The Aberdare Leader

RESOLVEN MAN'S WILL. Mr. Humphrey Thomas, of Bryn Nedd House, Abergarwed, Resolven, who died on October 25. 1918, left estate of the gross value of £ 1,758, with net person- altv £ 1,715. Probate of his will, dated April 10, 1918, has been granted to Mr. Robert Elias Williams, minister of the Gospel, of Tyla Glas, Resolven. Tes- tator left all his property to his wife. Mrs. Ann Thomas.

THE NEW REVIVAL GOSPEL. Abcraman Chapel Still Crowded. 1 ■ Strange Address by Pastor Jeffreys' Brother. The Abcraman Revival has attracted attention far and in-ide, and oven the London newspapers are sending down special correspondents to the scene of "conflagration," which is the small English Wesleyan Chapel in n side street just below Aberaman Hall. But it can hardly be called a Revival. It is more of a special campaign to push-the' views of the Pentecostals. or Second Adventists, or whatever they call themselves. The speakers appeal to their congregations to fly from tile wrath to come, and to fly literally, too. Christ's second coming is imminent, and those who accept the gospel now 'are insured against all risks, and will be "caught up in the clouds'' to meet Him and be translated to a realm of bliss. Jt does not occur to the evan- gelists who preach this gospel that sane and courageous men and women would rather stick to this old world and help to mend it than desert it. however bad it has become. The meetings are continued every evening. On Tuesday evening the chief speaker was Pastor George Jeffreys, of Belfast, brother to the evangelist, Mr. Stephen Jeffreys, who has been holding forth a.t this chapel during the past month. Pastor George is younger than Stephen, but is a more fluent and cultured English speaker. He spoke very eloquently for 45 min- utes to a crowded audience, a large proportion of which, however, com- prised school children. There were fre- quent cries of "Thank the Lord," "Hallelujah," etc., but on the whole the revival spirit was not so much in evidence as in the previous week. "Bringing in the sheaves," with varia- tions, was Rung over and over again, after which Pastor George Jeffreys de- livered his discourse based on 5th chap- ter of James—a chapter which the devil (the Higher Critics) wanted to expunge, he remarked. Herewith are a few excerpts from his sermon:— I would not be a bit surprised if the Lord came to-night. Thousands of those who have been washed in the blood of the Lamb would be taken up in the twinkling of an eye. His cflmiug will be sudden and si- lent. ShouJd he come there will not be any meeting here to-morrow night. The law of gravitation will not avail when He appears in the clouds. We shall be caught up and translated. Here ia an illustration for you: A number of workpeople are busy work- .ing in a tailor's shop. Some lose their needles, which fall among the remnants of cloth. They do not waste time looking for those needles, but take fresh ones. The caretaker comes in the evening with a magnet, and the needles are caught up by it, but the i-emn,ints, remain. The needles repre- sent the living Christians, and the remnants are the unconverted. "When the Lord voines we shall be caught up to meet him in the air. The magnet that is in Him will be in us who are converted. What about the others? Oh, this evil world will be evil indeed when every ChristiaH has gone; when the Holy Ghost has withdrawn from it the atmosphere will be very cold. No Holy GhOAt. no revival meeting. The Gospel of Jesus Christ will not be preached", but that of Anti-Christ. I believe that Anti-Christ has al- ready been born. He had a miraculous birth like Christ, who had no human father. The Holy Ghost begat Jesus, but Satan is the father of Anti-Christ. Signs are not wanting that all these things are about to come to pass. The nwfnl sins that prevailed just before the Flood prevail in every part *of the civilised globe to-day. The world is on the tip-toe of expec- tation. Not only the living who are converted shall meet Him, but the "dead in Christ shall rise first." What a wonderful day it will be in the Cemeteries and Graveyards when all those sleeping in Christ shall arise with a mightier power. Nothing is .aid about the unsaved; nothing about the resurrection of the damned. Whoa Jesus comes he comes for the dead in Christ. The saints of the old Revivals will be raised. We that are alive shall not taste death." Pastor Stephen Jeffreys added a few won\< and it was pointed out that the movement was spreading all over the world, and was taking possession of thousands of people. He invited persons in the congrega- tion to go to the private room, and a few wont while the hymn, "Jesu, lover of my Solil." was sung.

CWMDARE NOTES. BY RAFFLES. Who were the pair that recently at- tended the "Dickens Recital" and had a dickens of a wetting before they reached home? Raffles known. Where are the iocal Pussyfoots? They were badly needed at the recent dance. Some of the lady visitors were imbibing forbidden liquid. Mary illizafcelii Ann's birthday was remembered fast week, but wisely her age was forgotten.. The present indi- cated something interesting about Xmas time. j Who was the pulpiteer seen cutting cabbages on a recent Sunday? Raffles I knows. ¡ Dai has moved a little lower to the de- light of the neighbours. He hasn't got low enough yet., .so they say. low enough yet.0 they say. It was very bad form of Jack the other evening to tender a pound note for a pennyworth of chips. He didn't say "keep the change." Popcorn is studying for the bar-at the local pub.

