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Page 4 HERTFORD COUNTY HERALD, AHOSICIE, N. C. Friday, December 4, 1925. Glowing Report of Student Meet Given (Continued from Paee 1) in overdoing athletics and the educators of the country should provide the students with a pro gram in which there is a link be tween recreation and work. A con structive, inclusive, progressive and appealing link must be pro vided for the Kingdom of God, which is the greatest thing in all this world. Dr. Truett’s sermons given on Friday evening and Saturday morning were enough in them selves to travel to Chapel Hill to hear. “Authority Sufficient and An Adequate Response” was the subject on which he spoke on Fri day morning. In this sermon. Dr. Truett preached Christ as the powerful authoritative Saviour. A reference made to Charles Lamb’s life expresses the thought of the discourse . At one time Lamb and several of his distinguished friends were sitting around his fire in the evening discussing the notable people of the world whom they would liked to have known. After almost all of the leaders of art, literature and conquest were men tioned, Lamb in his quiet voice said that there was one other who, if He came into the room all strong’. That is giving Christ our best, and is serving Him without restriction. Young people, I plead with you to be men in the ranks of God. When the bugle sounds for war put your games away. Meet great situations with the strength of God behind you. I am pleading this noon day hour that we give the best we have without question to God. There are enough students in this con vention to remake North Caro lina. It is always the few who do the great reconstruction works, the few who set the pace for the world to follow.” we are sure we will be caught up with? Do you stand up for the things you do, or uphold them? What would Jesus do? In driving the money changers out of the temple. He freed it from those who were cheating on its sanctity. Do you cheat on the sanctity of your own soul? There is an honor due to God of our time, and our money. There is honor due our friends in our relations with them. There is an honor due our parents while we are away at school more especially. Are you living up to In making this statement, the your trust? It is a fine thing to tremendous power and strength of; be honorable with your friends, a ■- finer thing to be honorable with yourself, but a much finer thing to be honorable with God. In Miss Kellam’s Y. W. A. Dr. Truett so manifested itself that in one listener’s heart was born the desire to possess power that makes such strong character. to be called one of the saving few And sometimes it is the small un known people who cause the be ginning of the work of the big visioned and powerful leaders. A good illustration of this is the story of the wizened little face of a man who peered up at Mr. Moody after one of his early ser mons and said, “Young man, the world is waiting to see how much Christ can do with a man fully consecrated.” With that goal to work for. Moody consecrated his life to God as perhaps no man had for centuries, and the fruit was would feel like kneeling. All the'brought forth in abundance. Yet other notable people would seem Moody himself was not My “n- “If ye have faith the It is men like him who are able luncheon, she made a talk about insignificant. The room was still and quiet as he mentioned the name of Jesus. Was_^not that enough of a tribute to Htnj who died for us that we should recog nize His authority and adequate love? “The Kingdom of God Cometh By Observation” was the topic on which Dr. Truett spoke on Satur^ day morning. The heart of the discourse was “a life fully con- seci*ated' to God can accomplish any victory;” He plunged into liis subject with these words, “How much life means for the better ment of the world, and how much it could mean if it were fully lived. If you would have your life count for the finest things and the best, what would your answer be? It must be in harmony with the will of Christ; it must be made to move at His guidance and gov ernment. The highest and best gift we can make is the gift of life, I seek not you but yours. The sujreme gift is the gift of life of phrist. This sacrifice was represented in the Old Testament by burt^ offerings. Burnt offer- ings^Jays stand for the gift of i,hey begin, there the songfe Oi the Lord begin also.' Thun moving on to the strength of character when men and women must deny or acknowledge their Lord, Dr. Truett said, “There are times when the candid yes and no need to be said without any hesitation. It is only that person who has fully consecrated his life to God who is strong enough to stand up and defy evil in the face of sure opposition and persecution. Carlyle was right when he said that religion is the determining factor in civilization. If we nurse sin, pamper it, and cuddle it, God will not hear us. ‘He that hath clean hands and a pure heart shall stapd in the day of final judg ment’. Whenever we give our selves whole heartedly to the task before us, we will always be able to sing the song of triumph. Let us be faithful to duty; and where we are losers in one point, that loss will be made up to us in another way.” At this point Dr. Truett laid particular stress upon the statement of Paul, which has helped so many Christians to be happy in adverse circumstances, “I have learned in whatsoever state I am therewith to be con tent.’’ He then continued on the theme of the consecrated life. The best is none too good to give Christ. When Martin Luther decided to give his life for the Lord, his friends told him it would be pure insanity for him to sacrifice all his wonderful talents and be a foreign missionary. But today Luther’s name is handed down through the years as a beacon light for all the world and the names of his friends are not mentioned. To this in quiry Martin Luther replied that Christ had given His life for him and all that he could give to Christ would still be too small. Too many Christians live tepidly and half heartedly. A soldier of the U. S. Army lost both his legs in the war for his country. When a friend tried to comfort him he pushed him aside, and said: “I offered my country my life and it only took my legs. Why should I complain?” Dr. Truett ended this sermon by discussing the two kinds of lives —the self-centered and the Christ- centered. The self-centered life is doomed. “Lest We Forget,” let us hold before us the line from the hymn, “Stil stands thine an cient sacrifice, an humble and a contrite heart.” With a power ful appeal he followed this with “Young people the Christ-centered life is what I am summoning you to today. The question of leader ship falls to college men and wom en. Woe unto me, Oh Lamb, when thy leader is a child! Jesus can not command big situations with little men. The difference between men is largely a difference in - ipirit. - ‘Quit ye like men be secrated. size for a grain of mustard seed,” said the Lord. And when we suc ceed “Forbid it God that we should boast save in the cross of the Lord our God.” The final admonition was “As e go our scattered ways, my fel low students, let’s give Christ our ,11; and say with conviction ‘I can not die, I cannot die. God needs men’.” Campus Conditions A discussion of facts which re lated to the campuses of the state was enjoyed by the delegation. In treating the social conditions, J. R. Bobbitt, student of the Univer sity, brought forth the assertion that there exists a feeling of superiority among the fraternity men over the non-fraternity men. While this is not a prevalent con dition, it still manifests itself and is to be fought and overcome. This is a small social condition in it self, but is one which students can remember and gain therefrom ex perience and assistance. It is fro the small units that the larger so-’ cial evils spring. This is a prob lem which students should solve once and for all—that It Is not' money nor the possibilities of the young wom en of today. She called them “Young Wonders Abroad,” not wonders overseas, but in our own land. We often wonder how a person can be so strong, so talent ed and powerful. It is truly won derful, but even that is not the greatest thing. The power of Christ in one is the miracle, the one thing which makes the right Babb Makes Fine Lecture During Chautauqua (Contiuued from Page 1) advantage. People have >found themselves handicapped in having bodies that can not fly and travel faster, but because of this they have devised blind. Teddy Roosevelt was handicap ped with one of the homeliest mouths you ever saw. To con quer it he capitalized on it by don ning a perpetual smile, and he was always grinning. Abraham Lincoln would not have kept his desk full of joke books if he had not been handicapped with melancholia. He told funny stories and laughed to try to beat his handicap. “If you methods of*^^t travel. Steam can not beat your handicap, bear locomotion \SB^rought into use to help overcorfie this difficulty. The human being can not swim, and is at a disadvantage compared to lower animals and fish. The brain began to work to devise means of overcoming this handicap and now you can go to Europe in six days. Not a fish in the waters could keep up with you. Man can not fly, but the intellect said, “Don’t worry about it.” “It will be a very short time before there will be a schedule for your town on an aeroplane route,” stated Dr. Babb, “and you can fly across the continent in a short time.” “Don’t blame God, and say He is not fair,” said the speaker with force. “This is only a place where the soul can assert itself.” There wa/'Mever a man yet sort of girl. And Miss Kellam is who was not handicapped,” con- of the opinion that the right sort tinued Dr. Babb. “To be perfect of girl is the rule and not the ex- you have to be dead. Then every- ception. The conference was just so full of good things and worth while things that it is impossible for one little paper to hold them all. The part of the program given to Rev. J. A. Campbell, of Buies Creek, was a time of great inspirational benefit to everybody. When any one has personally done great things and led many souls to Christ the world cannot help recognizing in them this work, and being in terested in the report of such work. Carrying on the idea of Christ, Commander of the Student Life, Dr. W. L. Poteat, of Wake Forest, spoke on the subject of “Main taining the Surrender Through College Days.” In this, Dr. Poteat stated that the fundamental de mand of life of all life is that it be fully developed, to the limit of all capacity. It is not surprising that youth with its deep seated love of enjoyment will find it hard to accept the courage of self-sacri fice and self-denial. They ask themselves if they must give up the best of their life with the hope of fulfillment of their own na ture. They ask, “Can you make luch a demand of me?” Then Dr. oteat showed where such a com- ete sacrifice of one’s life to ist is the only way in which body else must be dead too, so that there will be no literary liar to it,” Dr. Babb further said “Everybody has a handicap,” reiterated the speaker. “You must find your handicap and overcome it or capitalize on it THANKSGIVING AFFAIR WAS BRILLIANT EVENT The Thanksgiving reception un der the auspices of the Y. W. A., which is among the most impor tant social events of the college year, was held in the college par lors Thanksgiving evening. The spacious main hall was beautifully decorated with flowers and green plants, the color scheme of green and white being effec tively carried out. The guests were ushered into the college par lors and one of the society halls converted into a reception hall for the occasion. The evening was spent with Barnes-Sawyer Grocery Co., Inc. Wholesale HEAVY AND FANCY GROCERIES Ahoskie, N. C. We Sell to Dealers Only possessions that count^'"® an| enjoyment may for most in life, but it is humanity,!