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Palpit®|cu)s
BAPTIST.
North Augusta Baptist Church
Preaching at 11:46 a. m. and at 8:30
p. n>., by the pastor. Rev. R H
Waugh Sunday school at 10 a. m.,
H R. Walker, superintendent. Tide
afternoon at 4:30, Rev. A. J. Hmitti
will preach to men only. All In
vited. Revival services closed Friday
night. Good congregations, excellent
interest.
Second Baptist Church.
O. P. Gilbert. pastor. Preaching
h> the pastor, 11:15 a m, theme,
“The Christian a Fighter’’; 8:30 p. rn.
theme, “Future Punishment." At 11
a m today the |w«tor will preach a
termon to the Junior congregation on
“Bears." Sunday school meets at 10
a m. W. E Fleming, Supt. Ordi
nance of baptism will be administered
at up Public cordially Invited.
First Baptist Church.
The pnator. I>r. M. Aahhy Jones,
will preaeh at 11:16 a m. on the
theme, "The Nation In Terms of the
Community.” At the evening service
Dr. Jones will give the last of his se
ries on “Why 1 Am a Baptist.” His
theme being, “The Baptist Opportuni
ty.” On account of the storm last
Sunday evening there was no service.
The Woman's Missionary Society
of the Woodlawn Baptist dnurch will
moot Monday afternoon. 4:30, at the
church. Several Important business
matters are to come before this meet
Ing and each member is urged to be
present.
Curtis Bsptist Church.
Rev. Dr. A. J. Smith will again fill
his position at the church today. The
mnmtngg services Will begin at 11
o'clock, the subject will he “The Cross
and Tfie Affect on tbe Devil." The
evening service will begin at 8:30
o’clock, the subject "Dying Like a
I*ool .’’ Electric fans and comfortable
■eats. AH are welcome.
CHRIBTIAN.
First Chnstien Church
Seventh nnd Orcene streets. Howard
T. Cree announces: Bible school at
10 a. m. Preaching at 11:16 a m.,
•'Out Nation." No evening service.
Meeting for women Monday aflernoon
at * o'clock. Wednesday evening ser
vice for fellowship at 8:30 o'clock.
Public Invited.
West End Christian Church
Preaching at 11 a. m., subject: "Self
Control." Bible school at 3 p. m.
Preaching at 8 p. m., subject: "The
Idfe of David"
The I,adtos Aid Society with their
families will hold their quarterly social
meeting on Monday night at the home
of Brother and Sister llalr, on War
ren street 1841.
We shstl he glad to see the public
t all services of worship H. 1„
.’each, minister; (I. W. Ball, Sunday
school superintendent; Mrs. G. W.
3ell. president ljidtes' Aid
CATHOLIC.
St. Patrick'* Church.
Masses at 6:30. 6, 9:30. Benediction
after last mass.
Sacred Heart church# corner Greene
and McKlnna at recta, tn charge of the
Jesuit Fathers, masses begin at 6:30.
% 00. 7:30 and 9:30. Henedlctlon la
■vrn Immediately after the last mass
/ EPISCOPAL.
The Church of the Good Shephard
The Hill. Archdeacon Johnaon, rec
tor. Fourth Sunday after Trinity.
Holy Communion and aennon at It
*- m. Sunday achooi at 6 p. m. Thera
will be no evcnlna service.
St. Paul’a Church.
Rev. O. Sherwood Whitney, rector
Fourth Sunday after Trinity, July 6
ffnnday school, 9:45 a. m. Holy com
mtinlon, 11 a. m. Evening praver, 6
p. m.
Church of the Atonement.
Telfair and 11th St reel a Rev.
Cha* P. Holbrook motor. Fourth
Sunday after Trinity Litany, holv
communion and sermon at 11 o'clock
Sunday school at 5 p. m. Evening
service at Harlem
LUTHERAN.
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church.
648 Walker Streot. llev. P. J.
Bame, pastor Divine worship 11:16
a. m Sermon by !>r. R. 8 Pn.ttori'on.
of Charlotte N. C. Sunday school.
9:46 a. m. Oeo H. Oorrke, Supt
Everybody welmme Monthly coun
cil room Inn Thursday evening at S: 16.
Ladles' Aid Society- Wednesday after
noon.
METHOOIBT.
St. John Methodist Church
No 7*o Greene street, Rev S. P.
Wiggins. paalor. Sunday school at
9 <6 a. m. Preaching at 11:16 a. m
and at *SO p. m. Patriotic service
at the evening hour.
Aebury Methodist Church
Sunday awlool at 9 45 a tn.. W. A.
Owens, superintendent. Man Memorial
at 10:30, C R Rheney, superintendent.
Preaching at 11:14 n. tn und at 3 p
tn.. by the pastor. Visitors welcome.
