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The with lapped apulnxt the broken old hull.
f The tidei came 1 went The Summw vn shone
nd the nnsa of v. -.or came. But tiie oils pmtrtr
i moved. hulniy ki ere tilt storra-wreca,ed ves
" 1 cme lo.i huhm'y knew how many years
ago H bad been washed upon the rock-bound coaat
of Massachusetts. It wu just there that's all any
body knew. ud
There waa something about etilpa and the sea
that fascinated young preacher Edward Smith VI-
StwA ' rkn hi tHna tn Rnatnn. frnm
of Westwood, where be preached at the Baptist
Church, the Rev. Ufford Invariably took the long
way around Just to atop and look at the old hulk.
. In Of ford's (ancy-rr, In his "mind's eye." , as he
i put H, he could sea the proud vessel as aha once
.sailed the seal In all her glory. He -pictured the
storm that tore her asart Be saw men washed over-'
board to drown. He fancied be
k calls i tor help; and. "T-J1W" "bI book, "Gospel Hymns." It spread around the world. .
v - lag the helpless ship ashore to rot and rust ancr. ' .. , . . . .
. . to be forgotten. TZ. . ., ; ; v . u ( ,., the old ship is one. .Nobody remembers when p.,
, - There, the St-year-old minister thou ebt was a it disappeared. Folks around Boston tU 'talk of -K
lesson for all men. Borons Sunday afternoon, In t great tornado that struck; the New -England ef
the Fall of 1886, he hauled his little organ out to board in 1888. Maybe the old hulk was ripped to
r. j " r..-l 1.1. -.lA. hit. th.n CVr mavha na -Haw vhra th tide VII
we scene ana mnni tireKoiui.
J ' , -walk" sermon, Ufford pointed to
f. ' . he delivered, his message to
stopped to listen. . '
After his sermon, the subject
Throw out the Ufe-Unc ocross the dorlt wove. .
.. -There Is brother whom someone should save)
Somebody's brother! O who men, will dot - ;
To threw out the Ufe-Llne, hi peril to shors? ,
: Thrme but me Ufe-Unewlth hendbjjlck and strorw " j But wow out the Ufe-Une end save them today. '
VVhv'do you tarry,'why llnoer so long? ; :,'.. 'ji."'- '""'','
Sel e Is sinking; O hasten todoy .. , . . gw"8 ' , '', ,' , i. A. imIiu.!
And throw out the Ufe-Bootj away. hen, owoy! Throw out the t fe-Une! Throw out the LMe-Unel
. : ,., . t Someone Is drifting away;
Thro- out the Ufe-Une' to donger-fraught men: . Throw out the Llfe-Llnel Throw Out the Ufe-Une!
Sinklna In onaulih where you've never been; : : i Someone is sinking today. ;
From The Book 'A IIYRIN IS BORN" Copyright 1952
. : WILCOX-FOLLETT CO., Chicago, HL , (
Prepared By Department of Bible
FRESBTTESIAN JTJNIOR COLLEGE
Kazton, N. C v
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feet One of the great Ideas of
Christianity is that we are called
to use all the talents with which
we are endowed so as to be and do
all the good we can in life. That
means -Christian education. "Study
to show thyself approved unto God,
a workman that needeth not to be
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mlnd.i He pondered writing a nyma around "
them of saving men wrecked on the sea of lite,
but, somehow, he could not quite get his thoughts,
t" ouier. Then, . shortly afterward, be visited , .:.;
llie-aavlng station at Kantasket Beach. An attendant .
showed tne minister a silken lifeline and explained ' ''"
In detail, its' usage. That supplied the ' missing .
thought During the demonstration, the phraae, .
rikrow out the life-line'' came to him. "Returning .
home," Ufford later said, "I wrote the four stantag ;
of the hymn in IS minutes.'' Then, turning to his '
organ, be eomposed the melody "with but little
: effort.". -"I'OP-WI'X V;v '9 k?y :J.' V "
" Thaf seine year --1886 Composer George C. ' ;
Stebbins was leading the music at a revival in
Lawrence, Mass., when -his attention waa called to i. .
th narbv iOWB
a "sheet music copy or tne .itev. . unoro. s song. ,
Stebblna contacted Ufford, bought his song, re . .
