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A SERMON TOYOUNG PEOPLE
Bev. H. M. Whaling at the McXee Street Methodist Church Explain-
ed Several Practical Examples of Planting Good
Seed in Good Ground.
Rev. H. M. Whalinje
Ftreet Methodist c'.uri
mon to y 'linjr poi 'o :
he explained to th m
examples of planting
ground.
i McKoe
rtd a net-
!a :n which
r:i' .Tactical
pt-ol on pood
The ?crmon wt v.
of the school chih
Whallnjr toM !hm h-
mind
it
::0 f hrls-
ttans by uslr.p their p.-ners
fcicmorv con i.Tu-e :.ru: a
He took f-r Ms tt-x: :
;uisr. g from
Luke:
"And other (peel- frl" cr. prr-M ground
and 0pr&n up and har f-u:t an hun ired
aid. Tlze st-t :! is the .ni of
God. Thf R-'l ground are they
which In an h or. est and g-od heart having-
hrard the word ket-p It and trlng
forth fruit with jartence."'
It la a plens'ir- if ra'k to Vys and fr:rl
.bout re!!:-n Ty rv interested
Comet. me ;:ti frooff as 1 s-t.k f t
Claim but cMIdrt-n are attnu'tpiny
beautifnl stories trorn the Bible. They
respond aiadly to the truth that God la
their KaUr. and readily accept the
tnlracles asd authority of Christ.
If any parent thinks his fc-year-old ta
too yourir to be a Ohnstian. and to1 ini-
toarure to understand. I ack that paxvnt
lo tell hU e.-sn the story of Jes-us The
flellfht the little fellow take? tr. the nar-
rative ahowr he is re-ady tn gin the re-
ligloua life. Now how can the child main-
tain h!s reliirlon? What does Jesup
Christ our Ird expect of boys and girls
who believe In Him"
Tha answer ts sow fjvd seed In good
liearts .oed seel is the word of ;od.
The word of God Is truth (mm God. The
Mod Is the truth as Go-1 has made tt
known to men. As an exar:r e. this Is
a good seed. Blessed ar tr.e pure In
heart for tiiey shall see G-M let a man
plant that word of God in his hear: and
keep It so that It bears fruit a hundred-
fold then the life of thai man w.ll b
acceptable to God who spoke the word.
Having that word of God m the heart
the maji will have God hunaelf in his
heart.
Tha Bfble Is full of seed but th seed
must be sown in good hearts. If it ts
own In shallow hearts it may spring up.
but will wither away before fru;t Is
borne. And ihe m1 seed m' be plant-
ed In a he.rt and spring up: but if ;t is
chokeii by th rr.s it can r.ot lar fruit
and God is not pleased The od seed
must be sown in a g h-1 and honrst he.irt
A gfvi htrt is a lieart teat hars and
receive . and keeps the goo-i eeeii. It Is
a heart thai has high auns and Is gen-
erously ilc. ied to tnse aims.
Where can I find gkod he--:s In which
to plant these seed FtAch hetrer t ::is
morning rr.us: answer for. his own he;i-rt.
Is your her: g --od ground m which to
sow g.. -i si i i is i the war tu tell
As you hir
rd.
Hlessed are
want to he
the pure :n !
pure in heart
the chur n t
toraorr.'w w;-
carefully ir. :
not a!h w an;
side t h g . i
itnd wat- :i a:
has sprung u
words ar.'l i 1 1.'
lng? Thon :
th-re i r
II ye m
1 var. 't
do
;i y.iu gn away frm
me and y..ur sc:.xt
god see i plante!
art'. And wl.l you
::; ure to grow al ng
A n d wil ! you wa ; t
until t:.e g.-ei S'ed
b- rne fruit in pure
. v.r t
ur !
pray
and
e thoug:.
i (ar. r
r 'A a v
and clean llv-
oi j man. and
"hr.st says:
lenis
S' tnt- oi i he t s t;a ir.g. " I don't see
h..-w I oar. plant the in n:y life."
Menv-ry. H re is r- way of 'doing it.
Have y--u ; -ys merr..-nes? Yu tomn-.it
words t memory f y ur teacher. You
MlttMt StSSSMttmsSM
First Peoples
' Pulpit Lecture
A. H. McMillan of Brooklyn
Delivered His Great Lecture on
the Topic "Has Christ's Mis-
sion to World Been a Failure ?"
A crowded house greeted the people'!
pnlpit lecturer. A. IL JIcMillane of
frooUrs. who ave hie great leciure on
th topic. "Hes Cbrlft'e Mission to the
"World Been a Failure" at Old Fellows'
SiaU on Milam street and Ruj'k avenue
laat night.
Taking the positive side of the question
The apeaker showed that from an earrhlr
Viewpoint the Lord's accomplishments
liter been anything tut a riccess. He
aid th present population of rarth Is es-
timated at about sixteen 1 un lrtrl mil-
lion and only about four r. jndre'l mll-
Uen of these are even nominally ''hrift-
lana even so far lackir.p th Lor.l'i
aplrlt as to be spending must of the rev-
nnes of the gOTernmems In the minu-
4actur and malctetiance of Urtadnauehts
land other Instruments of war for ir.tTde-
iructioc of each other.
A the Lord pictured the religious
Jews as being greater sinr-rs than Lh
Sodomites. su t!.. nominal Christian mas
I resisting m-rt- lignt anJ know -oee
and failing to i u;. to ti;. :.- Christian
privileges vr ir.ar. tr.e tw-!e j.ur.Jred
million of heath-n Hut il:? 1 not alL
The bst a-jthorlttes estlmats that
bout twenty t i l; i;- ... ; ;. have
IlTed since Aoar.. ;. i ..-n y 'r.-jse living in
Europe and Am-r. a. -.v'.ti.-.a ti e past
one nunnr-ii ars :.v. t-i a c.ass. had
the iibe in t.'.eir
to read it. for ger.
masses and the la
i. the ability
'rtuiation of the
Ii:''!e-d:stributlnf
the nlnc-
octettes were unkrwr.
teenth century.
