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■ Jl i'll f.-.r Build Thee More Stately Mansions, Christians Cry if»y tin *% t e u ■“ j DU THIINS SIT VNU Baptist PutW Explains Thai ClristlaM Should Not Think Too Lowly of Thoauelves v . SERMON ON OUR i LIMITLESS POSRRILITIEg v" % / Tw Many Say That Th«y Ari Mora Grasshoppers and They Act Liko Grasshoppers, and the 81ns of Men Who Think Too Highly of ThemqpJvjp Not Equal To the Sips oi Those Who Too Much Dip Th# Christian possesses everything, nil the preachers. l*a Wafers, tie Irani In*, the world, life, and death, said Dr, Xann Wall in hia sermon Sunday raorn ln* on our "feoiittean Potsstsiuu." “Therefore," said Pml In 1H» lower to tho . ( orrinthians. “Let no man glory In anon. For gM ihaigs are yours; whdhor Foal, «r Apollon, or Cephas, or the World, or life, or death, or things present, or tt»n*a Ip comp. Ail things sre yours; and ye are Christ’s •od Chains is Cod." It was from this text that th* min.- IsUr draw the enheigsion t>.t wh.J- no ehriHian has a right to think of him soi; moos highly Urns ho ought, ha has ho right to Pines upop himsplf a fouror estimate thou his Savior has Fladsd «em him, or to think of huw ■elf more lowly than he ought to think. PjMl hpliaaw! fefey sad Ur ml* in da ■■. nothing Uogopd fo7 him, sod nothing too hord for him. He, too, be lie»ed in his Lord's- redppmod shite dren believed that they eoald do 'oM things through Christ which strength path them.’ believed that Christ could |lo for thorn ’’escoediagt abundantly above all that they could aak ay think." Relieved that His glory would ho with thorn, “In the church, world without pad. There are, in ray judgment, two pautions that we must always make: first, that of thinking too highly of purselves sport from Christ, and, soc pad, that of thinking too Itttia of our- Aolvoa in Christ, and t« is this Inst psution that needs to bo streaood ito day. for most Christiana, unices my study and observations haw* lad mr to the wrong conclusions, place too low E, ••“»**• -tt* u o" f mltgiopa life. Without Christ, So be sure, wo are poihiaf a»d can da noth in*. Irak with f nriat we can do all things, and pos *"** “it* Wo barn. I faor, too fnany Christian, who say: “We are, in our own sight, as grasshoppers, Md ihon they act like gras hoppers, and h°oa the world leohs upon them sad ua As a drove of grasshoppers. We must, •»y brethren, ever bo humble—be {/hristlike —-be childlike, but there is, to must keep in mind, a humility which very close akin to cowardieo—« hu mility which is just another nataa-for lariness. We need Christians who will guit themselves . like men, and be strong. Wo must pray ‘oat far task, •qual to our powers, but for powers yqiial to our tasks.’ Must Nat Think Too Lowly Tho sins of men who think too highly of themselves are nothing in oompar laea With the sins of ths men who think too lowly of ''themselves—thosu who take too narrow, too limited, too nman A view of thmsclves. We worship end •erve a great Cad—o wonderful Bae lar, and when ha anils ns to a grant (ask ha would have ua piny tha part ff a man in • great way instead of behaving lika * grasshayper. We. la fe suro, face giants, hat la tha light ft Christ, and his teachings, they are No mom than, grasshoppers Our htese od Lord has tho lam. tha life sad tha tower needed in overcoming oil evil*. , We sre t«ld,< in tho phgsical world, That a body to morion, no matter how large, or With what velocity, ran be Stopped, reversed, and mode to move |p on opposite direction, by the appli cation of sufficient opohsing force.’ o And what is true in the physical World la juat as true in the spiritual. Our Nrw Testament tells us that to he a c Kristian we must, first, ‘be born Agaip, seoood. feus righteously, sad third, wash affectively We often stress the first—that of being b-ira again— bring hean anno, but J frag w# do- not tgrras the other two os we ought that of living righteously and .that of Working effgctivnly, Efficiency experts claim that ugly «pg man ip fe-g thou sand is ninety per cqpt efficient; *Sat that tha average Man ranges frem Iprnty five to forty per cent. »Christian experts tell us that ruly A Vary small per cent of our. church members are efficient—that only one m« n . in seaentaoa. oaor wips a soul t« (Wrist, ond that only Ufo par cent work Wiih spy, degree «f regularity and rn thasiasm pt tks Christian task. Ok the tragrdy of itt Cod, in Christ Jo pus. rrouted the world. Christ died (ft It, ond was eptomtwjg, hut death Cpuld not hold him. He arose! The Meet funeral, therefore, of Christian- W *> then follow not e jmad and defeated king, but a living ppd triumphant ona. We are in him P should, therefore,' be the happiest Must hopeful and most optimisitlc peo pie In tha whole world. Mfe has won sad we are going to win In Him. All things belong to him and-fhii redeem «d ones. llear Faul a* he say*: ALI THING* *&>: YfeCX-s. pad (fen he be gins to i-numerate, pn the limit!*#* of our posseaaiya jq B*W feme First FwopcguloM Wa ppsappa, Tlrafe of ail. oil of Ihi pgea.-htra, teachers and workers in th« kfeig do m<>( Ciod present and pari 'Whi ther Foul, ST Apollo*, or Cephas. 1 When Foul went to Corinth he foun« tfe- people divided upon into little por ties, toying. "I am of Fool," another Crhtios,” onil oumUi*i . “I Am us Christ-' Who then is Foul, uud who is Apolloi IbtHpTigl hy who»\t bn(evod. haps planted, A polios watemd, hut God if*** **« iacrease, as than neither Is ;he that pUnlcth anythiag, neither is 1 Ob that I mi..! W Ul* M fill ,Mi fe eyas unto Him from whom oil bloat ing* flow. To# after wo see u* -you loyk at. sod think aboqt none other it “f* oormlvet W* appreciate your love and yoor loyalty hot wo moot lead FA|Ap mo jihp plmpya. ° Tkoy ope but broken light# of ' 7*l They, . . . 4 .... . A*d tßgg, Q |mord, op* mogp »an lf»7Hhe pastors aod .vpngajisU- S ■ MBgBR ’living Water ’ Opo of Plants, another waters, b*g £pd> him- C NtljL gives tks Increase, feat’* thank -"tjmj for all ft trio true aogyput*—hut y lot’s never think of them as being able j to give life, for ooly Jesus can do that 1 We, yoor servants, together with all k who hava ever UpodL belong to yog to why should yon hr . discriminating f Thank fepd for oil, and that Ifcey sit botong to yngr-to no. Paul tho Apo*- I *4* W yon as, Aputios the ocatoe it yours, Peter the great preacher ts yours, Timothy tho evangelist. It your*, aod John, the beloved, is yoor*. ALL ABC YOURS Ok how rich the world ia in this particular; aa. multiplied ■ II thousands of great and good men and < ‘ women hare lived and left their foot ' r prints on the sands of time, and the utterances In our libraries. We possess, in the second place, the i world th* kosmoa- the material world, i ’ The C brief ion it the only person Who | con understand that paradox o( Faul'i ’ when ho laid, “aa having nothing ayg ’ yet poaaeming: all things." This yipgr | , derful physical world about ua belongs ' to thooc who belong to Cbrirt. Hy o J o»A» U»k* world who too* Jo if tho hoop of God, and uses everything he a or* fyc thy ’gtprg ok God.’ Th* msterfal * world, therefore, was creyted for mop's 1 “ btfksxt good .yd for tiyd’s glory. Oh i what a wonderful bcaufiful physieal I | world wo hovel “Roy unto day at * tesyfh tparch, and night unto thumofh kuuwlgdgpl,” The hevoen* in ’’ poetry, ppd bfpyty ond eloquence dr I eUro the glory of Godl Chofof In few Fhyalqol World \ The riveet, the lakes, tjic mountaipt. 