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GKurcK Directory. Ti. G. Broughton, 315 Pond '"'proarhioi- every Sunday morning at 11, „n,i every Sunday eveninK at7:o0, C'leilcofttmrch J.M-Jarvia. Pnaro of Deacons J-Marl.n, J Committee-W A Cooper, W. J. Martin, Jac-.l. ^ Cook .. A. J. Hunt, K A Woniumck, J. D. Hollister. r,.imuiaee-W. A. (.ooi-er, Miss ^’oimrch IWiers-S. F. Pierce. Lut.ier Wade, W. J. SUNDAY SCHOOL. DIRECTORY. Superinte.Meut-aKlch, Lil.erty street. Sunday school every Sunday at 9:30 a. m KecordingSeirAary-\\ . J. .dartin Treasurer— Henry Stultz. Teachers- W. A. Cooper D. Rich, Miss Hariie L. Marlin, S. F. Fierce, J. M. Marlin Miss Minnie M. Martin, Mrs. x-r.de!e-ik Miss Carrie R. Martin, Mrs. J iy. noilist’cr,A..l Hunt, J. D. HoHister. Oi'canist—M iss Haitie Martin. Librarian—Ed. W. Kayle. LADIES’ AID SOCIETY. President—MisS Carrie Martin. St*rrtilfirv—“Miss Harti6 Altiitm. SirJr-Mrs..J a Hollister. Society meets each iuesday at 6 p. December places of meeting Tuesi'.ay, Dec. 8, ’t Mrs. D. KiHis. “ “ 13,“ Mrs. A. .!• Hunt’s. “ 20i “ Mrs. S. F. Pierce’s. “ “ 27,’ Mrs. L. A. W’ade’s. Society meets every Tuesday at 3 p. m. young PEOPLE’S WORKING BAND President-Miss Minnie Martlii. Secretary—Mamie W illiaiiis. Treayurer— K. L. Still. _ , Svjinety meets every 1st and 3d k unday each month at 4:30 p- CHURCH PRAYER MEETING. Ke pilar ohurch prayer meeting at the church every W’eduesday night at i :00, con ducted by the l’a.sior. . -OUIECM FOR DECEMBEK. Wed Dec. 9, Church Conference and ’’ Praver Service. “Tlie Bank account.’’ Aiatt. 0:19-20. ., 1. 15 “The danger of unbelief Mark, 11:22. u o 2-3 “Prayer.’’ Matt, 2t>:39, “ ■“ 3l’’ “riietihrislians hiding ^ place.^’ Psalms 46 COTTAGE PRAYER MEETING. The Cottage prayer meeting, conducted by the brethren, meets at some_ piivate l.ome every Thursday night at 7:#o. CHURCH CONFERENCE. The regular business conference of the church L held every 1st Wedne^ay n.ght ot eimh month, immediately after prayer meeting. — CHRISTIAN SACRIFICE. A Few Thoughts on the Subject by J. D. H. The one Christion duty, most talked and least practiced, is per haps -sacriflee. Now let us see what constitutes Christian sacrifice We cannot take Webster’s definition on the term sacrifice, because he only regards it from the worlds stand point, really from the most contract ed worldly view, as he defines it to apply only to the old Jewish sacri fice of beasts, or the more hideous heathen sacrifioe.of human victims ^°But lot us ask Paul, that great ex ponent of Christian Faith and 1 «o- iice. In Komans l‘2:l we find 1 hcseecli you therefore brethren by the mercies of God, that you present Your bodies a livirg sacrifice, holy and acceptable unto God, which is vour reasonable service. ’ So we are to present our bodies a hying sacrifice. One that lives and is not dead, a sacrifice that shall hvo while and after the sacrifice is made. Hence it cannot mean that we are literally to sacrifiice or imolate our bodies upon the sacrifice altar, nor can it mean that wo are to pnnish our bodies in /VbrSn ticed by some so called Chribuan churches, by cuttiner, lashing, or other physical inflictions. This last idea is excluded by sev eral passages of scripture-among them 1st Cor. 3:10-17, in which Paul ^ says “Know ye not that ye are the j temple of God, and that the spirit of | God dwelleth in you. If any uian , defile the temple of God is holy, i which temple ye are.” And in Chap., 5 verse 19-“ What? Know ye not , that your body is the templo of the i Holy Ghost which is in you.’’ j So then, there is some other char-1 acter of sacrifice of oui bodie^ which , we are requested to make. Testate, the proposition in its broadest or i most general sense, we must sacri_ flee our lives. Not the principle of , Life-not to cease to live, that wonlil! not be a living sacrifice as before j shown, yet there has been many m j stances, not only in the scriptures, ■ but since the scriptures were written, , ii which men sacrificed their lives, literally in God’s service, and it may , occur again, even in this age, but in ■ saying that we must sacrifice our, lives, I mean that we must live ro- > gardless of selfish of interest-sac | rificing in our daily lives every _en-1 joyment, pleasuie, luxurs or denre, . that is not lu accordance with the , teachings of Gpd’s woid-or that con flicts in any degree with our duty to j Him in other words; to give up when ! necessary, everything tor the ser- j vice of our Lord Jesus Christ, who | in xMatt. 