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I February 9, 1912. THE EliON COLLEGE WEEK- LY. Piiblisheil etc/7 Vt'ed&f8d«y auring tli| College year by Tlve \V(^ekly Piibljsliihg ConiiiaiiJ^ B. A. Campbell, Ediloi. J. 0. Stuart, Biisiuess Manager, CIRCUI.ATION department. Cash SubseiM>tion» (40 weeks), M Cents. Time SubsiTiptioiis (40 weeks), 7o cents. All matter pertaining to Bubscriptiona should be addressed to J. C. Stuart, Elon College, N.C. ~ ^ IMPORTANT. The olTn es of publication are Greens boro. N. South Elm St., and Elon College, N. C., where all communica- tious relaliv* to the editorial work of the Weekly should be «ent. Matter relating lo tbe mailing of the Weekly should be »ent to the Greensboro oitice. Ent«re.t as gecond-clas* matter at the post-office at Greensboro, N. C. ' ' • fR IDA'i, FBBRTJARY 9, 1912. ■ Baseball is rising from imder the ice. It wonld seem that this is a busy month with us, tut who objects? Now that meeting is over what will do with ail of our time? Pray do not let the bitter Swallow all the sweet, But have a kindly sreetng For every one you meet. ^ ’Tis thus, by helping, others Fill up their lives with song. We may in turn be lifted When thiii^:s with us go wrong The “Turkey Trot” may come the “Grizzly Bear” may go, but civili zation goes on forever. Mr. Roose.elt, in a recent, article in The Outlooji, said women should have the ..ight of suffiage when they know they want it. Tlie point is, how .are they going to know when they know they want it 1 The “leap year girls,” verily they have their reward. If “All the world is a stage and all men mere players,” it would seem the Chinese rebellion, the Turko-Italian War ani the argument between England, Rus sia and Pe sia would furnish some in teresting by-play wliile Mr. Taft solilo quizes to the audience concerning uni versal peace. Child labor s again before the people of North Carolina. It is to be hoped the committee on same will be able to secure such legislation and enforcement there of that will foreve: and eternally put an end to evils resulting from past laxity in this regari Their efforts are worthy of the support of every man, woman and child of the State for only by p oper conservation of the youthful energies of the coming generation during this period of development and change, can we hope to build up a State and commonwealth such as we would have ours be. A woman's counsel brought us first to woe.—^Dryden. There is a woman at the bottom of all great things.—Sel. DOING THE LITTLE THINGS. Men have always hated, to do the lit- -'fla things'. When Naalnan, tho^leper, was , 'commanded by the prophet of'God to go ’wash in the Jordan and be healed, he went away angry because he had been commanded to do such a little thing. That was thou'satids of years ago; and the.;^ world has changed much since then. But human nature was the same then as now. Men still do not seem to realize that great things ha\e small beginnings. They wish to leave the, small things for some body else to do, and do the big things themselves. If they could see this error more plainly, I don’t believe we would have so many little men trying to do bi,g things and more .big men ,willi,ng to do some little things. The ma.i who has seen the importance of little things is the tru ly great man whether the world knows it or not. Those men who have accom plished most have been men who fii st.' learned to do the little thin,gs well. Geo. Washington was a good surveyor before he became a gooi general. Abraham Lin coln was a good rail splitter before he became a good president, and tliis holds true for all the other g eat men in the history of our country or any other.' The man who waits for a chance to do some we great thing before he does anything nev er does anything at all. Some little things produce g. eat re sults. Single conversations have changed lives. A few words have transformed humble and depraved youths into great aul good men. We are told that a few words spoken by the missionary Moffat change! David Livingston, the weaver, into David Livingston, the savior of SHtf ca, and St atton's conversation with a drunken book-hinder gave us the apos tle of temperance, John B. Gough. Nu merous other examples like this might be mentioned. One has no idea what might be accomplished by doing just a little deed of kindness or speaking just a gen tle word to another. .Just a little thing may change the tide of some life from worthlessness into a life the praise of w’hose deeds will ring over ou; land. We don’t know when we speak a kind word or do a deed of kindness to some one, what it will amounf to, but it is some times seed sown in good ground. We can’t all be great. Some of us haven't the ability to do great things, but we all have the power to do little things. In doing these we may help some one else to become great. I.