-could- hear their
arranged the harmony and Baa n puoiisnea in too
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the wrecked ship rlghtit Just went back to sea. Nobody knows. M
the; crowd that . any rate, whn she layon the wcka, not tar mns
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lingered in Ufford's
Boston, the broken
.minister to- write: 'j.-sh;-.. . v- s-.-
; Winds of temptotlen end billows of woe' -Will
soon hurl them out where the dark woter flow.
Soon will the season of rescue be o'ver
ft. Soon wDI they drift to eternity's , shore!
HM than mv brothar. ne time for delay. '
ashamed." (K Timothy 2:15)
Old Centre Church at Maxton
called its first pastor in 1797. On
October IS, 1815, in order "to com
municate religious instruction es
pecially to the young", the church
appointed four "catechetecal sec
tions." In April 1832, at the meeting
of Fayettevllle Presbytery in Centre
Church, the education of young men
for the ministry was considered. As
a result the Donaldson Acadmy was
organized on December 6, 1832, in
the session house of the Fayettevllle
Presbyterian Church. This school
flourished for many years and fin-'
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ally was sold to become part of the
public schools of Fayettevme.
- In 1841 some of the church officers
and the pastor of Centre Church
organized Floral College, which be
came an outstanding school lor
young women. Dr. Luther McKln
non, later president of Davidson
College, attempted to revive it after
the Civil War, but it finally closed
In 1878. A military school for men
was opened in the plant the follow
ing year by Mr. Hamilton McMillan
and continued until 1883. The Idea
would not die. Dr. H. G. Hill, pastor
of Centre Church, worked for a
college in Fayettevllle Presbytery
from 1888 until 1896, when Presby
tery founded what is now Flora
McDonald College. Dr. Hill and Dr.
Slier continued to have the dream
of a college for men. Sometime the
congregations of Centre Church.and
the daughter church in Maxton
were led in prayer for a college for
men. Dr. William Black grew up in
the congregation and ' heard such
petitions. When he had become the
superintendent of home missions
for the Synod of North Carolina and
the greatest evangelist in the Sy
nod's history, he interested Mr. WJL
Bolk, the merchant 'prince, in the
idea of a college for men. On Feb
ruary 21, 1928, Synod 'founded
Presbyterian Junior College at Max-
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Mrs. Elizabeth A. McRae was I
member of Centre Church from 1848 I
for many years. She led in .the or-
ganizaUon of the women's work in
Fayettevllle Presbytery. Jn the sum.
mers she established mission Sunday
Schools In western North Carolina.
She) started what ft now tees-Mc;
Bae College. , fc , , . - ., ...
!- A son of the aMxton eongrega-
Oon is Dr. ffohn A. MacLean, pastor
of Ginter IParlr Church, Richmond,
Vs.1 Just after HiroebJma ahd Na
gasaki he suggested the founding
of a college in Japan by the Christ
ians of the United States in token
of our love for our enemies. Today
(he Idea, is a reality and one of
the "greatest .European theologians
and writers Dr. Xmil Brummer, baa
given up his professorship at the
University of Zurich and Joined the
faculty of International Christian
University at Mtlaka, Japan. . "I go
with the firm decision to glvo my.
self wholeheartedly! to the ? task
of helping to make Japan a Chris
tian -country," be .said,. The interest
of Old Centre Church in Christian
education marches' on. -Ideas walk
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K8V. W. B HOOD. PASTB
- Wallace Cbaroh
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tad, 4th, and nth Sunday, nights
. - juaen vnapei
N Srd Sunday night
REV J. M. NISBErP, PASTOB
Bockflsh Church
2nd aid 4th Sunday mornings
3rd Sunday nglht
Bev. Wade H. Allison, Pastor
Mount. Zlon Church, Rose Hill
Every Sunday Morning
Except Third Sunday -.
Third Sunday Evening
Oak Plains Church
First Sunday Night
Third Sunday Morning
HEV. NORMAN FXOWEBS
Warsaw Church
Every Sunday morning
Bowden Community Chunk
1st, 3rd. and 6th. Sunday evenlnp
BEV. J. T. HATTER, JB, PASTOB
Grove Church - ,
2nd and 4th Sunday mornings
. HallsvUle faiiai
1st and Srd Sunday morings
REV. W. H. GOODMAN, PASTOB
ueuuviue unorcn
Every Sunday morning
PINK HI1X GROUP
Bev. Farrlor. Pastor
Pink Hill Third Sunday A. M.
and 1st Sunday P. M.
