The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-22
OUR PULPITS.
Sunday, December 18th.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
Rev. W. j. Smith preached from Matt.
1884: Then shall the King 'sy unto
them on his right hand, come We blessed
Of the Lord. inherit the Kingdom pre-
pared for you from the foundation Of the
world"
After calling attention to his words OF
last Sunday on "hell and it's miser1es'
he spoke of Heaven and Its JOYS.
God could simply have given the world
his laws, Furnishing its trsnsgressors and
rsvarding those WHO kept them without
telling OF the puni-hment or the reward
but be has not done this. lie has Set
forth explicitly, that there Is eternal
darkness. where there is weeping and
CRASHING of teeth for the tran.gresSors OF
his laws; and for our encouragement, he
has told US Of that home prepared for the
| faithful to arouse u from our lethaTgy
ard indifference.
We would like to know who will be In
heaven and how it will loo&, out we can
| not know or conceive, we simply know
that God, surrounded by all that is pure,
| good and glorious, will be there for our
| preparation, so our ideas and enjoyment
Of Heaven.
1t is true there no degrees, for all
will be perfectly happy IN heaven, still
the capacity of men differ, so one whose
capacity for all that appertains to God
and Cody things, ha' been cultivated
with every care, will be able to enjoy
| heavenly thing to a greater extent than
| his brother in Christ whose taste for
| heavenly things has not been cultivated
to the same degree. 80 We should exam
Inc ourselves and guard our thoughts, our
actions and our daily walk, until We can
| bend our will to Gods will and surrender
Ing ourselves, truly and sincerely ask
Lord what wilt thou have me to do?''
| BAPTIST CHURCH.
In the Baptist church the pastor. Rev.
r. r. VAIN, did tot preach regular SER
| mon. but rehearyed to his congregation
| the work Of the Baptist State Convention
in Raleigh from which he had just return
ed. He based his remarks on Acts 4:27:
| And wheI. they wsre come, and had
| gathered the church together, they re-
| hearsed all that God had d ne with them,
and how he had opened the door of faith
| unto the GentIles.'
The four leading objects of the Bap>
| list State Convention we're review ed,
namely. Periodicals. Education, the Or
phanage, and Missions
| PERIODICALS. A number of papers
| were commended to the convention by
the special committee to report on the
| subject: bet the main report was on the
| Biblical Recorder, which has long been the
| organ Of the BaptistS in this State. A
| special committee had been appointed a
| year ago to investigate the matter of sub
scription price Of the Recorder, and see If
It is not too high. The committee report
ed that according 10 the books the paper
makes no more than it's editor is entitled
TO.
THE ORPHANAGE. A good report
| was made on this subject and the insti-
tuition is enlargins its usefulness all the
time. he numher Of orphans for whom
| Application is made increases all the
while, and larger work is ahead of it.
| EDUCATION. The report on this sub
jcct prov, he'd lively discussion, but
witt,al III good feeling. 1t was stated IN
the report that the 4. B. course at Wake
| fho
same standard of scholarship with the
Same course at the State University.
President flor, of W axe Forest, said
Mr.. Vann, made the best speech on the
subject that be ever heard. DR.. Taylor
claimed that UNCONVENTIONAL colleges
have soma very distinct rights. A right
to exist; right to liberal support; a right
to the patronage of their own denomina-
ton. He did rot speak for Wake For
est only, but for Trinity, Davidson and
other denomina tional colleges. In corrob-
Grafton of DR.. Taylor's views, MIR. Vann
said that the State has no right to teach
any phase Of denominstional doctrine,
and hence the necessity for denominations
al colleges in which to train boys and
young men in the formative period of their
lives in order that their faith in the gos>
pei may be fixed before they 60 to the
University. The work Of the University
proper is the training ofyoung men in the
higher and more ext ended courses after
they have taken courses at lower institu-
tons.
MISSIONS. The report on this subject
!, included both Home and Foreign MIS-.
sions, and il showed that the denomina.
ton has done greater things than ever be.
fore and have attsMpted greater things