Prophet's Column “The Words Of The Preacher” By J. M. Little ‘THE WORDS OF THE T HE' 'HER, the son of Davn i:ing in Jerusalem. Vamt> oi vanities saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities. all is vanity" (F.cclesiastes 1:1-2). The writer is King Solomon, the son of David. Reading the life of King Solomon in the Scriptures, we find that he was a man of great wealth. We could say he made an experiment with the wealth of this world. Solomon was the wisest man since Adam. He goes on to say in verse twelve of this same chapter: “I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.” The Lord saw fit to place a —preacher on the throne of —Israel, his father David was also a preacher on the throne of Israel. But now listen further to the Preacher , ” And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to uie sons of man to be exercised therewith. I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered. I communed with mine own heart, say ing, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and know lege.” (Vss 13-16). King Solomon had all the wealth that the human heart could desire, but he said, also; “And I gave my heart to know wisdome, and to know madness and' folly; I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. •• (Vs. 171. Solomon made an experiment with wealth and sin, but found both to be vanity and vexation of spirit. This goes to show that the things of this world cannot satisfy the human . heart. You can indulge in all the sin you want, and all the business and pleasures oTtbis world, they are all vanity and vexation of spirit and cannot All the emptiness of heart. Only the REVEALED Christ can fill that emptiness in your heart, my awakened sinner. When I was growing up in the religious world, even though I was religious to the core, I knew there was J-M. Little an emptiness in my heart. I set out to fill that emptiness not knowing that only Christ could satisfy the emptiness there. I em braced all the major reli gions of the world. I prayed and read my Bible. And many times I’d be sitting thee in church on Sunday morning and the preacher would say: “While I prav. you pray to.” When I would try to pray, the heavens seemed like brass to me and I felt a great gulf between me and God. Many times I wanted to cry out right there in the service; “my prayers are not getting through!" Re gardless of where I went or what I did, the deep empti ness was there in my heart. I knew something was missing that I lacked. -Not until the blessed Holy Spirit of God brought me under Holy Spirit con vie ' tion did I realize what was wrong. When the Holy Spirit brought me under conviction, He revealed to me that the great missing something in my life was the reality of Christ. And not until Christ was revealed to my heart was I satisfied. My life does not consist of the abundance of the things I possess, but of Christ. You can have all this world and its so-called treasures and pleasures, but I had rather have Christ. I would not ex “ change what I have n Christ for ten thousand worlds of gold and silver. Would you? The greatest thing in all the universe is just to know the Lord Jesus Christ as your Lord and your Saviour. If you don’t have Christ, you don’t have anything. You may boast of your wealth, but listen to what the Preacher, Solomon said; “As he came forth of his mother’s womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take notning ol his labour, which he may carry away with his hand.’’ (Ecclesiastes 5:15). So, after laboring for and attaining great wealth, when you come down to die you cannot carry a thing with you. How is it going to be with you when you come to die? Do you know Christ? Will it be said of you that you died in the Lord? Could I stand there at your funeral and say you went home to be with the Lord? Many times 1 sit and think; what if I were not saved? What if I had to come down to the end of life’s journey facing etern ity unsaved without Christ? I tell you friends, it would be the most awful thing that can happen to a soul. If you come this way and fail to come to know the Lord Jesus Christ, it can be said of you as it was of Judas; “ft would have been better for that man that he had never been born.” People are dying and leaving this world. What about you? Where are you going? Where will you spend eternity? I’ll never cease to thank and praise the Lord for saving such a sinner as I. If .Hre Lord had let me alone I never would