^t us try it. C. J. F. THE GOSPEL INVITATION. Dr. Atkinson was at his best Sunday morning when he delivered a sei mon on “The Gospel Invitation,” which was de-. rived from the text found in Matt. 22: 4, 5, “Again he sent forth other ser vants, saying. Tell them which are bid den, behold, I have prepared my dinner! my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things a'e ready: come unto the mar- ria,ae. But they made light of it and went their ways, one to his farm, an other to his merchandise.” The like ness of this parable to the invitation of God to sinners to accept Christ as their Savior was presented so plainly and for cibly that we feel that it was seed sow* in gooi arrotind, whick will bing forth on abqndant i* due season. The speaker began by showing that the Bible is a book of one word, and ‘that word is-‘‘Come.” After {be “ftl^t tw(y chapters of the Bible we find men afar (iff and the Bible saying, “Come.^’ All through the Old Testament there seems to be a voice crying, “Come.” In the New Testament there is mo^e added, such as. “Come unto me all ye that labor'and are heavy laden and I will give you rest)’ “Let whosoever will come and take of the water of life fr^ly,’^' artd “He that cometh unto me, I will in no wise cast out.” Now take the parable. A king mal** a marriage feast for his son. He sent forth his servants to call them that we>.e bidden to the wedding: and they would not come. They made fun of it and went their way. When the king heard there of he was wroth, and he sent for liis armies and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. Then he told his servants tliat the welding was ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy, so go out into the highways and invite all.' The king represents God, and the servants represent the prophets in the Old Testament and his followers in the New Testament. The ma riage feast is that of the Son of God to the church. The first invitation was to the Jews, and then to the Gentiles. In the first place, we see that the king made all things ready. This represents the invitation of God to men and women. Still people will use the same old excuse W'hen they are in\ited to come to Christ. They say. Just wait until I get things ready, and then I will come. Christ says I have made all things ready, and all you have to do is to come and partake of the feast. Tliere is nothing you can do, but to come and accept. Three years ago I saw a man of power and eloquence, who could swa.v multi tudes with the power of his great per sonality, and yet that man had been a beggar and a tramp. He had been cast out with the filth and debris of society He accepted Christ’s invitation to “Come” and his life was transformed from one of utte worthlessness to one of power and. influence. The last division of the te.xt is the willful and shameful neglect. We know how the house wife feels when she pre pares a dinner and those invited do not come. Now this was a king’s feast, and they did not come, but made fun of the feast. When a student prepares some good things to eat and invites his friends to partake with him, it would be disre spectful indeel, if the invited guests did not come, and more than that, make light of the feast. God's feast is spread and he invites us to come, how many are going to not only '.efuse, but make fun at the invitation? To such may God have pity and mercy on, and show them the error of their way before it is too late. I remember my last excuse for not preaching the Gospel. It was hard to turn from my chosen p;ofession of law, hut the greatest and last obstacle to be overcome was the fact that when I had gone and delivered the message «s best I eould, there would be those who would laugh and, scorn and turn a deaf ear to the call of Christ. A man on one occasion walVed tip to D». Ch«pmas, and s*i(J, Don’t yon want DE. J. H. BROO KS, DERTAL .SURGEON i I Offlc* Over Foster'* Sho* Store BURLINGTON, N. C. R. M.'^MORKOW, MORROW null,DING, (’orner Front and Main Streetu, BURLINGTON, - - . - - - N. C. SEE ^orr w, |j»a.scn a.nd Green, Inc.. BURLINGTON, N. C. When Needing Hats, Muslin Underwear And Royal Society Embroidery. SHOES. HATS AND TAILORING Tbat Satisfy — at— HOLT-CATES COMPANY Main Street. . ' Burlington.' B. .GOODMAN The Home of ' GOOD CLOTHING Dry Goods, Shoes, Hats and Ladies’ Goods Burlington, North Carolina. 303 Main Street. '' to shake hands with a redeemed drunk- a:df One who was down in the gutter and at the very bottom of debauchery and disgrace. While lying on the street drunk, word came to me that my child was dying. I was carried to my humble home, and my chill grasped^ my finger and said. Papa, I shall never go until you promise .to meet me in heaven. The child , died but his voice has ever been >. inging in my heart, saying. Come .now, all things are ready.’ ” . This king, who represents God, said that he would destroy those who would not come. He called them mur derers. The same consequences are pro nounced, upon those who do not come to the feast made ready by God. All things are ready, will you come? J. S. T; uitt. GEORGETOWN HAS NEW PRESI DENT. Rev. Joseph J Himmel, formerly Pres ident of Georgetown University, has re tired from active duties on occount of ill health. Dr. Alphonsus J. D'^iilon has been elected to fill the vacancy and .has already actively entered upon the duties of his new office. Morning Tonic. Time is Too Slow i.ir those who Wait, Too Swift for those who Fear, Too long for those who G' ieve, Too Short for those who Rejoice; But for those who love. Time is not. —^Henry Van Dyke. True friends visit us in prosperity only . when iiiTTted, hut In adversity they com* wither.l i*vit*ti»H.
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