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Fifth Sermon
On. the Creed
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be seen and ought to be seen
wherever the word of God is
faithfully proclaimed, and faith
manifests itself in testimony, and
brings forth fruits of the Spirit,
When I say, ‘-I believe in the
Holy Catholic Church,” I have a
faith that is large enough to leave
none out who ought to be in. It
is too broad for denominational
exclusiveness. When we sav this
article of our creed we proclaim
that we are not bounded by narrow
views of what belongs to a Gospel
church. Of course if a member of
that church which believes in
apostolic succession should-say, “I
believe in the Holy Catholic
Church, and mean only those con-
firmed by that church’s clergy, it
were better left unsaid.
The Roman Catholic repeats the
creed, but he believes that the
Holy Catholic Church is compos¬
ed only of those of that denomina¬
tion, since a Romish authority de¬
fines a church thus: “The company
Christians knit together by the
^ofession Pmnmurfion of the the same faith and
of same sacra¬
ments, under the government of
lawful pastors, and especially of
the Roman Bishop as the only
vicar of Christ on earth.
Naturally this part of the creed
is too big for a denomination
which defines, “a visible church
of Christ is a congregation of
baptized (immersed) believers,”
etc.
This part of our creed means to
Methodists that we believe in the
Methodist Church, to be sure, but
we believe in the Baptist church
too; we believe in the Methodist
Church, but we believe in the Pres¬
byterian Church too; we believe
in the Alethodist Church, but we
believe in the Congregationalists.
and the United Brethern, and the
Disciples of Christ, and the Wes-
leyans, and the Episcopalians, and
all the rest that have any good in
them.
When we say, “We believe in
the Holy Catholic Church it takes
in the entire body of justified be¬
lievers—adults or infants—in every
period of time, in Heaven or on
earth.
I am glad l don’t believe in just
the Methodist Church alone.
Thank God, I believe in that
Church which is and has been
from the days of the first man
saved by grace to the last soul
that shouted its way into glory.
I believe in the Alethodist
Churh because of its adaptation to
the needs and circumstances of
human life.
“Methodism,” said I)r. Talmage.
“in England preaches in a gown;
in our Eastern cities in broadcloth:
in the West in shirt-sleeves, if
the season he apptopi iate—preach¬
ing in the house or in the fields,
anywhere, it makes no
where—preaching just as well in
one place as another. It takes the
excess train and goes across the
cl ^XT-nt, or a horse and rides
; '■F^lf.^gnificent 1 the prairie; it is at home in
St. Paul’s, New
Aork. and is not all inconvenienc¬
ed in a log cabin. Here is a man
fallen down in the ditch of sin and
crime. How are we going to get
him out? We come up elegantly
apparrelled and we look at him
find say, ‘What a pity it is to see a
man so deep in the mud? We
\vish we could get him out. Is it
not awful to see that man suffering
there? Get a pry, somebody, and
help now! I wish I had on my
other cbthes.’ While we stand
there looking at the poor man the
Methodist comes along, and says,
‘Brother, give me your hand,’ pulls
him up and sets him on the rock
of ages.”
I believe in the Methodist Church
because of its itinerant system and
its wonderful success in diffusing
the Gospel over the land, linn-
croft. the historian, acknowledges
the Methodists as “the pioneers of
that religion in this country.” and says
they have “carried their con¬
solations, farthest songs and prayers to the
cabins in the wilderness.”
“The world is ray parish,” w is the
heroic cry of Mr. Wesley.
THE FITZGERALD LEADER. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 8. 1911
I believe in the Methodist church
because of its great doctrines—be¬
cause it makes the salvation or
nonsalvation of every soul depend
on his willingness ’to receive and
appropriate the free grace of the
Gospel offered to all men.
But, here me now, I believe in
Methodist Church because it does
not c * a i m to be the only church.
believes in the Holy Catholic
Church. It stands by the side of
olir Bord, and listening knows it
is we,, » :ls Me says to his disciples:
“Other sheep I have which are
not of this fold: them also I must
leac ^ and the y shall hear my voice;
and they shall become one flock,
one sh e p h e r d.” (John 10:16)
“Other sheep not of this fold”—
certainly they can’t all get in one
house, nor is that the way to bring
them vitally alike and together,
after all; but one shepherd, one
leader, makes them—not one fold,
as the old translation had it, but
as the Revised Version correctly
puts it—one flock.
That means that we believe in
the good people in the bad church
in spite of the bad church. O there
are other ways to get to heaven
than thru the Methodist gate.