The paator desires to talk to hts mem
hers In the morning on the Messing
of entertaining strungers. Let every -
body gel ready for the district con
ference. Monday evening. Tuesday and
Wednesday.
PRESBYTERIAN.
Greens Street Presbyterian.
M M MacFertin, pastor. Sundav
school at 9 46 a. m. Morning service
and communion of the laird's Btapper
at 11:16 at which time new members
will be received: all of the members
of the church especially being urged
to attend. Evening service and ser
mon at 8:30.
First Prssbytsrian Church.
Ct rner Telfair und Seventh streets
Rev. Joseph R. Hevler. TV, IV., pastor,
rvilvns worship slth sermons by the
pastor at 11:16 a m and 6 So p. m.
At the evening service will he an
open air service If the weather per
mits. Beautiful music by the large
choir and Orchestra under the leader
ship of Miss Ellen Hickman will begin
at 6:10. and continue until the regular
service begins at 6:30. Sunday school
at 6 p m Major flan. p. Butler. Su
perintendent. A cordial welcome to
all services.
Sibley Presbyterian Church (Corner
Broad and Eve Streets.
Regular services Sunday 11 on a. ni
and k.oo p. m. Sunday school 5:00 p
m. The Adrlphian Baraca class
meets on Sunday morning at 10
o'clock Visitors welcome. Prayer
meeting Thursday 8:00 p. m. The
sermon on Sunday night will be the
third of the series on the general topic
"What the Spirit Salth to the
Churches" If the weather permit, the
evvenlng services will be held In the
open air.
International Bible Students’ Ass'n
"Augusta class." Regular studies,
K of f hall, Jackson street, at 4 p, m.,
Sundays. All Interested are cordially
v> elcomed.
COLORED churches
BAPTIST.
Central Baptist Church
Rv. 11 J. Johnson, pastor Anni
versary Day. Program: Early prayer
meeting by A. J Smith; from 11:30
to. 11:16 a., m., Hunda.v school exer
cises, conducted by W C. Jones and
Elizabeth Hernon; 11:16 a. m., history
of the church, by Maggie Oonningham;
11:30, anniversary sermon by Rev.
Robert Mabry, pastor Storm Branch
ehiirch: 3:30 p. m.. sermon by Rev.
J W. Whitehead, pastor Antioch Rap
tlst church; 8:30 p. m„ sermon by
pastor.
All friends are Invited.
Springfield Baptist Church.
Rev, James M. Nabrtt, pastor.
Great day In this old zlon. Early
praycT meeting at 6a. m. Theme for
11 o'clock, "The Assurance of the
Word Success.” At 1 p. m„ baptism.
At 3 p. m., l/ird’s Supper. At 7:35
P m., song service At 8:15, special
sermon by the pastor Public invited
to attend all tliPso services. Sipeciai
music by the rinolr.
Harmony Baptist Church
Preaching by the pastor. Rev. IT A.
Johnson, at 11:30 a. tn. and at 8:15 p.
rn. Sunday school nt 3:30, Prof. C A.
Dryscoll, superintendent. Excellent
music rendered To all these serv
ices you are cordially Invited.
Shiloh Baptist Church.
Rev Wm. Jenkins, pastor, preaching
nt 11 a m. by Rev. C. F Brown;
preaching at 3 p. rn. by Rev. P. J
Rama, I). [>., pastor of the Ht. Mat
thews Evangelical Lutheran church
His subject will he “Star and Strife.
The public Is Invited here to hear this
thlsnhle divine al 8 p. m. Preaching
hv the pastor. All friends, both white
and colored Invited tn come and help
us raise money to complete our
church.
Union Baptist Church.
Riv, T. 11. Dwells. A. M., pastor.
Preaching at 11:30 a tn. nnd « p, m
by the pastor. Communion nt 12:30
Sunday school al 10:30. J,. E. White
superintendent.
Tabernacle Baptist.
Rev. c. T. Walker. D. pastor.
Regular Sunday services conducted by
Rev. S, P Floyd, celebration of the
laird's Supper for the night service.
Friends and visitors are cordially In
vited to attend the service for the day.
Prayer meeting R a. in.
Breaching service 11 a. rn.
Sunday school 3 p. m.
B T. P. U. meeting 7 p. m.
Celebration of the Lord's Supper,
8 p. m.
The lhmannah Baptist church, Rev.
G. W. Collins, pastor, preaching’ 11:30
a. m and 8:30 p m hv pastor Sun
day school 8:30 M. N. Horne super
intendent A three night's fair for
Irenet of church. Band concert.
CONGREGATIONAL.
Firet Congregational Church
Corner Jackson and Gwinnett streets
Rev John T. Clemons, pastor. Serv
ices Sunday Breaching and the 1-ords
Supper at 11 a. in. and preaching at
8 p m; Sunday school at 4 p. m.
