Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-11-24

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White at the Baptist church il
this city. The text was taker
from Matthew WIS.,, and was a:
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But seek We first the Kingdom o
God, and His righteousness, and 81
these things shall be added unto you.
In his Introductory remarks
the preacher stated that there
were 03 900 drunkards III the
United States; that there were
1928 people in the penitentia-
rles OF this country; 1883 people
in the county jalls, and 73,o45
paupers in the aims houses.
who is it, asked the preacher,
"that is destined to fill the county
jails and penitentiaries , Some
boy or girl of the present genera
ton. There are at least ten thou
sand children i'll New York City
to-day who are destined to be
come criminals. They have been
born against their will. We have
it III our power to lift them out
of it. If this country is to be de
stroyed, it is to be destroyed by
criminal classes. In Prussia,
every boy is raised to honor his
father and mother and to honor
his fatherland. He is taught
obedience from his boyhood. You
have not yet to begin life; you
have already begun to live. You
have been living all your life,
and this time is the crucial period
Of your life As the life S cor
sidered i'll its younger days, SO it
will be developed in after years.
Don't say YOU want to enjoy life
while you are young; don't wait
till YOU are twenty-one and say
that will be plenty Of time I
predict that there is not a boy
here but who will feel some Of
the instincts Of this hour, of this
day, of this year, i'll the years at
ter he is twer1ty.'
Returning to the text, the preach
er dealt with it under three
heads, viz, Geography, Arithme-
tic, and Grammar. He said "there
is as much Geography about the
Kingdom of God as there is about
any other kingdom. What is the
geography of the kingdom Of
God? Where is it? Where doyou
fluid it. These are the questions
you would ask Of anyother King
dom. Therefore, where is; the
Kingdom Of God? Look at the
18TH chapter Of ST. Luke and i'll
the 2Ist verse you will find th-se
words: The Kingdom of God is
within you. The Kingdom of God
is inside you. You either have
the Kingdom OF God IN you or not
i'll you. Ifyou pay allegiance to
the Kingdom Of God, if you have
it i'll your heart wherever you go,
you have the Kingdom of God in
you. What is the Kingdom Of
Godo The Kingdom of God is
righteousness, peace, and JOY. If
you have Righteousness, peace,
and JOY in you, then you have
the Kingdom of God within you.
Righteousness means to do the
thing, to do the right
thing Deal squarely with every
body-dQ the straight and true
thing, Don't take occasion to
cheat. Another thing which
comes from the Kingdom of God
is peace. Wherever you find a
boy with peace, he has the King
dom of God. God loves the true
manhood and the noble manhood.
He loves the true man and
woman. Every boy who has peace
has Joy also. These three things,
righteousness, peace, and JOY,
comprise the Kingdom Of God.
"Refering to the Arithmetic
Of the text, It says, Seek We FIRST
the Kingdom Of God: Religion
has it's place, and religion out of
its place is the worst thingin the
world. What is the place Of the
Kingdom of God? It's place is
FIRST. Seek it FIRST. Always be
up and doing, and be i'll earnest.
If you have done trying to rise
from the bottom, you will always
remain at the bottom. Be earn
est. Say to yourself 'Whatever
there is III life, will have it.
Always be i'll earnest, and always
do your best. | want you to have
first in your minds the Kingdom
of God. Seek that first and other
things afterwards.
"Another Arithmetic word is
added Seek ye first the King
dom of God and all these things
shall'be ADDED unto you. