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BAPTIST
Woodlawn Baptist.
Ghafee Ave., just off Walton Way.
Sunday school 9:45, oondurted by su
perintendent, Ralph Youngblood;
preaching services 11:00 a. m and!
S IS p. m.. conducted by the pastor,:
morning theme "Substitution.’' text 2
Cor. 5:14; evening theme "Horeb,” I
text l Kings 19:8, Prayer meeting
Wednesday evening 8:16. B. Y P. U.
Friday evening 8:20. The public cor
dially Invited to our services. R. B. L. j
Harris, paßtor.
First Baptist Church.
Preaching by the pastor, F>r M Ash- j
by Jones, a! 11:16 a. m., Thame "A
Cup of Consecration.” This rhurcb j
will unite with the First Christian
church In a service at the t aalno, at
J-ake View Park, at MO o'clock.
Second Baptist Church.
O. P. Gilbert, pastor. Preaching |
Urlß a. m. and 8:20 p. m. Morning
theme: “I* Christianity Progressive?"
8:30 p. m.: "Heaven." Sunday school
Ml a. m., J. Q. Beldtng, superlntendont.
Good music at each service, Public
cordially invited
Crawford Avsnut Baptist Churoh
Thomas Walker, pastor. Preaching
at 11 a. m., subject, "Affliction." At
8.15 p. m.. t Object, "Dedication ." Stin
day school at 8 p. ra., R. D. Kennedy,
auperlntandant Prayer meeting Wed
Uesday awning at 8.16 o'clock.
Christian,
Waal End Christian Church
Runriay school at 9.46 am. Preach
, Jng at 11 a. m Christian Rruloavor at
T p. m. Sermon sutiject, "Converted
Talent." There will bo no evening
t service at the church. Our people will
I >Joln In a union service at the John
■MHledge auditorium. Victor Bowers,
j ia*t or.
First Christian Church
Seventh and Oreana streets How
ard T. Cree, minister, announces Hun
rlny school at 10 a. m.; sermon at 1116
a. m„ 'Thy Will Be Donee- An Inter
pretatlon.” Kvrnlng service with First
Baptlat church at Lake View t’aslno
at 8.30 p. m Fmlly H. Tubman So
ciety meets Monday at 8 o'clock. Mtd
waek service at 8.80 p. m. Wednes
day.
CHRIBTIAN BCIENCE.
Christian Science.
915 Pnlon Bank Bldg. Services:
Bun day morning at 11 o'clock, Wed
nesday evening at 8:30 o'clock Read
ing Room open dally from 11 to 1
o'clock The public Is cordially In
vited to attend tile services and visit
the Reading Room.
LUTHERAN.
English Lutheran
No sight s.-rvlcc. Sunday school at
667 Greene street Rev. J It IVr
rlck, pastor. Preaching at 11 a. m.
9:45 a. m„ H. C. Loriek, superintend
ent. Everybody welcome.
Bt. Matthew’s Lutheran Church,
Sixth Sunday after Trinity, July 14.
1913. Rev. William J. Flnck. pastor.
German services at 10 o'clock, the reg
ular English services al 11 o'clock.
Sunday school at 9:30, George 11.
Qercke superintendent Subject of
morning nerniom “Christ*a Love for
Toung Men.” A cordial Invitation ex
tended to all Lutherans and others
spending their vacation with friends
and relatives In Augusta are cordially
invited to attend our Sunday school
and church.
METHODIST.
Bt. John's Methodist Church.
Rev. H. Dußose, 1). 11., pastor.
Regular services at 11:16 a. m., and
at 8:80 p. m. The morning sermon
will be delimerod by Rev. I>r. George
W. Young, of Kentucky, the distin
guished temperance leader. At the
evening hour, Dr. Dußnse, the pastor,
will preach, taking for hie subject:
"Whal the Preacher Should Preach.”
Sunday school at 9:-45 a. m., A. H.
Merry, superintendent. Men’s Bible
class, taught b,v Dr. R. L. Henry;
women's clas», taught by U. S. Ar
rington Epworth latague at 7:46 p.
