The Presbyterian of the South : [combining the] Southwestern Presbyterian, Central Presbyterian, Southern Presbyterian. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1909-1931, August 18, 1909, Page 11, Image 12

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August 18, 1909. cent of their income and n to subtract from the princip Church have as much wea They will require less and end of the journey. Why from this on to the work c of ie o mocf 111 ?i i 10 ci uivsoi their lives to God's cause, thousand dollars to keep h may be engaged in busines lars capital. But what mi] do if, through and through and his Church? The very fact of possessi sibilitv. To make money f< watchword. God is ready 1 ready to receive the returns ey is not a sin, nor an evid pravity. It is a blessing just as much as the ability purpose to make money for ing of ability to make mom a possiDie curse.?rceugiou THE PLACE I need not wait until t At length has sped aw To find at eve an ange Beside my place of prj I need not tarry till th To seek this shrine be Each hour of toil and Is an appointed place, A sanctuary where mv With its devout appea There, too, I know the His "Peace be still," FOLLOWING It is easier to follow a pa traveler feels more at ease c than while blazing trees ir to keep from getting lost, cr resident in what other p force in an example which i is a feeling of safety as we to the path in the wildernes moral action, and in spirit has succeeded in a certain others are at liberty to thi similar circumstances. Or serving as a lighthouse fo danger, is a great encourag a help in maintaining their In spiritual advancemen tion. One ought to be as! much below that on which .1 is no need for this inferior has done man can do. The \ to earth, and his ascension t way which all may tread, salvation has been made j and that he stands victor, ouj s THE PRESBYTERS lany of them should begin ial. Manv men in our own Ith now as they will need, less as they get nearer tho not devote all the income )f the Church? A few are commendable dedication of One man may need five is business going; another s that needs a million dolght the million dollar man , he is consecrated to God ing puts one under respon5r God ought to become the to bless any such effort nad . The ability to make monlence of total or partial deand personal qualification to preach or to sing. The God will prevent the bless;y from being changed into s Telescope. OF PRAYER. he busy day ay, 1 waiting there lyer. e night shall fall ;side the city wall. self-denying grace soul may kneel .1. presence of the King, the shadow* of His wing. Frank Walcott Hutt. FOOTSTEPS. ith than to make one. The )n a trail through the forest 1 unknown places in order Besides the drawing poweople have done, there is a one cannot estimate. There ill. This applies not only s, but in business affairs, in ual progress. If one man kind of mercantile work, nk they can succeed under ie sturdy moral character, r other souls subjected to jement to those, as well as integrity. t there is spiritual attraclamed to live on a level so ie sees others living. There grade of life. What mat. ery coming of Jesus Christ o heaven, has made a pathThat that captain of our perfect through suffering, ?ht to induce more valiant rnrnmmm VN OF THE SOUTH. service and constancy on the pai We never get to a place froi of Jesus Christ do not beckon we are drawn into what seems Satan, we see the footprints of of Judea. Following them we ness and Satan behind. If sin has dethroned the character an ern the life, we can see the foe meeting with Mary of Magdal can renounce such a course. If out cause, he car. see the foot Calvary and hear the words, ' for they know not what they d upon his enemies with a smile ; with the same kind of a pray* such^a time the steps are turne* en which is seen not far off. by disease, and still lower by d the footprints of the Master, ar "obedient unto death, even th Thence the path was toward tl ped there, all would be sadnes footprints pass through the gra1 ing up on the winds of heaven directly to the throne of God. way from earth to heaven. > come again immediately, and fe course otherwise, but that mai and follow him. It is easy to safe to follow those of our div Jesus Christ.?Religious Teles ERROR LET / The cry of error is to be let z ages its plea has been pitched u is its demand today. 1 he salo alone, this is my business and drink, that is your business, b exercise of my personal liberty church who would have the f pancy of a pulpit in a Christian fluence which a chair in a Chri sarily exercises, says "Let me i the divinity of Christ, that is yc believe in such antiquated teac which concerns me, let me al my personal liberty in this mai The spirit in both instances peal to the fallacy of personal There is also the cry that to (lis is to engender strife. The sal< alone, the community is now a this matter there will be strife.' me alone, we are now at peace, question there will be strife, this discussion? Just let me ale And here is the danger, Ei fixed in the thought and practi the devil knnw? TVi#? / ? ? vo"; v priestcraft *alone until there v people the hierarchy. Once t late to protest and so the ch come out of the apostate Chronicle. 4- ~ - * 11 rt of those in the ranks, n which the footprints us toward heaven. If a deadly conflict with Jesus in the wilderness leave both the wilderin its most subtle form d left impurity to gov)tprints of Jesus at his a; and following them one is persecuted withprints of the Christ of 'Father, forgive them, lo." Then he can look ind receive their blows ;r. noting, too, that at I directly toward heavIf we are brought low leath. we can see acrain id read how he became e death of the cross." le tomb. Had it stopis and gloom; but the re and beyond. Mount, they make their way Thus he blazed the Cot that he wanted to ;ared he would lose his n might see the marks follow footsteps. It is # ine Lord and Saviour, cope. tLONE. done. Through all the pon the same key. This on man says, "Let me if i. u ^ vu uu iiui wan l tu ut let me alone in the y\'' The infidel in the ower which the occuchurch gives or the instian University necesilone. If you believe in ur business, if I do not :hngs, that is a matter one in the exercise of is the same. The apI liberty is the same, turb these high sinners x>n man says "Let me t peace, if you agitate ' The heretic says "Let but if you spring this What is the use of all me. rror let alone becomes ice 01 me people. 1 his hurch let the error of /as fastened upon the :stablished it was too urch of Christ had to organization.?Baptist