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WINNING SOULS TO CHRIST.
(By Rev. AV. H. Faust )
The supreme task of the church
of today, is that of winning folks to
Christ. There are various methods
used in this work and when It comes
to a hard and fast set of rules or
methods, it may be that no method
at all is the best. Individuals art'
different, and as no two men are
alike, so no two men can be won in
exactly the same way. What will
appeal to one w ill repel anotln r. The
writer recently heard two parties dis
cussing a preacher. One said: "I
don’t like him because he is inclin
ed to appeal too much to tho emo
tions.” The other said: ”1 like him
because he stirs one so deeply and
invariably uses illustrations that
makes you cry.” Which reminds me
of a conversation that took place
concerning two of our great South
ern preachers—Geo. W. Truett and
F. C. McConnell. Husband and wife
one day went to hear these two great
men preach. They naturally discuss
ed the preachers. One said that one
was the greater preacher; the oth
er the other, and at length thy
agreed to refer the question to their
pastor, who listened patiently to the
claims of each, and then at last said:
“You are both right; Truett appeals
mightily to the heart, McConnell
mightily to the head, and these men
made you each think that he was the
greatest.”’
Tired of Hearing Reports of Meetings
That Stress Conversion of Aged.
If any conversion is greatest it
is that of the young. The conver
sion of a child means a life for
Christ. The conversion of an old
person means a soul saved, but the
life has been spent in wrongdoing.
If we are to lay stress on any spe
cial class of converts may we not
stress the young.
Proverbs 11:30 says: “He that is
wise winneth souls." The word win
net li its used by the wise man, car
ries with it the idea of ensnaring or
taking alive, so Dr. H. Clay Trum
bull, taking up this idea, has writ
ten an admirable book, entitled:
"Taking Men Alive." If you haven’t
read it, it will amply repay all the
study which you as laymember or
preacher may give to it.
Conversion is simple and yet
strange to say we try to make it
exceedingly niyst rioti.s and incom
prehensible. The Book says: “Ex
cept ye be converted and become as
a little child ye cannot enter the
kingdom of heaven.” In fact, we
seem to want little children to be
come like grown men and women if
they are to come to Christ. And
lots of preachers want the newborn
convert to tell an experience that
would be creditable to a teacher of
theoolgy in some of our Seminaries.
It would seem strange if the little
day old child should start out and
tell the physician all about the phy
siological phases of its being, and
then and there give a learned dis
sertation on phychology. Same is
true in religion.
Evangelism One of The Important
Works of the Sunday School.
Someone tells of a man down in
Texas who Invented a cotton pick
ing machine. People and expert me
chanics from all sections of the cot
ton belt, came to see it. They ex
amined it closely. The machine
seemed to be perfect. No trouble
for it to go back and forth; every
bolt and piece of machinery was per
fect. Unit when it was taken out to
the field there was found only one
wrong thing about it and that was
it would not pick cotton. In our
Sunday school work we have some
mighty fine machinery, but it is all
worthless if we do not succeed in
winning people to Christ with it. A
lot of our church work reminds me
of a merry go round. You move and
move rapidly, but when you stop mor
lng you get off at the same place
where you got on at. In the work
there are two important factors: Re
vivals and Education. The first can
not be overthrown by the second,
and it is equally true that the first
will not be the success that it should
without the second. In Genesis we
are told that while the earth shall
last seed time and harvest shall not
fail. Harvest will come as sure as
the seed are sown and often there
need not elapse a great amount of
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time between the sowing and the
reaping. The harvester often over
takes the sower. Nothing is impos
sible to God.
Some Peculiar Views That
Are Getting Abroad.