Hi. I*ra.ver in wltng Wednesday at
8: SO p. m.
Asbucy Methodist.
Bitnday School 9:16. There Is new
life and energy in the school Coras.
Preaching 11:16 by paHtor. Service
In the evening at 8. conducted by Mr
Richards, of Atlanta. Prayermeetlng
Wednesday at 8. The congregations
are holding up well. Much Interest Is
being manifested In our aong services.
We have congregational singing The
S. F choir U helping much You are
cordially Invited to worship with u».
Broadway M. E. Churoh.
Oorner BToad and Mills streets. Rev.
C. M. Vswdel. pastor. Preaching at tl
o'clock a m. arid again at 8:80 p m.
by the pastor. Sunday school at 9:30
a m.. Wilfred C. Lyeth. superintend
ent. Prayer service Wednesday even
ing at 8 10 o'ojook,
St. Jemee Methodist Church.
Rev. Tho* R. Koistnll, pastor. Di
vine worship 11'16 a m. and 8 80 p
m Morntng sermon toplo: "The Bea-
Captain's Cry.” Evening sermon by Dr.
Geo. Toung of Kentucky. Sunday
school 10 a m . Prof. Otla. supertn
tsndent. L. F Verdery and Byron
Ormsby, asslstsnla Epworth I.«a
gue meeting 7:80 a. m,; Wednesday
evening 8:30, subject "Heart-Culture,
In the direction of breath of fellowship
and social sympathy.” A cordial wel
come extended to all services.
Woodlswn Methodist Church.
Corner 16th end Btlcox street*. Rev
G. F. Venable, pastor. Preaching at 11
a. m and 8:80 p. m. by the pastor At
the morning hour the pastor will
preach n special sermon to the mem
bers of this church, and he desires each
member to be present. Sunday sc.hoo
at 9:46 a m., W. A. Redding, superln
tendent. Prayer meeting Wednesday
evening at 8:30 o'clock. The Venable
iind Brotherhood Bible classes meets
each Sunday with the Sunday school.
All men and ladles are Invited to come
out and meet with these classes
Strangers are cordially Invited to come
out and worship at this church.
EPIBCOPAL.
Church of the Atonement
Telfair and Kollock strath, Rev.
Charles P, Holbrook, rector. Sixth
Runriay after Trinity. Morning pray
er and Herroon at 11 o’clock Sunday
School at 6p. m Evening prayer at
6 o'clock. All seats free.
Churoh of the Good Bhepherd
The Hill, Archdeacon Johnson, rec
tor. Holy Communion at 8 a. m.
Morntng prayer and sermon at 11
o'clock. Sunday school at 6 p m.
These services will be held In tho
Sunday school room. There will be
no evening service.
Bt. Paul's Churoh.
Rev G. Sherwood Whitney, rector.
Sixth Sunday after Trinity, July 14th.
Holy communion 8 a, m.; Sunday
school 9:45 a. m..: morning prayer
and ermon 11 a. m.: evening prayer I
p. m.
PRESBYTERIAN.
First Presbyterian.
At the First Presbyterian churoh
tonight the Extra-Cent-a-Day Band
will hold their quarterly missionary
service of Prayer and Praise. An of
fering for Foreign Missions will he
received. The following Interesting
program will he rendered, and the
public Is cordially Invited to attend:
Hymn, I Love to Tell the Story.
Scripture reading. Responsive. Pray
er Missionary Mottoes by the con
gregation Hymn, Saviour, Thy Dying
love. Rending, "Aunt Dinah's Starry
Crown," Mrs. W. W. Fry. Offertory
"Will there bo any stars In my
crown," Mariam T-anham Poem, M«J.
Geo. I’. Butler. Hymn Take my life
and let It he consecrated. Mlzpa
Benediction Mr. Barrett, the church
organist, will play, acompanled by
several violinists and other Instru
ments The service will begin prompt
ly el eight-thirty and close promptly
nt nine-thirty.
Greene St. Presbyterian Churoh.
Regular services 11:15 a. m. and 8:30
p in. Rev. W. H. MoMeena, of Lex
ington. On, will preach at both serv-
Irop. Sunday school 10 a. m., W, P.