Women of the Chureh
General meeting ' Thjrd Tues
day night, circle Nqt i run
..?. v s; TMttoi 'Bight f
SMITHS
Second Sunday A. M. ani
Fourth Sunday P. M:
HEBRON
Third Sundays 4 P. M. (3 P. M.
Whiter)
PLEASANT VIEW
1st Sunday A. M. and Srd
Sunday P. M.
General meetnig Thursday P M.
after Srd Sunday. Circle Thurs
- , day P. M, before 3rd Sunday
BUtXBQUTHERfjOID
Fourth Sunday X M. and Beoond
f 0 Sunday P, M.
Klrat Wednesday afternoon
r P.. Field Drup-ptst and 3rd
Saturday evenings IT.K.
BEV. TATLOB A. BTRD, PASTOR
i. ' - FsJson , Group
1st, Srd, 5 th. Sandaya at TM pJn.
2nd, 4th. Sundays at U.-0 ajn.
Calypso
1st, Srd, 6th. Sunday at 11:0
V ftanford
2nd, 4th. Sunday at TKM pjn.
UNlVKMAliTBT
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Chsreh Serriee, tat, Sunday night
im P. M. 2nd and 4th Sunday
awning, U:M as. - "'-'
- Sunday School every' Sanity.
Morning mt lfcM a. ua. '
Mr. Ed Smith, Sopermttnadent
, MISSIONARY BAPTISTS .
'. KENANSVILLE '
Bev. Lauren Sharpe, Pastor
KeoanaVOhi '
BACH SUNDAY. MORNING
BEULAVnXE GROUP
Bev. A. L. .Brown, Pastor
- Beulaville
2nd and 4th Sundays
Cedar Fork
1st and 2nd Sundays
BallsvtOe
Srd and 4th Sundays
CALYPSO
2nd and 4th Sundays
MAGNOLIA BAPTIST CHURCH
Bev. J. P. Everett, Pastor c
1st and 2rd Sunday ttommp ..
v 1st and 2rd Sasynlghti
REV, EIXIOTTB: STEWABT,
yu. - vCortofaV. , .
2nd and 2rd Sundays -
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1st and 4th Sundays.
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At Christmas we .. celebrate, .the
birthday of the Babe of Bethlehem,
Jesus, the Christ. We muit now go
beyond Christmas. ! Jesse did not
remain a child butjtrew to become
God's men, ' )Uke Jesus we must
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The Challenge To Choose
BY REV. C. HERMAN TRUEBLOOD
TEXT: "How long halt ye between opinions?" 1 Kings 18:21.
It is a striking figure Elijah uses here. (Read the entire story,
1 Kings, 18th chapter.) The picture is of one halting, shuffling back
and forth between two sides. In reality it Is like unto a bird flittering
from limb to limb and back again. Now it is here, now it is there;
now it is on this side, then on that side - wobbling, wiggling, jump
ing,' skipping, flipping, slipping, flittering, and twittering here and
there. Some people are very much like grasshoppers - they con
tinually "Halt between two opinions," and you can never tell where
they'll "Hop" next, for they have no deep soul-gripping convictions to
hold them to a steady, constructive, character-building course in life.
Like a rudderless ship they are content to be blown about on the sea
of life by every wind that comes along - no purpose, no goal, no port -just
drift through life out into eternity.
One of the greatest needs of the world in this hour, and certainly
one of the greatest needs of the church as well, is old-fashioned con
victions - to believe something, know why you believe it, stand up
and be counted, and tell why you believe what you believe. The
tree must fall one way or the other. Positivel decision must follow
positive conviction. To hear and accept even the gospel of Christ
without acting upon what you. know is true is to build a house on
sand. The Challenge To Choose confronts every normal-minded
person.
1. IT IS A MAN-EXALTING CHALLENGE. No spiritual challenge
has ever been issued from heaven to any other animal or living
creature except man. God has never said to a horse, hog, or dog,
"My son, give me thine heart." (Prov. 23:26) for the simple reason
that there is no spiritual relationship between God and brute animals.