Wednesday night, prayer meeting at 3
P in. AM are lnvtted to worship with
us
EPISCOPAL.
St. Mary’s Church.
916 Telialr Street, near Campbell
Street Rev. Samuel A. E Coleman,
vicar. July 5, 1914, Fourth Sundav
after Trinity. Services at 11 a m„
and 6p m Sunday school at 12:30
p. m Wednesday evening service at
7:30 p. tn. All are cordially Invited.
METHODIST.
Trinity Methodist Church
Rev W. M. Gladden, pastor Preach
ing at 11:16 a. tn., by the pastor, sub
ject: "Confessing Christ." Preaching
at 6:30 p m. Communion at both
services. Sunday school at 9:46 a. m,
it Johnson, superintendent. Kpworth
League at 6:30 p. m. Special program.
Ten nights' entertainment opens on
the lawn Monday night. Children ad
mitted free at 5 p, m. each day.
Bethel Methodist Church.
Rev A. M Jordan, pastor Prayer
meetlnf, 6:30 a m. Sunday school,
10 a. m Preaching. 11:30 a. m Holy
communion. 1 p. m Allen league,
7 p ni. Consecration hI meeting
Preaching, 8:30 p. m Tuo members
are urged to he present. All friends
are invited to come out.
Zion Methodist Church.
Twiggs Street, opposite Cedar. Rev
H Phflbert l#ankuvrd, pastor Regu
lar first Sunday services at 11:30 a
m., 3:30 n\il sp. ni Sunday school
10 «. m W. H. Harris. Supt 11:30
the pastor will preach on the subject
of “Adultery, or the Seventh Com
mandment Communion at 3:30, at
which lime the pastor will t reacn.
8 p m . preaching, the holy common
lon will also he administered. Class
meeting Tuesday evening at 6 o'clock
To all o fthese services you arc cor
dially Invited
PRESBYTERIAN.
Christ Presbyterian Church.
Corner Telfair and ('uinming
street* Rev J. 8, Ellla, pastor. Sun
day sv-hisd 10 a. m : Preaching 11:1$
a. m- after which the 'T#ord'a Sup
per" will be celebrated Wednesday
evening at S:S0; pruver meeting A
cordial Invitation to our service*
Colored Y M. C. A.
l#awrence H. Halley deacon of Ca
naan Baptist church, will address the
colored V M. C A this afternoon at
5 o'clock at the Colored Y. M. C. A
building, corner Campbell and Miller
streets Public cordially Invited.
Seats free Strangers are especially
invited to attend, and make them
selves at home C T. Walker, presi
dent; 811a* X. Floyd, secretary.
Moving Big Houses on Trucks
is Very Interesting Work
Mr. Chas. L. McMurphey Getting Houses Out of the Way of
the Levee—Doesn't Disturb the Occupants of the House,
Who Cook While They Are Moving.
Moving big houses on ’ricks while
people are living In them and not d'»-
tieblng them a. all, is the latent, thing
In house-moving in Augusta. Mr ChaMte
I*. MacAf urphey, the local con:**ictjr baa
r ' rnovlnx a con«lderable number of
rMiMK out if the way of the levee woik
nrifl the manner In which be moves the
hoiisfH by rolling them on trucks Is lit
tle short of marvelous.
On* house he moved probably 400
yards, Hf-ross railroad tracks, up one
street and down the other and within
10 hours after he had started the house
from its original location It waa in the
“Shine” Doesn’t Want to Go to
Mexico If There Should he War;
The Spanish Enough For Him
Happening to run across “Shine” at
present sample porter at the AJbion hotel
and at times news vender for
Parr, a few days since, he was queried
as follows:
"What do you think of the prospects
of war; going to Mexico, like you did to
Cuba?" *
"No sir, my war days are over, I’ve
got a good Jot> here and I don’t like them
Mexleanos anyhow; no sir, ’less there's
big need of men I'll not go to the front."
Wounded In War.
Bo anyth Shine which brings up a bit
of Hpaniah-Amerlcan wnr history con
cerning the aforesaid Shine, and here it
is told In tabloid form. His name Is
James Hheron, bnt he was the King of
bootblacks once upon a time, so' Shine
they tall him. He beafrs the scar of a
Cuban bullet. It Is not much of a scar,
but Rhine prizes that scar highly as
proof of his wnr record. Shine was
once employed on The Herald; also In a
grocery business In this city, and other
kinds of work, but he. like mans- others
likes the smell of Printer’s ink, feels
very much at home where the linotypes
and presses abide. Well, the Spanlsh-
Amerb’an war came on. Shine would
a soldier be, so he enlisted, or that Is
wns taken along by Captain Frye of the
Second Georgia.
Off to War.
It was a Joyous wav morn when Shine
bade bood-bye to bis friends on The
Herald, and boarded the soldiers’ special
for Griffin. He jA'ovad handy about the
camp, and the men were sorry when he
left them at Waycross, enroute to
Tampa.