Egbert, superintendent. Young Pen
pies meeting 7:45 p. rn., prayer meeting
Wednesday evening 8:30. A cordial
Invitation Is extended to all to worship
with us. Seats free.
First Presbyterian Churoh
Corner Tolfalr and Seventh Htreets,
Rev Joseph R. Sevier. D. D„ pastor.
Divine worship at It a m. and at
xBO p. m. At tho morning service Dr
Young, representative of tho Georgia
Antl-Saioon league, will preach. At
the evening worship the open akr «er
vice will he held, the pastor will
preaoh. Sunday school nt 6 p. m.. MaJ.
Ge<>. p. Butler, superintendent. A cor
dial welcome to all services.
Retd Memorial Churoh
On the Hill Rev. Jos. R Sevier,
minister In charge. Sunday school nt
5.46 p. m., E. S. Johnson, superinten
dent. The address to the Adult Bthle
Class will he delivered today by M*\
10 B. Hook. Attractive music, both
vocal and orchestral, and everyone cor
dially Invited to attend.
Siblay Preabyt»rian Sunday School
Mr. J. B Ftewler, superintendent
Sunday school at 4.50 p. m Divine
worship with editress by Mr. Fowler
Sunday evening at 8.30 o’clock. Fri
day evening at 8.80, Rev. Joseph R
i Sevt„r, of the First church, will preach.
| A cordial Invitation to all to be pres
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SHIPYARD WORKERS NEXT
LABOR TROUBLE, ENGLAND
London The next big labor trouble in
krest Britain Is expected from the ship
yard woikers The federation of ship
yard employers has recently refused the
demands of the men for an eight-hour
day and Increased wages snd the unions
have replied by mlltng for a ballot of the
employers a» to whether they shall order
a strike. A decision In fever of a strike
would Immediately affect Kfto.owi men
and as the strike progressed another 600.-
000.
For months past the men In the vari
ous unions have l>een preparing for a
fight with the employers on the hours
question, and the boUermskers have been
pressing their demand for higher wages
and permission to organise apprentice
ships Tbs result of the ballot Is con
sidered e foregone conclusion and a long
and bitter fight te anticipated.
MAY RAISE EGYPTIAN
COTTON IN AMERICA
London—The report of th* Atnarloan
bureau of plant tncfiiiKry rof'cvmmt tiding
thNt thf* hXrptlnn atapl* cotton h* cultl-
In Articmn and California on a
« ommerolal b** bean received here
w’th Interent by ootton importer* who
| 1 eJlevr that the time will soon oom«
| whan the Vnlted State* will not be <v>m
j pelltd to import any more of the »teple.
I Thiii report we* tallowed by the Annual
statement of the govern man t of Madra*
on the cotton crop of the Presidency for
the present veer. It show* an increase
* sixteen per cent in the area devoted to
• >tlon during the oorresponalng month
l't year The nenera' average of the
<'» r i* higher than during the past ten
TWO TREMENDOUS SECRETS
By REV. H. M. DU BOSE, D.D.
TEXT: Behold, I come quickly and my
reward la with me, to give every man
according ae hie work shall be. Rev.
xxn. 12.
No other bo/fle has taken tta reader*
bo deeply Into tta confidence aa has the
Bible. The profound**! secrets of God
been laid bare In the period* and
prophecies of that wonderful Volume.
In tbe Bible the world hae read the
true story of its beginning and end; in
it life has found ft* true meaning, and
the secret of its eternal advancement
and exaltation.
But a* plainly and elncerely as the]
Bible has told it* secret* to men, there
be thousands r n thousands who hare not
read these secrets out. who have refused
either to possess or understand them.
Strangely enough too, this ignorance
oleduraoy of indifference prevails with
reference to the dJvinest and most tragi
cal of these secrets.
The tw r » tremendous secrets revealed
In the Scripture meant for our present
ted* —the coming of Jesus Christ and
the certain and speedy rewards to he
m*ted out against all human thoughts
and act’ops, are built about with moun
tains of the rubbish of human ignorance
and Indifference.
