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VOLUME B'lVE.
MOREHEAD CITY, N. C., MAY, 1906.
NUMBER TWELVE.
Wlnss of a Dove.
At sunset, when the rosy light was (lying
E'ar down the pathway of the West,
I saw a lovely dove in .silence flying,
■ To be at rest.
“Pilgrim of air,” I cried, “could I but
borrow
The wandering wings, thy freedom
blest,
And find mv rest.”
But when the dusk a filmy veil was weav
ing.
Back came the dove to seek her ne.st
In the fore,st, where her mate was griev
ing- -
There was true rest.
HI. NOT THE .SIN OF YOUR
NEIGHBORS.
Sometimes sinners say that
they have worse neighbors than
any body else. That their com
panions are such that they can
not live a Christian life. This is
a suggestion from the father of
lies He is trying to keep you
from seeing how mean you are
and'is just trying to get you to
blame some one else with your
own meanness.
Flowirfg Striams.
BY PASTOR \VILI.I.-i M i2UNSFO>TD,
ASHEVILLF. N. C.
The beloved Join is our infor
mant, that one day the same be
ing the last day of 9. great feast,
Jesus stood and crieo.
How often does the -vTords of
Jesus rise
cry.
the race, while fences and ditches
are leaped at a bound, until
the poor animal so hotly
pursued reaches the coveted place,
and leaps into the water, and is
.->afe from its pursuers
If when pn sued by the hounds
of sin I fly t* Je.sus as one who
^ thirsts foi him, I shall find pro
to the importance of a jteciion and security. Hj%love is
jdeep enough, his grace bfoad e-
Peace, heart of mine! no longer sigh to
wander;
I/)se not thy life in fruitless quest.
There are^'no happy. Islands over yonder;
Come home and rest.
—Henry 'Van Dyke. .
The Foiljf of Going to Hell.
BY J. M. PAGE.
“In the greatness of his folly he shall go
astray.”—Prov. 5:23,
It takes a mighty big fool to go
to hell Not that a maip. may not
successfully drive a mc%ey-mak-,
ing business, or rise high on the
wings of political fame, or be one
of the wisest of earth from a
worldly, point of view and then
go to hell. But this world is a
preparatory school for the. great
college of eternity, and he who
neglects to prepare for that col
lege before enteritlg' is: ihe great
est of fools. Here is a boy who
goes to school from 6 to 18 and
and spends all his time in pleas
ure and idleness. He aosolutely
ignores his studies. At i8 he
goes to college to enter and when
the examination is put ip he
cannot even read the questions
to sayhiothiqg of answering them,
ivuuiu you uut piq--oaucc niuj a
fool ? vSo it will be with those
who come .to the judgment hav
ing spent their lives in pleasure
seeking and have neglected the
preparation for heaven.
I wish to show you that if you
are lost it will be the greatne.ss
of your own folly that sends you
down to the pit of eternal woe.
I. NOT the SIN OF ADAM.
The sins of Adam carries no
one to hell except Adam. “As
in Adam all die even so in Christ
shall all be made alive.” When
Adam sinned the world passed
before God as condemned. When
Christ died upon the cross the
w'orld passed back before God as
redeemed. Each person stays
there until he comes to the age
of accountability and by his own
sin passes back under condemna
tion. Should a person from the
moment of hisaccomitability com
mit absolutely no sin he would
be saved, but “all have sinned
and come short of the glory of
God.”
We inherit the sinful nature
from Adam, but do not inherit
the sin itself. Children of con-
.sumptives inherit a weakened
constitution which is more suscep
tible to the disease than those of
healthful parents, but they do not
inherit the disease itself.
II. NOT THE SIN OF YOUR PARENTS
1 admit that the law of heredity
is a powerful law and that chil
dren inherit tendencies toward
certain sins from their parents.
The sins of'the fathers are visited
upon the children unto the third
and fourth generations.
There are hundreds of parents
in North Carolina who are lead
ing their children to hell. Yes,
parents have a powerful influ
ence over their children. They
may lead them, but they cannot
drive them to destruction. What
ever may be the influence ot your
home if your soul is lost it will
be the greatness of your own folly
that drags you down.
IV. NOT THE ARBITRARY WILL
OF GOD.
“As I live saith the Lord, I
would not that any should perish,
but that all should come to me
and live.” God wants to save
every sinner, but he cannot do it
honoiabh unless that sinner will'
repent.and accept the Christ as
his redeemer. God cannot do a
dishonorable act, therefore God
cannot save save an untepentant
sinner. His ab.solute allegiance
to righteonsiiess stands above his
merciful desire tp save sinners. I
have doubt that the governor of
North Carolina would be glad to
pardon every prisoner in the
state, but there is a law of righC
eonsness that stands above this
desire.’ If, in this world of cor
rupted judgment that law of jus
tice is recognized by sinful man
how much more must it be rec5g-
tiized in a world of righteousness
by a righteous God? The right
eous sentiment in North Carolina
has incorporated into our code of
laws the law handed down on
Siatiai, “Thou shalt not kill,”
and attached to it the 'same pen
alty, “Life for life.” Now if you
commit murder in cold blood
tVno or WUat la l
When the disciples approached
him at the dose of his. talk with
the woman at the well of Sychar,
and'Sppke to him about eating,
his I'eply, “My meat is to do the
will of Him that sent me,” was
equivalent to a cry. When sur
rounded by the multitude, he .up
braided the citic" of Bethsaida
and Chorazin ant nen commend
ed the Father f
Gospel to the s
“Com.. unto ine .
and I will give yi|h
this day of the IS
his voice and crid
revealing the
iple, he cried.
you to execution ? Is it not the
greatness of }’Our own folly?