It is strange that sensible people
are trying to substitute Culture for
Christianity. There are just two
theories of Salvation held at pres
ent. Culture and Conversion. Those
who hold to the first tell ns that a
child is born good and simply needs
to be trained up right in order that
lie may be a fit subject for the king
dom of heaven. A. preacher visited
a Sunday school in session and the
superintendent asked him to make a
few remarks to the children. He did
so and in a few words urged the
children in their youth to give their
hearts to Christ and turn away from
sin, and be saved. The superinten
dent said at the close that he was
sorry that he could not say amen
to the talk, for his Sunday school
children were not from the slums of
the city, but from the best homes,
and that they were by nature God’s
children. And turning to the chil
dren he said, “you were born into
the kingdom of God and do not need
anew heart. All of which was at
least in conflict with the teaching of
tlie Word on the subject. As will be
seen in the examination of a fe>v
passages of the Bible later. The con
version theory claims tHat it is nec
essary for one who enters the king
dom of heaven to be born again.
Don’t understand me to say that a
child is born with no good tenden
cies for he is, but if he gets to
heaven he must go by Christ’s way,
by way of the new birth.
John 3:3: "Jesus answered and said
unto him, verily, I say unto the, ex
cept one he born anew, he cannot
see the kingdom of God." Romans
8:1: “The carnal mind is enmity
against God; for it is not subject to
the law of God, neither indeed can
be.” Psalms 5:15: “Behold I was
shapen in Iniquity and in sin did my
mother conceive me.” Alteration,
reformation, invigoration, supplica
tion, none of these will take the place
of regeneration.. If you would enter
the kingdom of God you must bbe
born again. You can’t grow a po
tato out of a dehlia root, neither can
you grow a Christian out of a sinner.
You can only grow a Christian out of
a child of God. Culture is not what
we need. Evolution will not do. We
want and must have something more.
Involution and revolution are badly
needed “Work out your own salva
tion with fear and trembling for it
is God that worketh in you both to
will and to do of his good pleas
ure.” You good women know how r
to make up biscuit dough; you work
the leaven into the batch of dough,
and then the nature of the leaven
causes particle to touch particle until
the bread rises. The Holy Spirit in
the heart and life causes an outwork
ing of grace and produces a revolu
tion in life. If one must believe in
the descent of man it is easier to be
lieve that he descends to the brute,
than from the brute. Men may think
and say they came from monkeys
if they want to, but I didn’t come
from monkeys. When ever a man
feels that he sprung from a monkey
he is pretty low down when it
comes to his ancestor®.
The Prodigal Son i a very thrill-
PAINT OR NOT
Is a horse worth more or less af
tc* feed.
Hay and oats are high today; shall
I wait today and feed him tomorrow.
That’s how men do about painting
their houses and barns and fences.
Paint has been high for several yeais
and so they have waited. Some are
still waiting.
Their property drops a trifle a year
and the next job of paint creeps-up
creeps-up, creeps-up; it'll take more
paint by a gallon a year; they don’t
save a cent, and the property goes
on suffering. DfEVOE.
A sucker may be born every min
ute, but if this war keeps on they’ll
all be needed.
ingly interesting story of the real
condition of those who are outside
the kingdom. Lots of people say
that the boy was all right, that lie
was his father’s son. But notice the
Book says that he was “dead.” That
he was “lost.” Dead and lost. Two
words fraught with great meaning.
Words of tremendously vital import
There is a vast difference between
a live son and a dead son. There is
an equally vast difference between
a lost and a found son. The parable
of % the sheep, and the coin teaches
some important lessons along here.
What of the Condition
of Infants.
This question looms large. A fath
er stood by the bedside and looked
at his only son —a tiny babe of three
years. He gazed into the face, now
still in death; all his hopes were
gone, with sadness he turned away,
and then his face changed as he
said: “From this day the Blood of
Christ means more for me than ever
before.” The child is safe through
tlie provisions of Grace.
The child redeemed by Grace can
at the last sing with the saved sin
ner, “Blessed be the God, and the
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
which, according to his abundant
mercy hath begotten us again unto
a lively hope by the resurrection of
Jesus Christ from the dead.”
