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I The Walk of
the Church I
By REV. WILLIAM EVANS. D. D. |
Director of Bible Course w
Moody Bible Institute, Chicago T
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TEXT—"One God and Father of all.
who is above all, and through all, and in
you all.” Ephesians 4:6.
The Epistle to
the Ephesians falls
into two divi
sions: The High
Calling and Glory
of the Church
(ch. 1-3), and The
Practical Walk of
the Church in
View of this High
Calling (ch. 4-6).
We are now con
sidering the sec
ond div is i o,n
which may be
summed up in
three ways: First,
the walk of the
church, which should be char
acterized by unity (4:1-16); sec
cond, the walk of the indi
vidual Christian, which should be a
walk of purity (4:17-5:21); third, the
walk of the family, which should be
characterized by loving submission
and service (5:22-6:9). The difference
between the two main divisions of this
epistle may be stated thus: in the
first, the church is presented as ^n or
ganism which God alone sees; in the
second, the church Is set forth as an
organization such as God would have
the world see.
Looking now for a moment at the
church as characterized by unity, we
notice three trios of unities. First
there are those specific virtues which
secure and maintain the peace and
unity of the church: they are lowli
ness, meekness, long-suffering and for
bearance, and love.
The lowly man is one who Is not
always clamoring for his rights but
is willing at times and where occasion
requires to yield those rights for the
welfare of others; he is, in other
words, the man of humble and lowly
spirit. Where this spirit is found in
any church, unity prevails; its ab
sence means friction.
The meek man is the man who
thinks as little of his personal claims
as the humble man does of his per
sonal merits; he gladly gives place to
others and is willing to take the low
est room. How many seeds of strife
and roots of bitterness would be de
stroyed if this mind were in us all.
Self-importance and love of office, and
a craving for applause and leading
places, mars the unity and peace of
the church.
The long-suffering n»an is he who Is
not harsh or censorious or impatient
in his dealings with those who are
weaker than himself and who have not
yet reached his attainment. He is
forbearing with the weaknesses and
faults of others and does not cease to
love or Interest himself in his neigh
bor, even though he has faults and
weaknesses.
There is next presented to us those
fundamental unities on which the
unity of the church is based, namely,
one body, one spirit, one hope; one
Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God
over all, through all, in all.
The church is one body. This is
the teaching of Scripture. At the time
of his conversion every believer was
baptized by the holy spirit into the
body of Jesus Christ. One spirit, the
holy spirit, permeates all its members.
Indeed, only spirit-quickened men be
long to the real church which is the
body of Jesus Christ. There is one
hope of our calling, that is, friendship
God's Best.
What is it to be a Christian? Ask
the average man on the street. "Are
you a Christian" and he will answer,
with an apologetic smile, “Well I’m
trying to do the best I can." But no
man ever made himself a Christian, or
won ills way into eternal life, by try
ing to do the best he could. Our indi
vidual Christianity depends not upon
what we do for God, but upon what we
let God do for us. To be a Christian is
to receive in gratitude and in conscious
need God’s gift of His Son Jesus Christ
as our Savior. The voluntary receiving
of Jesus as «avior is the only thing
that ever makes a Christian of any hu
man being. Then, and for the first
time, the saved man can begin to "do
the best he can" by letting God’s best,
even Christ Himself, commence to
work out God’s will In his life. —Se-
lected.
Beware of Conceit.
Conceit is a very odious quality. It
loses a man more friends and gains
him more enemies than any other
foible perhaps vice, in the world. It
makes him harsh to his inferiors, and
with Christ who is the one object and
inspiration of pur hope; one object,
to realize, likeness to Christ; one
prize to win, the crown of life. Are
we not going to the same heaven, and
looking for the same Lord? The one
ness of alm of believers makes unity
and fellowship a glorious reality. Then
the church is in reality one, .and
church unity is really a fact. There
may be many denominations, yet one
body; many stars, and one star differ
ing from another in glory, yet one
radiant sky; many regiments, each
its own uniform and colors, but one
great army; many folds, but one flock;
many creeds, but one faith; many ac
cents, but one common language;
many ways of doing things, but one
motive.
Here then Is a true unseen unity
which binds together all believers in
the Lord Jesus Christ, and shall we
say that an outer unity of organiza
tion is impossible? Who will dare
say that? We would be sorry to see
the handwriting of the church affixed
to such a conclusion.
