The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1891-10-01
CHURCH LOCALS
AND RELIGIOUS NOTES OF GENER.
AL INTEREST.


Lord. This is not mere statement of q
contrast 1t is rather statement of wrong
in man and right in God. He the author
OF thought and the maker OF volition, is
ever tight in His thoughts and in His ways.
Whenever mans thoughts and man ways
traverses the thoughts and the ways of
God, he traverses the law of his being, and
destroys his rectitude and therefore his
peace and safety. So these words really
sound the alarm it is putting human be>
ings on notice of approaching danger.
Not having thoughts like Gods thoughts,
IS to give man ways not like Gods ways
and so bring about state of imminent
danger.
In the creation of man, God took Him.
self as model, and SO made man in His
own image and likeness. The Creator
having the power OF thought, impaired the
same power to man. And God having the
power of vulition and freedom of WILL gave
the same to man So in one sense man
is God, having in him the elements of
Godhood, in his intellect, in his moral
nature, in his physical conformation, in
his will, in his invention, in his execution,
and in his Immortality. He has, in some
things, the attributes of God. But he is
tie creature and God the Creator; he is
the child and God is the Father; he is
wholly dependent and God is wholly inde>
pendent; he is limited in power and God
is unlimited he is the subject and God is
the king. Therefore, he is urder orders
and the secret of his life is obedience. In
disobedience is the essence of death.
Then for man to have thoughts and
ways, unlike the thoughts and ways of the
Infinite God who made him and who gave
him the power of thought and Of volition,
is the highest expression Of presumption
and the strongest expression Of rebellion.
The mission of mans life is to make char
acter after the image and likeness Of God.
God using Himself as model in. the crea-
ton of man. man, in the exercise of the
powers bestowed upon him, is to use the
same model in the creation of character.
He is to be, in the principle Of his life, like
God. Let this mind be in you which was
in Christ Jesus" The revelation OF the
Divine character, is in The life of Jesus
Christ. This, from the beginning to the
end, is wrought out in the Bible. Here we
C. al oI Goli
ways. The man forming his character,
that is, modelling his life, on the Divine
life, will learn to think, and will shape his
ways, as God thinks and as God acts. Not
to do so, is not only sin, but high grade
of crime, against self, against man, and
against God So we see, that in the open
ing words, We find not a statement Of a
mere contrast, but declaration of moral
outrage in man against God right
Man learns to think and speak and each
only in some one thinking speaking and
acting for him. Having thoughts travels>
ing Gods thoughts and ways traversing
Gods ways, is to use the power freely be-
slowed upon him and strongly developed
in him, for his good, safety and usefulness,
to an attem pied overthrow of the very
source of his power. For it is God thinks
ing and acting for him, that gives him the
power to think and act weak and par
tial illustration is found in the child, who
will not think and act, as the father or
mother thinks and acts, though the power
to think and act came to the child, though
their thinking and acting for him, and
though the child is utterly incapable of
right, thinking and acting for Itself So
with man, having all from God and having
Gods example and wisdom and strength
to help him to right thinking and acting.
will not think as God thinks and whose
ways are not as Gods ways. Moral wreck
and ruin and final death, must be the end
Rev. Mr.. Wynne continues his meeting
through this week The Methodist pastor
as matter of courtesy and privilege took
in his Sunday and Wednesday night APP
pointments, urging bis members TO attend
the Baptist meeting.
Mr.. Dawes, at his prayer meeting service,
baptized and received into the church,
Miss Luella McLain and Mr.. Fred Harper.
1t was solemn and impressive hour, The
attendance was good and the prayer meet
ing spiritual
We had the pleasure of meeting and
greeting DIR. Hopkins in his recent visit
He is in splendid health and is ready for
the big lot OF boys, now filling the halls of
the School of Technology. We think it
blessing to any boy to be under the trains
ing and influence of such man.
We look tor the protracted meeting of
the Baptist church to result in great good.
The services are we'll attended by mem bers
of al, the churches Rev. Mr.. Wynne's
own members are giving him faithful and
jealous assista nee.
Quite a number OF Marietta folks att
tended the Cobb County Sunday School
meeting, at Smyrna, last Sunday Several
pastors ielt the absence OF several mems
bers, through the Sabbath.
The Ladies Parsonage Aid Society will
hold their regular monthly meeting to>day
Thursday at p NJ at the residence Of
Judge W. NJ. Sessions.
MRS D. f. MCCLATcHy, Sec'y.
Rev. Mr.. Perry filed the Presbyterian