A great and criminal mistake of men fa
to think of the coming of Jesus Christ
to the world as a far off and vision
born event, to he discounted as are th*
conceits and creations of the classic
mind; and to think of the rewards and
punishments prophesied to he allotted to
men as the speculations of casuists and
empiricists.
Nothing could he more r*»nl than there
two great impending fulfillments of
prophecy. Indeed their tragedy and
reality ar* but the significance of our
present lines pustf'd forward to the be
ginning of eternal things.
The Brockenberg. the highest point or
the liars Mountain*, In Germany, is th*
seat of the Bmckengespenst or “Brocken
Specter, M which is the interest of all
travelers In those misty cloudlands that
overlook Thuringia and Prussia. At sun
set, a man, standing on the crest of the
Brocken sees a great shadow a hundred
leagues In length, fall athwart the land
until It touches and Is swallowed up in
the shadow of the great Black Forest.
It Is not a veritable spectre, hut the
shadow of the man himself m«de long
hv the fires and glory light of the set
ting sun.
The awful, glorious pageants of the
visitation of the Son of Man, and the
Issue of the life to come, hnvf. their
meaning In our relation to them, and
in their relation to us. Eternity finds its
meaning to us in the fact that, not the
shadows of ourselves are propeeted into
It by the glory light of God's Spirit, but
that our living selves are made a part
of It by the mandate of his deathless
word.
The great open secret of the Bible is
that Jesus Christ, the once crucified Son
of Man, Is coming back to the earth amid
scenes of great glory and power, which
are to attend him.
Thin magisterial coming of the Son of
Man 1* usually referred to as the “Second
Coming.*’ The Scriptures, indeed declare
that he will come “a second time with
out sin unto salvation.'* But I do not
wholly like the u»« which has been rn«dc
of the phrase in modern times. Jesus is
always coming, and this event Is but on
accentuation of a prophecy which is al
ways fulfilling.
fa) But let us ask: Whnt is the pur
pose of this sudden doming of the Son
of Man? The answer stands In two
facts, namely' first, he comes to establish
the new eternal order, that is, the King
dom of perfect and endless righteousness;
and to “reward every man according as
his work* shall be.**
The evil and gross wickedness of the
present age, its social blight, its politi
cal dishonor, its bmltish »ordldness, it*
stolid unbelief, do not discourage the idfa
of a Kingdom of holiness and purity yet
to be in tbe w°rld, but the> do accentu
ate the need tar it. It comes under the
r*ign of the personal consciousness of
Testis Christ. “Even *o com* L/ord
J**u».“
The reward of every man in judgment
or righteounes*; “according to his work. ’
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A Bed Branch Exchange wfU handle all this, Mr.
Merchant, Mr. Manufacturer, Mr. Jobber, and give easy
yet personal supervision over every department.
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THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA-
is the fulfillment of the pledge that !
Jehovah will be true to himself and to !
his land. This is a truth which must
settle the Justice of the judgment in
every truth loving mind.
fb) May we not also ask concerning
the time of the coming of the Br>n of
Man?
With reference to the formal estab
lishment of “the everlasting Kingdom”
his coming is sometime in the future
When, I know not, nor does any man,
for the signs of that “appearing” time
are hidden in the counsels of Jehovah,
notwithstanding the fact itself has been
revealed. Yet, he will come, and that
quickly.
But though the official coming he thus
removed in time, his coming to Judge
the Individual life is every day. It Is
now. with each heart beat, with each
thought motion, destiny Is msde and
Judgment sealed.
A inan of vast wealth and affairs, the
head of a great corporation, sat In bis
private office dictating letters and other
business directions into a phonograph, to
be copied by his stenographer on the
next day. As he filled up each wax
record he laid it aside saying: “That
much Is done.’’ When he arose to leave
his office a great heap of records were
full, and he left saying. “It is finished.”
That night the death angel came to him.