10:26 says, “For what is a, man profited if he gain the whole, world and lose his own soul? or what; shall a man give in exchange for his ^ soul? And again he says in Matt.. 11:29. “Take my yoke upon you | and learn of me, for I am week and; lowly in heart,” and Paul adds tur-1 ther testimony in writing to the ■ church at Galatians 6:14. ' But God forbid that I should glory, the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, bv whom the wo-Id is crucified unto i me, and I unto the world ’’ Now this means a setting a parL ot tne Christian from the world. I “e»n| that the follower of Christ should; completely turn his back on the world, its attractions, its pleasures, and live with His face toward Christ xVs stated in the outset, we must sac-, rifice our lives, so far as they conform ■ to the pleasures and enjoyments ot • the world without Christ. , Now to bo ft littlo sp6oific» I tbinli that from the foregoing we flut ist, That we must saeri6ce our hu- tnsn heart or affections. When Christ called for the sons of Zehidee, they left their father and the shif- their kindred and propeity-and al lowed Him. Human affections,-! a- ther and ship-were immediately sac rificed to come after Jesus. So also ; the disciple who asked Christ to j suffer him to go and bury his father, (Matt. 7:21.) but Jesus said “follow ; me and let the dead bury the dead.” ; Hence we find that it it becomes, necessary for us to sacrifice our tem-1 poral affections, or in other words ' our hearts desires or impulses to liye for Christ, then we must do so. | ‘>nd We must sacriflee our pride, i ourloVe of honor or reputation as, to the world. Paul gave up his.po-, g tion in the Jewish Sanhedrum sac rificed his exalted friends Ics high' social affiliations to follow Christ. Moses sacrificed his kingly home to lead the degraded and unslavod Is raelites out of Egypt. Daniel show ed himself ready to sacrifice all the , splendors and benefits of the Baby- lonish courts, to meet God’s appro val In His sermon on the Mount, | Christ says “Blessed are ^e meek, i for they shall inherit the Earth, j “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for ; theirs is the kingdom of Heaven, | “Blesod are ye when men shall fovile j YOU and persecute you, and shall j sneak all manner of evil against you , f^sely for my sake,” “He that hum-1 bleth himsolf, shall be exalted. | These are all exhortation^ from the . lips of Christ himself and tbeir tenor , cannot he mistaken m this connec- ■ tion: I 1 3rd We must sacrifice our com- j fort a’nd ease. We must visit the, 'sick and the distressed.^ _We must minister to the poor, giving freely ! of our time to this purpose. ] i Bad weather, fatigue, disinobna-, ’ tion, none of these excuse our failure to do this work. It has baen said that “example is a more succepful teachar than is pr»icept.” If this be so—then are we doubly taught by Christ along this line, for He did Himself repeatedly make all the sacrifices-aye a hundred fold more than He has asked of His followers, and blessed though He says “If any man will come after me, let. him de ny himself daily, take up bis cross, and follow me.” Oh blessed Sayior, ■we would come after thee, through the great wilderness of sin and temp tation, down through the valley of hu miliation and deprivations, on through the deepest waters of sorrow and trouble, up oyer the rugged hills of toil and self denial over the rocks of pain, wo would come after thee, needing thee ever in sight so that when the Jarkness of death shall overtake us we shall be so close to thee that we can take fast hold of thy hand, and follow thee through the deep valley of the shadow-into eternity of bliss that lieth- beyond, and w® know that there “God shall wipe away all teafs from our eyes, and there shall be no more death netiher sorrow, nor crying. Neither shall there be any pain, for the fo'rmer things are passed away. Before another issue of our paper Christmas will be here. To some it will bring joys, good _ cheer, and comfort. To too many it will bring sorrow and want. Brethren, lets try to share our blessings with others. God gives them to us for this pur pose. Too frequently we divide our happiness with those who have as much as we, and don’t need ours. Why not make a departure m this respect and divide our surplus of 1 pleasures among those who have none of their own. W. A. COOPER. T. R. COOPER. COOPER BROS. -DEALERS IN- Marlile asi Granite Moaaneats, HEADSTONES, TABLETS &G„ 109 West4th SIreet, - WINSTON, N. O. PiLRTIES WANTING Monuments, Headstones, Iron Fences, Curb ing, or any kind of Cemetery Work for Easter would do wellto place .heir orders soon. Marble and Slate Mantels, Marble and 1. C. Tiling Vases and Fencing. We have the agency for The Rogers Iron ? nc Company. buy your -OF- CATOGNl BROS., 313 Main Street, WITsTSTOlST. niLL’S CmXlRIDE OF GOI.DT»blel* win compltrtelydeHtroy the desire for To»c» In any form In from 8 to 6 days. Perfectly harmlesM) caube no sickneee, and may given In a cup of tea or cofflec, wTtbout tM knowledge of the patient, wiilT^untw^ stop Smoking or Chewing la a few oaya. or sent by mail on re- ,r II iixi.’i’ Tiibret., nnd take no others. . THE OHIO CHEMICAL CO., b/S2”dSI}.,l,53, rnd M opera Block, LIMA.O. When answering this ad mention The '.Yorker, EASinr For sale by all celptTll.OO. AsktorlULiys Particulars freel ■ s / 3 SMOU- 1 _ - CURED
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