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0- ..' 1- f,- CHARLOTTE DAILY OBSEliVEH, JULY 20, 1CC3.' : ivraiT cpjrsusAPACT . : .". T7. tt. EIXCJLO FEEA.CHES j r f Tint rresbytrrlan Church ,i r.ahfl Companion Sermon 'to , of the lraxxUng - Sunday wd J .ruhBe XThrtsta (Crucial Question, "Whom Say Ys Th I Am?" flirt is the Greatewt Teacher, the Greatest Genius and the Most 6uB- li me . Character the, World Hm Known, Bat Be U More Than These lie Is Come of God. y : ' . ;' Using . as a, t'it ths -question f Christ to his dlelple on the coasts of Csesarea PhlUlppl. "But whom eay ye ha r tm? He. Dr. William K. Kin-, eald. pastor of the First Presbyterian church, yesterday morning . declared h h niw true .'answer -. to this fluestlon of the ages la that of 'Simon Peter; "Thou art the cnrisv o.own VkI hw nod.- Having discuss ed la a companion sermon on tha pre vious. Sunder thrist's injunction to follow him. Dr. Klncald yesterday laid emnhasis unon what hs said was the personal obligation resting on wory Individual to answer iur question propounded 4o the disciples centuries ago. " m w w" . j:i5. ' :"- " " " '"' "' '"' In speaking to yott last' Sunday on Christ, our Great Example,':" -aid Dr. Klncald,, "I said that Christ's first " word to every earneaV seeker after truth la. 'Follow Me. His second: 'Whom do you say that I amr Jt 1 on the second that I shall speak to day." . The context associated with the pro pounding of the query" was outlined. When Jesus came to the coast of Cae ' Bare a. He pnt to His disciples the ques tion, "Whom do men say that 1 the "Son of Man amT" and they said. "Some say that Thou rt John the Baptist: some, Ellas; and otners jere ' tnlas, or one of the prophets." Then asked Jesus this direct question: "But . whom say ye that I ami" And Peter answereaV'Tnou art the ' Christ, the Son of the living God." "We sometimes speak of the ques tion of'the day." said the minister. "Christ here propounds the question of the day, the question of all the age. Other Questions And their . answers. Others In the course of time lose their . emphasis. Tbey come and go like changing passions. This question - grows in slgnlncance with the passage of erery age. Other questions arise . which divida nations, communities, . lamiltes, promote aangulnary strife and kindle the flames of hatred. Then away they die and the wona can scarcely believe that It was ever agi tated by them. This question alone re tains nerennial Interest. Men are ever discussing It. attracted y Its Irresisti ble, magnetism." : EACH MUST ANSWER. Many questions concern only a class -those relating to science, or art or literature. This is a question which concerns all. for It Invokes the undy ing hopes of the human race. Many questions we can leave to the lear.jd : In whose ability we have confidence, . but this Is one which every man who thinks at all Is bound to settle for himself. "Whom do you say that I mr' Hundreds of "lives of Christ" have teen written by students and critics In different languages. Each gives .. one or another answer to the ques tion. "Ah,-the Inexhaustible source of Inquiry which the world will not Met. alone until theanswer Is given. Thou art the Christ, the Son of the , living God. " ' 'It Is the supreme question of theol ogy. -the religion of life. Bo moment ous la it that It pushes, every other question into the background, for ev- .' ery other question finds Its answer in the answer to this and every doctrine ef vital Import li involved In the per- 1 son of Jesus Christ. t THE "CRUCIAL, POINT. Jt you can only ssy with the true ' ring of heart snd tone. "I know "In whom I have. believed." all your oth er thoughts may ssfely be left to form themselves In that mould. "So long as nothing Is taken from the forlorn splendor of Him whom we call Lord and Master you and I need not quake, If the wind whistles around some distant outpost. But If this be tsken sway, there Is nothing left worth living for, nothing left worth dying for. If I lose my faith In Him the rewsrd of righteousness becomes problemstlcal, sin a theologi cal Invention and there Is no due to the mystery of pain and