Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-01-29

vi oiu, Iich VI Poor, tuQQcnly OF 31tCr long
s:foring, tho parents can oycr feel suie
! ndor Gods promises that all will bo we'll
with them in this life and ia tho iro to come.
METHODIST cuURon.
| Rev. a. ". Moore preached an able md feel
ing sermon in tho Methodist Church last Sun
dny There was present large congregation
who manifested jheir intcrest by the close attcn.
| tion paid 10 Tho preacher. MI Moore is
! graduate Of tho South Carolina College nuu Is
| an elegant speaker in dcton and delivery.
| His text was taken from Hebrews, chapter xi,
verse 8: ''By faith, Abraham when he was called
| to 60 out into place, which ho should after
ward receive for an inheritance, obeycd; and hc
| went out not knowing whittier ho went" Tho
leading thought in the sermon was the super
naturalncss of religion in its motives, principles
| and ends. Tho Bible itself is o super. secular
book. super naturally inspired, not designed to
clucidate, adjust or promote secular interests,
not addressed to tho understanding or tho intel
lcct, but to the spirit, revealing God in al his
helpful relations 10 man. "Called Of God" was
made the pivotal phrase of tho text, the pivotal
point in tie development of the super natural,
gracious, spiritual life of Abraham. The pos
| sibility Of Divine and human communication was
not argued; tho fact was prcsupposcd and uu-
merouS quotations were made showing thu. G cd
did speak 10 Abraham in such personal, dis
tinct manner that he was conscious in his own
| spirit TINT it was no other than tho voice Of
God, and tho truth was enforced that God does
| talk 10 man, to every man, and that that man is
unfortunate @ho is too busy to hear or too en-
crossed to listen. Tho idea IF obedience,
obedience in the most difficult emergencies,
obedience in The hardest places was evolved.
That the Christianity now demanded was not so
much an emotional Christianity, pouring itself
forth in prayers and songs but practical
Christianity, cmbodying itself forth in acts,
inst kind, LIBERAL Christian acts, acts inspire
by The unambitous, unobtrnsiyc, unconspicuous
spirit of the Lord Jesus. This life in its inccp-
| ton and movement was cTolvcd from C. Ii: .ag,
energetic faith, which was defined to be super.
natural Inspiration, ta*ing cogn2ancc Of super
| natural things--unseen things The 1lih
chapter Of Hebrews was represented ao the key,
| unlocking the labyrinth Of The Bible and open
ing lis wonderful phenomena key 10 the
movements Of the church in modern times,
key to every genuine Christian life. Abraham
went out not knowing whittier he went. but God
opened the way and he found place Tor his
tent pasturagc for his cattle, opportunities for
material enlargement, human compnnon>hip
and place in which to bury his beloved Sarah.
If God don't open the way TO man he certainly
will get bcwildercd and cntangled in the wilder.
ness. Happy is The man before whose face the
light of God shines. Columbus, inspired of
| God, became possessed with an idea which con-
sumca him, and allowed him no rest until he
| and his destiny arc committed in frail ships TO
| the sea, and 10! new continent is opened up
| for the occupation and utilization of the world.
Washington received into his own person the
very genius of the new world, and doubtless
when he crossed the Delaware with a handful
Of dcmorazcd troops he did not know whittier
hc went. lilo was stoadfast in the midst Of ac-
cumulatcd trials md won for us the vast, unnp-
prcciahlc inheritance Of frcc constitutional
American government, whose kencGccnt nilu-
| cncc extends from ocean to ocean. Wc con-
stnntly see young men entering upon life with
| little OF no advantages, entering with their
slceves rolled up realizing that life is period
of useful work, rclyiag upon thcmsclvc and the
inspiration of God and some how they succeeds
they become the mon Of their ncghborhood, tho
men of their town, the mon of their city, men
of standing and influence, upon whom the poo
pic rely in an emergency, tho foremost men in
every public enterprise, either in church or
State. Failure is written upon every life in
which there is no Divine inspiration.