He never sat at his desk again; he went
away to his “long home.” A week later j
the stenographer took up the records, j
wrote each letter, and each detail of in
structions and sent them on their course. {
It Is a man’s life. During his life’s day
he may well say with each accomplish
ed action, “It is done.” But in a great- 1
er day the angel Scribe will write out .
each thought, each recorded deed, and ,
the story will be fixed foreved, and the !
reward be as the work is.
fc) The manner of this coming, we !
have already seen, will be with great ■
glory and proven. Such a pageant will ;
\eflt the new order which is to be es- ;
(WWished.
To the individual life that coming is
through the ever open gate of mortality. !
With the forceps and scalpel of the
surgeon on the table; with the half
emptied medicine bottle on the stand by ,
the beside; with dying echoes of the
prayer of the minister: or. suddenly, in
the shock and jar of a great disaster—
it wl'l come, that day that is to \ring
the visitation of the Son of Man, Watph!
The great open secret of the Bible
which complements this of the coming
of tho Son of Man is the duty and neces
sity of making preparation therefor.
This necessity reaches to all life—the
secret thoughts of the heart and the
conduct of men In their public walk.
Nothing Is more damning than the notion
that men can do in a public or political
way. things which their private hour
would spurn.
(a) The preparation to meet the For
of Man is a heart preparation—a perfect
penitence for. and a confession of, all
past sins, and a perfect dedication of
the life to holiness of thought, and deed.
(h) This preparation is also in faith
fulness of walk. T have already declar
ed that public obligation to live in honor
and purity to he as great as private ob
ligations. If there could be any differ
ence it would be in favor of public
duty.
Tnto his life as a citizen, the Christ
ian should carry his no-blest ideals, and
the circumspection of his most absolute
notions of purity and honor. The life
of citizenship is the stormy sea on which
thousands have wrecked their faith and
lost their cleanness of hands, and sense
of honor.
“What T say unto you, T say tin to all—
Watch!" Cleanse your lives and k* ep
them clean, in the blood of the Cruci
fied. He comes—He comes quickly.
“Mark the first signal of His hand,
And ready all appear."
BRIGHT BITS
"Well, thank heaven.” he said, ap
proaching a sad looking man who so*
back in a dark corner "that’s over
1 with."
•‘What is?"
“I’ve danced with the hostess. Have
you gone through with it yet?”
“No. I don’t med m, I'm the’host."—
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DECLINE OF FAITH
AND GODLINESS
Pastor Russell Warns Mankind
Against Selfishness.
BLIGHT OF FINANCIAL GREED,
God Forgotten In the Scramble For
Wealth—World I* About to Learn a
Great Lesson on the Sin of Avarice.
Then the Messianic Kingdom Will Bo
Inaugurated and a Reign of Love and
Rightaoutness Established Thou
sand* Gather to Hear Pastor Russell.
Toronto, Can.,
July 7. —Pastor
Russell addressed
two audiences here
today, one in tbe
Royal Alexandra
Theatre before
several thousand
persons. About a
thousand of those
in attendance at a
Convention of the
International Bible
Students Associa
tion, which was in
session here during the week and ad
journed yesterday, decided to remain
and hear both discourses by Pastor
Russell today. We report one of his
addresses from the text: “So is he that
layeth up treasure for himself, and Is
not rich toward God.” (Luke xii, 21.)
He said In part:—
Oats is the day of wealth. Nothing
to compare with it hr-, ever been
known in the world’s history, and the
wealth is increasing. Not merely have
we discovered rich deposits of gold and
silver and precious stones; not merely
are these being mined in a provident
and successful manner, with which j
nothing in the past could compare, but
additionally the world is growing rich
in every conceivable way. Our cities
are growing in size and beauty, in san.
itary conveniences, in splcious parks,
in good, paved streets, and boulevards
all the world over.
Furthermore, machinery perfected
within the last fifty years is being
multiplied and turning out articles of
convenience and value which add to
the world’s comfort and material
wealth -not merely in perishable arti
cles, such ns clothing and bric-a-hrac,
but vast libraries, public and private,
are being acquired; and many of these
luxuries are becoming cheap, because
of the facility with which they can be
produced. These all. however, consti
tute riches, one glance at which would
amaze our ancestors.