suffering." On this pelnt hangs all the tenth on which religion Uvea, and all the historical critics to-day ia4fcat Etver mu spake Uke this one. - As a great teacher He stands exalted to-day in .. mnrtt'a -tintninn. . hlrher than the highest thought can, go. as the great example or the BUfneai conajicj.,, , ; MORE THANV THESE. . "But, tny frlends."aid the mlnls- "if that is the 'onlv- .Christ we know, be 1 no Christ to' us. X can not explain to you' this morning the Incarnation. X do not know how God in Jesus Christ became man and genre the world a perfect example or ngnio ousness. Not only Is this the supreme mystery, but U Is the keystone of the Christian Yelialon. . . , .; . i. A human Christ i-an untrustworthy Christ.", There la no eternal na un shaken Rock on: wn!c : to build-in this changing universe.' The Deity : the Divine Christ tnat -means m transfiguration of the human Mft; and that every human aonl however sinful and soiled, becomes capable of being saved, sine the Son of God, has come to earth and reached out to us wide arms from the crosa. God'a Word teaches us that he came to touch us with the love that was In his heart, and because that love burst upon the world after & long and desolate night, the assaults of critics save been un able to shake Us sway. v,;.w 'riV'" ; : , f r PiyiNITT. proven. ; " ?.. "But some eesay to beg the question and contend 'that the divinity of Christ Is unproven. . The divinity of Christ un provenT Then, why do you come here 8unday after Sunday to attend these services? His divinity is proven v-j ery day. There isn't town or a vil lage in the EngHsh-speaklng world to day which Isn't proving It There Isn't a street on wmcn mere is noi some soul to whom har come ,,to-day the light from above." . The quesUon Is sometimes' naked. "Why do eo many brilliant men deny the divinity of Christ?' The number of those who ,do deny Is steadily di minishing as the light plays on the historical sources of the Christian re ligion; and as men 1 Vome to under stand that It Is not a dogma which they are asked to accept but a' great fact; ' EVen ' those who continue to ueny 1l do so in a. very different fashion from that of former days. They write books, some of them, lh which they say that He Is the Way, the Truth and the Light. Hut they have taaan away my Lord and I know not where they have laid Him. "My fsllew-rfnen, the question Christ asks Is the most personal of all ques tlons. for He will not aMow you to shield yourself behind the answer which anyone else gives. Ah. if evej-y person would only answer the ques Uon according to his own Ideas, how different our religion would be. But how few men ever sat down for one single dsy or one deliberate hour to wring from their hearts an honest an swer to the quesUon. .'Whom say ye that I am?' "This Is the oldest question and the newest; the most personal and the most impersonal; the question of the hour, of the day, of the ages. Oh. that from every heart there might burst forth the answer. Thou art he ChrUt, the Son of the living God.'" THKRK IS RETIUBL'TIOy. The fiad Flight of tSqnlre Wlllard O. Halle, of Fort Mill Township, South Carol In a Hae Skipped Ftor J'arts Unknown, Presumably Okla homa. "That there to retribution lj history la attested by the experience of hopes which there are for suffering , msn. Jesus Christ says If we answer .- this question correctly .all is well with us, but If not all things are chaos and ..'-darkness reigns. GREAT MINDS LAUD HIM. Dr. Klncald quoted at length the opinions of Chrlnt and His life ex- pressed by some of the greatest thtnk era of all the agn. Rousseau, for In ; , stance, who could not be called a be- liever. but who stood In his time as a , ... symbol of protest said that when Plato ' apoke ef the so-called righteous man meriting rich reward, he spoke of -. , Christ. In the rralm of the German - - Intellectual giants, Goethe said in sub r stance, "I esteem the Gospels to be A thoroughly genuine because there pro . coeds from them a reflected subllml- ty that only one divine could have re- fleeted on earth." ii K Among the greet men of the Eng V' llsb-spes