There is a well known force in
nature called the law of gravita
tion. This law is absolutely nec
essary. Without it we could not
live on the earth. We would be
flying about through space and
as apt to locate on some other
planet as on the earth. But sup
pose that you defy this law. You
are on top of a five-story building.
You know that gravitation says
that if you jump off you will be
broken to pieces. But, you say
I am a free man and I will do as
I please, .so off you leap. Who is
to blame for your death? The
God who made the law of gravi
tation? The man who built the
house ? Or is it you in the great
ness of your own tolly.
O, sinner, search down deep
into your own soul and see if you
do not find something there that
answers to this text and says,
“Yes, indeed, it is the greatness
of my own folly that is leading
me astray.” You go out in the
darkness of night and yon say no
one sees me now, I can commit
my sin here. Where is God ?
Can He not see in the darkness
as well as in the light?. But sup
pose that you close the eyes of
God and blindfold all the angels
and draw down about you the
thick curtains of darkness still
there is an accuser at hand—your
conscience. You cannot get away
from this accuser neither in time
nor eternity. Many have com
mitted suicide under the delusion
that they could get away from
the remorse of a guilty consciance.
There is only one place where
their conscience can be purified
and satisfied and that is at the
the cross. If your find that in
the greatness of your folly you
are going astray fly to Jesus and
he will free you from the guilt
and consequence of sin and “If
the Son makes you free ye shall
be free indeed.”
Southport, N. C.
.1 ye that labor
rest.” And on
„st he lifted up
• “If any man
thirst let him c6nie‘ and drink,
and out of''his inner life shall
flow rivers .of li'ving water.”
He cried,.“I am u river.” Mr.
F.- B. iMyers in the Homiletic Re^
vieW'Says,'here is the sfiggestion
of humility. The liv-dr takes the
lowest place-, ■ finds the lowest
ground, and settle.s in pools that
the aged and infirm and children
and cattle uiayydiink. So Jesus
finds the lowest-pl ice in your life,
and all that yop have to do is to
Stop, drink and prss on, transmit
ting whatever oi blessings you
may have receive to another.
He says that tin river is “effort
less. ’
“No striq gliiig, nor puf
fing, noi panling.
w”>rk for
but half
vhe day.
accoirijjshed
We plan our
Af night it is
We are
noiigh, to shield and save me.
2. Coming. In Nicodemus
we find one, not only thirsting
but coming, not as S^d the Cen-
hard. We have made great ef
fort. How unlike that river,
of whose waters we are invited to
drink that we may become a
flowing river, without that effort
and friction that tires and breaks
down.
“The river is constant,” The
river flows right on through all
the changes of weather and sea
son. My home is on its banks.
I wake in the night and can hear
the murmur of its waters going
by, and so on from day to day,
from year’s end to year’s end.
“The river grows broader and
deeper as 't flows.” Is there any
thing mor; pleasing than to look
upon gray hairs that tell of a
life that has grown stronger and
richer and deeper as it flowed,
reaching its highest point of grace
and beauty and fiillne.ss as it
reaches its end, passing out into
eternity’s great sea a model of
completeness, just as the river
reaches its climax when it reaches
its end, and gives its waters into
some great and boundless ocean?
The river gives life as it flows.
The cattle come down from the
hills to drink of its waters. The
wild creatures of the forest, every
living tiling finis life i'l r.s wa
ters.
“Mine,” he declares, “.ire ri
vers.” 1 am just as n.uch a part
of the great scheme to redeem
this world as Christ was. He is
the river ot whicli I must drink,
and I am the river of w.iich this
world must drink.
This river life is conditioned
on four things.
I. Thirsting. If any man
thirst. Jesus has no life-giving
riches to impart to the individual
who does not thiis 't him. The
psalmist explY ,edit\ enbesaid:
“As the liea-. 1 anti‘■h --r the
water brook so pante h my soul
after thee.’ ’
You may hai'e seen the hounds
in full cry after the tired, panting
deer. Its course points straight
to the river, and now we watch
turion that his servant might be
be healed, not as Jairus, who
pleaded for his daughter, but as
one who ■'.vould in some myster
ious way, have the paters of that
river start in his own life a new
river channel through which the
love of God„and the grace of God
might flow out upon the lives of
other.®.