The creeds of hrlst'
prominent anu.r :
what has become ..f :r.
have died without 1 av.:.
by Christ? The Ca v;:..r
the all-knowirn; c .
small :a.- ;:.- i-r.a;v
heirship vr':' ":.r:v. ar..
predestinate! ah t-
elect" ! hi .'.-rr.:'. :
Tiew n.a::if;'-s 'o(j s
travesty on :o fa.a
The ..the:. Ar::. .
that ij.d hss a: the tin.
He C'.u.d to
mairr.'.fi. f )'-.-. li-
ability a. in-ii::.-i.
tan s i-.-Aer. T:.. ;.-..
factory to w.th t'.- . a ;
rather t.-.an acknow .
ion h;i. been u .
dmoti!: a. to !as .;
Upor. to M.i j o
i'ton. t.. ... -rim .r.
Point.-i nut !.r-
Ilis ll.o. .!;!:.. and .
iorn give two
r iue.-tion of
1 . i ons wno
n r.-aclied
' .-' is that
'.mated a
-rna: Joint-;L-s-i
by or
"-ai..i "not!-
t...r:ure. This
r but is a
v.. w. claims
' ilonjc all
It L-r-a-iv
i : ' :.r .s iod 3
I- 'v:t:: sa-ar-
::r.sa-i-t-'l
art. and
1 'l.nst ms.
".i: f. I
i o w r. word
-M m:i:e.i
Wsht
' hat: urni.r. view
afsjier
t.a-t in- .arth
'aven
Word
HI
a. return unto II. : ..;(
hall a
ar.d pr is
unto :t
has ne
the w o: .
dven: i
1 ' - mat w : . ; f
m . - : : e ti.-ng ;.
pie
re-
1 1
-' rt H;s word to or-
' it 'hat pnor to CJ.ri.-t - ''
v i r .r.iii-(ln. .j
mor.K t:... J. iv . lhls"e f '
dtenejt .. 3inr.p rh f
f '.IT- a !"Pn "'-vtlng th.- .;u
of the K.. ...t f a) na ;-u
He showed t at . le. tions ar- not f
WT "f tor hies
"a o- r - j. v l ist
-Btste and national ffi. ers
v-s-i"K i:;op wr ..v. f
" "ur I'll. . 1 1 i i w ; . 1 1
ar- eJei-ic-i I trials ainl w
rf P iMriW t.. ! iilllor t i. I
elect l.v ti . i." 'r"".""' 8l! 'he n. at-.s In l th" blessed memories of his
jj hoi ' ''' Vr'. "" "' Bf1 tow. ! v"uh :" t" visions f youth become
ih-i" .V ; v op'" a" h I " scnes faih "f ripened manhood.
Gods ktn.t.J. billions lies In i ld age Is the harvest of all the years
Kl ''r i "h Ve "Thy gone before
llom come thy -will be done (by this I "Tlie Lord la my shepherd." A Terr
n n i). . ... '
learn the golden text by heart. Tou
learn some vcrsea and can say them
without looking at the book Tou plant
the words in your memory. Suppose you
plant in your memories this word of God
Vi.ildreri obey your parents in the
Ird." If you take that saying Into your
memory and faten it there it will ho
! like good seed sowed in good ground it
will bear fruit alxty and a hundredfold
Kut some boy will say "That's too
hard That means I must oWy mother
tjult kly whMi she speaJcg. That means
i must give up to sister " Kven so. It
-VfTlcult for a boy always to be obe-
dient and considerate. But unless the
boy keeps the word he hears unless he
lives bv it. the seed will no; Kar a hun-
dredfold h.irvest
nsdence There is another way
hoys can sow g. seed ir go.M hearts.
Bo s have consciences 1 fin. I that thev
have a keen sense of right They are
very quick to show that hoy ex pi c
grown-up folks to do what is right
Esthers ought not to wain rareles'.v
before their sons for often a h- y l ariH
that Gid'a laws can be b""k r. by se!:.
a father break them ".:rls dor. t every
time do what la right but they are sur-
prised when they find mother doing what
Is manifestly wrong Boys and girls
know that they oi.ght to choose right
and reject wrong
Now. plan i there this saying. "Thou
Shalt love the Lord thy God. w tth all
thy heart and thy neighbor
as thyself" That's a go.wl sed. a word
of God. You hear it: do you accept It?
"Will yvu keep it? 1'lant it in your heart
and never break the command. Then
it win be like g hhI seed and will spring
up and bear wonderful frutt sixty and
a hundredfold.
.pirutions. Boys and girls young
men and women are always looking for-
ward. Boys are considering what thy
will do when they are grown up. Tomo
rrow is a great time with all of us To-
morrow is (rod's day. He is making It
now There is in the heart of the dull-
est of us a desire to be ready to live
w r.!h in the new days when they
x re Now plant a good seed iti the
m is: of these hopes This ts the word
of G.d. "eek first the kingdom of G d
and H1i righteousness and all these
t' ings i-hall be aided unto you '" lVr.'t
ST-H i yoj- time and energies on t hires
x s-r.se. seek G.xl's kingdom realise
r'chteousness. and then everything will
be secured. Th future can "have noth-
ing to alarm. r.- evil ran happen that
shall not be made a means of good. To
trutft God Is to believe that mfinjte
rl iiteousr.c rar nvf r How The right-
eous to suffer any real or -iltima: wroj.g.
Plant that eed m the n'.idt of h urr.an
hopes and when It has borne fruit the
harvest will be splendid
The Bible is full of good sed: the
hunmn heart has many helds m which
tho seed can be so-ved. How may the
harvest be assured T
i sed sowed on uncultivated
ground will not bear fruit ur.e of the
very best seeds to ow :n the heart one
of the finest words in ail God s N-k is
the beatitude. "Blessed are the pure la
hart. for they shall see God" As fine
as that seed ts. it can bring no sixty
or hundredfold increase unless It is sown
in a good and honest heart.
' -r. if there should be a good seed and
a good sp t in the heart there will be
no harvest if the cares of the world
choke out the g od see l. The good seed
must be sowed id a g"Ud and honest heart
and It must be wa toned wv h pat if nee.