The Christians of the Apostolic
ages went everywhere preaching the
word. They were soul-winners, every
one. When 1 first began to preach
I was certain that the preaching of
Peter won all the 3,000 on the day
of Pentecost, in later years I have
been convinced that it was due tc
the prayers of them all and to the
labors of them all that the Lord add
ed them these souls. It is a pity
that we have lost sight of our mis
sion in the world. Christ came to
seek and to save the lost. His work
was left in our hands to carry on
until he comes again This is a hard
saying and yet if the truth cuts I
am not responsible for it. “If the
church is not witnessing the birth
of sons and daughters continually
into its membership, it had better
look carefully into the conditions for
surely there is something radically
wrong with such a body. A young
lady came to me once and question
ed me very closely about certain
amusements. I told her that she
could safely engage in any sort of
amusement where she could take the
Christ with her and invoke the pres
ence and power of the Spirit !o
aid and bless her in. Not long since
an evangelist coming home was call
ed to conduct the funeral service of
a little Sunday school girl. He being
away from the city much, inquired
if she were a Christian, and, strange
to say, the pastor, the Sunday school
superintendent, the teacher, the
mother, the father, none knew wheth
er she was a Christian or not. It
is a sad, sad commentary on our
lives if we let our children slip out
into the great beyond without ev°r
knowing whether they have accept
ed Christ or not. Father, mother,
has your child ever heard you prav
for his or her salvation, or have you
ever stopped long enough to let y'our
child know that you are anxious to
see its salvation If you have never
done any personal work, if you have
never won a soul for Christ, how
God is blessing you by letting y'ou
live and associate with those who
need to be saved day' by' day. Get
busy and do some work for the sal
vation of the lost and the glory' of
God.
Legal Advertisements
Citation.
Georgia—Barrow county.
To the heirs of the estate of J. C.
Patrick and whomsoever it may con
cern: W. C. Baggett, having filed
his petition with copy of bond foi
titles attached, to the Court of Ordi
nary of said county, praying tnat I
\j Patrick, the duly appointed ad
ministrator of Jas. C. Patrick de
ceased, be required to make and ex
ecute to him titles to a certain tract
and parcel of land described in said
bond for titles, made and executed
by the said J. C. Patrick, deceased,
in life time, and reciting that he liar
paid t.o the said administrator the
purchase money for said land. These
are, therefore, to require you to show
cause, if any you have before me on
the first Monday in May, 1915, wh?
deeds should not be made to the said
W. C. Baggett, to said land as pray
ed for in his said petition and as pro
vided by law and an order be pass
ed by this court so requiring.
This April 7th, 1915.
H. G. HIIX, Ordinary,
Barrow county.
Administrator’s Sale.
Georgia—Barrow county.
By virtue of an order of the
Court of Ordinary of Barrow county,
granted April Term, 1915, will be
sold at public outcry, before the cour
house door, in said county, on the
first Tuesday in May, 1915, between
the legal hours of sale, the following
described property, to-w r it:
A tract of land in said county,
bounded as foliows: Beginning at
a stob on the road near John Rut
ledge’s, thence running east to a
stob, thence south to a stob, thence
west to A P< rry’s line; thence along
said A. Perry’s line to John Rut
ledge’s line, thence north along said
Rutledge’s line to the beginning cor
ner, containing 32 acres, more or
less, known as the home place of
Mrs. H. M. Edwards, late of this
county, deceased. Sold for the pur
pose of paying the debts of said de
ceased and for distribution among th
heirs at law. Possession to be giv
en January 1,191 G.
This April 5, 1915.
Job P. Thompson,
Administration of Estate of Mrs. FT.
APPLICATION FOR CHARTER.
Georgia—Barrow" county.
To the Superior Court of said
County:
The petition of W. L. Oliver, R.
L. Rogers, and L. J. Oliver, all of
said State and County, respectfully
shows:
I.
That they desire for themselves,
their associates and successors, to be
incorporated and made a body po
litic under the name and style of
Winder Webbing-Harness Company,
for the period of twenty years..
11.
The principal office of said Com
pany shall be in the City of Winder,
State and County aforesaid, but pe
titioners desire the right to estab
lish branch offices within this State,
or elsewhere, whenever the holders
of a majority of the stock may so
determine.
11l
The object of said corporation is
pecuniary gain to itself and its share
holders.
IV.