But are we as a race growing rich
toward God, as our text Intimates
would he the proper thing? Is not the
very reverse true; namely, that faith
and godliness are on the decline,? Is
! it not true that within the last fifty
| years the love of money, which tire
i Apostle declares is “a root of all evil,’’
has intensified? Is it not true that
financial greed has become so strong
and so persistent as to make necessary
our recently passed Pure-food Laws
for the protection of the lives of the
people—because life and health were
in Jeopardy?
Is it not true that although we are
all better housed, better fed and better
clpthed than were our forefathers,
there is a general unrest, because of
the trust in riches? Is it not true that
even with all the modern safeguards
of police and detective systems, and
the telegraph, telephone, etc., still hu
man lives and property are in peril,
because of the everywhere prevalent
hunger for wealth?
''Whess Shall These Things Be?”
Our text is a portion of one of our
Lord's parables. In it He pictures a
man whose lines were fallen in pleas
i ant plac es. The smiling sun and genial
showers prospered his undertakings
and his wealth grew. The opportunity
came to him for helping his friends
and neighbors and relatives less fa
vored—the opportunity for turning his
material wealth to a good account in
j the cultivation of the generous traits
of his character, and thus to develop
more and more the Divine character
(for God scatters His blessings, the
rain and the sunshine, upon tbe evil
and upon the good).
But instead of becoming rich through
the cultivation of the noble qualities
of his character, he allowed selfishness
to dominate. He pulled down his
barns and built greater. He accumu
lated instead of dispensing the wealth
which Divine providence permitted to
flow into his lap. Are there not many
today who are patterning after the
character which the Lord portrayed in
this parable?—many who are saying
to themselves, “I will accumulate
wealth and then say to my soul. You
have plenty; ‘eat drink and be merry?’
Think not particularly of your less fa
vored brethren or neighbors, nor of the
miserably poor; live for yourself.”
Does it not appear that the Lord has
here drawn a picture of practically ev
ery man tn the world, some of whom
are really doing these things, and oth
ers only longing for the opportunity?
Hsar the Lord’s Estimation.
If the Lord declared that the man in
His parable was a fool, what may we
suppose is His estimate of tbe masses
of the world today—blessed as men
never before were blessed, privileged
as men never before were privileged,
and therefore responsible as men nev
er before were responsible in the use
of money? Alas! IYe fear that the
Lord is not well pleased with the
world In its scramble for wealth, wit-
USE HERALD WANT ADS
nc3sed tuUo. on oeij baud, in our
text God's people of today have the
reminder that the masses have the op
portunity of becoming rich toward
God because they have the opportuni
ty to cultivate the Christ-like spirit
through generosity, helpfulness ami
brotherly-kindness.
Not to the world, however, does the
Lord address His reproof and admoni
tion. but merely to His Church—the
consecrated few. The world is about
to learu a great lesson along this very
line of selfishness. Having sown to
the wind the seed of selfishness, it is
about to reap a whirlwind of trouble,
the fruitage of selfishness, in which
the Interests of the rich and poor will
clash In the great conflict between
capital and labor, between those who
have secured wealth and those who
will strive to take the wealth from
them—“a time of trouble such as nev
er was since there was a nation."
Are any so blinded as not to see the
awful growth of anarchy, which is
gradually settling down upon the high
est civilization to which the world has
ever attained? And are there any so
blinded ns to be unable to see that the
conflict will lie along the lines of self
ishness—desire on the one part to hold
and on the other part to acquire? But
God is not appealing to the world, and
indeed an appeal would he useless, so
intense is the spirit of avarice.
God, therefore, is allowing the world
as a whole to learn its great lesson that
selfishness is an integral part of sin, as
love and benevolence are integral parts
of righteousness. We cannot doubt
that by the time the lesson of selfish
ness and its results shall have been
fully learned by the world It will be
ready to cry out for Divine assistance.
And by that time, too, God's assist
ance fov the poor world will he ready.
The Messianic Kingdom will be inau
gurated and a reign of love will he es
tablished which will contrast sharply
with the present conditions in all its
blessed results of pence, joy, love and
good will amongst men. And we may
reasonably assume tb it there is no bet
ter way than this for teaching the
world its needed lesson on this subject.
