The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-10-03

of faith requires Us 10 have
faith in our fellow-men. No
one cen believe in Jesus Christ
as the Saviour without believing
in his fellow-men as capable of
salvation from sin. IL you be
lieve that He saves you must
believe that He can fave your
neighbor; if your Deighbor,
fellow-citizen. however mean or
low OF wretched He may be
whether he be the beastliest
drunkard or the most iDveterate
liar, or the hasest adulterec, or
the hardest criminal, your faith.
if it is faith in Jesus Christ,
must be broad enough to en-
brace all these in your sympa
thy and love. And even more,
ife you have faith in the citizens
of your own country as capable
of elevation yrn must have faith
in Jesus Christ as The Saviour Of
the citizens Of Mexico, Brazil,
Europe, China, Japan and the
Islands of the sea. In short,
faith in Jesus Christ means faith
in your fellow-men to the utter
most parts of the earth where
ever there is a soul to save. So
too faith in the Lord Jesus
means faith in yourself.
You must believe that you are
one with Christ in this cause.
You must not only profess with
Christ the purpose aad the effort
to save the world, but you must
have faith in yourself to share
with Him in the work Of saving
the world When your pastor
asks you to join with him in
prosecuting some christian work
how ready you are to excuse
yourself on the ground that you
have not the means nor the time
nor the talent to engage in the
struggle against sin in the fight
of faith. But faith, if it means
anything means work. No spir
. itually lazy man has faith ir
Jesus Christ. No spiritual COW
ard has the courage to avow the
| flag under which he is willing
to fight. When there is peace
!, he is in camp with the faithful
f but when the battles come he i
] in the woods in fear and trem
! bling. Would that we had uor'
: men who would be ready t,
q fight the good fight of fait]
r against the unholy practices o
to day, such as the carrying o
concealed weapons by whicl
q human life is put at the mere
J. Of any sudden burst Of passio
f in a moment of imagined insul
=. Or danger. [ do not hesitate t
n declare that the priva te citize
! who carries concealed weapon
s is a coward in the last analyst
O Of his so-called courage. Woul
f to God that we had a thOusan
Il Dawsons to make the press rim
with denunciations Of such il
t. fernal methods Of private de
q fense; would that the pulpit
J. might speak with no hesitatio
It against this wholly unchristia
n practice. Faith in Jesus Chris
" means confidence in man; bowl
" knives aud bullets mean tt
ii worst phases of distrust; the
h: are the greatest menaces to I'll
peace and order ef the christia
# community. Delamaschus, tt
rs martyr, gave his life as a sac1
as fee to the enraged Roman Gla
,e iators but that courageous wi
,s ness to the faith did more ths
vs. the law of Rome backed by
IN legions of soldiers to put an Ell
Je to the iniq uitous and inhumt
,d Gladitorial shows at Rome.
IL Faith in Jesus Christ is t.
a. power in the soul that lays no
of upon eternal life. The etern
ne soul lays hold upon the etern
God and in it's redemption fin
ns the life Of the Redeemer sprir
he ing up within it. Then, a
en- only then, for me, be l high
an low, rich or poor, at home
is abroad, in sickness or in heal
vs for me to live in Christ.