John’s vision was of twelve gates,
and they faced four ways. Does
it mean that God has a way for
the Laplander of the North, the
Arab of the East, the Duskies of
the South, and thru the open gate
on the West all the wealth and
energy and civilization pouring in¬
to the kingdom of God!
Many folds but one flock. The
Baptist and the Salvation Array
lassie don’t do business in the
same way, but the true Christians
in each belong to the Holy Catholic
Church. The Methodist and the
Episcopal churches don’t favor
much, tho they are kin. It is told
that an old man got to shouting
one day in the hack end of an
Episcopal Cathedral, and one of
the vestrymen went back to stop
the disturbance. “What’s the
matter with you, man, that you
are making all this fuss?” “Why,”
replied the ecstatic brother between
shouts, “I’ve got religion!” “Yes,
but don’t you know,” now the irate
vestryman demanded. —“don’t you
know this is no place for you to
get religion in?” Now a shout in
the camp is what the average
Methodist usually desires above
all things. Our fold’s different,
but one Hock—bound to be one
flock if we have one shepherd.
And the consistent Methodist, and
the devout Episcopalian are both
members of the Holy Catholic
Church, I think the creed covers
that. Aye, may it not mean more?
May it not mean that those who
are good Catholics mey see past
Mary to Alary’s Son and come in¬
to the Hock ? That he who worships
in spirit and in truth may see be¬
yond Gautama to the Desires of
the Nations and come in? That
even the heathen may see past his
god of stone, the bleeding Lord,
and love And a way?
Bodies may differ about the
precise form which their organiza¬
tion may take, but such differences
while they may lead to separate
administrations, do not imply sepa¬
ration from the one Catholic
Church of Christ; for however
outwardly different, they circle
around the essentials. The divi¬
sions are mostly superficial any-
way, and may be likened to lines
of lattitude and longitude on the
surface of the earth that is solid to
the center. In the Methodist
Church, foi instance, members
are not received by vows into the
M. E. Church. South, but always
into the Church of Christ. And
no Bishop, Elder, or Deacon
among us was ordained bishop,
elder, or deacon in the Methodist
Church, but always in the Church
of God.
(Continued in Saturday’s Issue)
Notice
The Woman’s Christian Temper¬
ance Union will hold their regular
meeting Friday afternoon at three
o’clock, at the home of Mrs. Stone
on West Magnolia street.
Col. C.B. Teal made a business
trip Sycamore on Tuesday.
Tidy Club Notes
The following reports have been
received from Master Clifford
Wilkerson, secretary of the Tidy
Club, the juvenile of North Lee
street, who propose to keep their
section of town in a clean condi¬
tion.
Four boys of the tidy club met
Tuesday afternoon and ask all the
people of N. Lee street to keep
our street clean. These are those
who said they would:
Mrs. Ed. Thurston, Airs. A. K.
Hall, Mrs. Wright, Mrs. J. B.
Wall, Mrs. W. C. Wilkerson.
Mrs. Hodges, Airs. Geo. Harring¬
ton, Mrs. L. N. HalJ, Mrs. Bryant.
Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. C. A. Miller.
Miss Gaines, Mrs. Gaines, Mrs
Earl Craddock, Mrs. G. W.
Turner, Airs. J. W. Turner, Mrs.
Hodge, Mrs. J. A. Parrott, Mrs
Elbert Poulk, Mrs. J. E. Alberson
Clifford Wilkerson, Sec.
The Tidy Club met Saturday
morning at 10 o’clock. We had
our business meeting and then
went to work singing our club
song. The inspectors reported an
ugly place and we cleaned it up.
We are feeling fine over our work.
We had live new members; Aliine
and Stencial Turner, Elvyon and
Neal Alberson and Harry Marton.
Our club is getting full of good
members.
Clifford Wilkerson, Sec.
Following is the Tidy Club’s
Song:
1. We are a land of working
folks,
We start at half past ten, no
matter what the weather is, wer’e
there with broom and spade.
chorus
We are, we are, we are, we are,
we are the Tidy Club. We rake,
we sweep, vre clean and bum, we
ar e the tidy club.
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Two Mules. Call and see them.
One 10-Horse Engine and Boiler,
mounted.
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M r -E K. Farmer, president of
the First National Bank, is off
dav for New York, on a business
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The many friends of Mr. E N.