Finally one morning he showed up In
Augusta, after having spent four weeks
In Savannah. Kay’s Immunes were re
cruiting here at that period, and Shine
got with tin* soldie*rs again The regi
ment went to Macon, and thence to Sa
vannah. Shine went along. Orders
came to embark for Cuba. Shine went
along. He obtained a Cuban uniform, a
machete and wore same with pride.
Home Again.
The Immunes did not do much fight
ing It will be recalled, but were ready
and willing; likewise Shine. Now f«»r
the exciting part of the narrative. One
night he was mistaken by a drunken
retiiTv for one trying to cross the lines,
nnd wns shot at The bullet took effect
In pis right hand. He was taken to the
post hospital. On another occasion bo
was arrested and put In a Cuban Jail.
The Cubans had* taken him for a Rpv.
He proved he was with the Immunes,
and was released.
The word came for the soldiers to
return to the States Shine came back
home One morning he walked into
The Herald office clad in Cuban uni
form. machete at side. He was the
Atlantic Coast Line
NOTF-Thene arrival* nnd departure*
urn given a* information Arrival* And
connect’on* nre not guaranteed
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Through BtMl Pullman Flerpors on
trains 82 suit SB. hrtwrsn Auguris
Nsav York Ohsrrvntton Broiler Car, be
tween Augimtn nnd Florence. Standard
Pining Car north of Florence.
Through Sleeper between Atlmtn and
Wilmington vin :--gusti* on trntns_ 37
nnd 38. connecting at Florence with New
York s’repe-s and mntn line points.
T. B WALKER.
District Passenger Agent.
Augusts. Qa. Phona 629.
Southern Railway
Schedula EffeeMva May 3, 1914.
N. B. Schedule figure* published on'y
ai Information and Ate not guaranteed.
Union Station. All Yrains Dally.
Tralna Depart to
No.
18 Charleston. S. C. T:»a.tn.
I Columbia, a C. 7:105.m.
181 Washington. New York .... 1:66p.m.
it Charleston 8 40p.m.
td Columbia 6:60p.m.
84 Charleston. Jacksonville .. .11:40p.m.
1« Charleston 1:46a.m.
Tralna Arrive From
No.
IB Charleston. Jacksonville ... s so* m
19 Columbia 19:60a.m
111 Washington. New York ...li:ot t , m ‘
II Charleston I:18n.m.
7 Columbia 1:86p m.
17 Charleston 10:50p.m.
• Charleston 1:30a..a.
Pullman Drawing Room Sleeping Carp
Coache*. D'ntng Car Service.
Phone 4*l or 947 for Information and
Pullman Reservation*.
MAORDPER DFNT. Pat rasa Agent.
776 Broad St Angusta. <7*.
GEORGIA RAILROAD
No. Arrive From—
•l Atlanta. Macon, Athena and
Washington 1 75p.m.
•4 Atlanta I:l6am.
•6 Atlanta. Macon 4:25 pm
•« Atlanta. Mccon, Athens
and Washington 16:80 ppm
•16 Union Point. Macon and
Washington 11-OOo.m
II Ciunak 6:45a a.
Pullman Hlaopar and Parlor Car Sarvlca
Noa I and *, Aufuata and Atlanta
Noa t and «. CharUatuo and Alia nta.
Noa I and «. Atlanta and Winning lon.
Noa i and I llrolar Duffat Parlor Car Au*rn*ta and Atlanta.
Noa a and A PuUman beapar. Aasuata and Chicago.
d. *i • and A Brollar bun at Parlor Car. Auguata and Atlanta.
J. P. Btl UJPS, 5. P. \
C C. M MiI.UN o. A. P. A.
•01 BROAD »TREET. PHONES MT. «ai -nd J2**,
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, Gk
n«w place with gas, electric lights, water
and sewer connections Installed.
While the house was on wheels cook
ing and eating proceeded as usual on the
inside and It was absolutely Intact in
every respect when the work was done.
Mr. MacMurphey anticipated the de
mand for modern house-moving machin
ery because of the fact that many
houses would have to he moved out ‘of
the right-of-way of the levee. Ho he
provided himself with the latest machin
ery and bis work has been pronounced
most excellent.
cynosure of all eyes among his colored
friends, and for days he was kept busy
relating his war experiences. But no
Mexico for Shine
TENDER REMINGTON FOR
USE AT ENCAMPMENT
Mr. L. J. Henry Tenders One
to Officers and Also One
Mimeograph.
