THE ELON COLLEGE WEEKLY.
Vol. IIL New Series.
Greensboro^ N. C., Friday, October 4
and Elon College, N. 0.
No 20
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Let all remember the opening day, Mon
day, October 7, 1912.
Mr. R. C. Causey spent Saturday and
Sunday at his mother’s home in Guil
ford County. Since he did not get back
until Monday afternoon, we feel that
the^e must have been some attraction
other than home.
Miss Ila Stafford spent Wednesday
night as a guest at the home of her cous
in, Dr. T. C. Amick.
The carpenters and masons will com
mence this coming week on the residence
of Mr. A. F. Ward in the western part
of the town. The home will be completed
by the last of November and we are
hoping that Mr. and Mrs. Ward will
soon be housed there and be among us.
that heavenly and
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Mrs. Amick spent a part of this week
at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
A. F. Ward near Liberty, N. C. She
reports a splendid time.
Miss Circe C. Coble, the principal of
the Graded School, arrived on the hill
last Thursday afternoon. She has taken
up her domicile at the West Dormitory
and seems to be enjoying the place. The
outlook is for a good school this year. We
would earnestly urge that the parents of
the school send their children the first
day and that they see to it that their
children attend regularly. Regular atten
dance is the only means whereby a bright
student can succeed and we feel sure that
the backward student cannot succeed un
less he is there practically every day. We
feel that Miss Coble will conduct a fine
school, and, to this end, we hope that all
concerned will cooperate with Miss Coble
and her assistants. We feel that if this
is done as it should be done, we will have
the best public school that we have had.
FROM THE PULPIT.
REV. J. 0. Atkinson D. D.
And from the days of John the Bap
tist until now the Kingdom of Heaven
suffereth violence and the violent take
it by forcfe. St. Mat. 11:12.
During the last quarter we have been
studying together, in our Sunday school
lessons the kind of subjects of the king
dom of Heaven.
I,thought it not out of place to turn
our attention to the character of the sub
jects.
Our Saviour made a summary of the
kind of folks who made up the kingdor.i.
'“The kinr.vom of Heaven suffereth
violence and the violent take it by force.”
The words of the text imply an army of
Christian men and 'Women sieging the
battlements of glory as an army of men
would besiege a fortified stronghold.
Those who enter must go over by con'
test, by force, by violence.
“The kingdom of heaven suffereth vio
lence and the violent take it by force.”
One must be continually storming a"d
warfaring. Not by standing idly. It is
no eay matter to get into tlie kingdom of
heaven.
Soft religions carry more souls to hell
than we sometimes think. I know it is no
easy matter to enter into the kingdom of
Heaven. I know from experience it is
no easy sort of thing. And for these reas
ons. First; I desire prominence
wealth and power, should like to be a
man of influence in this earthly life and
earthly kingdom. And I know I must
have a hard time to get into glory. You
are posessed with the same sort of pas
sions. And it will be hard for y-’i.
A second reason, the devil w’ants t keep
me from going to Heaven.
He is on the alert day and night trying
to devise some plan whereby to en'rap or
confuse me, to take away my cour; Te, my
valor, my zeal. He is determined i keep
me out of Heaven and this he i' going
to do if he can by throwing all the se
ductive powers and influences of his Sa
tanic majesty against me.
In the third place the kingdom of Hea
ven is a select kingdom. Made up of an
immortal company. None but rare souls,
and willing to be tried and tried again.
can ever enter with that
immortal company.
He who rises from poverty to power
in this world must have a hard time.
The kingdom of heaven is made up of
white robes. “These are they which came
out of great tribulations, and have washed
their robes,and made them white in the
blood ofthe lamb.”
The kingdom of heaven suffereth vio
lence and the violent take it by force.
There is no neutral ground on the way
to heaven where men may stand idly
e.xpecting to get into heaven because
he don't cheat or because he is sober or
because he don't chew and
smoke and cnrse. There is no such
promise in the Bible. Negations do not
carry us into the kingdom of heaven.
Were you to see sitting under a tree an
army of men with no arms, no military
drill and no practice and wearing no
armor, you would know that such an
army would meet disastrous defeat in de
fying any fortress.
The second thing the text teaches, the
kingdom of heaven is not taken by pious
looking people.
Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ’s
ancestor was a man of action, a king of
wars, contesting in battle and sieges.
From the time of his shepherd's sling
until his last Song, he was a man of war
fare. He took the kingdom of heaven
Dy violencK.
No doubt the happiest days of Jesus
while on earth were when he was going
into Jeruralem and men were crying
“Hail! King, Lord of Lords!
The man who stands for something, the
mon who do6s something, rejoices in the
days of his activity and counts them the
happiest days of his life.
We sing of king Emanuel, and if there
is an army with banners, what sort of
soldier am I making? Am I trying to run
a'way from the duty of the fight and the
battle ? What sort of soldiers are we ?
Here are boys and girls who have left
home. Left the home of godly father and
and a saintly mother, perhaps. Pure,
clean, noble, homes where Christ abides.
Let us see to it that our homes here
shall be pure, noble and elevating for our
Lord Christ. We students here need
some of this great influence. The devil
is capturing men and women through
card playing. Are the Christians storm
ing the heights ? The kingdom of heaven
suffereth violence and the violent take it
by force.
How many young men men are called
and enter into the ministry while here
in school? The great majority decided to
enter before they came. What sort of
soldiers are we here?
F’inajly are we soldiers? We say we are.
We say we are under the banner of our
King. If you and I are real soldiers we
must be prepared to fight if we take the
kingdom.
Men and women, if you and I are in
earnest about goingg to heaven it is time
we were putting on the armor, taking the
sword and fighting our way over the
heights. The kingdom of heaven suf
fereth violence and the violent take it by
forces. In spite of all, read the Bible, pray
and live a life of purity and duty. If
we know of the joy of victory we must
take manfully and nobly our part of the
fight.
K. A. T.
NOTE.
The following poem is by one of our
most gifted poets. Although he has not
published much poetry for some time, yet
it is accumulating on his shelves and he
says that, after his death, he wishes to
have it edited and published. We feel
that the volume, when published, will be
a contribution of great importance and
it will add considerably to the literature
written by one of our native North Caro
linians.
SIC SEMPER TYRANTS.
By W. G. Stafford, M. D.
I
When Judith cut off Holofernes’ head.
Rising superior to her sex and state,
Tlie tear of pity flowing for the dead
Was nothing to rejoicings at this fate;
For such meant freedom from the scourge
and dread
Of slavery, toil, and rapine, soon or
- 'jaVe:
And so ’twas well a woman’s hand should
be
Found strong enough to set her people
free.
II
When Charlotte Corday’s dagger pierc d
the heart
Of bloated, beastly, murmerous Marat,
To save her country,—had it been her part
To realize the liberty she saw,
Successful, as in driving home the dart,
In the upbuilding of uprooted law,
She would a canonized saint have been.
With marble bust and grave kept ever
green!
III.
Harmodius and Aristogeiton
The dastardly Hipparchus struck to
death;
With myrtle-hidden dagger this was done,
But to the eye, only a myrtle wreath;
Panathenaea’s festival, begun.
Soon ended with the tyrant’s stru^ling
breath;
And Athens, for a time, at least, was free
From despots and their slaves’ worst
slavery!
IV.
Thus ever, when a mortal shall presume
God’s heritage to harry and oppress.
Oh! may he perish in his regal bloom,
Drowned in the blood and tears of
their distress!
And let no hand spread flowers on his
tomb,
Nor any live his memory to bliss!
Ijet Mother Earth repudiate his fame.
Living or dying, who but proved her
shame!