® the only way m which J •eal triumph and victory may be common sense and intellect. j ... , . ( attained The greatest religious problerti for the students was presented by Miss Elizabeth Cowan, student of North Carolina College for Wom en, under the name of indiffer ence. This indifference is shown by the irreverence of students everywhere. Even scepticism is not to be feared nor dreaded so much as the indifference of the student body, for the number of sceptics is small when compared with the number of careless Epi cureans. No solution was offered for this condition, only a state ment that this thing exists in all its sinister and alarming power. Possibly to some extent each man has a code of honor which fits his own conscience, which code njay be perfectly well suited to his particular life. Nevertheless there is an unwritten code which must apply to everyone’s life alike and whether each one measures up or falls short depends upon his ability and willingness to apply himself. Miss Annabel Abbott, student of Meredith College, made statements concerning standards of honor which might be well to present for the thought and dis cussion of the rest of us. She stated that the motto of too many students is to get by instead of “I will do my best.” Are you guilty of cramming? Are you guilty of bluffing? You may be cheating only yourself, but whom could you injure more? The stu dent government honor system is to be commended, but do we up hold it all the time or just when We would not neglect to refer to the part some of Chowan’s girls had on the program of this conference. The talk on the Y. W. A. by Miss Jewell Askew was one of the most beautiful applica tions of Christian living that can be expressed. The key thought in this talk was, “I thank the Lord that I ave time to elp oers.”hhr that I have time to help others.” That in itself shows that the com plete surrender to Christ is the sure means of bringing real hap piness. The solo by Miss Nancy Parker, on Saturday morning, was so splendidly rendered and so thoroughly enjoyed that she was asked to sing again on Sunday aft emoon. She did great credit to herself, her teacher and to Chowan by the soulfulness of her song. Sincerity is the basis of success of the Christian life; and Miss Parker knows how to stand forth in all sincerity in her singing. The Chowan College group of girls was entertained in such a lovely manner by the Chapel Hill people in their hospitality and con sideration that it was a task in deed for them to leave when the conference had ended. May each one of them not forget the prin ciple of Christ’s love and guidance as it was expressed in the many lectures, songs and prayers of the Baptist Student conference at Chapel Hill. „_i much merriment and laughter by wTite vour biography, or slanderer . j 4. c j •’ ^ f’. . .. some, while others seemed to find time only for more serious and deeper subjects. The reception was not in its usual formal style, but was carried out rather in formally. Misses Madge Cooper and Rosalie Tolar stood at the punch bowl. Misses Elsie Orders, Lyndal Denny, Margaret West and Thelma Draper served ice cream and cake. For the success and enjoyment of the reception creditable men tion is due Miss Rosalie Tolar, president of the Y. W. A., and the committees who assisted her. to twist tales into falsity.” Some of the great men of the country of whom Dr. Babb has made special study, according to his findings, were certainly not without handicaps. Edison, the great electrical wizard, had them. In extolling his eminence, we must not forget Mrs. Edison, who has been so faitJlful and devoted to him throughout the years and, who has aided him in overcoming his handicaps and succeeding. The life stories of some of the greatest artists in literature reveal that they had to master obstacles in the way before they reached the star of success. Homer was club footed, and partly crazy. He had hallucinations and sometimes imagined that people were run ning after him on the street. Byron was club-footed, deformed, debauched and depraved. Mrs. Browning was handicapped. She was an inValid, but oh how she could sing! Fannie Crosby was Little rows of zeros. Not So very quaint Makes our graduation Look as though it ain’t. ♦ * * Teacher: “Who made the first nitride?’* Pupil: “Why, Paul Revere, of course.”—Alchemist. Subscribe to the Chowanian. GOTO U. Vaughan’s FOR DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, SHOES, CLOTH ING, HATS, HARDWARE, CROCKERY, ETC. U. Vaughan MURFREESBORO, NORTH CAROLINA they Are Here And Still Coming We issue you that advance invitation to watch our store—windows and special dis plays—of Christmas Goods. You will be delighted at the line we are putting in for Christmas, 1925. Come Around and Look Walker-Cherry Drug Co. OUR MOTTO IS SERVICE, COURTESY and EFFICIENCY Main Street AHOSKIE, N. C. Keep Your Eye On Copeland’s Celebrating our seventh anniversary as the first and Original Drug Store with Registered Pharmacy, Copeland’s will carry this Christmas a wonderful assortment of Christmas Gifts. We Are Never Out You can always count on finding the Popular Drug Store Article at Copeland’s—and SERVICE goes along with it. COPELAND DRUG CO. Storm The Prompt and Efficient Pharmacy AHOSKiE,' I : ~ NORTi SHOP WITH Wynn Bros, “Murfreesboro's Greatest Store” The Home of Exclusive Styles in Women^s Apparel J. D. Babb, President Chas. R. Storey, Cashie|^| H. H. Babb, Asst. Cashier ’ m First National Bank Member Federal Reserve System Capital $100,000.00^ MURFREESBORO, - N. C. The First National Bank, Murfreesboro, N. C., offers its services and Banking Facilities to the Faculty Student Body of Chowan College. First National Bank “Onlf NATIONAL BANK in Hertford Congt;” Murfreesboro, N. C.