The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-27
What Others Say.


INGs.--Such meetings are a necessity.
1t sounds pious to say that there
should be continuous revival IN
every church, that sinners should be
converted at every service. Things in
this world have never been as they
ought to be. Special times of ingath-
erlng are just as essential in this work
of the church as in the husbandry OF
the earth. Every protracted effort fol
q revival should be made q success. A
feeble aud inadequate effort usually
leaves the church IN worse condition
than it was before the meeting began.
Not that there is positive injury done
but it discourages the church, makes
the world unbelieving or doubtful, and
Ill a measure, at least make success in
the future more difficult. That meet
ing where the best means and meth.
ous are utilized cannot be failure. 1t
must be remembered however, that
success is not always measured by the
number of immediate professions, ad-
ditions, or reclamations. The herald
ing Of number Of conversions il
sometimes disgusting. l cannot help
thinking that there is greater concern
about the results of the message deliv-
cred than about the message itself.
YOUR Son. Your son came back
from the military school with the mil
itary step, head up, body erect, and
facing the front with his eyes resting
on the ground at an angle Of forty-five
degrees forward. What does all this
amount to? Simply nothing, except
that II furnished preteXt for sending
your son away from your own Church
school, to one unfriendly to the Church,
if not to morals. You say that you
wanted your son to get the benefit OF
military discipline. Another dodge,
which when fully understood means
that your patriotism and party devo-
tion are stronger than your love for the
Church, whose institutions you have
solemnly promised to support. 1t is a
great mistake to neglect the proper
training of your son at home, and then
send him off to a goddess school and
expect military discipline to make up
for your failure. Your son keeps the
step, and carries himself erect, but
does he say his prayers?
The BIBLE IN THE HEART.-ThC
Bible may be in the hand or house and
not be in the heart. Psychologists say
that food is never really in the body
until it is in the blood, and to put il
there requires the process of digestion.
The living bread of Christ must pass
through the head and heart into the
life-blood of character before the It's
sues of the soul can receive spiritua,
life and growth. When the celebrated
Grinshaw first found Christ, he told a
friend that "lf God had drawn up His
Bible to heaven and sent him down
another, it could not have been newer
10 him." Yet the only difference was
that between the word in the hand
and the word in the heart; but how
vast that difference
A direct word to a young person,
spoken in sincerity, in sympathy, and
in earnestness, costs less time than the
writing of sermon, a story, or an ed
itorial, and it may compass more.
Such words are not spoken as often as
they ought to be, and the world has
lack accordingly. at may be a little
thing for you" said Mr.. Cough, Ito
speak the one loving, earnest word
that turns q young man from the
wrong way to the right one,-a little
thing to you, but it's everything to
him. Such word may be waiting
for you to speak it to-day.
1t is pity-it is wrong-that men
should be nominated and elected to
the stewardship year after year for
fear of hurting their feelings, even
when they do not perform faithfully
or effectually the duties of the office.
"By their fruits We shall know them"
If they do not the work, whether
through indifference or incompetency,
let them be retired to the private
ranks, and more energetic and skillful
men be given their place.
"Let Southern Methodists remem-
Der that they have a great and good
work to do to preserve the essential
features of Methodism intact, and to
offer shelter to all who do not wish
either politics or political methods
brought into the Church of God"
Baked beans and bean soup are rib
sticl1ers and very healthy for old and
young.