Shall we deem impossible an enter
prise which secular societies are ac
complishing every day ? Tell it not in
Gath, publish it not in Ascalcn, that
a unity which the order of freemason
ry and the brotherhood of locomotive
engineers have succeeded in attain
ing by voluntary effort and under no
stronger force than sympathy and a
sense of common need —that such a
unity has been declared impossible to
the church of Jesus Christ’ The vision
may come. If it tarry, let us wait for
it, but meanwhile let us rest assured
of one thing, that the real church of
Jesus Christ is one body, is permeated
by one spirit, and has one hope of her
calling
POFIT IN GOING TO CHURCH
Association With Devout Multitudes
Cannot Fail to Be of Benefit
to the Spirit.
Go to church once a week, some
where; anywhere is better than no
where. The chief trouble with sectar
ianism is that it has so magnified dif
ferences as to hide entirely all the
likeness between churches. Funda
mentally they are one. all founded on
the human need of worship. And this
need can be satisfied, if not as well,
then measurably, in any place of wor
ship. We have often been served with
food at places and in such away as
to awaken distaste, and yet being hun
gry we have been satisfied until we
got something better. The fact is there
is a large menu in a service, and it
is the over particular person who can
not find something which will repay.
Usually today we Judge the whole
service by the preaching, when that,
in this day of mediocre preaching, is
but a small part of the service. There
may not be a spoken word just fitting
our peculiar or satiated taste, but the
association of the place itself is well
worth while. There is something in
the church the human soul craves, it
cannot do without. Oliver Wendell
Holmes had an eye for the good things,
the best things of life, and he said:
"I am a regular church-goer. I should
go for various reasons if I did not love
It, but 1 am fortunate enough to find
great pleasure in the midst of devout
multitudes, whether I accept all their
creeds or not. For I find that there is
In the corner of my heart a little plant
called reverence, which wants to be
watered about once a week.” —Univer-
sallst Leader.
Many Springtides of the Heart.
“Thank God that for the human
heart there is more than one spring
tide. Whenever we realize a vital
truth, whenever we gaze with sympa
thy upon an unselfish life, whenever
we read Inspired thoughts and our in
most being springs alert in response,
then, for us, all nature is bursting into
bloom, even in the deadness of win
ter: for us, every frozen stream has a
melody, and even the cold, gray sky
a message.”
disrespectful to his betters. It causes
him to live at right angles with the
world. It makes him believe that he
alone is in the right; it warps his
opinions in all things, makes him
viciously skeptical, and often robs him
of the most glorious inheritance of
faith, while it distorts his hope and
totally destroys his charity.
Be True to the Best.
Happiness is not what we are to
look for. Our place is to be true to
the best which we know, to seek that
and do that; and if, by “virtue its own
reward," be meant that the good man
cares only to continue good, desiring
nothing more, it is a true and noble
saying. But if virtue be valued be
cause it is politic, because in pursuit
of it will be found most enjoyment and
fewest sufferings then it is not noble
any more, and it is turning the truth
of God into a lie.—Froude.
He who is a friend to himself is a
friend to all. —Seneca.
Nations: Individuals on a larger
scale. —Luthardt
WHEELER COUNTY EAGLE, ALAMO, GEORGIA.
MEXICANS START
NEW REVOLUTION
Villa And Carranza Forces Clash Near
Torreon With Victory
For Villa >
U. S. TROOPS TO REMAIN
In Mexico for at Least Ten Days—Wil
son to Continue Watchful Wait
ing Policy
Douglas, Arizona.—Carranza forces,
under General Benjamin Hill, were
routed by the troops of Governor May
torena in the first engagement of the
new revolution proclaimed by the state
of Sonora in connection with General
Villa’s defiance jf Carranza.
Fighting began near Santa Barbara
and continued throughout the retreat
toward Santa Cruz which Hill order
ed when he found his troops outnum
bered.
A concentration of Carranza*forces
in northern Sonora is ordered for
Naco, where it is expected the definite
test of strength will come.
Hill’s wounded have arrived at. Nac*
with the Cananea refugees. Supplies
and munitions are reported on the
way, and as the troops are withdrawn
from the west they are burning the
railroad bridges.
The first contingent of wounded
numbered twenty-nine, among whom
were Col. Arnulfo Gomez, second in
command, and Captain Abad.
Maytoreha has reported that his
men have killed seventy-eight of Hill’s
troops, including two majors and nine
other officers.
