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PAGE THE PINEHURST OUTLOOK U L tunity to interpret the affairs of our world in terms of divinity. Christianity is not a stationary thing nor can it be made so and no man must become satisfied with it. There is no limit to our spiritual growth, we often stop and stand still and forget who we are we forget that we are Sons of God, andsoasasortof reminder, every year at Advent we start over to learn again the old truths, the truths concerning our Lord's coming. There isn't anything novel or sensational about the effort, but merely to try more seriously than ever before to appreciate the beauty and meaning of the old, old story that the world has needed through the ages and more than ever needs today, and so we take as our reminder today these words taken from the fourth verse of the ninth chapter of the Gospel according to St. John. "The night cometh when no man can work" with its leading thought, the Passing of Opportunity. No matter how well a piano may be made, it may have the hardest and most seasoned material, the frame may have been tested and the strings made of the finest steel and it may bear the name of most careful and painstaking makers in the world and yet it must occasionally be keyed up and put in tune, and so no matter how hard a man tries to live the Christian life, he may have had the best of training and been brought up amid the most refined and Christian influences, but there must be an occa sional period when he can be "keyed up" and put in tune so that . he may make the sweetest music with his life. Ad vent is just such a season, when we come face to face with the great realities of life. We talk of the wonderful op portunities of life, that to every man and woman is given the chance to make something of life and be of real use to the world but is it good for us to have so many opportunities? Only as we think of our life and talents being given us in trust. Alexander was accustomed to say, "Philip of Macedongave melifebut it was Aristotle who taught me how to make the most of life." To have the gift of life is a solemn thing, Life is God's most sacred trust, it is not ours to do with as we please but it must be accounted for, every possibility of it. It is the duty of the ministry to stimulate men and wo men to true and worthy living and if the pulpit dwells continually on the idea of duty and earnestness it is because life itself is earnest and sacred and serious, and you and I must meet it seriously. There can be no shirking or looking for easy places if we want to give a man's service. There are a great many theories and speculation about the last coming of Christ but our individual realization of the advent will be at the time of our death. The one thing that is absolutely certain for each of us is that bye and bye the "silver cord will be loosed and the golden bowl be broken and man wijl go to his long home." Are we living as if we believed it? Bye and bye we say we will change and look in a new direc tion but not now. We live poorly enough at the best, even the saintliest of us and many of us certainly make sad work of our life. There are infinitely fewer wrecks on the great sea where the ships go than on that other sea of human life where so many lives go down with their freight age of immortal hopes and possibilities, and we sometimes wonder about what the ocean contains of treasures' buried far down beneath the waves, but who shall tell of the treasures that are hid den in that deeper sea of human life, where they have gone down in the sad hours of defeat and failure and the reason is that the passing opportuni ty was neglected and deferred. And so the lesson for us this morning as simple as it is and as trite as it is. is simply a call to each one to give the Christian religion a chance. We may have laughed at the teachings we learn ed at mother's knee and we may think we have gotten beyond them, but the longer we live the more we know that it takes these dear old truths to give poise and sweetness to life and to keep us true and strong. "Will .Enjoy .Motoring; Mr. and Mrs. I. D. II. Ralph of Phila delphia, are the first visitors to bring their motor car, the 50 h. p. Locomobile in which they toured abroad. They plan numerous trips over Capital Highway roads during their extended sojourn. Annual Christmas Trees Subscriptions are being solicited to provide a fund for the annual Christmas trees for the native white and colored children. The Outlook will be glad to receive mail contributions as in the past. So Sorry, Partner' " Harriet Busy? Harry Yes, going to play mixed foursomes. Harriet Oh ! The game where you say I'm so sorry partner ! WANTED Enterprising boy to solicit subscriptions for live North Carolina newspaper Write to J. II. L., Pine hurst P. O. . - . ... . i . - I As i . -7 l ?4;'..''t.?. - r - . REV. T. A. CHEATHAM THE CAROLINA PINEHURST, N. C. mam S!, tr v;r' mgr- y 4.:in:" 4 .... I :l ...l?m.. W Iftt. CAM.!. .., .. .1 t M M The Carolina is a magnificent four-story building completed in 1900. The in terior is a model of elegance, with appointments calculated to suit the most luxu rious tastes. The hotel accommodates five hundred guests and is provided with seventy-four suites with bath. The cuisine and table service are unsurpassed. The house contains every modern comfort and convenience, including elevator, telephone in every room, sun rooms, steam heat night and day, electric lights, and water from the celebrated Pinehurst Springs, and a perfect sanitary system of sew age and plumbing. H. A7. PRIEST, manager. The BeFkshiFe, PINEHURST, N. C. The Berkshire is a modern hotel, delightfully located with all conveniences for health and comfort ; running water from the celebrated Pinehurst Springs, bath rooms, steam heat, open fires, electric lights and sanitary plumbing. The guests apartments are comfortable and home-like and the public rooms large and attractive The cuisine and service is of a high standard. A billiard room and barber shop have been recently added for the convenience of the guests. F. C. ABBE, Manager. riiifei; .Sri-17" cliiiii'iiiiBjfnjiw UJLi ' -- I! n Mir-. HOTEL WENTWORTH, The Leading New England Coast Summer Resort. NEW CASTLE, PORTSMOUTH, N. H. Every facility for sport and recreation : Golf, tennis, riding, driving, yacht ing, fishing, still and surf bathing and well equipped garage under competent supervision. Fine livery. Music by symphony orchestra. Accommodates 500. Local and long distance telephone connection in every room. Send today for a beautifully illustrated book. .Wentworth Hotel Co., H. W. Priest, Managing Director Address Until May 1, The Carolina, Pinehurst, N. C.
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