Tho Loossn to the Churoh.
God’s lessons are for the Church—
not for the church nominal, which is
merely a more civilized section of the
world—but for the Church real, for
God’s saintly people in and out of the
various sects and parties, and in every
nation, kindred and tongue. These, anx
i ious to know and do the will of God,
receive special instruction such as the
world is not prepared to receive. To
these saintly footstep followers of Je
sus, the Lord says. Let not your riches,
your treasures be of an earthly kind.
Itather, go to the opposite extreme and
spend and be siient in the interests of
others, in the service of God, in the
service of His message of love; and
thus, along the lines of the Divine
promises, seek for a share with the
great Redeemer in the sufferings and
self-denials of the present life, and in
the glory, honor and immortality of
the life that is to come.
“Therefore, take no thought for your
life [soul] what ye shall eat, neither
for the body what ye shall put on. The
soul is more than meat, and the body
more than raiment”—“Your Father
knoweth what things ye have need of.”
Therefore, “seek first [chiefly] the
Kingdom” and the righteousness which
it demands and all needful things shall
be supplied according to your Father's
wisdom. “Fear not. little flock, for it
is your Father’s good pleasure to give
you the Kingdom. Sell that ye have
and give alms, provide yourselves bags
which wax not old, a treasure in the
heavens which fadeth not away, where
no thief approacheth, neither moth cor
rupteth; for where your treasure is.
there will your heart he also.”—Luke
xii, 32-34.
“Charge Them That Be Rich.”
We are not for a moment to suppose
hat the Apostle referred to the world
!y rich when he wrote to Timothy.
'Charge them that are rich in this
world that they be not high-minded,
nor trust in uncertain riches, but in
the living God who giveth us richly all
things to enjoy." (1 Timothy vi. 17. i
Most evidently the Apostle refers to
some of the consecrated people of God
is having wealth; they are to consid
er it a stewardship, and not their own
not to be disposed of according to
their own worldly caprices, and surely
not to he disposed of according to the
dictum of rheir friends and neighbors
and relatives.
If they are the Lord's, all they have
must have been consecrated to Him,
else they were not accepted as His dis
ciples as He said. The charge which
the Apostle directed to he given to the
brethren possessing wealth is stated,
“that they do good, that they be rich
in good works, ready to distribute (for
the necessities of others), willing to
communicate” (liberally twilling to share
with others of tile brethren as mem
bers of a community, somewhat along
the lines of Christian communism).
The effect of so doing, the Apostle
states, would be “laying up in store
for themselves a good foundation
against the time to come. The word
foundation here is used in the same
sense as when we say that a wealthy
man gave a foundation of a million
dollars for a college. His present con
stitutes the foundation or basis for the
carrying out of the college plans and
arrangements.
Thus a Christian who generously uses
In the I/ord's service his financial
stewardship Is laying a foundation for
the future—a foundation for his spir
itual wealth, and the more of rime and
influence and wealth any of us can laj
up thus in doing good in forwarding,
the interests of the brethren and the
Lord's work, the more are we piling up
our treasures in heaven and lessening
those on earth. Ai the advantage of
this procedure is that it helps to center
our hearts on things above, and to wean
them from the things of the earth, for
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t\ueic ou* .eie mere will our
hearts he also. And thus, says the
Apostle, we will he able to “lay hold on
eternal life,” now proffered to us.
Like Unto Your Father.
It helps God's Intelligent children to
follow in the "narrow way” and to
learn the lessons of the present life, if
they can see the principles involved,
and how the lessons in the School of
Christ are advantageous. For instance,
many at first are inclined to say, ”1 do
not see how it will make any differ
ence to the Lord what I do with my
money, my taieuts, my influence. He
is rich. He needs nothing. Moreover,
if any are needy. He is quite able to
supply their needs without in
slightest degree impoverishing Himself.
Why, then, should He desire His chil
dren, who are far from rich in the
world’s estimation, to use their little
talents of time and money and influ
ence, and why make this a test for
them, which will determine whether or
not they shall attain to the Kingdom at
all. and if they attain at ail. whether
they shall he amongst the greatest or
amongst the least in the Kingdom?