Davis, President of the Third Na¬
tional Bank, who went to Balti¬
more several days ago, to enter
John Hopkins Hospital for treat¬
ment, will be pleased to know that
he is doing nicely.
2. Oh! yes we are the workers,
who toil on N. Lee street. We go
from every corner to the middle of
the street.
3. Both big and little workers,
the flying papers catch. The cans
and sticks, and leaves we pick, till
all is spick and span.
4. We love to work cn Satur¬
days and other days as well. If
you would like to join us, we will
treat you very well.
Leila Hall.
LEGAL NOTICES,
I Mortgage Sale.
Georgia—Bkn Hill County.
| of Under sale contained and by virtue of a powei
in a mortgage
! executed by W. H. Kendrick to
the Third National Bank of Fitz-
tgerald, on the 16th day of Feb-
: ruary, 1909. and recorded in the
office of the clerk of the superior
; court of Ben Hill county, in Book
■ 2, Folio 505, the undersigned will
! sell on the 27th day of February,
! 1911, at public sale, at the court
house door, within the legal hours
I of sale, to the highest bidder for
cash, the following property, to-
wit: City iotnumbereleven(ll),in
square number four (4), in block
number ten (10), as shown by the
recorded plat of the city of
Fitzgerald, made by the Amer-
ican Tribune Soldiers’ Colony
Company, of record in the
office of the clerk of the superior
court of Irwin co mty, for the
Purpose of paying a certain prom-
i SS ory note bearing date of Jan¬
uary 3. 1910. and payable on Jan-
uary 1, 1911, and made and
executed by the said W. H.
$2,000.00 principal, ^. a ^. n °te stipulating being for
for interest from maturity at the
rate of 8 per cent, per annum, the
total amount due on said note be¬
ing $2,000.00 principal, $7.48 in¬
terest, together with the cost of
this proceeding as provided in
said mortgage. A conveyance
will be executed to the purchaser
by the undersigned as authorized
in said mortgage.
Third National Bank.
By A. B. Cook, Cashier.
Attorney drick. in fact for W. H. Ken¬
Elkins & Wall,
Attorneys for Third Nat’l Bank.
5-4w
Resolution Providing For
the Extension of the
St. Marys & Kings -
land Railroad.
I, Leon A. Wilson, Secretary of
St. Marys & Kingsland Rail¬
road Company, do hereby certify
that at a meeting of the Board of
Directors of said Company, duly
held on the 16th day of Decem¬
ber, 1910, pursuant to due notice
thereof, the following resolution
was unanimously adopted, to-wit:
Whereas, It is deemed essential
to the more successful conduct
and operation of the business and
affairs of this corporation,
that its railroad be extended from
the city of Waycross, in Ware
county, Georgia, in a Northwest¬
erly direction through the coun¬
ties of Ware, Coffee, Ben Hill and
Wilcox to the city of Abbeville,
in the county of Wilcox, said
State;
Therefore, It is hereby resolv¬
ed by the Board of Directors of
this Company, that its railroad
be extended from the city of
Waycross, in Ware county, Geor-
gia, in a northwesterly direction
through the counties of Ware,
Coffee, Ben Hill and Wilcox, in
said state to the city of Abbe-
ville, in Wilcox county, Georgia,
a distance of about eighty miles.
Be it Further Resolved, That
this resolution be entered on the
records of the proceedings of this
Company and advertised iri all
the counties through which said
proposed extension will run, as
provided by law, and that a cer-
tilled copy of this resolution and
advertisement be filed in the office
oi theSecretary of State in order
that this corporation may be duly
authorized and empowered to
make such extension in accord¬
ance with the statute in such
cases made and provided,
In witness whereof 1 have
hereunto set my hand and the seal
January?I Leon mT’ *
A. Wilson, [Seal]
Secretary of the St. Marys &
Kingsland Railroad Company.
10-4w
Public Sale of Lands.
Georgia—-Ben Hill County.
Whereas, William J. Lewis, on
the 14th day of May, 1908, made
and delivered to the British and
American Mortgage Company,
Limited, for the purpose of secur¬
ing a loan of Thirty-Five Hundred
($3,500 00) Dollars, a deed to the
land hereinafter described, same
having been executed according to
the provisions of sections 2771,
et sequitur, of the code of Geor¬
gia of 1895, and duly recorded in
the office of the clerk of the Su-
peiior Court of said county of
I Hill, in Deed Book “2,”
Folio 249, and also in Irwi n coun¬
ty, in Deed Book H. H., Folio 55
to 58, to which reference is here¬
by made ; and
Whereas, It was provided in said
deed that if the said Will Dm T.
