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Christian
By Rev. -I. S. Settle
They gather themselves together
against the soul of the righteous,
and condemn the innocent blood,
but the Lord is my defense, and
my God in the rock of my refuge.
Psalms 94th chapter, 21-22 verses.
My soul he on thy guard.
Ten thousand hosts arise;
And hosts of sin are pressing hard
To draw thee from the skies.
Character is not reputation.
Character is what the man is;
reputation is xvluit others think he
is. Character remains; reputa
tion may come and go. Character
is the outflowing stream w hich nev
er dries up; reputation may he hut
a bubble ’upon its surface. Chris
tian character is like a mighty for
tress, which cannot be taken.
Christian character rests upon
truth. It'is truth that makes the
arm strong—that gives muscles
of iron and nerves of steel. The
Christian knows that he has the
truth of God on his side and lie
does not go to the learned men,
the influential who is the truth
and the life. Then with holy bold
ness he says: “ 1 know whom I
have believed. The everlasting
and self evidencing verities of
heaven are in his soul. For he that
believeth hath the witness in him
self. The truth of God w hich
maintains cannot he burned down.
Men may crucify it and bury it as
they did crucify and bury the in
carnate truth, but it shall rise
again.
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“Without faith it is impossible
to please God. \\ ithout faith it is
impossible to live. We literally
walk by faith, we eat by faith, we
work by faith, we carry on our bus
iness by faith, our manufactories
by faith. It is thus by faith in
natures laws, which are the laws
of God that we live, move and
have our being. The Christian
gains his conquest through faith,
for this is the victory that over
cometh the world, even our faith.
All great heroes of history were
men of faith.
Christian character is glorified
by love. God is love, and he that
dwelleth in love dwelleth in God
and God in him.
“Now abideth faith hope and
love; these three, but the greatest
of these is love.” For love, says
one, is the Seraph and faith and
hope are but the wings by which
it flies. Love, says Spurgeon, is
the bow which impels the arrow of
obedience. Love is the strength,
the life of sincere devotion. Love
is instinct with activity, it cannot
he idle, Jt is full of energy. It
cannot content itself with little;
it is the spring from which gushes
its fountain of living water, flood
work and chairity proceed from
faith and love, comes from thought
as the stream from fountain, as per
fume from fllower, as light from
the sun.
If faith produce no works. I see,
That faith is not a living tree, -
Thus faith and works together
grow,
No separate life they e’er can
know.
They’re soul and body, hand and
heart.
What God hath joined, let no man
part.
Character
The Christian character is mark
ed by peace. It is peace that is in
separably connected with power.
Jesus says in John 14:27: Peace
I leave with you, my peace 1 give
unto you. Let not your hearts be
troubled, neither let it be afraid.
In Mathew 5:9 Jeses says: Blessed
are the peacemakers, for they shall
be called the children of God.
Christian character is a princi
ple that lives in men and women
for good. Christian character nev
er dies. It will live for eternity.
Let us behold the past for a mo
ment and see there the fragment
that time has left behind.
There is the burying place fill
ed with records of the past. What
columns of biography is the grave
yard. They lie—the blooming and
the beautiful, the strong and the
active —all smouldering into dust.
The laughing eve, the noble brow,
the dimpled cheek, the teeth of
pearl, the. musical tongue, the
brain creative and the cunning
hand —all, all are silent in the
tomb and melting into the earth.
There, too, is the oak that once
towered in strength and beauty,
now withered and decayed. Once
it gave shelter to the beasts ol the
field and the birds of the air lodg
ed in its branches; now i1 needs a
prop to prevent its falling to the
ground. But Christian character
needs no prop. The splendid man-
sion is seen crumbling into dust.
Architecture and sculpture and
painting has bestowed upon it
Hieir highest efforts; the artist
looked upon it with pride. The own
er lelighted in it, but it is gone. Its
glory has departed; it is among the
things tlfat have been. But char
acter still lives.
In the distance are seen the huge
forms of the pyramids. Egypt’s
renown and the wonder of the
world’s memorials of the past, tell
ing us of the folly, cruelty, despot
ism and ambition of kings, and
telling us, too, doubtless, of the
groans, tears and blood of thous
ands of men like ourselves who la
bored and slaved to build these gi
gantic monuments: but these, also
wiil pass away —if not before, they
must pass away when the earth
shall reel to and fro and totter like
a drunken man. Then, at least, all
physical reminiseenses of the past,
sinking into the deep sea of obliv
ion. and will be recognized no
more. But Christian character
still lives.
Religion, the daughter of the
skies, who descended from heav
en, and who is hastening hack to
her blest abode, is seen on the cir
cular pathway of time. She holds
in her hand a scroll: she is in earn
est as she passes by. She makes
know n to man his highest good.
Above her head promises to all
who will obey her voice and im
prove the present time. The past
is gone—the castles, the mansions,
the green oak trees, and the tow
er. and let them go. The monu
ments of pride, ambition, w icked
ness of kings and oonquerers and
the prayers she offered up are
crumbling inlo dust, and let them
crumble. The glory, splendor and
renown of heroes are fast fading |
away, and let them fade.
