HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 1956.
Southarn Conv.;ntijn of ^j.igregation*! Christian Churches.
THE ELON COLLEGE WEEKLY.
d1. III. New Series.
SUNDAY SERVICE.
Greensboro, N. C, Friday, April J9, 1912
and Elon College, N. 0.
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preacher Suiriay morning was Ur.
J. McC'ulloeh, Editor of the Methodist
Pi^lstant Herald, CJreensboro, N. C. Dr.
Ml ylloch is a scholar and a deep reli-
giwnr thinker. He always brings some
thing good and this time he was at his
lest. The theme chosen, “Success in
life and how to attain it,” was well suit
ed to his audience. We are sure that
some seed sown by that sermon fell in
good grouM'l and will spring up into a
wonderfiil harvest in the years to come.
Dr. ilcCulloch said in his discourse
that sjccess was a subject in which we
are all interested, and probably no class
has higher as])irati- ns and Imghter hopes
than college students. We all hope foi
success. To us it is a shame and dis
grace not to make a success. But yet,
many fail. Why is it so? Tliis is a sub
ject for study and meditation. Many
young pcoj-.le are confident of success, but
later in life they are bruuaht face to face
with failure. Some make a determined
fctfort, lul all their plans and efforts fail
to reach maturity.
The Doctor said in part:
“Now, my youn? people, before you
waste your time and energy, let me urge
you to think what succe.ss really is. Ijet
us be sure »e know what success is be
fore we launch out in search of it. Suc
cess is for you if you know shat it is
and seek it in the right manner. Never
think of becoming discouraged and giving
up when the clouls are dark. Remember,
behind the cloud the sun is shining. But
let me caution you against the opposite.
Do not be too sure and think there is
nothing to do but to lie down and wait
for success to come. Mohammed prayed
for the mountain to come to him and
when the mountain would not come to
him he said Mohammed will go to the
mountain.
“Not every man who runs after success
gains it. Many a man has found that suc
cess flees before him as he pursues it.
Take the man who feels tliat success is
money. He thinks that if he could make
ten thousand (dollars he would be success
ful. He may make it, but is not satisfied.
He then acquires a hundred thousand,
but still he is not satisfied. He longs for
a million, but still that does not give
him peace. He is sorely disappointed to
find that money does not brin^ success. So
it is with learning, policical honors, and
fame. No man f?els that he has been
successful because he has gained money,
learning or fame. There is something
deeper and more real. We may mistako
some of the forms for the reality. The
richest man, the greatest scholar may be
failures. hat a man has acquired may
be a measure of his ability, but it is not
a measure of His succe.ss. The most
important question is. What has a mai.
become? What has he made the treasuri.
of his heart ? Man looks on the outward
appearance. God looks on the heart.
Now, my young friends, a auee«ssful
life is one that fills the purpose of «ur
Creator. Any other definition is fal.se.
Bjvery machine and e\erything in the
plant or animal kingdom has its place.
Ooi in the creation of man has given
each of us a mission on earth and our
success or failure depends on whether
or not we fill our mission. Man in this
v\orld has a two-fold life. C)iie is a tem
poral purpose and the other is a divine
one. home seem not to have much iii .-i
temporal way given them to do and they
are early called to their reward. Others
have a great work among their fellow-
men.
“Success is not securing e.xternal a.l-
vantages. Success never comes by waiting.
Success is not a living thing that can
Kalk to us. No one can buy it. The first
and most important stej) is having a pur
pose. Then the lieart must be set upon
it. In order to make this choice we must
see and feel that it is better to be honest
than to have riches and that the greatest
thing in life is to be a noble man or wo
man with a heart that is bigger than the
l:ttle trifles we meet in l;fe. The reason
nhy so many make a shipwreck of their
li\es is that they do not see how it is the
!it!le things that make success. Honesty
IS the very foundation of success. Ves,
the reason so many energetic young men
fail is tliflt thpv do not" '".it
They get what they strive for, but often
that is not what they thought it would
“Second, after one has made a de
liberate choice he must look forward to
the goal and not be led astray
'y alluring lights along the way.
This is often diflieult to do. Other
prizes loom up on the side to viistract us,
but the successful man keeps his ey,e on
the goal. Many things will come to turn
us from our course. Some will say to
you that your ideals are too high. Your
father and mother were only common peo
pie and that it is a principle that water
can never rise higher than its source.
There is enough truth in that to make it
'-lausible and enough false in it to make
it dangerous. There are forces in na
ture that make a stream rise higher than
its source so there are forces that give
I S an opportunity to rise h.-u-her than our
s( urce.
“True success may be described in one
word: “Christlilleness. ” The “High
calling of Go.-l in Christ” is for our like
ness to the Son of man. The word suc
cess occurs but one time in the Bible. II
w.-s when God said, “This book of the
Hw shall not depart out of thy mouth;
but thou shall meditate therein day and
night that thou mayest observe to do ac
cording to all that is written therein;
for then thou shall make thy way pros
perous. and then thou shall have good suc-
ce.ss.” There is no success for those who
eo contrary to the teaching of the Lord.
'Take love the animating motive in your
life. Put love as well as honesty into
your everyday life.
My friends, when I consider the great
destiny that God has planned for us no
life ig too long. God who has promised
can not tail. lie (an not be deceived. Leu
us press forward to the fnd he has set
lor i:s, and success w;l] crow'n our ef-
.1. S. Truitt.