Only to man is the challenge made to "Choose ye this day who ye
will serve." In challenging man to choose between God and the devil,
hell and heaven, right and wrong, our heavenly Father recoglnes
and exalts the spiritual nature of man, for man only was "made in
the image of Gqd;" and it was man only into whose "nostrils God
breathed the breath of life." Man is more than mere animal; he is
more than-a robot, or automaton; he is the only creature on earth x
who can say either "yes", or "no" to God.
2. IT IS AN INESCAPABLE CHALLENGE. If you say you will
make no decision, that itself is your decision. There are no "No
Man's Land" in the field of choice. There are many things that decide
themselves if we do not decide them. This matter of taking a stand
either for, or against God, is one of them. "He that is not with me is
against me," is the verdict of Christ. "If Baal be God, serve him! If
Jehovah be God, serve him!" Thundered Elijah.
3. IT IS DESTINY-DETERMINING CHALLENGE. There is no "new
chance" beyond the grave, to repent, have your sins "burned out", and '
"turn over a new leaf." "Behold, NOW is the accepted time; behold
NOW is the day of salvation." 2nd Cor. 6:2. What we are doing NOW
will determine where we will be, and what we will be doing in the
Great Beyond. Therefore? "Choose, ye this day whom ye wll serve."
Josh. 24:14. ' ,
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aflaslonaiT Baptist Aurek
Bev. Vara Murrell
, ; SHABON. ,
Morning Services
1st,' and 3rd. Sundays
Evening Set vices
2nd., 4th. and 5th. Sundays
DOBSOrTS CHAPEL
' Horning Services '
2nd, 4th. and 5th. Sundays
Evenlnf Services
1st and Srd. Sundays
Island Creek
2nd Sunday morning and 4th Sun
day evening. T ,
last and Srd Sunday
l BOSB HHX " ' "
Br. X. V. CASE
Serrloes avwr baif
PAZSON
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1st and Srd 8undaya
JOBNSONJCHUBCH
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1st and Srd Sundays
through the
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Sales and Service
Kensnsville, N. C v
JR. H. W. COLBVX1
Optometrist tn Wallace, N. C.
Office Phone: 2051 Residence: S44fl
increase in- wisdom and stature.
The important tact is not the birth
of Christ, but -what the baby be
came. Husband and wife look for
ward with eager anticipation to the
birth .of their child; however, they
are primarily interested in what that
baby, will become in later 'life.
Christ the man forgives us of our
sins. He grants us new power for
living, said reveals the foundations
and principles for living. We will
First Oiurch Of
Christ Scientist
(Christian 6dence) .
Kinston, N. C
Gordon A Matt Sts -Sunday
Services (every Sun
day) , . 11 A,,1C.
Sunday School (every Sun-
! day) 9:45 A. K.
' Wednesday - Evening Meet'
ings (Testimonial services of
healing in Christian Science) ,
' - 8:00 P. 11
Reading Room 404 N, Queen
St 11 4 every day, except
Sun. and Holidays, 7:30 0
P. M, Tues. and Thurs. All
are cordially invited to at
tend .our services and to en
vJoy the use of the Reading
Room. ,,
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MAGNOLIA GROUP
Bteard
2nd and 4th 'Sundays
. WALLACE
Dr. Pastel
Services each Sunday
WELLS CHAPEL -Bev.
3 J). Bnerer. Pastos
2nd and 4th Sundays
WABSAW
Dr. A. W. Greenlaw.
Services eaclyJ8nnday
GARNERS CHAPEL
Bev. Kugnne Hagor
ui ana ird Sosulay bm
4th Sunday night
XONESCHAPEL
Rev. Emrene Hagr
1st and Ird Snndar nigh
2nd Sunday saoYhhur
ALUM SPRINGS
Bev. Euros linger
2nd
edg-M 4th
n of the foBstring
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nrfwe, Groes, Dry-Goods
BeuUvUb IT. C. '
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-Your car gets personal attention
W. F. B1U' Williamson, Prop. !
, -t Kenansvllle, N. C
serve a grown-up Ciirtak -
Christians we will let CU: t
man do for us what He could put
do for us as a baby.
