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THE ELON COLLEQE WEEKLY. VoL II* New Series. Greensboro, N. C., Friday, October 13, 1911 No. 22 and Elon OoUef*, N. 0. • LOCALS AUK PEESONALS. ’\lis6e3 Farmer and laeley led the Chris tian Endeavor, Sunday ev'ening. The top ic of the meeting was “How to improve our society.” This was indeed an inter esting one. The subject was treated in an admirable way. and the meeting was enjoyed by a large number of students. Misses Iseley and Clymer went to Greensboro Tuesday to attend the Fair. Mr. Coggins, from Oreensboro, spent Sunday at West Dormitory with his daughter. Miss Ethel. Miss Kathleen Long of Graham, spent Sunday with Miss Pitt. Miss Mary Thompson, of Houston, N. C., was called home by a telegTam Sat urday morning on account of the illness of her sister. We trust the illness is nothing serious and that Miss Thomson will soon be able to return to College. Mr. Henry S. Johnson, student secreta ry of the Y. M. C. A., travelling out of Charlotte. N. C., was with us Monday eve ning and Tuesday morning. Mr. John son met the cabinet of the local organiza tion and he. with President Felton, out lined the work for the present year. The student body was allowed to hear Mr. Johnson on Tuesday morning during cha- [>el sei-\ice and certainly his remarks were enjoyed by all. We arc always glad to have such men with us. Qiiile a number of the upper classmen and those students wo have been several years here were indeed glad to see our old friend, Mr. J. M. Saunders, of Dur ham, here Monday last with his line of clothing. Mr. Saunders was formerly a merchant here and keeper of the city res taurant, hence he will ever be remembered by “Adam and Eve on a raft,” or “One eye open,” or “Sunny side up,” or “lyooking at you,” if nothing else, and w'e trust he secured sufficient business on this trip to justify a “Return date.” Miss Ethel Clements, of the department of expression, and Miss Lois Baird Da vidson, (’12) were delightfully entertain ed Saturday evening and Sunday, last, by Miss Blondie Kernodle at her home in Os- sipee. They returned to the College Sun day, P. M. Prof. 'Meidrich Spiker. of Mebane, N. C., was on the hill a few hours during the past week, visiting friends. President Harpei at this writing is in the field in the interest of the Special Fund. New students continue to arrive anJ in dications are such at present as to lead us to believe the three hundred mark will he reached this year. Thanks to all who have helped toward making it possible. The Elon College Sunday school has re cently purchased a number of book racks to be placed on the backs of the seats in the chapel. These were put on by certain of the young men of the college under the supervision of Prof. Lawrence and fill a long felt need as they insure proper dis tribution of song books, without which the best results from the standpoint of music in the Sunday school, cannot be achieved. Books used in the regular eleven o ’clock service, on Sundays, have been secured in Butiicient numbers by the Ladies’ Aid So ciety to allow the members of the congre gation to poin in the singing. Heretofore only the choir sang on the morning hymns and this change marks a forward step in the attractiveness of the services which we are glad to note. CLASS RECORD OF ELON COLLEGE SUNDAY SCHOOL. OCT. 8, 1911 ('lass No. 1., Dr. J. U. Newman, Teach er. Present, 33; 4 absent; collection, 52 cents. 'lass No. 2. Mr. R. A. Campbell, Teach er. Present, 27; 5 absent; collection, 47 cents. Class No. 3. Mr. Lincoln, Teacher. Present, 27; 8 absent; collection, 70 cts. Class No. 4. Prof. Brannock, Teacher. Present, .30; 6 absent; collection, 33 cts. Class No. 5. Prof. Doak, Teacher. Pres ent, 15; 9 absent; collection 14 cents. Class No. 6: Mrs. Machen, Teacher. Present, 21; 4 absent; collection, 15 cts. Class No. 7. Mrs. Foster, Teacher. Present, 12; absent, 15; collection 4 cts. Class No. 8. Miss Bryan, Teacher. Present, 14; 4 absent; collection, 13 cts. Class No. 9. Mrs. Sanders, Teacher. Present, 10; 6 absent; collection, 8 cents. Class No. 10. Miss Clements, Teacher. I'resent, 13; 6 absent; collection. 9 cents. Clas.«. No. 11. McNally, Teacher. Present. 9; 9 absent; collection 10 cents. ('lass No. 12. Cit. Bib Class, Dr. Amick Teacher. Present 14; 0 absent; collection, 13 cents. Totals; Present, 225; 73 absent; collec tions, $2.87. Teachers absent; Mrs. Machen, sub. C. B. Riddle; Miss Clements, sub.. Miss Mc Cauley. Whole school, 265. J. A. Dickey, Sec. FROM THE PULPIT. The pulpit Sunday nioniinn was tilltHi by Kev. Dr. .\tkiusou. He delivered in liis usuai e-\ceilent anil forcible manner a weli- I)retiared discourse. esije iiilly to tlie young l^eople, from tlie foilowing theme: "Ttie Wilderness Call." i)aseil on the Scripture found in ,\um. 10; 2!). “(_'onie thou witii us and we will do thee good.” The s[)eaker s|X)ke partly as follows; The words were siioken l)y Moses when he, ac companied by his fatber-in-law, Ilobab. had led the children well out into the wilder ness. It was advanced into the se'ondyear. The work had l)een divided amonts the dif- fereut camps, and all things were ready for the march. .Just at this time Ilobab was going to leave Moses at the head of an ar- nty 000.000 strong, but Moses was not will ing for him to go. Hobab had heliied him get the army in »hai>e and Moses was not willing for him to leave. Then Moses said to Hobab, his father-in-law, “(jome thou with us and we will do thee good.” The first thing I want to impress uiwn your minds is the natui'e of the invitation. (iod does not measure a man from whence lie came or from what he is. but from where he is going. Our Heavenly Father did not