The business to be carried on by
said corporation is the manufacture
and sale of bridles, halters, harness,
collars and all such other goods and
wares as said corporation may de
sire to manufacture and sell, said
goods to be manufactured from cot
ton webbing, cotton rope and other
cotton material, as well as leather,
rubber and such other material as
may be necessary, and the further
business of buying and selling har
ness of all kinds, buggies, wagons
and a general line of farm tools, also
the buying and selling of dry aim
green hides.
V.
The capital stock of said corpor
ation shall be Ten Thousand Dol
lars ($10,000.00), with the privilege
of increasing same to the sum cf
Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00),
by a majority vote of the stock hold
ers, said stock to be divided into
shares of One Hundred Dollars
($100,000) each. Ten per cent of the
amount of capital to be em P i 0
by them has been actually paid
Petitioners desire the right to ■,
the subscriptions to said !v* *
stock paid in money or
be taken at a fair valuation
VI.
Petitioners desire the right to
and be sued, to plead and be intpk- a1
ed, to have and use a common sell
to make all necessary by-laws and \
ulations, and to do all other thirds
that may be necessary for the silo
cessful carrying on of said busing
including the right to buy, hold and
sell real estate and personal prov
erty suitable to the purposes of the
corporation, and to execute notes and
bonds as evidence of indebtedness in
curred, or which may be incurred, i n
the conduct of the affairs of the cor
poration and to secure the same by
mortgage, security-deed, or other
form of lien, under existing laws.
VII.
They desire for said corporation
the power and authority to apply f or
and accept amendments to its char
ter of either form or substance by a
vote of a majority of its stock out
standing at the time. They also ask
authority for said incorporation to
wind up its affairs, liquidate and dis
continue its business at any time it
may determine to do so by a vote of
two-thirds of its stock outstanding
at the time.
VIII.
They desire for the said incorpora
tion the right of renewal when and
as provided by the laws of Georgia,
and that it have all such other rights
powers, privileges and immunities as
are incident to like incorporations or
permissible under the laws of Geor
gia.
Wherefore, petitioners pray to be
incorporated under the name and
style aforesaid with the powers, priv
ileges and immunities herein set
forth, and as are now, or may here
after be, allowed a corporation of
similar character under the laws of
Georgia.
Lewis C. Russell,
Petitioners Attorney.
Georgia—Barrow County.
I, Geo. N. Bagwell, Clerk of the
Superior Court of said County, do
hereby certify" that the foregoing is
a true and correct copy of the ao
plication for charter of Winder Web
bing-Harness Company, as the same
appears on file in this office.
Witness my official signature and
the seal of said Court, this the 13tli
day of April, 1915.
Geo. N. Bagwell,
Clerk Superior Court, Barrow" County
Georgia.
NOTICE.
i
Notice is hereby given by the
Mayor and Council of the City of
Winder to the qualified voters of
said City that on the 25th day of
May, 1915, an election will be held at
the City Hall, in said City of Win
der to determine the question wheth
er bonds shall be issued by the said
municipality.
The amount of said bonds to be
issued shall be Thirteen Thousand
($13,0000.00) Dollars, being twenty
six (26) bonds of Five Hundred
($500.00) Dollars each, and if issued
the proceeds of the sale of said bonds
shall be used for the erection of new
public school building or buildings;
to bear interest at the rate of five
per cent per annum, interest to be
paid semi-annually on the entire issue,
none of the principal to be paid an
nually, but the entire amount to be
fully paid off on July 1, 1945.
By- order of the Mayor and Coun
cil of the City of Winder.
W. O. Perry, Mayor.
J. J. Foy, Clerk.
GAINESVILLE MIDLAND
RAILWAY SCHEDULES.
(Effective March 7th, 1915.)
(Eastern Time.)
At Winder, Ga., Southbound.
No. 5, 10:35 A. M.; No. 7, 4:35 P. M.
Northbound.
No. 6, 7:48 A. M.; No. 8, 1:45 P. M.
No. 5 connects at Monroe for So
cial Circle and Atlanta.
No. 7 connects at Monroe for
Augusta and Atlanta, and all inter
mediate stations on the Georgia
Railroad.
Nos. 6 and 8 connects at Gaines
ville for Gainesville & Northweetern
stations and Southern Railway north
and south.