So that it clearly follows If this morning
th- re is in your heart no rich harvest of
di .-me truth and noMe character the
faint Is y.urs for g-d seed sowed Itf a
e -d ar.d hones: hea-t. and wi.tohed with
patience will Inevitably produce a grtat
harvest.
The wrrd must be heard and received
an i kept and the growth cf It must be
watched with patience.
t lStf MSSMSttS fSftttf Ml
I r.nn-ele. t rlassi on earth" durln the
pr..at ae now beintr ushered In wherein
the elect I'luss if the old dispensation
ill be as the psalmist says "prince
In all the earth ' and the elect cla. or
church of this csi-l ate will be "klnes
ai.d priests 'jruo iod and shall relsn with
him a thousand years."
Thus these heavenly kings with our
Favlor as ' King of Kings" and the
"princes In all the earth" will so bles
and uplift all humanity as to bring about
the "restoration of all thlngE whi.-h lod
has spoken by the mouth of all His holr
prophets sin-e the "w orld began " the glo-
rious ume wherein Instead of there belr.sr
tut a few acres with only one perfect
Alam and Eve. there will be nearlv
twenty billions o restored perfect human
beings and the "desert shall so rejoice
and blossom as rose" that the whole earth
will become "like the liarden of Eden"
all because the "knowledge of the I.ord
shall cover the earth as the waters cover
the sea ' ocean deep and "the ransomed
Oiuman racei shall return and come to
Zlon with songs and everlasting Joy" by
walking up that "highway (of righteous-
ness i wherein the wayfaring man though
a fool shall not err" for "all shall know
the Lord from the least to the greatest "
He showed how the parable of the
sheep and goats pictured all the wicked
and incorrigible beings sifted out in thnt
great time of universal enlightenment
and how this goat class would then be
itterly destroyed In the second death
from which there would be no resurrec-
tion. Beside the
Still Waters
Rev. John L Williams Spoke
Yesterday on the Christian's
Need of the Twenty-Third
Psalm.
P.ev John L Williams In his sermon at
the Washington Street Methodist church
yesterday used the Twenty-third Psalm
as his text and spoke of the Christian's
need of the psalm as a guide and com-
fort for his earthly sojourn. He said:
How mu. h poorer the world would
be if the Twenty-third Psalra had never
been written. Think what a ministry this
psalm has been for 3000 years. It is the
poor man s p"alrr. it Is the rich man's
psalm; it is the well man's psalm and it
is the sick man s palm. In fact H Is the
trust of all tie psalms of life. It's the
' hilaien s psalm it being oten the first
wotds of scripture learned at mother's
knee; It 16 the old people's psalm re-pt-iteii
often with ruieri:.g voioe by the
old saints as the nlt;nt lumee on.
I know of nothing in all our literature
iust like it. To compose any sweet hymn
or .u yuan song which lives tu sing its
life in' o the hearts of the people is a
t:at thing. It is a noble privilege. To
be able to write "P.ock of Ages." "Jesus.
!.oer of Mv Soul" "Nearer Mv God to
Ti.ee." or "Abide With Me." would be
a very Kreat honor but oh the delight of
cnpopiug su h a marvelous and wonrler-
f .1 H ire as ti e Twenty-third Psalm.
The psalm w :e not written In the early
yo th of I'avid when he was a shepherd
:o;. .it Utihh : em as some have sup-
T' "s b-jt In the more mature years of
i i" l.fe The ieriod at which the psalm
was w num was perhaps very late In
lite T'..- psKlm emphatically tells of ex-
tnr . . rf s-rijgis f tongi 0f pa)n
i.nd f r.w. and of very dark valleys
pnsse.j ihronEh
'ita.n!v it i.- the experience of a very
oas oeen tei through many
o has tasted full many a
tut tne psalmist encomor-
The Blessed Hope of Christ's
Subject of an Interesting Sermon
Rev. W. L. Munhall In his sermon at
Ft. Paul's Methodist church yesterday
morning took as his te-xt the Scripture
reading. "Looking for that blessed hope
and glorious appearing of the great God
and our Savior Jesus Christ."
After his preliminary remarks he
said:
Christ will surely come In physical
body. The same Christ who was ..-born
of Mary grew to manhood suffered
death on the cross and rose again the
third day.
I-ove is a bird of passage and faith
and hope are the wings by which It
Ilies A bird can not fly with one wing
and we too often have tried to make this
bird reach the heaven bv the one wing
of faith. You have heard twelve ser-
mons on faith to where you have heard
one on hope.
It's through faith In His shed blood.
that we are reconciled to Him and then
our privilege to turn our faces rejoicing
in hope to His coming again.
You remember the disciples renin:?"!
from the ascension In Joy because the
two men In w hite appeared and told th in
He was coming again In like manner.
He is coming to assert His r-.-g-.il rights
some day. and so concerning this hope
this morning I want von to tblni a
while. The hope that's set before us
isn't that you become Methodists al-
though some of you think bo
This same Jesus which you see k; will
come In like manner. The coining is t:-.e
hope 1 want to emphasize in three was.
Klrst Jesus Is coming back. You be-
lieve He was on this earth onee he-mso
the Bible says so You'd be an tiirkiel
If vou didn't. You believe He Is not
here now personally: that He i ven r v
Is at the Father's right Km I as hUu
friest. You believe that lie is c.iming
baes again because the Ibi it. sa s so
It 1. is iire to s v about His second
coming than His first.
As none of you are Infidels we will
assume that you believe He will cme
again and dw ell a mom; men.
Seeond. namelv. this c-.:ui:is Is a per-
sonal real coming "I'nis jj'ne Jesus
which you have seen go into ':e.ien will
surelv com-." A real personal ret-.rn in
the erv same ho.lv born of Mj-y an I
that grew Into n::inhood.
I've heard It said He had reference to
going away ihree days ar.i has he. n with
us since. It s absurd. I'veryCung. writ-
ten in t ie Scriptures was written after
the ascension.