king race, similar utterances r: can be quoted. Speaking to a com V Pny of friends who were comparing . . difCerenf historical characters. Charles - , Lamb said, "J '11 tell you the difference. - It Shakespeare were to walk Into this nom at thla moment, each of us would instinctively rise to greet him. Jf Jesus Christ were to enter that door we would ail In response to a common .' Impulse, prostrate ourselves at his - ,ft tn adoring worship." Carlyle eald that Jesus of Nasareth has aa . tended higher than human ' thought can go , John JStuart Mill said that ; whatever else In history. Is taken from us. Jesus Christ remains and it to use less to say that the Christy portrayed ' In the Scriptures U unbletoiical. INCOMPLETE CHARACTERIZA- v t . . TIONS. It Is not enough to eay that He "la the world Ideal, although that la true. Jt la unquestioned that In Jesus Christ the most perfect Ufa ever lived on earth is found.' Our Western eiv. ilizatlon itself proves that the example f Christ Is what humanity ought to follow. , , . It Is not enough to amy that He was the supreme religious genius of the world, though that la undoubtedly true. Compare Him for; a moment with Confucius or any of the other re I gionigt and without doing violence to the nobility of their characters, tt 1 easily seen that HI la Infinitely L--e theirs. He has given to the v c ! !1 a conception of Deity which has V"n never added to and which, appa ffy, the world will never outgrew. I ' r 1 it enouifa to asy that He-Is t world's T(e?t teacher, though .or.aVy He Is. The verdict of Squire Wlllard O. Bailee, of Fort Mill township, South Carolina, who skipped out for the West recently "between the suns. For years 'Squire Bailee has been one of the most-talked-of men, In the Carolines by reason of hit reputation and achievements as the "marrying squire" of York county. Living Just '"acrbai th - line" In South Carolina, he has figured In sev eral thousand gretrta green affairs. Many . a. couple has he linked together "until death do us part for better or for' worse,"-but he never considered nor gave a moment's thought to the responsibility of his Office. Of his rec ord he waa brusquely proud. Now 'his turn hag come. Although he could loin together couples by th hundreds, he could not control his own household and hence the trouble. The old Shlek Ilderlm In Ben Uur re fers to a king who could rule an em pire but could not master his own horse. Such a man was Squire Balles. -Having said the-word which got many a poor mortal Into trouble, his time came at last when he himself fell. As to the 'squire's destination nothing is known. It can safely be eald however that he will not do the laud-office business in Oklahoma,, whither he is said to have gone, as he did In Fort Mill township. The followlpg Is from The Colum bia Bute: "The notorious 'marrying squire,' Wlllard O. Bailee, of Fort Mill town ship, has skipped the country heading for Oklahoma. It will be remem bered that he attained his reputation as a grecna green artist some years ago while holding a. commission as notary public He advertised for business, getting out a business card with his picture on one side and his price list on the other. In this list were set forth the many different styles and ways that he employed from a plain everyday knot to the most elaborate affair with trimmings at prices to suit the Interested parties and his or their pocketbook. Many were the couples that Balles united In matrimony. "However expert he was a knot tyer, Balles got Into trouble domes tie troubleand things went on until he became an attraction to the grand Jury. When the sheriff wen with a warrant for his arrest Balles, had skipped." ' . ' Business of I1 Flotels Holding tp Splendidly. The business of the local hotels to holding up wonderfully weir in view of the fact that July Is the dullest month In the year. That business is light during July la accoupted for by reason of .the fact that most of the traveling men take - their vacations then and practically -all of them as well as others seek the mountains or thft coast, or remain at home. In spite of the. dull season, the