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Reverend Josiah Elliott of Hertford
Accorded Remarkable Demon-
stration This Morning.
pSGOVEp'
, OF CHAS. L. GREAVES
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Whose Address on 'The Weekly Voice from Heaven'
Was one of Great Moving Pwer. x
Called
The Baptist State Convention la
here. The first session of the
convention meets" to-night, but the
delegates who compose the conven
tion are already here in full force.
Hundreds of them arrived Mon
day morning and Monda after
noon in order to be here for the
opening lecture of the series by
Dr. E. Y. Mulllns, which was de
livered Monday night at the first
session of the Pastors Conference,
always held preliminary to the Con
vention itself. More of them' came
day morning ana now tne Baptist
lioets that Elizabeth City has been
preparing for weeks , to welcome
are here in full force. Monday
nlgnt the crowd, made up princi
pally of delegates and visitors,
overflowed the church auditdrium
into the annex.. Tonight the
crowd will probably fill the annex
itself.
"The most dramatic moment In
tlie conference up to this afternoon
came this morning when, at the
close of the heart-stirring address
. vTh( Weekly Voice From Heaven'
Dy1 unanes l. ureveB or Lumber
tono an address that in spiritual
power marked the climax of the
conference Dr. Willis R . Cullora
of the Chair of Bible At Wake
Forest College rose to his feet.
-"As brother Greaves has been talk
lng,' said Dr. Cullom, "I have
been watching the face of Josiah
Elliott. Some of you know that it
was Josiah Elliott who discovered
brother Greaves and I want all of
you to see him."
After Mj. Elliott Mid taken his
seat, Mr. Graves and all of Josiah
Elliott's 'boys' in the congregation
were asked to stand together, and
five preachers answered the invi
tation, among them Rev. J. T.
Riddle k. pastor of the Second
church at Durham and Rev; H. P.
Lamb, formerly of this city but
now of Columbia. Following the
testimony t0 the living influence
of Josiah Elliott the whole congre
gation, in recognition of his work
In the kingdom, stood to do him
honor. Walter., N. Johnson then
led the Conference In a prayer Of
thanksgiving for the life of this
father of preachers and for - the
message of his son in the gospel.
This .niorning's , session began
Ww&f iat half past, nine o'clock,
ntsthalf hour being taken., up
witn matters of business,
. The first speaker of the morning
was Rev. J. A. ouiuvan, wnwa
subject was 'The Soul Winning
Church.' ' .
. "In these days 'of multiplied
agencies," he said, "for the admin
istration of the complex affairs in
( God's t Kingdom, there' seems to
be grave danger of forgetting the
. nrlmn'l itnlx. u-hlrli' Christ de-
mands of his church. .. .a .tendency
to magnify the organization and
to minimize that for .which, the or
ganization was created. - Take tho
word 'missions', for " example, the
... ' averncm church member cannot
thHlr of ml.'.Qlmiu imV, in form nf
that soul winning is the chnrch'i
chief business, that it is 'mon
strous' that a church shou'd re
joice in tending the Gospel to lost
souls far away and not be on fire
for the salvation of those at her
doors. He asked for a return to
the simple methods in soul win
ning pursued by the first Chris
tians, and said that with he pro
per emphasis on soul winning other
problems of the ' church would be
found easier of settlement. A re
solution looking toward tha ea
fistment of a larger number of
etrisUanl' Iiirfnfflnaisl?
ed for but' tabled for lack of time.
Livingston Johnson was next on
the program and spoke on '.Guard
In the Deposit', making a strong
case for the importance of the pe
culiar Baptist principles of a re
generated church membership and
of "individualism" or as Dr. Mul-
lln's expressed It, "the souls com
petency In religion", that is, It's
right of access to God.
In order to rightly guard the de
posit, he said, we must have a deep
seated conviction ae t0 the impor
tance of these principles, we must
teach these principles to the people.
We should wish them to triumph
not because we hold them but be
cause we believe them God's truth.
Dr. Mullln's subject this morning
was "The Response of Jesus " to
Modern Thought".
This afternoon an open confer
ence was led by 8. L. Morgan,
and at half past three Prof. E. C.
Branson of Chapel Hill was neard
with great Interest, especially by
th"e home folks, to many of whom
he has seemed a personal friend
since his community service ad
dres here last year. His subject
this afternoon was 'Country Life
and the Community Clfurch.'
Dr. Mulllns spoke again this af
ternoon on 'Leadership in the 'Min
istry' and his address brought the
Conference to close
These addresses by -Dr. Mulllns
have already marked the 1916 sess
ion of the Baptist State Convention
and Pastor;s Conference as distinc
tive', Rev. Clyde Turner presid
ing at the opening session last
niftht said, I am not surprised
at the large number 01 delegates
present here to-night when
I remember the program.