Presidio, Texas. Official advices
received at Ojinaga, Mexico, opposite
Presidio, reported a clash between
the forces of Carranza and Villa near
Torreon. The dispatch gave no de
tails.
Col. Francisco Ontiveras, acting
jefe politico at Ojinaga, received in
structions from General Villa not to
permit a shipment of 2,000 head of
cattle and 500 mules, sold by Gen.
Rosalia Hernandez to American buy
ers to cross the border. The ship
ment reached Ojinaga. In explanation
Villa asserts that Hernandez has es
poused the cause of Carranza.
Wire Communications Cut J
Washington. Brigadier General
Bliss, commanding the border forces,
telegraphed the war department, that
all wires have been cut south of Lare
do, Eagle Pass and Juarez. Major
General Wortherspoon, chief of staff,
said reports to the department from
other sources showed that the Wash
ington government was without any
means of communication with Mexico.
Withdrawal of American forces from
Vet a Cruz now may be delayed indefi
nitely because state department offi
cials have no means of communication
with Mexico City to continue diplomat
ic correspondence concerning the
transfer of the Vera Cruz custom
house.
The following formal statement has
been issued by the war department:
“Numerous inquiries wore made
here and of General Funston with re
spect to the date of the departure of
the American^troops from Vera Cruz.
In view of the matter which must be
first settled, no date can at present
be fixed, but in no event can the de
parture take place within the next ten
days, and General Funston was so ad
vised.”
Carothers to Confer With Villa
El Paso, Texas. -George C. Caroth
ers, special agent of the state depart
ment, left for Chihuahua to confer
with General Villa, who has announc
ed openly his independence of Car
ranza,
It was understood Carothers would
investigate the fate of Gen. Alvaro
Obregon.
Reports reaching the border differ
ed widely regarding what had happen
ed to Obregon. He was reported on his
way to Mexico City, coming to the bor
der, in the Chihuahua penitentiary;
and having been executed.
San Antonio, Texas.—Telegraphic
dispatches received here by Samuel
Belden, legal representative for Gene
ral Carranza, from R. V. Posqueira,
now in the city of Mexico, announce
that following a conference there, a
beard of military chiefs has been ap
pomted to mediate the grievances be
tween the Constitutionalists and the
division of the north commanded by
General Villa.
Pleads for Inland Waterway
Albany, N. Y.—What the proposed
great inland w’aterway from Massachu
setts bay to the Rio Grande would
mean to the nation in times of war,
was discussed here by Secretary of
the Navy Daniels, before the conven
tion of the Atlantic Deeper Waterways
association. "Not only will this water
way lend itself tremendously to the
development of internal commerce and
tend to bring down the .rates of trans
portation,” said Mr. Daniels, “but it
also provides unusual facilities for
self-defense in time of war.”
VALUE OF BUR CLOVER AS GRAZING CROP
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Bur Clover In Street of Milledgeville, Ga.
(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment off Agriculture.)
The chief value of bur clover in the
South lies in its use as a winter graz
ing crop In permanent pastures. Bur
clover and Bermuda grass make an
ideal combination for an all-the-year
round pasture. The clover comes up
in the fall after the Bermuda has died
down and furnishes grazing from De
cember until May, when the clover re
seeds itself and dies. The clover adds
nitrogen to the soil and improves the
growth of Bermuda without in any way
interfering with it. As bur clover is a
winter legume requiring little sun
shine, it grows readily in orchards and
wooded pastures. It is one of the best
soil improving crops that can be grown
in orchards, as it piakes its growth in
winter and early spring,, when moisture
is abundant, and does not use up the
moisture supply in the summer months
when needed by the trees.
Bur clover does not appear to be
well suited as n part of the systems of
crop rotations commonly recommend
ed for southern farms. It does not
re-seed itself in time to prepare a good
seed bed for cotton and early corn, and
the bur clover seed are too expensive
to replart the land each year. Bur
clover may be used successfully in a
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Bur Clover In Cotton Field in Georgia,
two-year rotation of cotton and corn.
The clover can be sown in the cotton
middles in September and will mature
seed by the 15th to 25th of May. As
soon as the clover is matured the land
should be thoroughly disked, harrowed
and broken and a good seed bed pre
pared and planted to corn in rows five
to six feet wide.