We are toid nla!nly that great seismic
charg.-s win takt place uf.d that the h lv
dead will be ru.sed. He has j. een.e b. -cause
ires- tlnnt.-"- I.ave not occurred.
The holy spirit la.ne a: l'fntecost.
Now- we se therefore by th-- S.-i'.cnros
that he l.as r.ot co;i:e. but is at t1. ihrone
of tewl . ur high priest an I mediator
A spiritual coniing is no coming at all.
Conerntng tins t.-ndencv .f the ehureh
In maktr.c everything spiritual you wipe
out the eTeoPvene.ss
Third watch "Ye know neither the
day nor tlie hour when the Son of M;m
Cometh." Many peoi.le jump at conclu-
sions and d.eide II. is U i-tc .it a c r-
taln time and when He iiln't come lie-
tided He would r.ot c 'ir.c at all.
The Lord win come in spite of ail this
foolishness and tliert fore you are com-
manded to watch: rave your sandals on.
see
I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes Unto the Hills
Eev. F. R. Marsh at the First Congressional Church Spoke on the Help of the Hills.
Rev. F R. Marsh pastor of the First
Congrogatbmal chun h. spoke yes'erday
on the Help of the Hills" and spoke
frcm the text "1 i I lift up mine eyes
unto the hills from whence cometh my
help. My help cometh from the Lord
which made heaven and earth." He said:
Looking for help the traditional set-
ting of the text is the picture of a pil-
grim on his Journey to the city of his
Gcd. The path is long and dreary the
way beset by a thousand perils the night
filled with a thousand terrors. Life with
Its parching w.nds of the deserts and its
raging torrents of the mountains. is one
continuous struggle to the end. I'p to the
eternal hills thai r:m the horizon of their
little world upward and onward and be-
yond to the great God who made the
heaven and the earth pilgrims lift their
eyes In ior.gir.g and rai.-e their hearts in
prayer. History is filled with many spe-
cific Instances of human frailty yearn-
ing thus for divine strength and compan-
ionship. Looking for relief. No picture of the
wistful watcher is more picturesque than
that 'if Klijah and his servant on the
heights of Cannel Great famine bad
been in the land because of a drouth for
three years and a half. Looking not to
the hills but stationed on the hill the
prophet fell to earth In supplication to
his God. until the servant gazing sea-
ward saw the coming storm.
Looking lor deliverance. Isaiah pic-
tured the watchman standing on the
heights. I'oep down in the valley ring-
ing through the mists and shadows
comes the oft repeated cry': "Watchman.-
what of the night?" Peering over the
terraced hills he sees the glimmer of the
dawn and calls the message of his hope:
"The day dawns."
Looking for deliverance Dramatic In
English verse is the picture of Knoch
Arden on his desert Island:
"As ddwn the shore he ranged or all day
long
Sat often In the seaward gazing gorge
A shipwrecked sal'or waiting for a sail.
No sail from day to day but every day
The sunrUe broken Into scarlet shafts
Among ti:e palms and ferns and preci-
pices; The blaze upon the waters w the east.
The blaze upon his island overhead.
The blaze upon the waters to the west.
Then the great stars that globed them-
selves in heaven;
The hollower. bellowing ootan and again
The scarlet shafts of sunrise but no sail."
Looking for victory. Nothing In ail lit-
erature Is grander than the opening scene
IIMMtStWSsSSS
homely name for God you would say-
shepherd. What a wonderful and vivid
picture is this! God ihe good shepherd
pu'tlng into this Illustration all the re-
sources of the years gone by as he had
learned tho lessons of His keeping from a
long life of service.
Yet strange t. say a thousand years
later Jesus our Lord when He would
leave with His disciples a revelation of
His love and care for His own called
Himself by that homely name shepherd
the good shepherd. "He calleth His own
shof p by name and leadeth them out."
When He putteth forth His own He
goeth beore them and the sheep follow
llim for they know His voice. 1 am the
Good Shepherd. The GHd Shepherd lay-
etb down His life for the sheep. I am the
Good Shepherd and I kpow mine own
and mine own know me '
It is wonderful the first assurance of
this psalm. I shall not want. It Is lm-
possibie to define or limit the word. It
includes all spiritual wants as well as all
temporal wants. St. Paul puts it: "But
my God shall supply all your needs
through the riches of His glory In Christ
Jesus our Lord."
i iur Iird the Master said: First seek
the kingdom of God and His righteous-
ness and all these things shall be added
unto you." We need only have one care
--put first things first faithfulness to
God. Then all else we need for both
worlds will be supplied.
Let us notice in the next place David's
grounds for hi confidenct in God. The
DeliTered Teterdy Morning by IUt. W. L Mnnlill at St Panl'i
WUIWUIt VUU1UU.
"How knowest thou that He will delay T
Oh set Him not a time. Look for Him
evary hour.'" John Wesley.
Suposa He were to come this minute
are you ready?
Some of His people who are off In auto
what would they think If He should
come now. He may come at any time.
There are the other things I want to
pat on my text. Whatever you desire In
the future.
There will be no resurreotlon of holjr
dead till He comes. We who are alive
w ill be caught Into the air to meet Hlin
but will not precede the holy dead.
It may be some woman in the audience
met In her youth a strong manly young
fallow married him and after years of
lifXtogeiher laid nlm away. Won t you
be glad to see him when our Master Com-
eth? We shall appear with Him In glory.
The JJIble says Elijah was taken Into
heaven and Jesus said "No man hath
ascended into heaven. There are more
thun one heaven. Paul said he had been
caught and carried to a third heaven.
Jesus said "I go to prepare a place for
ou.
Now by your desire to meet your
loved ones that trusted In Christ doe
the coming of Christ become that
blessed hope.
There la no record for what services
we have performed here to His glory
till His second coming. Paul suffered
more than any. save his Master for th
truth's sake.
"I've fought a s;od fight." he said
I never read these words without pray-
ing. Oh God help me to fight a good
f iht I You that have been fighting a
good while don't faint on the way you
will still have service to perform or you
would not be here still. Mon't become
discouraged. Prove yourselv es that you
may Indeed awaken to the responsibili-
ties that aro yours.