Will we let Jesus remain in tl.
Manger or will we take HUn wl'.'i
ui through the New YearTOur
Christianity must not stop at the
cradle but must reach the) cross.
We must go' beyond Christmas to
serve grown-up Christ , ,
RED ASH
And ,
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METHODIST CHURCHES
WALLACE GROUP , , -K.
R. Wheeler, Minister ,
Tel. 8188 , .
Wallace Every Sunday monuna
and every Sunday, night V ,
Providence First and Third; Sun
days at 3 o'clock p. m.
ROSE HlLL"GROUP
W. B. Cotton, Minister
. Tel 8511
Rose Hill
Charity
WABSAW GROUP
Bev. Carlton F. Hlrschl, Minister
Tel. 865
Warsaw First, Second, and Fourth
Sunday Mornings. Third Sunday
night
CARLTON'S
2nd and 4th Sundays
. 7:00 P.M..
Turkey Third Sunday snornlni
and the First Sunday night
FAISON
D. F. Kinlaw, Minister Tel. 221
Second Sunday Morning and
Fourth Sunday night. Also
Fifts Sunday morning
MOUNT OLIVE CIRCUIT
Paul R. Mannes)
Bethel Fourth Sunday morning
and Second Sunday night
Calypso Second Sunday mornini
and Fourth Sunday night.
Rone's Chapel Second and
Fourth Sundays at 10:00 a. as
PINk HILL
J. B. Began, Minister TeL 2750
Woodland First -Sunday Morning
and Third Sunday night
Pink Hill Second and Fourth Sun
days, Morning and Night
DUPLIN CHARGE
Rev. James E. White, pastor
Kensnsville
Sunday School at 10 a. m.
WORSHIP SERVICE
1st Sunday 11:00 A. M.
3rd. Sunday 11:00 A 3& .
3rd Sunday 7:80 P. M.
. , hiagnolla ,
Sunday School 10:00 A. H.
2nd Sunday night 7:30 o'clock
4th Sunday morning 11:00 o'clock
Unity
2nd Sunday 11:00 A. M.
4th Sunday 7:80 P. M.
Wesley
Sunday School 10:00 A. M.
1st Sunday 7:30 P. M.
Srd Sunday 11:00 A. M.
4th Sunday 11:00 A, M.
LIMESTONE .CHAPEL
Advent Chjrlstlan Chnrek
potters Hini
Servloea 1st ssd Srd Saturday
Nlcht. Snn. and Sun, Night. Alts
Qamn. Faater.
PINKY GROVE
Free Win . Baptist
Bev. J. B. S tames, pastor
Services each first Sunday morning
at 10:00; 1st Sunday night at 7:00
Sabbath School at 11:00
SARECTA CHAPBL "Original Tree
wm Baptist c&urcnr
Bev. Carroll Hansley, Pastor
Sunday. School very Sunday at
1U.UO A. JO. j, . i
Leagoe every Sunday at trOO P. U
Church First Sunday. 11 A. M. and
7:18 P. M. Church Third Sundays,
u:oo a, M. and 7:15 P. IS. .. .
CABIN FREE WELL BAPTIST
- CHURCB
Rev. J. B. Stsrnes, pastor.' Ser
vice every 2nd. and 4th. Sundays
at 11:00 a. m. and 7:00 p. m. Sunday
acnooi at w:w a. m. - , v
CHURCH OP JESUS CHRIST V
OF LATTER DAT SAINTS
Sacrament Meeting Sunday 7:00 pjh.
. Sunday School 10:00 A. M. -Relief
Society, Tues. 7:00 P. M. "
M. L A. Primary Wed. 7.-00 P. M.
i Coneenttssa C2mBi :
" CathoUa - .
TransflgusaUon l"Udot '!, .
- wauaca. K,l : .
Rev. John
sn g. Ham
'. ,-:,. Hoars of I i
first Sunday of each month 11.00
a. asv r; .- -v i i 3 -i.-i
Every Sunday Moving 8;4S a. m.
tBervlcaa ara held npstalra s
otflce No. 1 of new Lee Building;
Wallace). , , Tr
WACCAMAW BANK
, , TRUST CO.