1 j aod th* fleldt speak of him, end If* birds sing Hit praises. Bretberen, you j cyn And all hinds of fonlta with the 1 yum who live upon this physical worfd. „ bus you esn And no fault with . the material world itsplf. It’s opr . sioyard to be cultivated, beautiful apd 0 swjoyed. It belong* to Ghritt, and if . wo will hut live neotr Hjnt—have coo- ' j tipyout fellowship with Him, aecipg Hip face In every dewdrop. In evoyy i ’ rose, in every mpanloin and field, |n | j every bird, in every rlear, and in oeofy i mountain and field, then We con truth- 1 fully spy that we own the world—"that | J, wa have nothing and ypt possess pit , I things. ’’ “Let on by Tboe. Lord Jetus, i The best is yet te come; 1 1 , For I am qfw*>» proving. Tie better further oq" * l * Fo apes ship of M»* “ With the Chrittioa the present it pi ; ■ ways fund apd tha fift**™ alwags , * bright. W# journey, not toward the | * night, but toward the light, and each ( '• experience a fhis grace it better than *1 the last, for if ‘we walk I nthe light, '• a aHe ia In th* light, we have fellow- V ship one with th* other, and th* bloed 'I of Jeaua Chriat, his Son, clransrth ur *i from al| sins." 1 John f:t, 1 Wo pan, <p Ob* Uuad plat*, the pot 1 {soooors of life. We hpye life, spirit * uol life, o kind tke peoples apart from * Christ, do not htve, nor do they know about. ’’The natural man recedvetk pot th* r things of the spirit of God: for they * are foolishness unto him: neither can k he know them (apart from ChrisW for ■ i they ore spiritually Afaccsdod.” 1 Cor. ) f: If dados kimarig said, ’1 sows that I they stay kav* fete, aod hove ff obond 1 - salty " Juba IA: t*. Spitstual life. * that#for#, ia Chriaffa fra* gift to oil ' t! hoiioveia, ooA ia aoqaatkiog wholly dis- ( f faroot from immoaolfty. Wa pro not. ! * door friend#, immortal Just because , I I Jooos com* and died for ua. Immor- | * tality ia Dsfo gill t>i tU peopfes, but . ■ I •vorloatiag Ilia in Ghnog'a gift to oil | I' who belevo in him. Immortality aeg Kfocaal Life I ■ Man ia immortal whether he will er * not; and hia immortality cannot be r stamped oat by death, as some seem '' to think. But eternal life is something ' -1 which man can accept or rejert accord, in gto hia own will. It ia • gift* I something offered which many have not - nor wtll not accept. "Ye will not rear ° agio mr Vest ye might have life,’’ says " Je’aus. I Wish it were within my pow- I d|*r to feril yep the difference brtwoen * immortality and eternal life a* offer- I -jed by my Savior and Lord! This tin * (do illustration mpy help Voudar in ~! turn omiodoetoos beside Jesus no the f cross—aa* on th* right hand and the ■ athog oo tha jpff. Both or* im -1 adonul—hot has* imou>rt«|(ty aithin * them. One by fgith said to Jetus: "Re st , member mg when Thou contest into Thy kingdom." and he answered and y said, "Today thou ahalt be with me b ia phradt**,’’ and thus and then be be c came a partaker of the rttrnfl life o which Chriat offers to every own mho I* comes to Him by faith. Eternal lido Is "! fullness of life nd just uwat easuh bjsnea. Itoraal tife.l* immortality awak -1“ aned bp- hh* Spirit, redoemod bp Christ's 1 d bipod. hssutifK-d by His graoo, and k i**»» figured by hip power apd glory, •(and is always going, Mowing, and glaw '-.ihf! W* who hove Tgcrnal life have ■ icy in the morning, happiness at the ■ noon-day, and glory and poors at the n ' evening hour of life. Pot**selone of Death •'! aors of t>KATB- Death to the sinner Is looked upon pa being hia worst enemy, " but wo Who at* saved looked upon It I* as being oug friend. Hence the reason L for one ms* 1 * fearing death while the »•'other welcome* it. Death, to be sure, *• | soparalp* - ua, for th* time being at lepst. from our loved ones, but It ush tr* us, us one*, into tho presence of i*'o«r ord for to be absent from the i• body is t# be pt horn* with th* Lord.’ I Cor. g.i Paul, therefor*, did not fear ." death. He, at one time ot least, seem id rd te yearn for It, saying, "I am in a r- straight lietwisl two, having a desire; g, te deport eod lie with Christ, which it ," i fpr hpitpy." Phil. To h. tep >s aroted from this earthly home means I to eater our eternal koau»—4hßl lihanil vhiah ia haiag prepared lag M, apd' l there ta Join "the general nroewMg nod i church of the firm bora." ™ "Our knowledge o| that Ufa la small < Tho ep* of faith in dim, «■ 1 Ti* gnpggh tn hpow ghpt fibA>st kpom* 1 UMI * ' An| thgt Wo tball h* with Him Wo ore, in thA Inal pine*, paasnns of both the present and th* futnrw— "things prnsent and things to cot*#" belong to us whaarc in- Christ Jetus. Th# present ta aura. Wa. ahapld thou for*. *o« smoothing gpod ia the ppe aont . Dps id agreed, rif omp gopera tion by tha will p< God. Vhe gferaent is all we have; w* can only serve this generation, and I trust our aervlco shall be, according ta tha will of God. Thff* la a cippa ft Apopi* wfes fenL sad slpaya fait, that thng sould Jnot more out treat, or into soma other state, th«g they would wri discom* n gold mlgg, or atriko all. Oh how dpfemivo the other plac* ip- the to mnyrow ip. Today la Gadfe day. and thg only dng w* have. KRp, too ta ndost el (hristions gjho.ferl (op they have nl««y* felt) Mriri, this theiy pay la a b«d qpy- -that (hpy haven't g ghost of o shew ta moke good tlrat nil things are going to wreck and ruin and that all of their efforts will ho worthless, and heire* they have sot dgwn to whin* and pin* fat a- better d|py- jl you belong to that gloss I bid gAu wake up, vAPh y*P« *y»» tp ithe *o*ny opportunities whlgh, like apow Hqjtaa pr* fulling f*p» ahmtg yupg feet. Hear Faul as ke say. THE PRESENT IS YOURR—arise it, moke tha' most of it. The future, boo, b Hoags |a as "things to come ogw yours.” .To me ,||i* preant lo good* and the future fe as bright a* tho paomiges of God; good befpugp Ghrist bps bidden uo’go.to all aoAion* and . peoples with life tiding, promising to be with us oil tho way. and glorious because he it comiag bach again for th* purpoe* of carrying na unto Himself. Oh tRe limitgNpsncss as pur ymn rips* in ChgjpAt pH of the Ugcbera, AfgAchgy* Prid CBriptinn wupßvrt og thg present and past belong to at; this .beautiful world belongs to ua; this wnndpgfuJ life- Ut* dp* Uip. ip Chriat belongs to us; death, which ashers ua into a larger and fuller life, fc«- longa to ua. and *ll of tha things pre sent, and the thing* (A r<**m llkcwfea belong «t. "Huiid thr* mare rifefely mpnaiops, O m shHfe As tho swift seasons roll, w Leave thy dgn-vgalfed poof; .Let each tafnplg. pagisr thwp th* lari. Shut the* from heaven with o dome Till thon at length art free. Leaving thine out-grown shall by lift’s unresting ten." Biff Break in RgvivaJ Came on Bunday Night (Continued from Page One) and (he World always knows to which class' they bclpng. And just at thr world as ways despiao* * coward it al ways applauds a'hero. Joseph and Daniel bt*e ««fnu down ta Wf aa in spiring examples of the heroes of aa clrAt times, and they were heroes of the highest type. They were not afraid to ha gaud all th* way through. Neither of them would comprmoise qrlgb sip or compromlsg bfe own 1% tegrity, but each came oat of prison ta atennd p thr»p* or prime ujntatgg- Foul’s heroic spirit withstood and *n dursd mors than oimoot any mAh of bistoag. griwipt J sails who was the greatest hero efsll the sgea. Examples of Moral Courage Later thera was given us th* insplr- (Survival pf the I Thriftiest j Scientist*'and theologian* may <iunrn'l abpnt Darwin’* ft I theory of the survival of tlis fittest, hot in the busi- M ness work! there is no doubt of th« survival of the || Thriftiest. f *' In the great struggles for business existence only '» the Trifty survive. It is a primitive law from. which \\ ! there'a no appeal. ** g « tt You are invited to open a Thrift account NOW (C < jn our Savings Department. /# | DOUBLE your Savings; £ CAN be done j The Wayne National Bank I . •' » I \\ Dependable for Two Generations ( FOUNDERS—MACHINISTS 1 HILL HDIi'LIKH 1 . Boilers Locomotives I Engines Saw lfill* 1 Tractors SUam Dumps I Electric Motors II Structural Shapes—liain and Falrricaied I Iron and Brass Castings I Eb*ctrjc and Oxy Afstylspe Wulding 1 DEWEY BROS., Inc. I Established 17 Years I GOLDSBORO, N. < . a ®"—§sdi]f