"I've kept the faith " Particularly in
the church we should protect tne faith.
So. therefore be steadfast immovable.
Henceforth there Is laid up 'or me a
crown o righteousness in that grtat day.
Paul has. not bis crown yet. and no saint
will get his crown till the Son of lod is
crowned.
Therefore see to It that no nan say he
wears a crown. What Paul did. Is to-
day of greater Influence than the day
he lived. Therefore when his work Is
finished he will have his crown. The
crowning day Is when the King cometh.
therefore by your desire docs the com-
ing of Christ mean that blessed hope.
If ou're going to n pleasure-seeking
a storm would not keep . :. nor would
it k. ep you from church if you had this
great hope.
Some of you say. If I had money. If
I had eloquence I'd give it to God.
Jus; talking that way'
John Newton a pirate w-ns converted
In God and gave himself to preaching
His word. Newton was t! moAns of
converting Scott one of the greatest
commentators on the Uihle Scott
Cow per. Wllberforce: and G.hI only
knows where this stream of Influence
Bill Stop.
This Influence probab'y started with
the widowed mother who raised her son
teaching him the fear ar.d admonition
f the Lord th.-n Hfter she was dead
-: d forgotten God brought her son to
repentance.
Sh.. never went to a convention never
was a n. ember of a church but when
at the coronation you get a crowjfi ilka
of the Agamemnon of Aeschylus. For ten
lor.g years a solitary watchman on the
to r has held nightly vigil looking for
th- b. a. n fires that are to announce
t.v :.ue of lllion now ten years looking
pas- he see them blase at last. Or see
t'olumbus and his crew Intently watching
for the first sight of land. Again and
aga.n their cloud-built hopes have faded
and fancied lands have melted into toss-
ing seas. That last eening Columbus
took las station maintaining still his un-
remitting watch. Night deepened. Winds
moaned. Waves n ared. Stars rose and
set Near midnight he thought he could
see a light glimmering through the mists.
That tiny forest campflre was the dawn-
ing of a rew day for a world of Ignorance
and superstition.
Kwry human life is a pilgrimage of
hope to the land of fulfillment. The
geography of cur existence Is filled with
deserts of temptation seas of sickness
mountains of trouble valleys of trial
and bounded at the last by the river of
death. In the time of need one may look
for help to powers below him or around
him. Conies temptation. You have
formed a habit from whose tentacles you
are struggling to escape. You mav turn
to men and there is some help In their
council and their sympathy. You get
prescriptions and mix drugs and find In
opiates a temporary relief from the crav-
ings of unsatisfied desire. But It Is only
temporary It is not the help of the
hills. It can never lead capitlvity cap-
tive. It soothes but does not slay the
enemy. It relieves but does not rescue
the weary. It Is the help of the lowlands
of life.
Comes trouble. You may rush to ex-
citement plunge In dissipation wander
In travel become absorbed In business
seek refuge In solitude or wait In grim
resolution for time to bring relief. Comes
sickness and pa n. "Grin and bear It"
say the stoh s. "Hun from It" say the
cowards. But last of all comes death
stealthy poacher of human happiness.
"Kat. drtn and be merrv for tomorrow
we die." the whole loaf of comfort which
a w orld can jdfer in the crisis of our ex-
istence. But granted that some help comes from
the lovelands. mans true help comes
from the highest. Tomes from the high-
est in man. It is tie mind that helps the
body It takes something higher than
the reason alone to help man bear sor-
row resist temptation destroy sin and
ultimately achieve Ictory. Every ele-
vator must be fast-ned to a point higher
than that to which it rises. Every man
who rises must be lif'ed by a power supe-
rior to himself. ( 'onsequentlv we are
called upon to look at the unseen but
real looking often bv faith. Elsewhere
the apostle speaks f looking to Jesus.
And the truest help is not found In sim-
ple contemplation of the high the noble
..
Lord is my shepherd and therefore I shall
not want. David was a great king and
mighty conqueror Nation after nation
had submitted to him and now the whole
eastern country was at his feet.
His confidence was In something se-
curer than money or power. He declares
"The Lord is my shepherd I shall not
want." To have God Is better than to
have all the world without God. The
world passeii away but tbe word of God
abideth fo.-efffer. Blessed Is every one
who can say: "The Lord Is -my shep-
herd I shall not want. He leadeth me
beside the still wateis. He reetoreth my
soul; He guldeth me In the paths of
righteousness for His name's sake."
Yea. though I walk through the valley
and shadow (f death. I will fear no evil
for thou art with me: Thou preparest a
table before me In the presence af mine
enemies: Thou bast anointed my head
with oil. mv cup runneth over.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow
me all t o days of my life: And I will
dwell In the house of the Lord forever.
Se must c ommit our way to Him with
absolute ooiipdenoe and unquestioning
faith following His guidance sweetly
wherever He may lake ug.
' surely goodness and mercy shall fol-
low me ail the dafs of my life and T
woU dwell in the house of tha Lord
forev r " This reads like a line out of
an in.;..- life i heaven. Can that pos-
siiily mean here in this world? Surely
? iVS "' '0 t' dream of life. No It I
u7 mi ui laim ana trust in in world.
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Second
th on laid up (or her you wfU hT
great reward. '
Train your child In th way h should
?o and when he is old he will not depart
rom It He may depart whan he's young
and hasn't any better ssaie. but if th
training la true to Him when he U old
old he will turn.
What la th good of tt all. anyhow f
You don't half preach th first coming
If you don't preach tha seeond coming.
Th preacher that doesn't preach sec-
ond coming Is preaching a mixed up and
confused gospel because th second com-
ing is th out com of what takes place
In this Uf.
All scripture Is given by Inspiration of
Ood. What th good of It aUT If you
think there Isn't any good cut out all
Ihe passage of the Bible that says any-
thing about It- second coming and you
will find th whole foundation of th
scriptures have the cond coming In
them.
On good thing Is sufficient too. I
John t. 1-1: "Beloved now are w th
sons of God. It doth not now appear
what we shall be but we know when Ho
hall appear w shall be Ilka Him for
we shall see Hlavaa He Is."