THE £TA:roA5.D OF LIFE.
The measure of a man is what he is,
not what he has. it takes so long to learn
l;ovv to live, so long to get even a glimmer
ing of what life is for and we ought t.)
do with it. We are so ])rone to live in tlie
future, to fret ourselves about it. We are
so busy yearning for the joys, we imagine
other people have, and worrying about the
trouble we imagine we are having that
ve make of the present the one thing we
are sure of an endless regxet.
And of all the follies, the limit is t;)
permit some one else to make our stan
dards for us. Haven’t we intelligence?
( an t we think for ourselves? To want
things we don’t need, many we don't real
ly care,for, just because some one else
has them, and wouldn't understand if we
didn't care to have them! To struggle
and strain, to make a show, when all
the neighbors know it is only a shou.
and would respect us much more if we
had the courage to be ourselves. Death's
standards ought to be life’s standards.
Death does not ask how big a h(>nse we
ii.i.; iiom, nor now many university de
grees we have won, what we have, nor
what we know, but what we are. And
that's our measure of everybody but our
selves. Ralph McCauley.
WOMEN WHO RULE THE WORLD.
“In this monument generations unborn
shall hear the voice of a great people
testifying to the sublime devotion of the
women of South Carolina in their coun
try’s need.’’
That is the inscription on the beauti
ful Ruckstuhl memorial to Confederate
women, erected in Columbia. The woman
sits serene in dignity, the angel of mem
ory holding over her head the laurel
crown. Thoes women of war time com
bined the courage of the Spartan mother
with tenderness and grace. Father, hu.s-
hand, sons, all gone to the wars, they
managed the plantations, bore poverty
and distre.ss without a murmur. They
nursed the sick and wounded, and with
loving tears buried the dead. Their for
titude and loyalty constitute a priceless
heritage. They are the honor and glory
of our race.
( hildren are what the niothers are,’*
Walter Savage Landor tells us. As long
as women remain modest, good, noble-
minded. the future race is safe. “The
hand, that rocks the cradle is the hand
that rules the world”—not the hand that
rocks windows and Prime Ministers in
London; not the hand that holds a cigar
ette or cocktail. W^oman’s privileges are
far above woman’s rights. Why should
women try to make men of themselves?
The Creator cast them in a finer mold.
Society has set them apart to be honored,
respected, shielded—something more pre
cious than men. The iniucnce of female
agitato™ is infioitestim*! eompared with
t.ie tieniendous influence exerted by th»
v.onu'u who preside over homes. At a
s,tira,e ianquet in Colora'do a nuin of
fered tliis toast: “Here’s to woman; once
our superior, noiv our equal."
it will be a sad day when woman
stLps off her pedestal. The si,.4ht of wo
men smok.ng eigaieties and 'dr.iikiim cock
tails shocks the a. erage man. (’an you
imagine choosing for a wife a woh.aii you
ha\e just seen do the “turkey trot” or
tl.e “ bunny luig? ’ These dances, they
tell rs, originaled on the “Harbary
toa t.” They bear the taint of the “Ten-
(ierloin,’ and niav well l)e banished to
the disrcpuia ,le ijuarters from which they
came.
-i-uieiican wtiin^n as a whole are good,
not so much becar.se custom frowns upon
ne-'arture from the conven >>ns, but be
cause they Lre pure in mind aivd heart.
rhe,v lo.e tlitir hu!hands and devote their
li\cs to their ch.ldren, rearing them in
tie nuit-re and adn;o:iit:on of the Ixird.
Those «l.o smoke cigarettes, drink and in-
'1 l'.re .ill s iggpstive dances are few in
num..trs compared wit}i the millions who
lo k with horror up in s;ich practices. It
.s the madest. home-loving women w'ho
su^f’oit ti e chi rches. hospitals and thous
and cl'antics. They are the most potent
tore tor good. 'rhe,v are the women who
are loved and honored and obeyed. “I
dm t ne«d the vote.” said one mother;
“I l ave a husband and four sons to vote
for me. ’ It is the wives and mothers and
sweethearts who rule.—Balto. Sun.
EXCHANGE.
The March number of “The Blue and
\\hite” contains some very good verse
and stories, but no articles at all. It
would be better to have some serious work
to balance the lighter vein. The story,
Caught Masquerading” is amusing and
well written. “In After Years,” is a very
good travesty and has that touch of a
college boy’s fling at his board. The
mag,-)zine as a whole was good and the
reading matter enjoyable.
Y. W. C. A.
The \. \\. C. A. Sun'^ay afternoon was
one of the best we have had this year.
The leader. Miss Viola Frazier, read us
a splendid paper on how to spend Easter.
She gave us some suggestions that many
>f us had never thought of before. Miss
es rtley. Dalrvmple. and Mason also read
us some very helpful papers on the same
.^■ib.ie-t, afer which a duet, “He did not
:ie in ^ain,” was hea’^tifully rendered
by M sses Farmer and Fogleman.
The meeting was then left open to all
V ho wished to take pprt. We were pleas
ed to have a word from two of our old
mrmhers. Misses Sadie Fonville and
Fdith Walker, of Buriington. We are al
ways glad when our old members return
"nd still manifest an interest in us.
Our meetings are more interesting each
Sunday and we hope before commence
ment to haie an ideal Y. W. C. A.
V. D. O.