business at the Selwyn. Buford and Central Is holding pp splendidly. This has con clusively demonstrated that the many conventions held In ; Charlotte this spring and summer have not only not hart but - have benefited the hotels. While pone of the houses Tnas yet "sold out the rooms have been .com fortably filled. - . -;- ; Ko Store show at Utla Park. The engagement hf the Peters Stock Company at Let la park closed Satur day night tn order that Mr. and Mrs. Peters might go to San Antonio, Tex. The season has been a successful one considering the many unfavorable cir cumstances which have ' marked . the period through which the engagement extended. The company proved to be one ef the strongest in the history the organization, r , . . . . From Blowing Rock to Edgemont. ' Those who are accustomed" to" spend a , nortlon of their . summers In the mountains near-Blowing Rock fW be interested to learn that tne towns oi Coone and-. Blowing Rock, as well as the county of Watauga, are interested In the building of a road to connect with the Caldwell V Northern Rail road ac Edgemont. Preliminary sur veys have been made through Cooke and Kelaey gape on-top of the Blue Ridge to the Yadkin river and Wil son Creek valleys cm the east side of the Blue Ridge. '- Mr. L. T. Nichols, general manager of the C. N. W. with offices in Chester. 8. CL. is slv ing all the encouragement possible tdl the vinaertamng. ,-. . I--.:--..-"-':' 1 " 1 ' i 1 a " v":.1'. , Is ThU Duo to Dog Days? K- ' .Whether due to excessive heat, the too frequent use of. "dope'.V or simply "general euseednesa within the past few days .the officers have arrested three negroes, all of whom were, stark crazy and had to be locked up to prevent their creating a row. One ef these waa Dill Harris, who was taken In custody br the police In the neart of tne city Saturday as n himself waa 'about to arrest a negro. He Imagined "all sorts of things, one being that he was an officer of the Caw. vmef ennatenberry expresses the humorous .belief yesterday that tffls seeming epidemic was due r to "dog days," . -; n, .,: ,,', Capt Frank Robhtns Very TO, The Charlotte friends of Capt Frank Bobbins, of Lexington, will re gret exceedingly to learn that his con dition shows no Improvement. Mr. A. H. Robblns. a welKknown cotton-mill man of Alabama, spent Saturday night In the city on the way to be at his father's bedside. Can tain Robblns has been one' of the most influential members of the legal fraternity In the State for many years and is esteemed from one end of North Car olina to tna other. In th Recorder's Court. Among those who' will bo tried be fore the recorder this morning will be Will Neat and John Sawyer, young white men charged with an affray. Mitchell North, colored, la charged with disorderly conduct, as la also Will Rlgglns. Will 81ms fs charged with beihg a blind tiger. STIEFF. PIANOS Please Particular e Peon! Our pleased of thousands customers is oiir best advertisement. Fine Piano Tuning, Polishing and Refinish ing,' General Repair ing. -All work guaran teed. CHASASTIEff Manufacturer of the Artlstlo SUeff and Shaw, the pianos with the sweet tone, ' f eaSBBSSSBasasBsat SOUTHERN VTAREROOM'-f t 6.W. Trade St., CHARLOTTE, N. C. C. H. WILMOTH, Mgr. Got Any Curves? 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Plaintiffs, vs. the Smith Electrto A Manufacturing . Company and 8. J. Bnth. Defendants. - All creditors ot said Smith Electric A Manufacturing Company are noti fied to present their claims, duly proven, against said ' corporation to the undersigned at 'his offlce tn Charlotte, N. C. All persons owing said corporation are requested to nske Immediate payment. - This July 1th. 1101. ' . ' JNO. W. TODD, ' ' Receiver.,,,: : ' ; t V .- ' 'SMOKELESS, UnequaHcd for the Generation of Steam Our lump and Egg. Are Unsurpassed fFor Domestic Purposes . Prompt and regular shipments at all times. Shipments'during 1907, 4,900,000 tons. Prices and other information on applica l - i ' tion to Gastncr, 2urrah & Bullitt R0AK0XE, VA. i SOLE AGENTS. S. B. CART, rianajer, Roazoke, Virgisia. A
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