Find me a Christian who cherishes this
hope Intelligently and I'll show you a
Christian unconcerned to th world. I
believe th reason the church Is so con-
cerned to th world la because the preach-
er fail to preach about this hope.
Today you are off In your auto seek-
ing your own pleasure and Ood forbids
that you seek your own pleasure on the
Sabbath day. It' the preacher's busi-
ness to tell him lovingly In his ear his
error.
Oh. my friend will your receive th
nope this morning?
John Wesley once said th passing of
these years has onlv brought the tH
the nearer these scenes
"Let your loins be girded about vou
your light burning and waiting for vour
Ttrd when He cometH fr..m ii.
Blessed are those servants whom the
'trd ftndeth watching." The five foolish
yliums were not prepared and were shut
In utter darkness.
He will come and He will not 'tarrv.
Possibly a voting lady engaged to a voting
man bids him good-bve. for he goes' forth
to prepare a home for her. Wiat would
you think of that girl If as soori as he left
the would begin flirting with Jier lover's
enerny? You'd say she didn't love him.
If she loves him her thoughts would be
for him. Her last thought at nicht and
nrst In the morning thinking and looking
for him.
Now what of our living Lord. What Is
His mind If we walk with His enemies
do not think of Him. are not conformed
to the things that plase Him and do nbt
look for His second opmlng.
All the voices f nature are In the
minor key. The whole creation Is groan-
ing and travslllng till His coming.
No heartache no disappointment no
separation. "For the former things will
pass away.
We arc groin! re because- our children
sre out on the mountains of sin our
i-dhhnih is desecrated.
We groan and long for the coming of
dav when the things shall he different.
Y ei we rejoice m hope. Through our '
tears we look aloft for the coming of the
King but we are atterldlng to our duties.
So I ni waltine patlentlv everv day
and whenever the sun shines brightly I
ay surely It Is His face and whenever
a shadow falls across me I lift mv head
and ask. "I He come?" and a voice
answers. Only a few more suns till His
coming.
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and the great. Though there Is inspiration
in Just looking at mountain peaks Owl
sometimes puts hills of dlffciulty In our
path deliberately even persistently. Xo
sooner have we surmounted one than
others range upon range. He before you.
The help of the hills comes from the
struggle one makes and the strength one
develops to surmount them. Goif s pur-
pose apparently Is not simply to raise
men up to a better position but to raise
up better men to the better position. Re-
ligion is not Just a means of getting men
Into heaven; its object first and above
is to get a little of heaven Into mn.
Our duty then. Is not simply to look
up but also to get up. Our privilege U
not to Jcry supinely from the vallevs for
help but to toll onward flndlnr strength
at every step of the path and meeting
God half way. Thus God comes down
to meet the man who is comlr.g up. Ood
asks for repentance from th man who
would ascend the foot hills of peace. Ood
asks for service from the man who would
know the Joy of his Lord. God asks for
toil and sacrifice from him who would
live on the heights of life. Elijah saw
God's promise fulfilled not by looking
at the hill but by looking from a hill.
Christopher Columbus discovered a new
world not by looking over the Atlantic
ocean but by looking as he went. The
revelation of divine law- was given to
man not from a valley but on Mount
Sinai. The revelation of divine grace
in the person of the transfigured Christ
was manifest on the mountain peak. And
the final act of divine atonement In the
cruclflxlorof the Savior was on the hill
Golgotha. The man who finds God's
presence and who experiences God's help
must also climb.
Some time ago I visited Lookout Moun-
tain. The mountain Is a grand sight
from the valley but you should see the
valley from the mountain. pick vour
way slowly up Its rocky sides. Here
once the battle of the clouds was fought
These granite walls have been beaten
with leaden hall have echoed with the
shouts of victory have whispered the
prayers of death. The wild rose today
draws the crimson of Its petals from
earth stained with human blood.
Climb higher where the air is clearer
and the view la broader. Higher yet
where clouds float flimsy boundaries of
the angel world. Now look at city and
valley and winding river. Th world
Is below you. At your feet Its trials. Its
cares. Its petty triumph and its passing
pleasure. Below you battle field and
cemetery with ashes of sorrow and monu-
ments of glory'- Beneath your feet the
solid rock. Above jour head the arching
sky. From that Lookout Point comes
peaca and courage and inspiration for
still far greater things. Friend of mine
In the valley: the help of the hill I
yours but fully only when you hav
climbed the hill.
In faith's ' realm this is the picture al-
ways. Thus it is always unto the end.
There comes new cares and sorrows
Every year.
The ghost of dead loves haunt us
The ghost of Vhanged friends taunt us.
And disappointment daunts us
Every year. (
Too true life's shores are shifting
Every year
We a e seaward drifting
Every year.
Old places changing fret us
The living more forget us.
There are fewer to forget ua
Every year.
But th truef life draws nlgher
"Every year;
And Us morning star climbs higher
Every year.
Earth's hold on us grows slighter.
Every year.
And the heavy burden Ilghter-
Every year.
And the dawn Immortal brighter '
- Every year.
MINISTERS TO HEAR MUNHALL
Philadelphia Evangelist Will Ad-
dress Conference TMs Morning.
Or. Munhall of Philadelphia who Is
Loming
LJMnductlng a series of revival services at
Wot. Paul's church will ad dress th pas tors
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"Making '6f A Happy Horned
iter. Sobert Carrol Opened a Series of Beraona ea tha Jtakimf V '
Happy Home at the Liberty Street Baptist -"p;
Church
Bar. Robert Cairo n pastor aj th Lib-
erty Avenu Baptist chorea pnd a
series of sermons laat night on th sub-
ject -Th Making of a. Happy Bom.''
Th toplo of th opening addraw was
"Wadding Bslls" and was woven around
that portion of St. John's' gospel whleh
tell of Christ's attendant; at th wed-
ding In Cans of Oalll. H said:
" There was a marrtags in Can of
Oalllee and the mother of Jesus was
there and both Jesus was called and
His dlsolples to th marriag.'