Following a policy to do all possible
for Greater Augusta. Mr. T., .T. He •»
the local arent of the Remington Type
writer for rnny. will tender the use of
.« filet elars mimeograph and a No 10
Rernginton typewriter to the officers in
command of the OeoTfia troops at the
Ninth Division ioint Instruction camp
for the militia the latter part of this
month. The Georgia boys will be here,
it is understood, from the 22nd till the
31st. Inclusive
The arrangements with the Remington
Typewriter Company were made for the
camp through Major F. M Cochran. At
lanta. assistant to Adjutant General
Nash.
On account of regular and frequent
orders for the soldiers, which are type
written In the headouarters’ tent, the
camp could hardly afford tn he without
a mimeograph. There will also be a
certain amount of correspondence going
on all the time, for which a typewriter
will be needed. Necessary supplies, etc.,
will he nurohased from the local agency
of the Remington Company.
This is not the first time Mr. Henry
has given the use of a typewriter at
conventions or public gatherings for
which he received merely "thanks.” but
he says that In such cases the "thank
you" means a great deal more to h m
and to the welfare of his business than
a dollar or two rent for the machine.
CHARLESTON & WESTER:ii
CAROLINA RAILWAY CO.
(Effective May 31, 1914.)
Departure*.
7:10 A M.. No. 6 Daily for Anderson
11.00 A M., No. I—Dally for Greenwood.
Spartanburg. Greenville. Ashevfll*
4:25 P M.. No. 3—Dally for Spartan,
burtc. OreenvlHe, etc.
5:30 A M . No. 46—Daily except Sun
day. for Beaufort. Pori Royal and
Cbprleflton.
f :00 V* M . No. 4f—Dally for Bemifor*.
Port Royal. Charleston Snvannac
5:30 A M. No. 4.B—Sunday only, for
Beaufort. Port Royal. Charleston
and Savannah.
Arrival*.
12:10 P M.. No. 2—Daily IVom Spartan,
burp Greenville, etc.
7:05 P. M No. 4—Dally from Spartan
burg. Aabevlll*.
12:26 P M . No. *4 —Dallv from Beau
fort. Port Royal. Charleston an 1
Savannah.
6:05 P M No 45—Dnlly except Sun
dnv. from Beaufort, Port Royal
and Charleston.
2:15 A M.. No. 47 - Monday onlv
Beaufort. Port Royal. Charleston.
Favnnnnh.
poof» M.. No. 6- Dally from
Effective June 14th. Pullman Parlo~
Buffet Cars will he opernted between
Augusta and Asheville on train* Nos. 1
and 2 in connection with Son Ry. Caro
lina Special from Spartanburg.
RRNKST WILLIAMS.
General Pn**«»nger Agent.
129 Proulrnv, Aucu*tn O*
C. of Gaßy
“The Right Way”
Current Schedules f7stb Meridian Time)
DEPARTURES.
For Dublin, Savannah. Macon
nnd Florida point* ••7:30 a.m
For Dublin and Savarnah... *2:30 pm.
For Savann -1 h. Macon. Colum
bus nnd Birmingham ..... •9:30 p.m
Tybee Limited for Savan
nah, Dublin and Flor
ida point* a6:50 a.m.
ARRIVALS.
Savannah Macon Co
lumbu* and Birmingham. *8:30 a.m.
FVom Dublin. Savannah and
Florida point* •12:30 p.m.
From Dublin Savanmh. Ma
con and Florida point* ••7:50 p.m
Tybee Limited, from Savan
nah nnd Florida po'nt* M 2-45 a m.
••Daily except Sunday. •Dally.
• -Sunday only h-Monday only
\ 'ii-iif*- t 7 ™
a m and arrlvin* at 7:50 p. m.. be
tween Aupruata and Savannah connect
ing nt % ’fMen with through train for
Macon. Columbu*. B rmingbam and
Montgomery.
Veetlbuled elect r'c-llcrh ted. Sleeping
Cara, are carried on night train* be
tween Auguat* nnd Savann-xh. Go.; con
necting at Mlllen with through Sleeping
Cara to and from Macon. Columbus Bir
mingham and Atlanta.
For any information a* to fare*, sched
ule*. etc., wrte or comminhonte with
W W. HACKETT.
Traveling Paaaenger Agent.
Phone No. 62 719 Broad Street
Angusta. Ga.
(SFFECTIV E JUNE 7TH, 1914.)
' ■ r7| la lv, J
No. Ospart To—
• 1 Attorta, Mat-on, Athens and
Washington 7:46*.m.
•8 Atlanta 3.00 , m
A * UnU ,nfl 11.86 pm
••11 C»m»k anil Macon 6 *0 pm
7 Atlanta. Macon and W 'sh
,l,n*lon 8:26 pm
•6 Union Pent 76 aahtngton
and Athma 4:55 rm
•Dally. (Dally except Sunday.
TIME SHOWN ABOVE IS EASTERN
(CITY) TIME.
IJ Si IMBlifci
NfflfHM
Upwards of 2,000 Delegates
Present at Each.
