The Presbyterian of the South : [combining the] Southwestern Presbyterian, Central Presbyterian, Southern Presbyterian. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1909-1931, June 02, 1909, Page 9, Image 9
June 2, 1909.
HELPING i
In mountain climbing I
fastened together with a
the head. If one slips, th
save him from a fall whii
of the climbers tires and
places, the stronger ones
lift him bodily over the ri
unite to save the strengtl
with them and enable hin
when they do.
How like life it is! \Y<
in some way. We all wa
do something worth while
here to do nothing. Yet <
strong. And to the wea
the strong is like the s;
mountain climbers. The
the weak from many a fs
struction, by being watc
help them over the hard p
At the head is a divine
draw us upward, to save
help us to do the best tl
love and service binding
we can be sure that our
and that we will reach tl
The Interior;
PRACTICING <
There is considerable 1
application of theories oi
yourself," is a common
ideas are not popular. I
so :al application of any
be forward to impose it u
at Jerusalem in regulatin
gelizing the world. Nor
for the world that we 1
hands of sinners.
Occasionally a oreache
I prepare messages for his
himself is one of the p<
I preaching the pulpit ipm
yet it is doubtful whethei
to forget himself is as pr<
I self may feel. No messaj
tion unless it first has c
Perhaps there is only c
B not practice first on nun
forgiving spirit. The art
in a day. Tn no sense dc
exercising a charitable h
iS first obiert of
I'
in one's own conduct whi
in the conduct of another
self for an offense, but he
ing an entirely wrong us<
it on yourself first." He '
merciful with another is '
Master.?Religious Teles
THS PRE6BYTW/
EACH OTHER.
the members of the party are
long rope, with the guide at
e others brace themselves and
:h might mean death. If one
proves unequal to the harder
can help him along, or even
3ugh or dangerous spots. All
1 of the weakest, to keep him
1 to reach the coveted heights
e are all trying for the heights
nt to amount to something, to
:. For we know that we are not
>ome of us are weak and some
ker ones the helping hand of
iving, sustaining rope of the
>se who are strong can save
ill and hurt, perhaps from dchful
and kindly and ready to
laces
Guide, strong, alert, ready to
us from harm and danger, to
lat is in us. With the tie of
us to each other, and to -him,
lives will all count for good,
he mountain tops in safety.?
DN NUMBER ONE.
wisdom in making a personal
i life or conduct. "Try it on
advice to prove that a man's
f one can not endure the perplan
or theory, he should not
pon another. We are to begin
g conduct as well as in evanare
we to become so zealous
et Jerusalem fall into the
?r speaks of the pronencss to
people and to forget that he
jople. In the very nature of
;t keep the pew in view; and
r the tendency of the preacher
Dnouncect as the preacher him*e
can carry weight of conviconquered
the messenger.
>ne .thing which a man should
iber one. This is acquiring a
of forgiveness is not learned
?es a man become proficient in
leart if he makes himself the
. It is easy to overlook faults
le condemning the same faults
. The man who forgives him
Ids it against another, is make
of the common saying, "Try
who is severe with himself and
walking in the pathway of the
cope.
lN op tkx south.
WORKING T?.
At a mission meeting om
"Where have you been late
heard of you, nor have I o
papers." "No," was the rej
corners the past year." "W
I found there were plenty c
fmifnc tko
no, UUI L 11 v. UUll^ 111^ U1M
needed were almost withou
work and have been going fi
itig people in little groups
houses, preaching to them
There seemed to be nobody
it up. I call that working t
name hasn't been in the pa]
GOING DEI
According to the depth o
the constancy of our enjo}
freshness. During the hot
has its roots in the surfac<
heat of the sun. But the c
yard long into the subsoil,
drought or heat. It finds r
driest and hottest weather, ;
into the sun fearlessly. Sc
tions to God deep and true,
him the comfort and the sti
what is demanded of us. \
as do other men, but witl
deeper that enables us to
keep him in perfect peace
thee."?Sunday School Tim<
AFFLIC
When the Psalmist says:
have been afllicted," he was
reached the point in his ea
could look back upon the pr
?much as Gcd sees them?
preciate the danger of the
met, and the necessity of si:
and of actual scourgings c
in order to prevent his strs
ready straved from the wa
spect of life is granted to 1
is full of instruction. It t
truth, the need and use oi
widens the experience, de
the range of friendship, in
the soul back upon God i
work for the soul so noble
alone be regarded, the divi
vading it becomes evident,
longer need to be thus a
hpartc liavp Iparn f?r1 thp tri
Congregationalism
Japan has sent a Japane
Korea, thus taking its place
Cheerful givers are not
best givers take time to thii
9
[E CORNERS.
; preacher said to another:
ly? I haven't seen you or
nee seen your name in the
>ly, "I've been working the
hat do you mean?" "Well,
d preachers in the city and
ricts where they were most
t them. So I left the city
rom house to house, gatherin
farmhouses and schooland
teaching them there,
to do that work, so I took
1- 1 T
lie corners, aim i guess my
pers for a year."?Ex.
*
EP DOWN.
f our relations with God is
rment of his strength and
summer the grass, which
t soil, burns up under ^the
rlover, which sends roots a
suffers far less from either
noisture down there in the
ind lifts its green leaves up
) when we make our relawe
always can draw from
rength to endure and to do
Ve still feel life's distresses
1 them we feel something
endure them. "Thou wilt
whose mind is stayed on
;s.
:tion.
"It is good for me that I
> not talking cant. He had
rthly career at which he
eceding years and see them
-as a whole.. He could aptemptations
which he had
larp warnings -at this point,
i the soul at this point,
tying, or to rescue him, al- *
y of safety. Such a retroeach
of us at times, and it
eaches us a tremendous
t unhappiness. Chastening
epens sympathy, enlarges
vigorates character, throws
n firmer trust and does a
: that, if its own character
ne love behind it and per
Blessed are they who no
ssured, because their own
ith and rest upon it.?The
se Christian missionary to
amone missionary oeooles.
always hasty givers. The
r>k.