What is tlie philosophy of it?”
The philosophy is this: Man as orig
inally created, in the Divine likeness,
was tender-hearted, sympathetic. It
was after sin entered the world and
the strife for a living began that self
ishness gradually became the predom
inant influence, producing hard-heart
edness—carelessness of the interests of
others—self-love.
Take Away the Stony Heart.
God proposes that during the thou
sand years of Messiah’s reign the hard
heartedness of our race shall gradual
ly be dissolved. Satan will be bound
and his allurements will be ended.
The curse will lie lifted, the earth will
yield its increase, the thorns and this
tles will give place, and so will the
pests. The stress being lifted from
mankind it will be easier for him to
learn the lessons of love and brother
hood. and to rise up out of his present
condition of meanness and hard-heart
edness, selfishness —back to the glo
rious image of God in which man was
created. This will mean the dissolving
of the stony-heartedness of our race;
or. as the Scriptures put it, the Lord
will take away the stony heart out of
their flesh, and give (hem a heart of
flesh—a heart of sympathy. All under
that favorable condition who will re
fuse to return to harmony with God,
and to the likeness of God, will be de
stroyed from amongst the people in
the Second Death. —Acts iii. 19-23.
But while such a restitution under
the favorable conditions of the Mes
sianic Kingdom is God’s provision for
the world. He has a different provision
for the Church, now being called, test
ed, proven. By nature our hearts are
hard and selfish; and. as the Apostle
says, “We were children of wrath,
even as others.” The fact that God
has called us to joint-heirship with
His Son in the glorious Kingdom that
is shortly to bless the world does not
signify that He will accept us in our
present condition of hard-heartedness
and selfishness.
On the contrary, if we are to he the
kings, priests and judges of the world,
in association with our Lord and Head,
the great King, we can readily see
that we ourselves must get rid of this
condition before we could be properly
capable of helping the world up out of
its hard-heartedness.
“We Walk by Faith.”
In various respects the Lord’s deal
ings with His called Church at the
present time are different from what
His dealings will be with the world
by and by. This is because ours is so
high an honor; and, correspondingly,
it is appropriate that we should mani
fest the more love, the more zeal than
will tie expected of the world.
To illustrate: We must walk by
faith and not by sight, and volun
tarily accept the Lord’s providences,
and voluntarily undertake to co-op
erate in putting away the stony heart,
accepting instead the Spirit of the
Lord, and the Spirit of the Father—
a spirit of love, kindness, gentleness,
meekness, patience and long suffering
toward all. Moreover, during the thou
sand years of the world’s recovery
from sin and selfishness and hard
heartedness, doubtless each individual
will have several centuries for his
gradual development, but the Father
seeks in the Church claSs such as will
manifest so much zeal for Him, and
such as will give such heed to His in
structions, and show such earnestness
to copy His character, that they will
succeed in attaining a heart condition
of tenderness, sympathy and love like
unto the Heavenly Father’s, in the
present years of their Christian ex
perience.
And if we shall ultimately demon
strate this fixity of our hearts, the Lord
will own us as His children in the First
Resurrection and grant us perfect bod
ies on the spirit plane, when it will he
! possible for us to be absolutely like
Him. That is the glorious condition
for which we are waiting, hoping, pray
ing, striving. And it is within our
reach, for the Lord has not called us
in vain: “Faithful is He who bath
called us,”
So then, dear fellow-Bible students,
let us gird up the loins of our minds,
determining that with the Lord's help
we will he rich toward God. Let us
think less and less of earthly riches,
and more and more prize the "King
dom which the Lord has promised to
His faithful ones. Al! who shall at
tain to it will be rich in the highest
sense, rich toward God. Not only
will they be rich in the possession of
the highest prize that God has to give
—His very best—but following the
process and lessons of our Great Teach
er we shall be rich in His character
likeness. rich in experience, rich in
faith, rich in benevolence, rich in all
that is go 'd and great, however poor
wp may lie in earthly goods, at the
’inisli of our course.
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