CREATION DRAMA EXHIBITED
In Discourse Pastor Russell, Associa
tion’s President, Disoussed Eloquent
ly, “Repentance First, Then Consecra
tion,’’ and Pointed Out From Sorip
ture That the Gospel le For the Con*
trite of Heart Only—“ Suffering With
Christ”—Ultimate Purpose of Trials
and Afflictions—Glory to Follow.
A s bu r y Park.
N. J., June 28.
Pastor Russell is
here in attendance
at a big General
Convention of the
International Bi
ble Students’ As
sociation, which
began its sessions
Friday and will
continue twelve
days. Three Gen
e r a 1 Conventions
of this Associa-
tion are now in progress, the other two
being at Columbus, Ohio, and Clinton.
lowa. Upwards of 2,000 delegates are
in attendance at each Convention. Be
lng President of the Association. Pas
tor Russell expects to be present three
days at each of the assemblies.
Two sessions are held daily in each
of the cities, and tbe Pastor’s famous
Creation Drama is exhibited each even
ing. There being four parts to the
Drama, three full presentations will be
given.
Pastor Bussell’s theme today was
one of great Interest. The discourse
set forth the philosophy of the untold
sufferings of Christians throughout
this Gospel Dispensation. Part IV. of
The Photo-Drama of Creation, now on
exhibition both at home nnd abroad,
depicts the unwritten history of the
Church of Christ, and enables those
who see It tn realize to some extent
what it has cost true Christians to “fol
low Fils steps." The Pastor’s text was.
“Jehovah hnth appointed Ms? to preach
good tidings to the meek. f»> bind up
the broken-hearted.”—lwliah (11:1.
The Pastor opened his discourse by
drawing attention to tbe statement
that the Gospel Message Is for the
meek, the broken-hearted During the
Millennial Reign of Christ God will
tnke away the stoniness of heart from
mankind and will give, instead, hearts
of flesh. Under the blessed conditions
of the Kiugdom. hard, selfish hearts
will gradually become soft, tender,
kind, gentle. Blit now. in advance of
Messiah’s Kingdom. God is seeking
those who are seeking Him. Those
who are not especially seeking Him are
not likely to find Him
Preaching the Gospel to the meek
Is the work of this Age. This is the
only class which God wishes to have
now. He ts seeking the class that de
sire to be of the Bride of Christ, Jesus'
Joint-heirs in tbe Messianic Kingdom
Therefore the Message is not such as
would suit the hard-hearted. Only the
tender-hearted care to know about the
love of God. the mercy of God. tbe
forgiveness of sins, the privilege of re
turning to the Father’s House and
of having Jesus ns their Savior.
The Pastor bcjjteves that in the p:\si !
we have had a wrong idea as to whom j
the Gospel Message is to go. We went
out Into the highways and byways b j
find those who were very wicked
blasphemers. etc., thinking that thest
were the ones with whom we were to
deal. The Scriptures do not authorize
any such Idea. A person living In un
repented sin is not in the proper con
dltlon to receive God’s great Plan of
the Ages, the speaker claimed. God
has declared that “none of the wieked
shall understand.” He does not wish
them to do so. The very reverse is
true. His purpose Is to bind up the
broken hearted.
God’s Message speaks peace to those
who are in trouble and who are look
lng to Him. seeking the righteousness
which He provides. Some nppajenth
have made a great mistake in Think
lng that the Gospel is a sledge ham
mer with which they are to break
men’s henrts. The speaker does not
know of any Scriptural commission |
for any of the people of God to break j
the hearts of men. On the contrary j
he thinks that tbe Devil does most ot j
such work.
The Two Conversions.
There are two conversions, declared I
the Pastor. The first is a turning from |
sin; tbe second, a turning to God j
Those desirous of approaching God nre !
seeking to lenve sin. Those who art ■
living in sin wish to be away from God
We cannot go tn two directions at once
The course which God would have nnj j
pursue ts this; When one finds thni |
be Is a sinner, he should repent nru’ j
turn away from sin; then, when lu j
learns that God has made an arrange I
ment by which sinners may be recon !
died to Himself, he should nscertalt i
what steps he should take in order ti j
obtain Ids share in that reconciliation
While turning from sin may In sonn i
respects be called a conversion, yet li j
Is not the principal conversion. Onß j
those who take the step of full con 1
Secretion to the Lord receive tht
Holy Spirit and obtain a clear view of
the Divine Plan. A* the Apostle says
“The natural man recelveth not the
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are foolishness unto him: neither can
he know them, because they ate spirit
ually discerned.”