Hut Christian character like the
dead, they shall live again; they
that sleep in the dust shall awake;
that which is sown in dishonor
shall he raised in Glory. The man
and the woman with a Christian
character shall see God, lor < hrist
said: “Blessed are the pure in
heart, for they shall see God.”
I must not close without speak
ing a word for our noble women,
some of whose lives are as pure as
the angels in Glory. Like Mary
who broke the box of ointment on
Jesus’ head, and when some of
them murmured against her, Je
sus said: “Let her alone, she hath
done what she could.” Jesus said
in Mathew 26-13 and also in Mark
14-9: Verily. I say unto you,
wheresoever this gospel shall he
preached throughout the whole
world this also that she hath done
shall be spoken of for a memorial
TIIE BARROW TIMES, WINDER. GEORGIA.
of her.
And as w e remember Paul writ
ing to Timothy concerning Chris
tian character of his mother and
grandmother, he said in Timothy
1-5, “When 1 call to remembrance,
the unfeigned faith that is in thee,
w hich dwell first in thy grandmoth
mother, Lois, and thy mot her-Eu
nice, and 1 am persuaded that in
thee also.”
And we note also. Hannah, a
woman of character and faith. I
Samuel 1-27 she said “For this
child l prayed; and the Lord hath
•given me my petition w hich I
asked of him .And God gave
Samuel to the world, .who was a
great man in his day.
Many great women 1 might
mention, hut time and space will
not allow. But I will speak of
some others. These women of
whom 1 mnv speak are members of
the churches of w hich 1 am pastor.
I speak of these noble women
whose lives and character are un-
Our store now gleams with
magnificent new goods in all the
different lines; and we invite you
to come and inspect them. When
you come you will see that our
Styles are the styles you can rely
upon for correctness; our quality
you can rely upon tor goodness;
our prices you can rely upon for
honesty.
Deal with a reliable store and
you will feel satisfied thui the style
is correct, thh quality <_c cci and the
price right.
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The Winder Dry Goods Store
(Same old stand for awhile)
questioned by all. These women
have hen a power to me in my
ministry. They often say to me:
"There is not a week that goes by
that 1 do not pray for you in your
work that God may bless your ef
forts in all your churches, ” Such
words are worth more to me than
money. It is to me as apples of
gold in silver pictures.
Those words anti prayers have
been roses along my pathway of
God and man. in helping others. I
also love to think now of my moth
er. I feel that her words which
she spoke to me while she w as liv
ing, have been a power to me in
my work, for she often said, “I am
praying for you my hoy.” Her
Christian character still lives. Al
so my wife, whose life and Chris
tian character is as pure as the
lillies of the valley and as beauti
ful as the rose of Sharon. Her
life and prayers have been a pow
er to me in my ministry, and she!
suffers affliction here in this life. 11
We Are Ready For You at
The Winder Dry Goods Store
Never before in the historv of our
store have we assembled such a beauti
ful range of Ladies’ and Misses Suits,
Dresses. Waists, Skirts and Hats.
Our Suits comprise the newest
Styles in the different cloths; French
Serge, Poplin. Broad-cloth, Velour, Tric
otine and Goldtone—and the prices are
from $85.00 all the way down to $25
the suit.
Dresses in all the wanted materials,
Braided, Beaded and Embroidered, and
the prices are very, very reasonable;
quality considered.
If its to wear and in good taste, we
have it. Come and let us show you.
hope it will brighten her crown in
Glory. These women together with
many others, are gems and jewels
in our lives for good. No man is
able to value Christian character
of a good woman. In Proverbs 31 :
10 we have these words of Solo-
mon: “Who can find a virtuous
w oman, for her price is far above
rubies.”
So ('lu istian character still lives.
A CARD FROM MR. MOORE.
I am under lasting obligations
to those who stood so nobly by
me in the race for the State Sen
ate and to those who saw it to
be their duty to vote against me,
I have no ill feeling. The glory
I get in knowing that Georgia has
registered her disapproval of the
league of nations and Romanism
is enough for once. Here is luck
to my opponent and best wishes to
all. *• J. Ij. MOORE.
TIII RSDAY, SEPT. 16, 1920.
FOR MAYOR.
1 am a candidate for Mayor of
the City of Winder, subject to the
will of the people at the coming
primary.
I am now serving as Councilman
at large and chairman of police
and water & light commission.
I have always stood for the best
interests of the city and if elect
ed as your Mayor I will do my ut
most to serve all the people and
perform the duties demanded of
me.
GEORGE THOMPSON
Candidate for Councilman.
1 respectfully announce as a can
didate for councilman of the city
of Winder from the 2nd ward and
will appreciate your support and
if elected will do my host for the
good of Winder.
. Sincerely yours,
S. C. KINNEY,
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