Kennansvllle, '
Beulaville ,
HOI
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, , Faison, N.- C, i
Office I
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Th3 Uv::: Bred
Lesson for February 7, 1954
STRANGERS , to the Christian
religion are" alwayso,mewhat
..fnnlhPd at its central and most
solemn act of worship. It is noth
ing elso than taking a morsel, of ,.
bread and a sip of wine. Such sinv
plicity, is not to be expected. In -fact
some churches decorate the' r
simpUcity with an manner of ritual
till the simple act at its center ,
is almost smothered out of sight ,
Rut it is - always . - 5
there, the simple f
piece of bread.
Pitiful to relate.
theologians and ,
whole churches
have come to
blows over the pre- -. s
else meaning lot
the sacrament we
call Communion,-'
but whatever be
the differences, all Dr. Foreman
Christians agree that the reason
we do thur is because Jesus di-
rected 'it1 We also all-agree that
in this si-upl art Christ is present..;
With a divine humility he wished
to be remembered in the "break- s "
ing of the bread."
Life's Necessity . ' -
Jesus never said, ;. l am . mo ,
cake that came, down from heav- v
en." Man can " live without any
kind of cake;"' but not without
some kind of bread. When Jesus
lived in Galilee, the poorest man
always had bread,: if nothing 'else.
for his one meala day In Pal- '
estine to this, day one may see .
working-man at noon crouching
in a bit of shade munching on -his
black bread.) When Jesus ,
called himself Bread, he meant ,
that he cannot be "taken or left"
There is no such thing as Christ!-
aruiy wiuioui tonsi. imre u no
such thing as a Christian without
Christ.
To Be Assimilated
Marbles are filling, but they arc
not food, because they can't be
digested. Bread is food because
it is absorbed into the system. In
your bones and blood, in your '
nerves and skin and glands today.
are the elements you have taken
in with the bread you have eaten.
Some of it Is stored up in the
fat-cells which are the body's re
serve bank. Some , of it builds up
Various tissues. Some of it Is ex
pended . in , energy , of living- The
bread has ' ceased to : exist as
bread, it does you , good only be
cause it has been assimilated, it
has become a part of your muscle
and brain.; So Christ intends that
he shall be assimilated, by the
Christian.. It is true a Christian
cannot . exist . without Christ; , but
we must think what that means.
Christ in a picture on the wall is
only a picture. Christ as a defini
tion in a catechism ls only a defi
nition. Christ' as a half -understood
phrase in a creed is still only a
dim and perhaps , meaningless -nam.
Christ, as a historical per
son la a figure In- history,- no more.
It la only the assimilated Christ
Christ taken into your system,
I Christ . part of you; that is vital
m your day's' living.: How does .
this take placet First of all by
knowing him in the Gospels, in
the New Testament, and then and
always as a living Invisible Pres
ence, the inner Christ who takes
the wheel of your. will. Bread has
to be eaten to be of use. Christ ,
must be .willingly - taken if he
lives within. t . Jl .
ToBeShpred ,
..A some one has said, "A e$W
eaten 'alone ..oniy t. :.-.-.,.
trust shared may bo a sncrament
of friendship.'1 There is one tact .
about the Living Bread which is
not true of ordinary bread. A kaf -from
the grocery will be just as
nourishinff if mi Mt It .Inn. l .
I If you est it in company. A loaf ,
stolen is as nourishing as a loaf
honestly bought It is not so with'
Christ the Bread from Heaven. '
The, selfish life, the life that thinks
only about Its own troubles, am- -bltions.
dreams and hopes, it not
one In which Christ can- live. ' If
an you. want h' i for is to get on,
better with your own schemes, he
will do you no ; od. It yon were
sitting b i re rant enjoying a
good meal, an 1 you looked out
through the w: ow and sa In
the street, no a pressed against
the glass, a a' -d-looking child,
would the rnr 1 taste as good to-
you afterwas
members wi
for table chur
mons about
;and sayir
isoiing a:
read cf C
while soul-t
the outsit!
truly have i
we never try
(Rued B b
tlon a (
In i m '
And yet church
t in their com-
. listening to ser- ,
is, standing up
believe in him,
. even taking the
on,and an the
1 people are on, .
r can we ever t
in our lives if S
are Him? .!.'
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a b7 C.mmunliy