Then the Pastor explained that those
begotten of the Holy Spirit are Scrip
turally called children of God, heirs of
God, Joint-heirs with Jesus Christ If
faithful unto death, they will be glori
fied in the First Resurrection. Mean
time they are to grow in grace, know!
edge, love and all other fruits and
graces of the Spirit—grow by their
trials, by their obedience, by striving
against the world, the flesh and the
Devil. All this must be done before
this class will be ready for their resur
rection change. In the present time,
however, all who are begotten of the
Holy Spirit not only btAsng to the
Church in general, wltla ’nil others of
the people of God, this one Brother
hood of Christ on the spiritual plane,
but they are also reckoned as members
of tbe Body of Christ on the fleshly
plane—the earthly plane.
From this viewpoint, Christ has been
suffering in the flesh throughout the
Gospel Age St. Peter says that the
Prophets of Israel testified beforehand
of the sufferings of The Christ and of
the glory to follow; and hence he urges
the Church to arm themselves with the
same mind that Jesus had. St Paul
speaks of filling up that which is be
hind of the afflictions of The Christ
all the members of Ills Body. After
those sufferings are filled up, then the
glory will follow. The sufferings are
not yet complete.
The speaker went on to explain how
trials and discipline are means of de
veloping Christian character, preparing
the child of God for future service in
the Kingdom. The privilege of suffer
ing with Christ in the flesh is some
thing to be appreciated. Whoever has
trials in the flesh because of Christ,
because of being His disciple, has oc
casion for rejoicing. Such should con
tinue faithful, in order that by and by
as a polished jewel he may be ready
for a glorious setting in the immortal
ity of the future. An uncut, unpolished
Jewel is not worth much. Its real
worth is brought forth in the cutting
So the Lord gives His Jewels the cut
ting and polishing necessary to en
able them to reflect the glorious light
of the goodness of God.
Jewels do not all require the same
amount of polishing, declared the Pas
tor. A small diamond can be cut and
polished more easily than can a large
one. Those of the people of God who
undergo severe trials nnd afflictions
may hope that they will be accounted
large jewels in the hands of the Lord
The larger the diamond, the more work
in cutting and polishing.
Confessing or Denying Christ.
Then the Pastor discussed the termr
upon which one may make his calling
and election sure to a position in the
glorified Body of Christ beyond the
veil. From the time when one’s con
secration is accepted by the Fathei
and he is begotten of tbe Holy Spirit
his name is written in the Lamb’s
Book of Life as a member of tbe Bodj
of Christ. To these our Lord declares
that If they are faithful He will not
blot their names from His Book. These
are to remain faithful to what they
agreed to do —to give their little all In
sacrifice. On that condition they weft
accepted and had their names recorded
But if any such deny Christ. He will
deny them. If they continue to con
fess Him, He will confess them. T<
confess Christ Is to live for Him day
by day-confessing Him in the way in
which one uses time, influence, money
talents; confessing Him in business, in
everything that is either said or done
But if any consecrated child of God
Should deny Christ by seeking to live
after the world, by neglecting th*
Covenant of Sacrifice, such would thu?
demonstrate his unworthiness of a
place in the Bride class—the Church in
glory.
Should any one ask the Pastor why
he lays so much stress upon consecra
tion, he would reply that, according to
Scripture. God is not now dealing with
the world In general; thfit in order to
bring our petitions to the Throne ol
Heavenly Grace we must get into re
lationshlp with God; nnd that there i
only one way by which this can be
done—consecration. To emphasize his
point the speaker used the illustration
of a wedding in the time of our Lord
On such occasions it was customary
for the host to furnish all the guests
with a plain white linen garment,
which was to be worn over their own
garments. Whether the guesta wore
rich or poor raiment, the wedding gar
ment covered everything, and made
them all brethren for the time being,
for they were guests of the same host
Applying his Illustration, Paste:
Bussell explained that all consecrated
Christians have accepted God's lnvita
tion to the marriage of the Lamb—the
Son of God. But no matter how well
we may arrange our own garments,
each must put on the wedding gar
ment or else remain away from the
feast The moment of consecration is
the moment of receiving the Robe of
Christ's Righteousness, and only those
who continue to wear that robe will
have entrance to the wedding. By na
tore mankind are sinners. There is
only one way to get rid of sins—by be
lief in the T#ord Jesus Christ, and full
consecration to do the will of God
Whoever really believes that Jesus
died for his sins will act upon his be
lief by presenting his body a living
sacrifice
"Garments Unspotted From the World."
Continuing the figure of the Wedding
Garment, the Pastor declared that the
robe put on by the Christians who de
aired to have entruuce to the Marringp
of the Lamb was white and clean, rep
resenting his full Justification at the
moment of consecration—all blemishes
of the flesh being covered with the
merit of Christ. The Scriptures tell us
that those who ultimately enter in to
the Mnrrlage will be those w-ho have
kept their garment* unspotted from
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is sin, every sin is a spot upon the
robe, whether it be committed wilfully
or ignorantly. All faithful children of
God should use all diligence in keep
ing their garments free from blemish.