Many of us sat at Dr. Mulllns feet
at Louisville, and we are glad to
sit there again." And laymen of
the denomination have echoed "Mr.
Turner's sentiment as they too,
have sat at the feet of this teacher
and have listened to him as he
brought the .truths of Christianity
to his hearers in his scholarly man
ner, scholarly not in ft complexity
of high sounding phrases, ' but in
Its wonderful simplicity' and clear
ness and Its direct practical appli
cation to human experience.
In part his address Monday night
was as follows:
The experience of the diclpleg
after the resurrection of, Christ re-"
suited in a very remarkable trans
formation. ,,As we look upon
them and. listen to their words as
recorded In the New - Testament,
we seem to be witnessing a work
ol creation. . Something new In
human history Is being called into
being, something 'new in individual
experience, and soomethlng new in
the social order rising out ; of It.
Two things seem, to move along in
parallel lines in this new creation.
First, the lordship of Jesus be
comes more and more absolute!
and paralel with this the trium
phant might of the Christian
church appears In growing splen
dor. The terms and descriptions
which they now apply to Jesus'
show the former, while thB con
quest of disciples over environment
shows the latter. They had dur
ing his early life called Jesus Mes
siah and Master and Lord. But
these were conventional terms in
current use which were without
the fullness of meaning they, ac-
tulred later. But now these men
begin, in a new and original way.
to define, or rather dscr'be the
Lordship of Jesus. in the Pente
costal powers of miracles and
tongues and moral energy which
fell like a shower of diamonds on
the early church Peter sees the gift
of Christ, the risen and ascended
Lord. When men turn from
their sins In vast numbers, it is be
cause God had exalted him to give
repentance, and remission of sins;
and when the church comes into
IMMEDIATE ACTION
them, altogether. , Nietssche frank, iPRFSinPVT ITU nvc
ly does this. MoralB r hf, KUiliW 1 URGES
the race, he says. ANowVlt there
be any ethics all, the ethics of
Jesus alon0 can oontroj. NFor all
ethical thought gravitates back Jto
Him. Men1 superficially , conclude
that because yon d not find, In. the
new testament express commands
against trusts and boycotts, and
partlcu!ars for all our modern com
plex life, its ethics, therefore Ufa
Outgrown! But the New TeStamenJ
contains what is far better the1 vl-
ttallzlhg principle for the . ethics of
all ages. The sunlight la as ancient
as' the unlverse and a8 modern' as
the foliage In your parks and the
blossoms In your flower gardens. If
you were to break a sunbeam into
a thousand fragraments. you would
not find a single helitrope or honey-
snck.e But if you let the sunlight
Play on the planted , seed, you get
both. You do not go to the New Tes
tament for the last decision of the
Supreme Court or the last act of
Congress, but in the Sherman law
and recent decisions of the Sup
reme Court you get the outward ex
presslon of the moral teachings of
Jesus..
, '. . . . J hath made Jiim both l.nrrt n?
some to be anostles and som. nm. r
. -.
THE LORDSHIP OF CHRIT v
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4ct9 2. 8fi "Let a!l tyie House; of
Tt'al tVrofrre know assuredly.
' t ' i : l'f'h Lord
phets and some teachers, tn
through the entire ministry and
organization of the church. John
on Patmos beholds Him in ref
lation to me cnurcnes, and pre
sents Him as walEfng among them
wit), eyes like (Ire and face like the
sun and feet like btirtiished brass.
He sees Him In relation to earthly
rulers, and he i the Prince of the
kings of the earth; and in relation
t0 human history, and he is, the
Alpha and Omega, the beginning
And the end. Paul also sees Him
In his great re'atlons to the Unl
verse, and he becomes the. center
In which God sums up or brings to
a head all things, or else he is the
golden vessel capacious enough to
contain the fullness of the divine.
For in Him dwelt all the fullness
of the Godhead bodily. Thus did
they fill out the circle of meaning
of the earthly names of Christ.
ThusNUd his Lordship orb Itself;
into the one commanding fact ct
life and history. Thug did it be
come the center which was strong
enough In moral and spiritual grav
itation to draw to itself and sus
tain the whoole moral -universi
and impart to It order and systen
! propose In this sermon to
define a little more fully what arf
the sources of Christ's . lordship and
what the secret of the church's
power, or more briefly what is the
relatlonshln between the lordahln
of Christ and the conquest of thf
world by the church
1. We observe first the ground!
of Christ's lordship
we note then that He is lor
through divine appointment. "Godi
hath made him both Lord and
Christ, this Jesus whom ye cruci
fied." Now this implies a fitness
which grows uiij 0f the nature ot
things. God's appointment's are
never arbitrary. He is Lord then,
not merely In name, but In- reality
If his function is that oof Lord,' his
nature agrees with that value. You
cannot have the effect and repu
diate the cause. Alice in Wonder
land saw the grin on the. cat's face
first, and then saw the cat gra
dually fade away, leaving only the
grin.- This was in' Wonderland,
however, not in real life. '
Apain Christ's lordship Is seen In
his steadily increasing power to
control the moral progress of ' the
race.. Men are asserting that the
lethics of .Jesus have been out
grown, that some of his teachings
are antiquated. There is but' ohe
vnv', to rt"ny the fln-llty cf Chri.t'a
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Christ is lord als0 of the intellec.