3. Drinking. If any man
thirst let him come and drink.
There must be tha thirsting and
the coming, and drinking. Some
have thirsted and have come, and
yet would not drink. The young
ruler did this. , Our old acquaint
ances are doing this now. Loved
ones in our homes, who eat at our
tables, and sit with us in the house
of God, have seemingly taken the
first two steps but will not take
the third.
4. Flowing. My first drink
of him who says; “I am the river,”
puts wethin me the well of life,
but it is the drinking from day
to day that causes the well to run
over and the stream to flow out
and as God’s flowing river,
I look into your face and, find
that which I have looked into my
own and found; for there I read
pointment.
Your Christian life has not
been what you looked for and
expected, but a sort of weary drag,
and time and again you have felt
like giving up the whole busi
ness.
draught was
You drank once and that
doubtless sufficient
for salvation. But of that river
you have drunk so seldom since
that therein I find the secret of
your failure. Your life does not
flow.—Biblical Recorder.
hundred re
gems
were
What is Home?
Recently a Loudon magazine
sent out 1,000 inquiries on the
question, “What is Home?” In
selecting the classes to respond to
the question it was particular to
see that every one was repre
sented. The poorest and the
richest were given an equal op
portunity to express their senti
ment. Out of eight
plies received, seven
selected as follows:
Home—A world of strife shut
out, a world of love shut in.
Home—The place where the
small are great and great are
small.
Horae—The father’s kingdom,
the mother’s world, and the
child’s paradise.
Home—The place where we
grumble the most and are treated
the best.
Home—The center of our af
fection, round which our heart’s
best wishes twine.
Home—-The place where our
stomachs get three square meals
daily and our hearts a thousand.
Home—The only place on
earth where the faults and fail
ings of humanity are hidden un
der the sweet mantle of charity.
—Nashville Christian Advocate.
ure worthy of such a master.”
“But do it for niy sake—for mv
sake,” vias the response. Tue
student went to his task,
anc.
li
ter many months of labor he re
turned to the master and .-aid.,
“Come and see.” When tue cur
tain fell, the greatest pictuii- of
the age was befive them, “ I'he
Last Supper,” of Leonardo da
'Vinci.
“Paint Me a Picture,” says the
Divine Master to every Chriitian
worker in this community. Do
not say that you cannot, 'or His
aid is promised you. Paint me a
picture of consecrated service; do
It for My sake. And in the com
ing time, when we walk the cor
ridors of the iumi' rtal, percl ance
we shall see on its jasper walls
our pictures of consecrated ef
forts, which sliall be to the h-mor
of that name which is fo ever
best, because it .®hall have been
“for His sake.”—Selected.
Bringing Heaven and Heme Together.
Home is the best interpreter of
heaven. Home is no.t a place or
a state, but a fellowship. It is
not the wall of a house that
makes a home, for many who are
housed well enough are yet home
less, having none of the joys of
mutual kindness and help which
bind men and women in the life
of the home. Nor is home an.
interna] condition of feeling, but
a fellowship which takes us out
of outselves and our feelings, and
makes ns feel with and for others.
So heaven is the perfect fellow-
ship of those whojhave learned, to,
forget self in the joys of others.
And, as home finds its centre in
tlie one who most perfectly ex
emplifies the love which is in hfe'
—ia bic ji()ine-aia'x.nig
mother—so heaven finds its cen
tre in him whose life was the
perfect exemplificetion of. the
spirit of sacrifice, its charter.
Sunder the life of man from his,
“That where I am there ye may
be also,” either in this world 01
the next and you leave it to the
contention and strife which con
stitute the misery of our human
condition. With Jesus Christ as
its centre, heaven becomes intel
ligible as the eternal fellowship
of joy and peace.—Selected.
Coin of the Heart.
Every Man a Painter.
“Paint me a picture,” said great
master to his lavorite pupil.
“Paint me a picture?’ said the
student; “I cannot paint a pict-
Some men and women are as
uneasy under a debt of gratitude,
as under a money ohliqatiou.
They seem to keep a debit and
credit account of all kindnesses
done them that the sun may not
go down upon a benefit unre
turned. Far more tactful is it to
make immediate payment in
thanks alone and await a favora
ble opportunity to return the
courtesy.
“Kind w’ords are fairy gold’’
and the coin of the heart. It is
well to keep a supply of this cur
rency on hand. A haket ot fresh
peas from neighbor’s garden may
be sent back later in the form of
a plate of fresh cookies, and a fa
vor received thus unostentatiously
balance with a favor be. towed,
but the first payment should be
in coin of the heart: sometimes
it is the only return that can ever
be made.
In the manner of saying “thank
you” lies its value. Thanks should
be dear through understanding
and emphatic through sincerity;
radiant, but never effusive. A
child truly pleased gives recom
pense by his quick", indrawn
breath and appreebative “O!” As
to the thanks should be .said, so
should they be received: never
with a brusque, “Don’t mention
it,” but as royal payment for fa
vor rendered.—The Congrega-
tionalist.
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