This may be done by daily thinking
about the robe, and nightly asking the
Lord to remove each spot—to forgive
each failure made that day. The blood
of Jesus Christ keeps cleansing ail
who ask that they be cleansed.
This is the Heavenly Father's ar
rangement for His children. He de
sires them to walk
watching where they tread. TCus they
learn every detail in respect to their
own imperfections. No one can live
fer even one day without trespassing
upon the perfect Law of God; for by
nature we are all imperfect In heart
the child of God does not sin; the New
Creature does not sin. It is merely
that the flesh is weak. But we have
the comforting assurance of the Scrip
ture that “if any man sin, we have an
Advocate with the Father, Jesus
Christ the Righteous." Our Lord is
there to make good with the Father for
all the Adamic weaknesses.
The Pastor then discussed two kinds
of sin, one of which he declared to be
forgivable and the other unforgivable.
If to any extent the mind consents to
the deed, to that extent the sin is wil
ful. Then only that portion which was
not wilful will be forgiven. Whatever
part was not forgivable is punishable.
The individual will receive stripes,
punishments, of one sort or another,
proportionate to the degree In which
the will consented to the sin.
There is naturally such sympathy be
tween the flesh and the mind that some
times even tbe will of the New Crea
ture permits the flesh to take it by
force, as it were. This should not be;
the will is responsible, and because of
its carelessness will receive stripes of
some kind. But so long as the indl
vldnal feels sorry as soon as the yield
ing to temptation has passed, he may
know that his will does not love sin.
Should his will ever change and pre
fer sin, he would not be sorry after
the sin was committed.
How to Be an Overcomer.
It was then shown (flat every con
secrated child of God must be an over
comer In fighting the good fight of
faith, and In obedience to God must
put down everything that pertains to
sin and unrighteousness in himself,
and stand for that which is pleasing in
the sight of God. This is the test of
our loyalty to Him and to the princi
ples of His righteous Government
Many sins are really weaknesses of the
flesh which overcome the will momen
tarily. Just here the New Creature
must conquotr in the fight He must
get tbe victory over the flesh. If we
sin, if we trespass, we must go to the
Fountain of Grace nnd be forgiven.
The great difficulty, the Pastor de
clared, seems to be that after we have
had some experiences of this llnd, we
properly enough feel ashamed that we
have not done better. This is the
time when the Christian is in danger.
He Is liable to fail to ask forgiveness
at the Throne of the Heavenly Grace;
for he feels that already he has been
forgiven perhaps many times for the
same trespass. Therefore he may try
to forget the spot, to forget the “robe,”
almost to forget the Lord. Gradually
a veil comes between him and God;
the Father Is not so near and so dear
as once He was. While He is still his
Heavenly Father, while still the erring
one trusts in Him, nevertheless there
Is a lack of the fellowship of the Spir
it. Earth-born clouds have hidden the
Father’s face.
This Is the experience of hundreds of
the people of God; for they cannot be
In His presence with spots npon their
robes, and they do not resolve that
they will not live away from Him.
They caDnot have fellowship with the
Lord while their robes are spotted, nor
can they have proper Christian life
while absent from the Lord. The les
son on this point, the speaker declar
ed, is that we watch and keep humble.
To come to the Lord and say, “O Lord,
another time I have failed! How
ashamed 1 am!” is to take the right
step. Humility is one of the very
foundations upon which all other
graces must be built So the Apostle
Peter says. “Humble yourselves there
fore under the mighty hand of God,
that He may exalt you in due time."
The Cleansing Blood of Christ.
The number of those without spot or
wrinkle or any such thing is very
small, said the Pastor. Many Chris
tians have not kept their wedding robes
with sufficient care, and thus have
shown their lack of appreciation of the
wedding and of their invitation to at
tend. If the attention of such be call
ed to tbe spots, they try to put them
out of sight, to Ignore them, to declare
that everybody has spots on his robe.
This is an unwise procedure; for tbe
robe is our passport into the Kingdom.
If the spot* are not removed, they
gradually become more and more a
hindrance to those who seek to be ac
counted worthy of a place in the Bride
class.
The Paster then reminded hi* audi
ence that when the Christen flrat re
ceived his robe. It was pure white,
with n certain design stamiied thereon,
and that he was expected to embroider
It with the character-likeness of the
Lord. If he has gotten the robe spot
ted and bedraggled, he should go to
the Lord In prayer, and persist until
he has assurance of forgiveness and
cleansing. We rend. “It we confess our
sins, He Is faithful nnd Just to forgive
us our (rtn*. nnd to cleanse us from all
unrighteousness.” It Is not merely a
matter of love, but of Justice, on onr
part The Heavenly Father made the
arrangement; Jesus has died, paid our
penalty and Imputed of Hl* own pierlt
sufficient to cleans? all unintentional
spot*. Forgiveness I* to he had for
the asking
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