have been saved. The only thing God has to do for a sinner to go to Hell is just leave the sinner alone. Did you ever think about it like that? God doesn’t have to save you, my friend. But, oh, what mercy! Oh, what love when He reaches down to the bottom of the pit as it were, and saves such a Deaths And Funerals Mr. Harry Alexander Funeral arrangements are incomplete for Mr. Harry Alexander of 1717 Wilmore Drive, who died Sunday, April li in Char lotte Memorial Hospital. Alexander will be hand ling these arrangements Mr. Clarence Henry Weeks Funeral arrangements are Incomplete for Mr. Clarence Henry “Nunny” Weeks Jr. of 2123 Longdale Drive, who died Monday, April 12. Alexander will be handling these arrange ments. Mr. Sherman L. Legette Funeial arrangemcnto— are incomplete for Mr. Sherman Leroy Legette of 1027 AndriU Terrace who died Sunday, April 11, in the 1300 Block of Oaklawn Avenue. Alexander will be hand ling these arrangements. Mrs. KertlneReld Funeral arrangements are incomplete for Mrs Kertine Reid of 2820 Phil lips Avenue who died Monday, April i* at mhi South Try on Street. Alexander will be handling these arrange ments. Mrs. Mary liaise Walls Funeral aarvices for Mrs Mary Louise Walla, 55, of 358 St. Johns Plsce, Brooklyn. N.Y., formerly of Charlotte, was heia Saturday, April 10, at the Alexander Funeral Home Chapel. Burial was in York Memorial Park. Survivors are. Mr. Bry ant Walls of Brooklyn, N.Y.; two sons, Mr. Bryant Lemar Walls of Virginia and Mr Robert Ashton Walls Sr. of Char lotte; two daughters. Mrs. Thelma Moore of Rocking ham, N.C. and Mrs. Bessie Young of Brooklyn, N Y.; one brother, Mr. William ] Duncan Myrick of Home- ; stead, Fla; one sister, Mrs. i Betty Stroud of Charlotte. Alexander handled these i funeral arrangements. Mr. Albert Thomas Heath Funeral services for Mr. Albert Thomas Heath, 72, of 62S Georgetown Drive was held Saturday, April 10, at Simpson-Gillespie United Methodist Church. Burial was in Beatties Ford Memorial Park. Survivors are: Mrs. Hazeline Heath, wife, of Charlotte; three sons, Mr. Albert T. J. Heath of Pennsylvania, Mr. Henry Heath of Charlotte and Mr. Arcnie Hfeith of Washing-— ton, D.C.j two daughters, Mrs. Alice Martin of Camp Springs, Maryland, and Mrs. Gwendolyn Harris of Nashville, Tenn.; one bro ther, Mr. Henry B. Heath of Charlotte; one sister, Mrs. Mary Coleman of Morgan ton, N.C. Alexander handled these arrangements. Mr. Willie James Barnes Funeral service for Mr. Willie James Barnes Jr., 81, of 1315-5 Pressley Road was held on Thursday, April 1, at St. Paul Baptist Church. Burial was in Forest Lawn Cemetery. Survivors are: son, Mr. James Barnes III of Char lotte; three daughters. Miss Rose Barnes and Mrs. Beatrice Barnes Wheeler, both of Charlotte and Mrs. Willie Mae Hill of Salis bury, N.C,; two brothers, Mr. Adam Barnes Sr. of Kannapolis, N.C. and Mr. Andrew Lee Barnes of Buf falo, N.Y.; eight sisters, Mrs. Lillie Simpson of Rock Hill, S.C., Mrs Sally Moses of Gastonia, Mrs Bessie McManus of Hewleh Long Island, Mrs Willie Mae Moses of Charlotte, Mrs. Beatrice Gilllard of Bessemer City, Mrs. Louise McDaniel of Bes semer City, Mr. Virginia Smith and Mrs. Made Clemons, both of Dayton, Ohio. Alexander Funeral Home handled these ar rangements. Mrs. Leola W. Simpson Funeral service for Mrs. Leola Wilson Simpson, 67, of 951 E. 143rd Street, Cleveland, Ohio, was held on Thursday, April 1, at Cosmopolitan Community Church. Burial was in York Memorial Park. Survivors are: one son, Mr Theodore Huey of Cleveland, Ohio; five bro thers: Mr. Hugh Wilson, Mr. Lambert Wilson and Mr. Arthur Wilson, all of Celveland, Ohio, Mr. Clyde Wilson and Mr. Ankrum Wilson, both of Charlotte; four sisters; Mrs. Willie Davis of Pittsburgh, Pa.; Mrs. Ellen Sheets, Mrs. Jean Johnson and Miss Duie Wilson, all of Cleve land, Ohio. Alexander Funeral . Home handled these ar rangements. Mrs. Dorothy Friday Funeral service for Mrs. Dorothy Friday, 40, of 3406 Clippard Drive, was held on Thursday, April 1, at St. Luke Baptist Church. FULL-TIME NCANG Membership in Air National Guard is man datory (ANG-327) Air craft Pneudraulic Sys tems Mechanic, (ANG 328) Aeromedical Evac uation Specialist, (ANG 329) Electronics Mech anic, (ANG-330) Heavy Mobile Equipment Me chanic. Anply in person, 8 a m. - 3 p.m., Mon day through Friday, 5225 Morris Field Dr , Charlotte, N.C. fitffii M-f wretch as I. Oh, the love of God! 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