Nan: "Did you notice how dreadfully that piano needed tuning?" Fan: "Why, no. dear; I thought it harmon- iscd perfectly with your voice." i I

LOCAL CHATTER. BY THE CHATTERBOX Oh religion, what awful things are perpejtratod and what arrant nonsense is uttered in thy name! This is the feeling that grows upon one after at- tendance at two or three of the "He- viva!" meetings at Aberaman. The promoters have an elaborate theory, which they can prove to the hilt, so they say, from verses scattered all over Holy Writ. Their theory is this: The world has degenerated to such a hopeless extent that nothing can save it. Christ is coming; he may come any moment, to- day, to-morrow or next week, at any rate not later than Christmas one would gather from the tone of the speakers. He is coming, however, not to save the world, hut to convey all the genuine Christian people—the con- verts to Second Adventism—away bodily, alive, to the skies somewhere, and leave the rest of us to stew in our own sour juice. This is a gospel for cowards. What father or mother would fly away and leave his or her children, who might not be "saved," to wallow in a god- less, Holy sr, world, under the rule of some Anti Christ, who accord- ing to the speakers, has already ar- rived, having had, like Christ, a super- natural birth P It is the rats that desert the ship: when it is in peril of sinking. Brave men struggle on till the end; they' work loyally and strenuously while there is hope of saving the vessel. But this gospel of the. new Revivalists teaches the very opposite. It would take away from this earth all the saints and leave the sinners to wallow j in'the mud of despair, without pity, and without hope. Surely this is not i what we have been accustomed to be- lieve the Gospel of Christ to be; the Christ who displayed while on earth such solicitude for the poor, the out- cast and the fallen. j The people who have become converts to this doctrine cannot really have understood the real purport of these [ men's mission. They have been fas-j ciliated by the repeated use of the name of Christ without having compre- hended the indignity which the evan- j gelists heap upon his name. It is easy enough to compound any theory, by j picking out verses of Scripture here and there, and tying them in a string, when as a matter of fact they have no relation at all to each other, and have no application to the present day. What would Testis do if he came? Hardly what these evangelists say he would do. Would he be afraid of sOIl- ing his feet upon this earth? Would he halt in the clouds and simply draw up to him the religious mathematicians who happen to be correct in the guess- ing competition as to the date of his second coming? Would he hold him- self aloof from the poor, the needy, the sick, the ignorant, the sinner r If Jesus is the same yesterday, to-day and for ever, he would do no such thimg.

THE ABERCWMBOI CINEMA. An excellent bill of fare is the rule at the above Cinema, but the one for next weeks beats all records. There is a com- bination of a very high order, and crowded houses are assured. On Mon- day and Tuesday, "fhe Honeymoon," featuring Constance Talmadge, will be a great attraction. It is a drama full of sensation, laughter and jealousy. "Cir- cus King," w_itli Eddie Polo, is still a great favourite. Charlie Chaplin will make his appearance once more. Also Pathe's Gasette. Thursday and Saturday "The Ruler of the Road," another cap- ital picture, featuring Frank Keenan. "Fatty Arbuckle- in Love" will make the patrons laugh and grow fat. Another episode of the popular serial, "The Double (oss," and travel pictures, Readers ara advised to make certain of seats, as with such a programme, the accommodation will be taxed to its ut- most The children are asked not to forget the matinee on Saturday.

ASERCWtvIS01 JOTTINGS. BY SYLVAN US. Six months or more ago a committee was elected with the object of start- | ing a Memorial Fund, and to erect a monument for our gallant heroes who have fallen. Since then nothing has been done, and many, especially rela- tives and friends of our comrades, won- j dor what can be the matter. I am vei y much afraid that our sympathy is like some books—once read it is thrown aside and we turn our attention to something else. So in the above case. Now that the war is over we have such a tot of other matters to contend with that we are unconsciously forgetting to do the one great thing entrusted to us. LshaN not soon forget the great day at the Workmen's Hall/ on May 1st last, when we welcomed our boys home, and when we pledged ourselves to honour the dead. At that meeting members of i the Discharged Sailors and Soldiers pro- mised to assist the committee to carry on the work. "í The Aberewmboi Branch of the D.S. & S. is looked upon as one of the strongest in South Wales, so the com- mittee could surely rely upon help there. Who, therefore, is to blame? I am sure it is not the secretary's fault, as lie has on several occasions called the committee together without any response. Now that the winter months are upon vis, perhaps the committee will pardon Syivanus for asking them to convene a meeting and start afresh, so that Aberewmboi, which had the hon- our of being the first place to form a welcome home fund, shall not be th6 last to honour the dead. M I

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