"Th general subject under whleh I
preach this series of sermons Th Mak-
ing of a Home' Is n of very great Im-
portance. Qod th Creator aj' Christ
the Redeemer have given special direc-
tion and laid particular stress on the
making and keeping and conduct of the
home.
"It Is therefore. Ilk th church a
divine Institution and should be safe
guarded ruled and controlled according
to divine direction. W hop therefor In
these sermons to g4v you what Ood
our Heavenly Fattier says on th va-
rious topics mentioned slid that must
put an end to all controversy on th
question.
"That there Is great laxity and Indite
ference regarding the making and con-
ducting of the home In this day and age
Is sadly confessed by all who know the
facts In the case. As a result. God's
best blessings art withheld from all such
homes and the effect of this Is felt In
society th State the nation and the
world at large.
"HOME HOME.-SWEET BWEBT
HOME
"Be tt ever so humble there is no plaoe
like home!" The very word has gone
Into story and song: It sounds like poetry.
It rings like a peal of bells at a wedding
only more soft and sweet and chimes
deeper Into the ears of the soul. A prise
was offered some time ago by ihe London
Tld Bits for the best answer to the ques-
tion "What Is a home?" Here are some
of the answers:
"The golden setting In which the bright-
est Jewel ts mother. Home is the blossom
of which heaven 1 the fruit. "A world of
strife shut out a world of love shut In.
The only spot on earth where the faults
and fallings of fallen humanity are hid-
den under the mantle of charity. A place
where you are treated best and you
grumble most."
It has also been called "The Paradise
of childhood" "God's first church" "A
mlnature heaven" "A nursery for
heaven" "The republic of home.' and "A
little world.'
lr. G. S. Weaver has said "Home Is
the very heart of society below all the
various Institutions which enter Into the
structure of society below the govern-
ment of the nation state county town
city below the university college public
school below all the institutions of busi-
ness intercourse travel art benevo-
lence religion at the very bottom and
foundation of all Is the home from which
society Itself In lis original elements all
comes.
"Society Is. therefore the outgrowth of
the homes of men. It is the stream the
lake the ocean that comes from the mln-
Sled waters that flow from these many
ome fountains;
"What Is in the home will go Into so-
ciety. The ignorance or Intelligence th-
selfishness or genoroslty th vie or
virtue.
"The home spins the yam which so-
ciety weaves Into Its web. Home snakes
the men and women society gives them
business. Home supplies the raw ma-
terial society works it up Into the world's
diversified products
But home is also the heart and foun-
tain of political power. Say all wa may
of public affairs political power the
government and Its greatness the source
of all Is the home. The Nation I a com-
bination of homes and their interests; the
Nation Is therefore what its homes
make It.
How inspiring therefore. Is the thought
that each humble home in this country
Is a part of that great republic wnicn
today commands the attention and ad-
miration of the civilized world. How
quickening to honorable pride and per-
sonal endeavor. In the way of well-doing.
Is the fact that each citizen adds the
force of his character and substance to
the country .which Is doing so much for
humanity and holds such a place In the
world's esteem.
The home is also the heart of the
church. Dr. O. P. Glfford says: "The
church like the State rests finally on
the home. Ignorance In the home does
not mean wisdom In the church. A
prayerless home does not mean a spirit-
ual church. The church loom can but
weave the threads spun- In the home. If
the homes provide cotton threads the
church will turn out cotton goods; If
woolen thread then woolen goods. Un-
splrltual homes do not result In spiritual
church life. Homes where hours are
spent at the card table and moments In
the study of the Bible do not minister
strength to the church. If th winds of
of the Methodist churches of the city on
the subject "Sanctiflcatlon" at 10 o'clock
this morning at St. Paul's church. The
pastors will meet at :30 o'clock to con-
sider several Important business matters
The evening service at St. Paul's church
will commence at 7:44 o'clock tonight.
TWO REVIVAL MEETINGS
Open Tonight Under Anspioes of
Methodist Churches.
Two revival services will open In Hous-
ton tonight under the auspices of. the
Washington Street and the McAshan
Methodist churches.
Dr. W. F. Packard of the First Meth-
odist church will preach at the Washing-
ton Avenue church services In place of
the pastor Rev John L. Williams. Prof.
A. T. Wlttaker will conduct the muslwfor
the revival.
Rev. W. W. Watts of the Tabernacle
Methodist church will preache - at the
McAshan church services In - place of
the pastor Rev. Claude" 8. Harkey.
This service will be conducted In a
tent and will be an old-fashioned outdoor
revival four blocks from the church.
BISHOP AT AMAUTTiTiO.
Eev. James Adkins Has Praise for
- Panhandle City.
(if ( Post Social.)
AMARILLO Texas October I. In th
presencgof an Immense audience Bishop
James Adkins of WaynasviU W. C
preached In th Polk Street Methodist
church this forenoon.
Bishop Adkins arrived her Friday af-
ternoon and has sine that time been en-
gaged in work looking to the meeting of
the Northwest Texas conference over
whloh he 1 soon to preside at Claren-
don. Bishop Adkins expresses himself as
being well pleased with Amarlllo.
Leaving Amarlllo Bishop Adkins goes
to Artesla where he presides over the
Xew Mexico conference beginning Wed-
nesday. On the retura trip the bishop'
will stop In this city for another visit
with Rev. O. F. Sensabaugh pastor of
th Polk street church.
GEORGETOWN -"Texas October I.
Rev. F. O. Lulstrum pastor of the Swed-
ish Methodist church has been trans-
ferred by ths bishop of the M. E. church
to Klnsberg Cal and win leav for that
place next week.
Bm Angel Fair Octbbtr I U t .'"'. .
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Terterday.
worldUnes bend tha branches of th
family tr six day th Spirit Sotnlng
Ilk th wind. n day mar stir th
motions but will hardly ehaac th bent
of the character. Men aad woman whs
ar godless In ths home do not peeom
godly by going to church. - "
And When we take into consideration
the fact that th home through tb
church is th vestibule of heaven leading
to Christ th door to eternal bliss how
necessary It Is that th horn b indeed
a miniature heaven. It Is of th utmost
Importance therefore that th hum Ufa)
be started right that young people at tha
beginning of their married Uf Invlt
Jesus to th wadding and give him a .
permanent place In their home. And
this brings us to the consideration of th
topic of the evening "Wadding Bells."
