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THE ELON COLLEGE WEEKLY. VoL IIL New Series. Greensboro, N. C., Friday, May 10, 1912 and Elon College, N. 0. LOCALS AND PERSONALS. Mrs. Wilson is visiting; friends in Wiii- ston-Salem. Dr. W. r. Wieker left Thursday morn- infr to deliver the annual literary address at the oomraenpement exercises of .Jeffer son Aeademy, McLeansbur". Messrs. Ethel Clements and Thelma riymer sjient Monday nisrht at Miss Cly- nier’s home in Greensboro. N. C. They attended the revival in prosrress at the Christian Obnrph, where Miss Clements g-Rve several beautiful ^0(•al solos. Mrs. M. F. ("'ook and children left on Huesday for their home at News Ferry, Va.. after a few days’ visit on the Hill. Miss Estelle Butler left for her new home at ('onshohocken, Penn,, last Sun day. Miss Thompsie Holland who has beeri indisfK)sed for severjjl days is much im proved, we are frlad to note, and will be able to resume her studies arain in a few days. Miss Winnie Du Rant spent last Sun- ^ day with Miss Annie Rippy at her home near Altamahaw, N. C. We are fflad to note that Mr. R. H. JrcCauley, who is at St. Leo's Hospital, Greensboro, X. C., under treatment for a[)pendicitis. is still irnprnvinsr, and it is hoiH'd ttiaT tie Will be able to be taken home in a few days. The members of the baseball team re turned to the pollefre last Monday ni};ht from their western trip. They were vic torious in two ^anies and defeated in two. Miss Sudie McCauley spent last Sun day with her brother Who is sick in a Greensboro hospital. Misses Pitt, Barnes, and Bryant spent last Saturday in Greensboro, shopping:. Amonfr those who attended the recital given in the colleije Thursday evening were Mr. and Mrs. .Jno. R. Foster, Bur- liri-rton, X. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. I)a- \idson with the latter’s sister, Miss Mil ler, Gibsonville, X. Mr. M. W. Mc Pherson, Haw River. X. C., Misses May and Beulah Foster. Burlinjrton, C., and Miss Bessie McPherson, of Haw River X. C. SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN CONVEN TION. Of all the insi>iring and upliftini;, of all the ^eat, j^ood, and beneficial occasions that have ever taken place within our ^illa^e, we feel that none has surjiassed, if e(|ualed the recent ('onvention. Dele gates and visitors'g'athered from \arious parts of the country and rejoiced togeth er in the great work. All representatives or delegate.s, who were not present to partake of this rare treat, are not likely to enjoy such an opportunity soon, if ever. Every minute from start to finish was well-tilled. Everybody came prepared to receive a blessing and we feel sure that all went away carrying blessings to va rious communities. The good resulting from this occasion remains to be told in the future. The first session, on Tuesday evening, Ajiril .loth, was opened with the intro ductory address on “Christian Educa tion,’’ by Dr. W. W. Staley, President of the Convention. This was indeed an in teresting and well i>repared address. He di\ided education into five steps, viz., re ligious, literary, military, scholastic, and Christian education. The latter step em bodies all others. Matters of great weight and importance begian with the session Wednesday morn ing and lasted till the close Friday after noon, This session was almost wiiolly given to the consideration of the Orphan age interests. The most impressive ])art of it were the e.xercises rendered by the orphan children. These showed skill and careful training on the part of their ex cellent matron, Mrs. Foster. The afteruoon session was given to the consideration of Home Missions. Tlie great need of Home Missions was broug^ht out as never before. New ideas were laid before the audience and active feeling w'as aroused. These w^ere made stronger by the excellent sermon delivered that evening by Rev. Oliver \V. Powers, D, D,, Secretary of Home Missions. Thursday morning was well used in con sidering the interest of Foreign Missions. The Mission ideas increased until all were , ,^)\ed and so thrilled with the mission spirit that the discussion,^* became very lively. Doubtless the mrst interesting session came in the afternoon. Schools and col leges being the chief objects under con sideration, Whenever and w'herever the word school or college is mentioned it immediately gains the attention of all Christian workers. The sermon Thursday evening, by Rev. A. W. Lightbourne, I). D., was probably the most interesting of the Convention. Everyone left this meeting feeling it was good for them to have been there. The session Friday morning was gi\en to the consideration of the Publication interest. The address by Mr, Xetum Rathbun, Publishing agent, was made ex ceedingly impressive by the well prepar ed, illustrating chart, which he skillfully used. The closing session in the afternoon was profitably used, as well as all the pre ceding moments, in the consideration of the Young People’s Societies. An elo quent address was delivered by Rev. L. E. Smith. A most interesting discussion followed. All enjoyed these to the full est extent. Tbis closed the long talked of, thoug'ht of, wished for and prayed for Convention, V. E. F. Get an eye on something if nothing but a dray horse. The difference between a big business man and a little one is not so much one of natural ability but the different ways in w'hich each uses what he has. Three “M’s” of business, men, money, material. SUNDAY -SERVICE. Dr, Xewman, in a plain, practical and forcible manner preached from the Col lege jiulpit Sunday. As a Scripture les son he read part of the fifteenth chapter of First Samuel, and Iwised bis discourse on the following verse: “And Samuel snid what meaneth this bleating of sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen w'hich T hear?’ Dr, X^ewman spoke part ly as follows: Saul was a remarkable man. He wiii the best man in all his country to estab lish a ii^rmanent kingdom. Israel had now passed through four hundred years of an archy. She had suffered se\ '■n captivities. But God was going to make Israel a pow- erf\il nation. He was going to appoint for her a great king. And whom did He call? He called a man tall of stature; with a broad intellect; gifted by na ture: and who had the Spirit of God upon him—He called Saul, And for the young man he gave Samuel, wise, conse crated, and old Samuel as counselor, Xow Saul was commandeil to utterly destroy the Amalekites, King Amalek had been destroying and stealing grain, sheeji. oxen and even going into the cit- ics of the Israelites and carrying away "■t)mou a-iid t-liildren. Tln-y W(ml>l then retire to their places of safety. No city was safe, no crop was safe; work of any and all kinds was often destroyed by the mobs of Amalekites. They were a thorn in the nation's tlesli, and must of a neces sity be completely destroyed. For ten years Saul had been a success ful king, going on conquering and con- |ueror. God's command was heard. The Amalekites were cou(juered, Saul re turned thinking that to him and his country it was a grand day and a grand career. Had he not reached his glorious, yes, triumphant climax? His .spoil was much, and he met the old prophet Sam uel with pride, “I have performed the commandment of the Lord.” And Sam uel said, “What meaneth. then, this bleating of shee|) in mine ears, and the lowina’ of oxen which 1 hear?” Then tbe .self-condemned man began to cower, and answered that they did it for the Lord's glory. It was done, however, to grace their own triumph. Obedience is one of the greatest glories —the greatest man can render to God. A thousand altars nor a thousand tires are not as great in the sight of God as one ob dient heart. Here was the young man right in the \erv bloom of success—a fail ure. He did not obey. Y'es, he failed when it was least ex]>ected. This fail ure was a direct result of disobedience. God gives us a kingdom. We are th? crowning act of His infinite wisdom, Man was made to be a conqueror, a king, a being of jxiwer. We each have a sphere, and we are the only one in the wide world who can fill that sphere. If you do not come up to expectations you are the loser. Your kingdom is threefold: body, appetite, and passion. You must be king over those three things, 1 care not how great, how grand, how glorious one may think himself to be, he is not a real living success until he concjuers his body, his ,aj)petites, and his i)assions Some day when he is in the midst of his greatest successes the sheep will bleat, the oxen will low. Every one must con trol all. Only one thing Saul failed to master, yet that one thing betrayed him when he needed most that it should not befray him. Many a htnn or woman to day would give their right arm, if they could, for the conquering of some things in the past, bttr sins not conquered are ever bleating or lowing. Jlan is made to be a master, a success, ,1 1 uler of a kingdom. They who want to be a power must make their first con- tjuest concpiering self. \Ve become more and nu»re a power as vve bec(»me more and more a coii(|ueror. Saul failed be cause he did not con(]uer all. Many fail ures are brouuht about on account of neglect to cultivate some one mental phase. Memory untrained may disgrace you when memory is most needed. The same is true of spiritual forces, for man is a s|)irit. If we get no more cultiva tion or cimtrol than an animal, then we are hut little more than such. But on tile iHtici hand man is onl\ a little lower than the angels—crowned with glory and honor, (rod Hud Hea\en itself is his iielp, and as long as he obeys he can’t fail. Disobedience is an awful sin. Diso bedience cast angels from Heaven: dis obedience drove Adam and Eve out of the (Jarden of Eden; disobedience de stroyed Sodom and Gomorrah; disobedi ence led Lsrael info captivity; and it was disobedience that scattered the Jewish nation. It is a truth that goes through all life, for (!od made all. To live is to recognize (iod’s laws. Disobedience to the laws of health fills our hospitalsj dis obedience to the laws of society crowds our jails. The greatest strikes that are to-day cursing the world are caused by disobedience, Man owes obligations to his fellownien. Those unhappy days, that sad ex]iression, is a result of disobe dience. But the church is behind the obedient man, (iod is behind him, and all influences are helping him. Let us for I he sake of all destroy the sheep and John G. Truitt. Alost of the great industrial and commercial institutions are so organized that they can run in safety if manned by men of character. Honesty is the chief thing, for the institutions are schools in themsehes. There is education enough in the United States to run a world, if we had character enough to govern a State. Jesus Christ is the Model Teacher and all education should end in Him. The danger of education is that it will train the body and the mind, and neglect tho heart. “Keep thy heart with all dili gence; for out of it are the issues of life.”
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