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THE MERCER CLUSTER
November 25, 1921
THANKSGIVING
SERMONETTE
Ily C. j Broome
ull dangers, even 1 to death, is the full be content with being a servant of
A great author has described the
landing of the Pilgrims and their
motives in coming to Amerca in the
following lines:
“The breaking waves dashed high
On a stern and rork-bdund coast,
And the woods against a stormy sky
Their giant branches tossed;
And the heavy night hung dar^
, The hills and waters o’er,
When a band of exiles moored their
^\bark
.On the wild. New England slior.-
Not as the conqueror came.
They the true-hearted cam*;
Not with roll of the stirring drum,
And the trumpet that sings of
fame;'.
Not as the fleeing, come,
In silence and in fear;
For they shook Die depth of th«
. desert gloom -
With their hymna of lofty efieer.
Amid the storm they sang
And the stars heard and the sea,
And the Sounding aisles of the dim
woods rang
To the anthem of the free.
There were men with hoary hair
Amid that pilgrim bat\d;
Why had they come to wither there
Away from their childhood’s land?
There was woman’s fearless eye,
Lit by her ilbep love’s truth,
There was manhood’s brow serenely
high,,
And the fiery heart of youth.
What sought they thus afar?
Bright jewels of the mine?
The wealth of seas, the spoils of
war ?
They sought a pure faith's shrine
Yes, call it holy ground,
The spot where first they trod;
They left unstained what there they
found—
Freedom to Worship God!”
We are thankful to God for the
principles expressed in these lines
We are thankful to our forefathers
that they had the vision and the
courage and the love of God to Cast
their all upon these foundations.
They had not much worldly joy in
the operation of establishing -them.
They had only the future, the future
in which their children. should. live,
and their children’s children. They
builded by the help of. God for a bet
ter day. We today are called upon to
witness to the grandeur and the
strength with which they budded.
Today it is ours to be thankful for
Thanksgiving day and all that it
stands for. We are thankful that
amidst all the storm and. the stress
of war and reconstruction we can
know that God reigns and the prin
ciples. of the pilgrims shall never
perish from the earth We are
thankful to be able to hark back to
these great landmarks that inspire
our hearts and fire our souls. They
arc ours to enjoy and to use for the
benefit of the present with its won
derful opportunities.
There is in the example of the
. Pilgrim fathers a lesson for us as a
body of Christians ami as individuals.
This lesson is that under the guiding
. hand of God the smallest movements
and the lesser heralded endeavors
are sometimes fraught with the most
momentous possibilities; that the
leadings of God’s spirit even into pri
vation and seeming disaster may re
sult in far-reaching influence for the
benefit of mankind; that ’tis
higher power “that shapes our ends”;
and that to cling to all the command
ments of God in theijr purity through
duty of Christians.
The humblest member of the most
obscure church In America may be a
pilgrim who shall In the coming years
be the upholder and the conserver of
fundamental truths for the salvation
of mankind.
As we. look back upon our ances
tors with their rugged and stalwart
faith in God, their high standards of
sacrifice and service for Christian
ideals, could we ask of them a nobler
and more inspiring example than
they have transmitted to us? Fully^
and freely have they given in the
name of Christ, that WE should re
ceive; and richly abundant is the in
heritance that they have vouchsafed
to us through their unswerving
fidelity. ' '
And now, not only the present with
its ' multitudinous needs depends, upon
us, but the unborn millions of-the fu
ture call to us with uplftied hands
We are the CONNECTING LINK
between "the past and the future. We
hold in trust as a sacred responsi
bility the precious ttiiths and life-
giving riches of ogy spiritual inherit
ance. How shall we discharge our
obligations ? How shall we measure
up to the “divine expectations” that
accompany ouy ’every blessing • and
iopportunity ?
Shall we by the help of God vouch
safe to the future and its people the
same great principles undefiled and
unbetrayed that the Pilgrims have
left.to us?
Suppose that we should fail ? Sup
pose that we should let go’ under the
gruelling fire of wordly compromise,
the fundamental truths contained in
the word of God?, What hope has
the future without- them ? What hope
has civilization without them? What
hope has art, has philosophy, has
science, has government? What hope
has the souls of men in any earthly
endeavor or eternal endings,, except
TWO—Thanksgiving Sermonettc
through the saving powef of the
blood of the Crucified Lamb?
Beloved, shall we fail? Spirit of
our fathers, shall we fail? Spirit of
the Pilgrims,- shall we fail? Spirit
of the living God, who inspired them,
SHALL WE FAIL? No. By the
might of the erimsoh tide that flowed
from Calvary, by the conquering
Spirit, of Him who lived and died and
rose to reign forever, WE SHALL
NOT FAIL.
But thanks be to God who giveth
us the victory, we shall win.
God, .but let us get closer and be
come a friend of His,” urged the
speaker.
The speaker emphasized the fact
that we should not kedp back our
flowers and kind, words until it is too
late, after death has come and taken
our loved one. In illustrating his 1
point, Dr. Quillian told the story of
Mary who broke the alabaster box
of precious ointment and anointed
Jesus before His death, thus showing
that she did not wait.
“Young men, let your mother and
father know that you love them,” was
the request of the speaker. “Let
your college know that you love it”
The speaker brought out the fact
that if you love someone'you are wil
ling to sacrifice something for the
one loved. ’ That we should sacrifice
for our college as well as our loved
ones. “The basis of all fraternal
orders is the sacrilh e for others,” de
clared Dr Quillian.
The Red Cross is doing great
work in the reconstruction of the
world,” asserted the speaker in
speaking’ of the Red Cross drive,
which is' on in Macon. “The Red
Cross is one of the ways we show
our friendship. The outstanding ex
ample of all -isi Jesus Christ.”
“In athletics, class room, service,
and everything, Jesus is calling on
you to sacrifice,” added the Wesleyan
president. In conclusion the speaker
quoted a passage from the Bible bear
ing close connection to his subject,
which reads, “I call you not servants
buf friends. Greater love , hath no!
man than this, giving his life for his
friend.”
* * *
Thursday Morning
“It doesn’t make so. much, differ
ence how money is raised, but the
way It is raised,” declared Miss
Kathleen Mallory, secretary of the;
Woman’s Missionary Union of the
Southern Baptist Convention, and j
also one of.the number who started
the 75 Million Campaign, in an ad
dress before the student body. “The
devil’s children can raise money.”
Miss Mallory gave a very helpful and
inspiring address basing her thought
on three commands found in God’s
word. •
The first Of theSe commands, as
given by Miss Mallory, was the word,,
Go. The speaker gave much comment
on the force of this word and among
other things stated that one does not,
necessarily hnve to go out of -his.
house to bring men to Christ, giving
as a good illustration the prayers of
fered for a friend or loved one some
times many miles away. .
“The second command is, Give—
not only your lives but your means,”
said the speaker “Jesus says if you
want to know the joys of life. Give."
Miss Mallory, in illustrating the giv
ing of one-tenth to the laird stated
that God gave us ten fingers anil that
line finger, one-tenth,, belonged to
God. ,
Miss Mallory stated in conclusion
that-the third’ command was, Pray.
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“What the world needs today is a
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the mo,st helpful and illuminating
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subject of “Friendship.” The keer
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the students during the address
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In beginning his address, Dr. Quil
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wishing . to join a new club would
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“The character- of friendship de
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said the speaker ' “There must be
mutual confidence' and mutual re
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know how to show the spirit’ of
friendship.” ’ - »• .
“Which had you rather be,- a serv
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must either be a servant ol Christ, a
friend of. Christ, qr an enemy of
Christ. “I am urging that yon not
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