A row of cowpeas can be planted
with a drill in the middles when the
corn is two feet high, and the peas will
be cultivated by the later cultivation
of corn. The next year, during the lat
ter half of March, the clover should
UTILIZE THE ROUGH FEEDS
Excellent Example Shown in Methods
Employed on Nine-Hundred-Acre
Farm in Missouri.
An excellent plan for utilizing
the rough feeds and also avoiding
competition in buying feeders is to
buy calves and yearlings and raise
them. These cattle can be roughed
through the first winter at a moder
ate cost and run on pasture during the
summer. They can be fed out the fol
lowing winter or carried through on
cheap feeds until next summer and
fattened on pasture.
A good example of the utiliza
tion of rough feeds Is shown in the
methods used on a 900-acre farm in
northwestern Missouri. The owner is
primarily a corn grower and hog rais
er, usually raising from one hundred
and fifty to two hundred hogs annual
ly, -which are sold when they weigh
two to three hundred pounds each.
This farmer considers it necessary to
handle cattle to use the rough feeds
and a considerable area of pasture j
land to tke best advantage. He usual- ।
be turned under and the land prepared
for cotton. The clover will be from
six to ten inches high and will add a
large amount of nitrogen and humus
to the land. Where bur clover Is al
lowed to mature seed once in two
years there will be enough seed left
in the soil the second year to get a
good stand.
Where recleaned seed are used, arti
ficial inoculation is necessary to get
a satisfactory growth of bur clover. It'
is much better to sow the seed in the
bur, as there is usually enough bac
teria on the burs to give satisfactory
inoculation. Where seed are sown In
the bur in cultivated fields at least four
bushels per acre are necessary to se
cure a perfect stand. The time for
sowing on Bermuda sod and pastures
is from August 1 to September 1 in
the northern third of the cotton belt;
from August 10 to September 10 in the
central part of the cotton belt, and
from August 20 to October 1 in the
I southern part. When planting on cul
tivated fields the planting may be from
three to four weeks later than when
sown on turf. This is due to the fact
that time must be allowed for the
clover seed in the bur to work down
through the turf and come in contact
with the moist soil before they will
germinate.
Where seeding on a Bermuda sod or
pasture, a light disking of the land
with a disk harrow, with the disks set
to run nearly straight, will furnish
some loose dirt to cover the seed, and
will aid in securing a stand. A good
stand is often secured by sowing the
seed broadcast on Bermuda sod, with
out any preparation of the land and
without covering the seed. When sow
ing seed on cultivated fields they
should be covered very lightly with a
spiketooth harrow.
When the clover is seeded in cotton
middles, where the land was heavily
fertilized for cotton, it will not be nec
essary to make an additional applies
tion of fertilizer for the clover. On
sandy land that is deficient in phos
phorus and potash, apply 200 pounds ol
16 per cent acid phosphate and 200
pounds of kainit. Broadcast and work
into the soil with a cultivator or har
row before seeding. On stiff red clay
land apply 200 pounds of 16 per cent
phosphate befqr^ seeding. When sow
ing bur clover on land that is very de"
fleient in vegetable matter a light ap
plication of stable manure will help to
get better Inoculation and a more
healthy and vigorous growth of clover.
The burs containing the seed fall to
the ground soon after the seed are ma
tured. To gather the seed the straw
should be raked off and the burs swept
up into piles with a stiff broom. A
yield of from seventy-five to one hun
dred and fifty bushels of seed per acre,
in the bur, is not uncommon. A bethel
of seed in the bur weighs ten pounds.
ly buys a carload of good Texas calves
each fall. The calves are run on pas
ture for a few days and then turned
into the corn fields, where they graze
on stalks until the bad weather be
gins. In winter they are fed on straw,
damaged' hay, and soy-bean meal, and
are given the run of a timbered pas
ture for exercise and shelter. He
raises the soy beans and feeds each
calf a ration of two pounds of soy
bean meal a day. It would probably
have been Inore profitable, however,
to cut the soy beans for hay than to
permit the beans to mature enough for
threshing and grinding, as most of the
leaves are lost by the latter method.
After May 1 the grain is discon
tinued and the cattle are turned on
blue-grass pasture, where they remain
until fall. In the fail he has the op
tion of selling them as feeders, fat
tening them at once, or carrying them
over another year. The plan adopted
is determined by the available supply
of roughage and corn, the price of
these commodities, the quality and
condition of the animals themselves,
and the market outlook. —National De
j partment of Agriculture.