t’o a “yes” or “no” answer, where “yes” would at once alienate the throngs who had hailed him as Mes siah with their “Hosannahs” but two days before, and “no” would throw 'him,' liable to the charge of sedition against Caesar, and Rome would take care of him. This was going to be so good that neither the Pharisees or the Herodians, bitter antagonists of one another, would miss sharing tin it. So they forgot their hatred of one another in their mutual and deep er hatred of Christ, and made com mon cause against iChifst in this deadly question, as they regarded it. But Jesus surprised them riot by evading the question but by asking one more fundamental than their own and by which he removd them from the) offensive to the defensive and made them judge themselves. Cail ingjfor a piece of the money in sues tion they promptly produced it from ithejr own purses, for they were ac cepting the benefits of Rome’s gov ernment by using its coinage in their business. Therefore, Jesus answered thats are Caesar’s, and unto God the things that are God’s.” It was a condemnation of their stewardship of money in the realms Os both church and state that left no room for at tack. Following the routing of the Phar isees and Herodians, the Sadducees made their attack with a doctrinal question. They were the skeptical wing of the religious forces of the day. They came with a question which they expected would ffective ly discredit and ridicule the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead. One woman had been married married successively ,to seven , brothers, all of whom ■’ dirid before her, death. Now, if .the dead rise ,let, Jesus explain she should be of the 1 seven. Again,. Jesus did not evade. He judges them ignorant of their own scriptures and of the power of God, for “When they shall rise from the dead they neither marry or are given in mar riage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.” But that the deadr are living still is proven by the fact that long after Abraham’s death, God still calls himself “the God of Abraham.” He is not the God of the dead but of the living. Then ,pame a scribe with the legal question, “What commandment is the As Jesus departed from the temple he observed' how the people made their offerings for the sup-j port of the poor. Among them he noted a poor widow putting in an offering of two mites, 1 amounting to a half penny.- He rated her the biggest giver of all because' she had given of her. poverty all she had. ’ first of air?” There were hundreds of possibilities of going wrong ■on this question, so he thought. .But Jesus selected no pet law of any faction, ibut enunciated the baaic law of. love, but supreme love, of God and man. “Thou shalt, love the Lord thy God with all thy heart (emotionally)., and with all thy soul (spiritually),, and with all thy mind (intellectually), and .with ai tthy strength (actively)*, and thy neighbor as thyself (socially). Having answered all their questions he put to them the leading question, “What think ye of Christ? Whose Son; is he? To this he accepted no answer . which did not acknowledge his deity and. Lordship over David his descendant. t Senior Exercises in Form of Three Act Play “Giants of Fortune” i The senior class of Aycock high school will present it s graduation ex ercises in the school auditorium on Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock, it was announced today by W. D. Poey prin -1 cipal of the school. j The exercises are to be in the form of a play, “Giant of Fortune,” with members of the school assisting. The following program will be pre sented: Act I Processional. Song to Seniors—Junior Class. Response—Senior Class, i ' Salutatory—^Thelma Jones. Tramps—Junior Boys. Class President—Clyde Faulkner. Giftorian —Beulah Robertson. Song to School —'Senior Class. Act II Herald—James Faulkner. Class Spirit—Alyc£ Hoyle. Wisdom—Evelyn Faulkner. Every Student —Melvin Faulkner. Giants—Eighth and Ninth Grade Boys. Tools of Knowledge—-Sixth and Seventh Grade Students. With Ignorance—Theola Faulkner. Grimy Joes—Fourth Grade Boys. Fairy Queen—Esther Robertson. Fairies—First Grade Girls. Crusaders—Sixth and Seventh grade Boys. Grand Master—Wallace Edwards. Tools of Character—Junior and Senior Girls. Alma Mater—Beulah Robertson. Song “Together”—Senior Class. Act Hi Mount Olympus, Country of Gods and Goddesses Apollo—Maurice Newton. Priestess—Marjorie Huff. Goddesses—Junior Girls. Cupid—Jack Edwards. Class Prophet—Dorsey Harris. Testator—Otho Wright. Class Song—Senior Class. Class Mascot—Mildred Hicks. Presentation of Diplomas -Supt. E M. Rollins, Valedictory—Sue Hicks. _ Farewell Song—Senior Class. PAGE THREE '''' '' : J i 1 ' '' % Expectation Is For Quality Crop> More of It and r Better Prices t r • . • ■<> . \ Vs U; ■: ■ vy< , The 1933 tobacco crop for Vance icouhty. .and this section of the State has now practically all been set in the fields,-and in most instance' is repeated off to a good start. Weather conditions have been made more than ordi'rinrily-.favorable .to date, and; if these conditions continue through the growing season, a crop of more than ordinary quality is looked for. Con sequently, the price would be some higher than has been the -case for; several seasons, in the belief of tobacco people. Seasons for the past week or ten days;.'hj£Vo been well nigh ideal for planting. Tnere have been clear days in > which to do the setting in the fields, and rains have followed at night on several occasions, or at least near, enough after plantings, to fur nish sufficient moisture for the young plants to take root. Bluq; mold and flea beetles have been prevalent in the county, but by no means in the proportion of last year . Growers likewise, have had warm temperatures for the rriost phrh, and: have not , had to contend with un seasonably cold weather to kill ihe plants or stunt their growth. A terrific hail storm visited sec tions to the north of this county early in the : week, but crops were not far enough advanced to do serious .dam age,. other than to necessitate replant ing, .'■fiLrid there is yet time for that. Anticipating, the coming seasqn, the Hendersqn market will have five ware houses for the handling of the crop in the fall ,and some tobacco men have guessed the sales on this n\ar ket as high as 25 to-30 million po"unds. Price averages as high as 18 and 20 cents/ 1 for the season are also being gossiped, but this is, of course, pur® speculation. ■; Prospect® of improved oi.tle-tg abroad for cigarette tobacco a.s the jcsult of the shuffling of change-levels together with inflation at homo and promised pick-up in em ployment and. consequent increase in buying power are th e grounds on which the mhr® optimistic ones are basing their hopes for improved prices to the. farmer. On the whole the outlook for to bacco in this section is considered much better than last year. Whether disappointment will be the portion of those who are assaying optimism only time can reveal. Hurls Bride From Car * «*/ . Noble Brown and his bride. Charged with hurling his 19-year old co-ed bride from a speeding automobile, Noble Brown, student at the University cf Missouri, has been held in jail, at Columbia. Brown at first told police bandits had captured them, but when con fronted with his wife’s story, con fessed, giving no motive. The young wife, t auiir.e Sportsman Brown, probably fatally injured, was to become a mother. Thei ffere married is February *