measure His Son l)y what lie had wlien our Savior began to deliver the 34th chapter of John; he never argued nor explained where he was going. "TUoiiias said unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest.” No won der the world called Thomas “doubting Thomas." To have lived with Christ on eartb and seen bis works among men and then not know where be was going. I bad a friend a few years ago. who lived an excellent and noble life. Near tbe end be called his faiiiil.v to the bedside and said ; "Children, you know where 1 am go ing. you know wliere to meet me." He did not leave a large legacy to be divided among them, but they honored and esteem ed him, for be left them the consideration of knowing that tlieir father had lived a noble life and gone home in glory. The world measures you l)y where you are going. You are not measured by wheiue you came. It was not clear to all where Christ came from, but none (wilil ilcmbt wherf* he was going. .Moses was (me of the greatest of men, altiiough he never came into iK)ssession of that for which he started. He never at tained his puri'mse, yet we class him as one of the world's most eminent and renowned men. Wherein was Moses great? Was it from whence he came? Was it what he did? Or was it what be attempted to do? By wliat standard do we measure him? We are measured by the same standard. So tnc question is. Where are you going? The church and all that is good and no ble are journeying and saying unto you, “Come thou with us and we will do thee good.” I shall never preach like Spurgeon. It is not required of me. But I must be meas ured by where I am going. I will not be measured by any worldly success or achieve ments. Always when you read (ieorge Elliot, you know before you get to the downfall of ii character, that it was sure to come. You know the kind of seiKl tliat has lieen sown, and long l>efore harvest wbat the I’von will be. When you left your parental rwf you had been taught to read your BH)le and kneel l)y your bedside in prayer; your mother placed your Bible in your trunk, and ('om- inended it to you as your guide. But some one has neglected a little thing at a time. CJod surely will not punish for such a small thing as that, but where are you going? That is the question (iod, men and angels are asking. "Where are you going?” The thing that interests me is where are you trying to go? AVih whom and in what di rection are you journeying? We are esteem ed not moat by wha we achieve, but by what we try to do. The second thing is the character of the promise. Moses was not sure wlieeher he would arrive at his desirel end or not. He did not promise his father-in-law that he would get there, but he knew it would be gO(Kl for him to go. Neither did he tell him of the trials and hardslifiis that they would encounter on the way. 1 am not sure to what the church v\ ill ar rive, but I am sure that this goodly com- P^m.v, marching under the leadership of our Lord and Savior will do me gool. The church is the Iwnd that set in motion all that is go(Ml and noble. Yet you may sele*t any ciiurcb member you svish, and I can tind fault with him. Yet I am sensible that their invitation, "Come tliou with us and we will do thee gool," is the greatest forye in tills world. What good are they doing me? The world says, "Come, we will show you a good time.’ 'llie church says, "Come, we will lead you into all that is good and grand, all that really gives i>eace to your soul.” Did the fact that Moses did not arrive make his statements untrue? Let us see. He sliowed liis father-in-law a code of mor als, be showed him how men might wor- ship God and t>e free, bow God would feed and clothe his i>eopIe. Moses made gool as ne promised. Does the church make good? You have only to open your eyes; we will show you great institutions, houses of wor sliip, an army of 2.'>.(KKi.(XXt children march ing to Sunday s*hool; we show you great choirs, splendid organs giving forth sweet strains of meloly ; we sliow yoti orphanages, alms-liouscs. asylums and many institutions lor the uplift of man. The world can show no such. It will point Lo houses of ili-fame, saloons and gambling dens, and sa.v these are your wreck and ruin, but they are what we build. Moses says; "Come with us, we will do thee good." We may never attain what the world calls success, but something far greater, a place in our Master’s kigndom. In the third place, let us look at the na ture of the argument. "Come with us. w(# will do thee goxl. ’ was not the strongest a.- gunient. .\fter the fatber-in-law had said that he would not go, Moses, as we find in verses 31 and said. Y'ou will do us good. Some think that to Join tlie church they will lose their intiuence, wiien just tlie op- lK)site is true. Not only will the church be of service to .von, but you will be of service to the church. There are men to-day who are pulling down, wlio ought to be ii.ung up. There are men to-day who are break ing tbe hearts of loved ones who ought to lie healing the weary souls. Christianity makes a man yield his full worth. No man without ('hrist can till his [liace in this world. The church needs one and all. Y’ou can be of far greater service if you enlist in the ranks of Christ, our Captain. He l)e kons us to come, join the band of all the good, great, illustrious and noble characters that have made the world what it is through obedience to their Ixird and -Master. Friend, which way are you going? Which ctmijony are you identifying yourself with? No longer do we hear Moses cry from the wilderness, but our Christ cries from the cross: "Come thou with us and we will do thee good.” J. S. T.
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