tual progress of the race, because
his teaching as to God suniB up all
that phllosphy has surmised and
more. -
Jesus also controls the spiritual
progress of the race. God hath
made him both lord and Christ,
I -lis Jesus whom ye crucified.
I 'ease observe where the emphasis
I lls:, "this JesuB whom. ye cruci
fled". The apostle does not say God
carnate, though this was true, ' or
this Jesus who preached the Ser
mon on the Mount, though that was
true, nor this Jesus who wrought
miracles, a'.thougn this wag an un
doubted fact; nor this Jesus who
was raised from the dead, though
that Is implied. He says rather
"this Jesus whom ye crucified"
The lordship of Jesus is based not
primarily on what he taught or
merely on what he whh. It was
first of all based on what he did.
Not a teaching, but an event Is the
corner stope of his lordnhip.
The; death of Christ then was
a moral transaction. As his cross
was a moral and spiritual transac
tion wltn God and not merely a
physical death, 8o his primary ser
vice to men Is a spiritual transac
tion in their, souls. Men do not
reason their way up too Christ and
then bow down to his lordship.
They always meet him in moral
struggles of some kind or another.
His lordship is moral, not Intellec
tual. Matthew Arnold says, try all
the ways of being good, and you
will fail, but try the way of Jesus
and you will succeed. Jesus lias
always met men in their struggles,
and his lordship is based on the
inevitableness and finality of his
way of life.
II. We observe next the method
oof Christ's lordship, or how he-
exerts his lordships. And here we
. (By United Press) ' '
Washington, Dec, 6 Declaring
V ury cannot and
should noot consent, to remain any
longef exposed 4o'Drofounrt- inrt...
. . ,i - . IKUUBJ-
w .uwur oances . jhe( Preaident
appeared befoore the Joint session
of Congres, today andf appealed
ior ,immeaiate4 action , on his pro-
Biu w seiuement and regulation
of the difficulties, between the rail-
roads and the trainmen. ,s
Soon after the president started
peaking a big silk banner was un
furled from the House gallery by
suirragists bearing the Inscription :
"Mr. ;; President, what will you. do
for woman suffrage?"
The incident created a stir, t a
page tore the banner down and the
President dld riot stop reading.
LLOYD GEORGE
HAS RESIGNED
(By United Press)!
Londnn, Dec. 5 It is known on
highest authority that David Lloyd
George, Englands War Secretary
has resigned from the cabinet.
He sent in his resignation as
soon as he received ' Intimation
that Asqulth wa8 unwilling to
agree on a plan for a war council
of which th premier
member.
wfcs not a
Biioneir m
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OF INSPIRING ADDRESS - MADS
AT '.IKS MEMORIAL SERVICE
HERE 8UNDAY :
OIL MAGNATE
DIED TO-DAY
fBy Unites Press)
Tarrytown, Dec 6 John D. Arch
I'od. standard oil magnate, died
early today at his home here from
complications following operation
for appendicitis.
BELIEVES AMERICANS' SAFE
(By United Prei;s)
E'Paso, Dec. 6 A teleuxam from
Charles Elmendorf. at Chihuahiw
Cltv. and readlng'-We are all well
has Just been received here and
It is Interpreted as meaning that
all Americans In the city are safe
.i . i .i ., .
upve a luree ioiu paradox:
i, His authoratlve revelations
of truth are designed to become
human discoveries of truth. The
ascending mind of men is to meet
the decending truth of revelation.
He did not impose the doctrine of
bis supernatural person upon his
disciples as a dogma to be subscrib
ed to,. His method was to let
it i dawn upon them until they dis
covered him, as It were.
2. The second paradopx of
Christ s authority is that he exerts
his authority by making us free.
He gives autonomy to all his
slaves. What a winged word was
that of the Reformation era, "the
right of private Judgement". When
Luther started with this watchword
all the thrones of trie world; began
to, totter. (
3. The third paradox of Christ's
authority is thatr having subjected
us to himself be makes us the me
dium of-his 6wn authority to the
world ."V This is the marvel of It,
the sense of subjection leaves us
anl a sense of authority and powDr
ernes ovr us. Wo ore. 1 ai "it
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WANTED Capable yoiing man to
do general work In warehouse
and office. N. O. G RANDY,
Foot of Matthews Street
Dec. 2, 4, 6.
