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INDIVIDUALITY.
Extracts from the Sermon Preached at the First Baptist Church Last
Sunday Morning by Rev. W. H. Faust.
Ttxt—"And Saul armed David with
hib aimor, and lie put an helmet c.
brass upon his head; also lie armed
him with a coat of mail. And David
girJ< and his sword uptn his armor, am
he assayed to go for lie had not
tried it. And David said unto Saul
I can not go with these, for f have
not proved them. And David put
them off him.” Samuel 17:38-119.
Tin re are few more interesting pa
sages in God’s word than the one
user! as a ttxt today and lessons of
vital import can be derived from
them of inestimable worth to all.
1. David could not fight in Saul’s
armor. It would not fit. It suited
well the man for whom it was origi
nally intended but it was uot meant
for young David. The world toda\
has gone wild in its passion for un
rtormity. Frrm the cradle to tht
grave systems and organizations art
trying to mould all people alike, h
is the height of the country girls am
bit ion to dress Like the girl in. the
city, and money is no matter in the
attempt. So you can travel fron
Maine to California and see girls
dressed about alike. No very gieit
difference. They wear the same
style hats and coats and do about
the same things in one place that
they do in another.
Na'ure makes each child origina
and we begin at once to undo na
tures glorious work by making each
chid alike. Take the mere matter
of 1 andwriting and the school m<'
ay take the vertical system and tr>
to get each pupil to write such a pc
feet copy that in all school there
will be no difference of an apprecia
ble nature.
Certain circles of society socalled
affect certain tones and movement*
hr their pronunciation and general
conversation. There is in nature no
two leaves exactly alike. No two
men or women so nearly alike that
either will be mistaken for the other
Mo two birds that look or sing alike.
2. Religious experience is not tc
be uniform. No two people in th<
■world ever have exactly the same ex
peril nee in their conversion. H
conus like Paul through sorrow and
tie p tribulation after having been
stricken d< wn by the power of God.
Another comes like Matthew with
just a kindly invitation from the Mas
ter One like Billy Sunday and an
other like Wilbur Chapman. Grad
Jng will do In wheat hut you can not
lake a mold and turnout from it Aie*
ander Stephens or Robert 1 oom >s
A Pharisee has to be sa\ei am
reacned one way and a New 5 orker
another. Even tho each has to be
the saving.
Ijook about you and see two lovely
hyae nths, one grew in the water and
tho other in the soil. They are situ
ilar hut not exactly alike. One plant
may seem to be as another but tho
blossom time tells that one is him
und the ether red.
3. Forms of Truth vary. The gos
pel that Broughton now preaches is
the same that Dr. Charles H. Spur
geon preached but the two men ha<
di.f rent ways of preaching. Calvin
had truth but the creed of Calvin
would not he subscribed to exactly
by bis most ardent followers todav
with out some changes.
Wesley was a great man and wise
preacher and in many respects the
greatest organtezr the world evei
knew, but the Methdoist of todav
would not take every statement o
Wesley at its face value. Truth
is the same and the gospel is tho
same hut it comes in different forme
to different ages. Lead is lead
whether it comes in the shape o.
bars or cones. Ice cream is ice
cream whether it comes in the shape
of cones or cubes. Each age has
truth to reveal and this age with all
its boasted acquisition has not yet
a monopoly on wisdom. God has
Htill more light to turn upon Jiis cre
atures. The future is bright and
roseate.
4. Methods can not be Uniform
The masses of people today can not
be reached as could the masses ol
another age. The churches once
were able to handle the situation;
that arose as a church organization
pure aud simple. Hut now we naisi
have the young peoples meetings, the
womens meetings, the Sunbeams and
other societies in the church te
grip tiie masses. The Episcopal
church can reach this type of mar
while it requires the Salvation arsiy
to reach another type.
It is erronous to believe that you
can make a mere machine out of a
man. He must be a man or lie wil
noon be worse than useless as a ma
chine. The eorpoiation that feels that
it can make a man fit into a plan
'ike a cog and have no room left
fer individuality or growth is inak
ing a most serious mistake.
Paul realized this truth when he
referred to his becoming all things
to all men that he might by all mean
save some. Every teacher knows
that it is impossible to treat each
pupil alike or eves to punish each pu
pil alike for committing the same
crime. It would be folly to treat a
boy in High school as you treat one
in the fourth grade.
Assert your individuality.
Be your self in spite of every ob
stacle that may be thrown in your
way. Fight in your own armor. Work
in your own harness, wear your own
garments. Use your own head and
use it for more than a hatrack.
Some men have not yet realiezd
,tbat the Civil War has dosed or
that we as individuals can do our
own thinking.
A Sunday school teacher not long
•since asked my opinion about acer
tain passage of Scripture. Then sug
gested that it was not that of the
commentator. As if no one save, the
commentator could be right. Every
man should be an original thinker
and not simply follow along in the
path that someone else has goue
ahead and blazed out before. Bea
pioneer and not an imitator.
Individualty always Succeeds.
David won a great victory over
Goliath when he fought with the
rocks and sling. John became a
gre at, man of God wiien iie had pass
ed through the trials and vicissitudes
of Patinos.
Peter was a great man when he
worked us Peter and did his vet-y
best to win souls for Christ. 3000
on the day of Pentecost alone came
as the result of his labors. Moody
was not as scholarly as some other
preachers of his day hut God used
him when he was willing to lay him
self out on the altar as Dwight L.
Moody. Spurgeon was laughed at
in London by some of the religious
leaders who said that he was not
trained well enough to do any real
ly worth while work in such a
great city as London, but he did the
the most stupenduous work ever don
by any individual man in the city.
Sunday did not have the Imprima
tur of the great schools or preach
ers upon him when lie started out
doing his great work, lie was simply
Sunday and today lie is rated as
the greatest living evangelist.
Jesus did not do as the Pharisees
did but lie founded the church which
the gates of hell are not able to
prevail against.
Be yourself. Rely on God anj
self and you will be irristible.
GUARDIAN’S SALE.
Georgia Barrow county.
Notice is hereby given that I, as
guardian of Robert A. Gofer, Oath
len Fay Gofeer, Alton Sandford Cos
fer and Finland May Gofer, intend
to apply to Judge Superior Couat, of
said county, for an order to sell a
certain tract of land situated on
Athens and Winder road I 1-4 miles
East of Statl.am, Ga., in Barrow
county and in J742d district, contain
ing 27 1-2 acres more or less, for
the purpose of reinvesting. My
reason for selling and reinvesting
Is to get more land to cultivate and
to add to the estate.
Said application will be made at
Athens, Ga., at office of Judge C.
H. Brand, on the 4th day of Nov.,
1916.
J. A. COPER, Guardian.
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