ed sUnding on Rm /other’s taqAAMWi John Bunysn w*o son- 1 hi* fefn'ln'fi|W bat gave the ««rld opp of Ihs grsnt est hooka axqpggjog (ho Bfelp. Com ing down to our own country and age. Robt E. Lee had h moral courage that was luhlto*. Whea after the war which had swept *way hi# Igrg* estatg and left hi* WU» tlrat <A hr# life I poor man, dpgwi)** *sl«V of AM »hop**t|d dollar* p yepr at Fffgillpwt ot p qp)w stay, he wga offered th* presidency of ■ Ilf* Inaura ace company at a salary of ten thousand, he told thorn he know tPi4 him* j*** •* h# had oiuAMtAl. •inf h}# ignorance made no dUt*rap*a| that whpt they wanted was M* name and reputation. Hr told them that hi* name and reputation wereali hr had, niidit was not for sal*.' Genernf Frag, ♦fe Nlrbel*. when governor of.LoitM tana, was told If ho would nqt vet* tag bill renewing the charter of th* Wpuisiana Lottery there «mcr million* ta it for him. He said. % lost that ta# pi Franklin. I left thag asm In Msa Wilderness, and I lest that ope at Bharptbarg; and you might tah* my other leg and other arm, and other eye and I’ll go through Ilf* legless, armless and blind, before 1 would sign vour Infamous bill Ip mags gambler* «/ mg paopie. Get out wf my offieeH W|m%, Boh Taylor was governor of Trasses*#*, BoP* Hoadersen wo* on his staff. As tke governor and his staff pgr* posting nfepg |br»lr*et nag 4*y they came to n bar room and th* gov ernor incited them to hove a drink. All ««p.t In except ret*. Bp missing him. iha governor went to th* door and fopad him waffing outsife!* Og haiag qqßcd why i# did \not gome ip, ffate when n boy he had prom ised his mother that he would neggr go any pise* hr would be ashamed to bore her rpgefe him, and Re could not bragh that pap mite fepwraer. T snips * *»n«clled life Offer for drink*, cqlfed th* men oak. anting: "Mp mohhgt Ml Just ss worthy a Christian aa Pete Henderson's mhthor." Brother, what ■art of mother did yw hour, nod hour _ much respect hove yen for her m#m-y~ ory V Woman Haem All the heroes TV riseging At New Orlasnt p young «pm*A wpg copyertod pud bnffpn t* do faithful work, when he employer, * few, gp>)d fee *hp mupf ajV At thp gippDn* -Job. apd *h* Mve gg> the job, thousni the was dependent A Immi qalrem* |Jm Jmi ajmqm Mi the meeting, saying he wanted ta see what soft of religion It was thng ia ducod tho girl to make such u sacri fice. If yeu men will hava th* moral courage and the spirt of sacrifice to ram* oat and uaa your influence these next few weeks for Christ and testify for Him like these heroes and that girl you ran ran moke a new town as , Goldsboro. Ths world will still crown I MAP wht has moral barithunc enough to saeriner hit financial In terest rather than his. manhood. And ipgg AA g*rtai»to ‘M bttM Atm fe spiaoa the** pu*j_ little hnibsndettaa only mollyeodlfFs with hreerhei on." Coots* Colloga hops are ritko* mak ing or marring manhood. Remember that integrity as character 1 ia - th* greatest asset you eon ever possess Ability la A gfpog asset, es ceggoni bgg rHioblUty Ta a greater Lot me rom- Mind to you Ui IrMo nnUrngfif 4J exander Stephen* had carved upon hi* tomht ‘l am e afraid of nothing on the either, or under tho earth, Or sbov* tha oarth. except to do wrong." FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS BY BLOSSEft^ | w S^'MMm'. MISSIS ) JAV CAi*T do } V 9K /-H WOfW#*tAM J swmwns otmu } 1 WE BICKER FAMILY . mmmm , .- ■ 11 11 » 1 ■■» -*' + ' * ■■l" f A HO THty Tout) MB- •fi THINK I CAM <*%T 1 | JgJ ■ „AtHC«* W**» HO MOSQUITOS® dP R\|> Os THWtWTsj “ i J 'V* 1 * 5 Jv#'* I *' a * > "' , n&- t&std&s ''/dnSJflßl J#*-* l*r> A'dL'aP’jKNi 1 "J ■ --•-• ~ -. ■■■Uffin * * "■ ~ v * ..**• ' > * . - xa...m taut mzxxxxzxx- rt uQUU UQMtnUMr HOt kiK ■ ..i ti -"" ! /" Wp ff^rrnlrrnrpt& i ( \__l 11 SM« V mApMOB* rrr=-:r- i „,, .;, KTUH^p BY SATTERFIELD ''f E.. ■ LL . % ** " -HI BY AHEaw . t>L .. ■ ■ PAGE FIVE
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