Frank Venters is very 111 at his
home on North Roed Street.
authority. His authority flows
through us.
Now this Is the supreme need of
thP kingdom 0f Cid, this intensified
and deepened son so of Christ's au
thority in us. The pastor needs
It to conquer his environment
wltn spiritual forces. The pastor
who leaves one field becalise it is
hard and goes to another because
it is easy needs to go back artd
study the spiritual alphabet. There
are no easy fields. All fields are
Just new combinations of the old
elements the world, the flesh and
the devil. What the pastor needs
Is a new sense of spiritual author
ity and power.
Chesterton is right when be
Jesus is transferred to His people
been a Hon tamer from the begin
ning. He did not set out to catch
sparrows or subdue rabbits. He
loves the great undertaking, and
the chief difficulty has been that
his people have been content to
think in terms of conventional
Christianity.
And this- brings us back to our
starting point with the New Tes
tament Church. The- vividness1
and reality of our sense of the
lordship H Jesus will determine the
power j we posses too transform the
world. the Kingdom of God
will come. when' the lordship of
Jesus Is transferred to His' peaple
and ' th'oy become lordly in moold
!":c End piiHin": human progress. '
' By 8tephn Q. Bragaw ,
You will pardon, I am We. th-
personal note, for I
from expressing to, you my very
profound and slribere appreciation
of the honor you hav Anna, mm
again calling me to speak to ' you
npon this, our4 AnnlvctrsaryH)ur '
Memorial Day '
"""" UJJr nrsi visit tO von rttV
I Have found many new friends
among you whoso good will amf r.
gard I value verv hiehlv ...
wnue the old friends have grown;
dearer to me as the months ami'
yearn havn anient k . v-i
- - ""tv uj, currvmr '
some on the upward march a. little
nearer to the crest of th- Mir in
flfes Journey the Great Divide- -
and carrying sotne a little farther
from the front i. - .
- .vui, uunu i.iih ' nni
slope toward the sunset.
During these years that have
passed I know that some who face'1
uuw nave wanaered In th
shedows" that into the lives' of
SOTIla in mrhnm 1 - ...... .
v ..vm buui nine ram
has fallen, soma "days 'bare bea -
dartr anH A fan .,. . ...... . ..
u,nW BU(4 i uouoi not
thai even today to; semo Jwho are
bare the beautiful' wni.i . .'
- " w'iB' Ji lliQ '
poet apply; s , v
Breaking hearts! Broken hearts! ,
Ye are desolate and lone.
And low voices from the past 0'9t ,
your present ruins moan! .'
In the sweetest of your pleasures,
there was bitterest allov. ' "
And a starlesB night hath followed '
on the sunset of your Joy."
T0 such of you I know this hour
la filled with tender memories tbat '
press and nres nnnn tho iiuM '
tU. its "Kv'ry restless beating la a,
sad, tad" prayer for peace," ",
To such of you I can bring no
message more comforting than mar
be found in the words of the same'"
sweet singer from whom I have al
ready quoted:
"Lonely hearts! Lonely hearts!,
this Is but a land of grief;
Ye are pining for repose ye are
i lonKlnar for relfoft
What the world hath never given.' 4
nm, aon ui tuu auove.
And your grief shall turn to glad-
ness, If you lean upon His ,
love! N
Lonely hearts! God ia love." '
To those who are unacqqualflted.
with the purpose, the principles i
and the customs of the Order of
Elks it may be well to say that'V
Is an organization whose three'
great fundamental and cardinal pre- - t
cepts are Charity, Justice and Bro
therly Love It omnhaslvoa th, ' :
old declaration that "Though I have
the gift of prophecy, and under- '
stand all mysteries and all khowl- '.
edge, and though I have all faith, ' .
so that I could remove mountains,
and have not cbarity, I am nothing!"
It emphasizes the Idea, of Justice
in the relations of men. It declares ,
Its conviction that tho increasing
wisdom of enlightening centuries
has found no truer test by which ' ,
men's duty to men in temporal rela
tions may be measured, than is .
found in the simple sentence which
fell from the lips of , the man of , V..
Oalllee, "As you wouM that men
should do unto you, do ye even so ,
unto them." , '
It accepts as the law, without res
ervation or qualification the divine- .
command "Thou Shalt ' love thy
neighbor as thyself." To his fellow
members an Elk feels a little closer -than
to the ordinary neighbor in
life. He calls his fellow jmembef' 1
"Brother" a word of softer and '
bore tender soun3 than J . "Neigh
bor" i or "Friend" , gentle .'get '
ing of the heart that hag lived In
winds and turns and runs' ibrouch
all tjbe Joys an sorrows of the. lu
j...'. Continued On Tvm Tbri