Lewis should make def ult in the
pip tiient of any of the .-nncip. 1
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or interest notes given tor said
loan, all executed contemporan¬
eously with said deed, then said
Mortgage Company might pro¬
ceed to sell said lands, at public
outcry, before the court house
door in said county of Ben Hill,
State of Georgia, to the highest
bidder for cash, after advertising
the time, place and terms of sale
in the newspaper in which the
sheriff’s advertisements for said
county are published, once a week
for four weeks, said deed and
notes also stipulating, among
other things, to pay ten per cent,
of the amount of said debt for
attorney’s fees; and
Whereas, Default has been
made in the payment of the prin¬
cipal note of $350.00, and the
interest note of $224.00 due on
November 1, 1910: and
Whereas, By reason of said de¬
fault, said British & American
Mortgage Company, Limited, has
declared due and payable the en¬
tire debt secured by said deed,
the amount whereof, on the first
day of November, 1910, was $2,-
800.00 principal, and one interest
note for $224 00, with eight per
cent, per annum interest on both
said principal and said interest
notes from the first day of Novem¬
ber, 1910, to date of payment, all
and every part of which now re¬
mains unpaid, although demand
has been made therefor.
Now, therefore, notice is here¬
by given that said British &
American Mortgage Company,
Limited, under and by virtue of
the power of sale contained in
said deed, will on the first Tues¬
day in March, 1911, before the
court house door in the town of
Fitzgerald, Ben Hill county,
Georgia, sell at public outcry, to
the highest bidder for cash, with¬
in the legal hours of sale, the
land described in said deed, as
follows, to-wit:
One Hundred and Ninety (190)
acres on north side of land lot
number OneHundred and Ninety-
Six (196) in the 4th district
of Irwin county, bounded on
north, east and west by the orig¬
inal lines of said lot, and on the
south by the lands of Mrs. L N.
Lewis: also, One Hundred and
Sevety-Five (175) acres on south
side of land lot number One
Hundred and Ninety-Five (195)
in the fourth district, of formerly
Irwin county, now Ben Hill coun¬
ty, bounded on the south, east and
west by the original lines of said
lot, and on the north by the right
of way of the Atlanta, Birming¬
ham and Atlantic Railway Com¬
pany from the original west line
to Big Branch, thence the
run of said branch north and east
to the original east line of said
lot.
Also One Hundred and Two
and One-Half (102A) acres of land
lot number One Hundred and
Seventy-One (171) in the 4th dis¬
trict of originally Irwin, now
Ben Hill county, consisting of
southeast quarter of ten-acre
tract number Twenty-Nine Hun¬
dred and Ninety-One (2991), and
the south half of ten (10) acre
tract number Twenty-Nine Hun¬
dred and Ninety-Eight (2998),
and the east half of ten (10)
tracts numbers Twenty-Nine
Hundred and Ninety (2990),
Twenty Nine Hundred and Eigh¬
ty-nine (2989), and Twenty-Nine
Hundred and Eighty-Eight(2988),
and all of Ten (10) tracts num¬
bers Twenty-Nine Hundred and
Ninety-Nine (2999),Three Thous¬
and (3000), Three Thousand and
One (3001), Three Thousand and
Two (3002). Three Thousand and
Thirteen (3013), Three Thous¬
and and Fourteen (3014), and
Three Thousand and Fifteen
(3015), all of said ten-acre tracts
being a part of the survey of the
American Tribune Soldiers’
Colony Company as shown by the
recorded plat of such sub-divis¬
ion.
Said sale being made to satisfy
said debt, and full title to be con¬
veyed to the purchaser of said
lands at said saU, according to
the terms of said deed.
British & American Mortgage
Company, Limited.
By Clayton Jay, Its Attorney-at-
Law. 10-4w
Application for Guardian¬
ship.
Georgia—Ben Hill County.
To all whom it may concern:
Edna Rebinson, a resident ot
this countv and state in due form
applied guardianship to the undersigned for the
of the person and
property of Mary Louis Robinson,
the minor child of Curtis It.
Robinson, deceased, notice is here¬
by given that application will lie
heard at the next court of Ordi¬
nary for said com.fcy on thn first
Monday in February 11)11
Witness my hand :m<] official
signature. This 1-lth day of Jan¬
uary, 1911,
C. M. \\ i E,
Ordin uy Ben it.
Jan. 14- Iwks.