I observe In th first place that young
people should consult the "Lord on this
Important question aad then mvlte Jesus
to the wedding. The presence of Christ
with his mother and disciples at the
wedding in Cana of Oalllee Is a silent '
condemnation of monkish asceticism and
a recognition of the marriage relations as
honorable and holy. "
Of all th services which our Lord
Christ has rendered to humanity th i. s
honor and dignity which he has placed
upon marriage stands out as on of th
most Important. And yet of all Insti-'
tltutlons and relations existing among A
men there Is none which has met wltn
so much slander and scorn as matri-
mony. This Is because of licentiousness ea -s
lack of reverence. The success of th
marriage altar Is dependent upon right
relation to Qod. Where Christ Is hon- v
ored and welcome the borne shares lit -'
Joys of heaven. Some ene has said that
when marriage and the home are con- - .'.V
ducted according to God's word angels . ;
might be Invited to tarry all pight In tha -
home and would not find themselves eut
of their element
You should make the subject ther-'
fore one of serious prayer. In view Of
the many wrecks along the shores of mar-
ried life you should seek counsel of Him
who created man and woman snd or-
dained that they should be one saying
"It is not good for man to be alone."
With others I can say that I talked
with Ood about this matter for a year
or two after I had decided to marry. And f
I truly believe He led me to her and as
Spurgeon said "she has been the com-
fort of my heart and the heart of my
comfort. She has steadied my purposes
nerved my Jiands and made me a better
man than 1 could ever have been without ".
her." . '.
Julius Caesar calmed the fears of a boat- V
man who was rowing him across a stream
by saying "As long as Caesar la with
you In the same boat no harm can hap-
pen to you." So we say to the young
couple about to launch upon the voyaga
of life together whatever storms of aa- '
verslty troubles or bereavement may
strike your home barque all Is well aa .
long as you have Christ on hoard as your ' v
pilot. Taking the Lord then as your ""'
counsel let me tell you how He will ad-
vise you. He will say to you:
"BE YE NOT IWEQCALLY YO105D."
While these words refer especially to
the question of union with unbelievers
they may also be applied to equality or
Inequality on other lines. For example I
believe that the Lord Intended that tha -parties
to the marriage union should be)
as nearly as possible of eipial mental cal-
iber. Again I quote Dr. Weaver. He saysi
"If one Is much superior to the other In
mental force there wtll by and by b
arbitrary dictation supremacy of au-
thority and conduct the severe rule ol
the stronger.
one of the first and most important
things necessary to a successful marriage
Is equality of disposition a genuine un-
selfish love Reh ir Invt. an.- -...I
living for the other. Joy Is oontagl ua
and the one life must carry it to the other
and press the cup from the clear sparks
ling stream to the parched lip and thirsty
heart.
Equality In character is another of tha
prime requisites to a happy marriage. W
do not expect to find perfect women and
faultless men. people Incapable of mis-
takes. No young man or woman should
expect that lliey are going to find an
angel for a helpmeet but they should
expect and demand in each other char-
acter sturdy snd strong love lovely and
beautiful.
A falconer returning weary snd thirsty
from his hawking stopped under a crag
where clear cold water dripped from a
rock and filled his cup and as he was
raising It to his lips his falcon or hawk
dashed It from nls hand. Again he watted
for the cup to fill and again the the bird
struck it down.
A third time was this repeated and
the falconer In his anger killed the bird
and then sent his servant to the spring to
nil the cup again. The servant found a
deadly serpent in the water and hastened
back to report to his master. Then th
falconer saw why the cup of death had
been dashed from his Hps.
So may the white-robed angel of tha
holy splrll strike the marriage cup In
time from the hands and lips and lives of
every young man and woman If It con-
tains the poison of death.
Rosh Hashannah
New Year'sDay of the Year 8671
Will Be Appropriately Observ-
ed by the Members of Hebrew
Faith Tonight and Tomorrow.
f
"Commencing this evening and running
through tomorrow the Jewish people will
observe the Rosh Hoshannab or New
Year s Day of the year &71. The mean-
ing and purpose of this festival Is not set
forth explicitly In the Bible.i and tha
congregations are left to Infer tkem from
the Scriptural titles of the diy. "The
i Memorial of Blowing of Trumpets (Lev.
31:86) and "The Day of Blowing th
Trumpet" (Numbers 29:1) as well as
from the fact that the Jewish New Year
Is the seventh new moen of the Hebrew
calendar. In the Biblical age every new
moon was regarded as a solemn occa-
sion and the seventh th sacred number
was especially so.
It became the day of the blowing of
the trumpet par excellence reminding
the Israelite that a new period of time
begins and that no occasion could b
more appropriate for th endeavor after
a new life for amendment and reconcili-
ation with Qod. It wa th day of the
memorial when Israel felt himself held '
by Qod In merciful remembrance. But if
Israel would hav Ood mindful of him '
h must be mindful of his responsibilities
to him aad to the higher nature. Th
symbolic act of sounding th sophjfr or
ram's horn which Is performed Vi tha
snyagogues In obedience to ths Scrip-
turai precept is Intended to bring horn to
th Israelii this aspect of the day's
meaning.
It Is a solemn occasion though not a
mournful one. It la a day of Qhastened
memories day of reflecting tin man's
frailty of character. But beneath this
somber sens of weakness both physical
and moral there lies In the worshiper's :
heart th serene certainty of Deal's Jus-
tice and mercy. . )
New Tear's senriees wilt iaka Aim
the Temple Beth Israel this svehing at
7:S8 o'clock and tomorrow morning at
10. Bvening address. "A Resolution for
tne new i ear. Jftorning address I
uwiob irviu nuM
Baa Angela Fair October t to a
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The Houston Post. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 26, Ed. 1 Monday, October 3, 1910, newspaper, October 3, 1910; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth605110/m1/4/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .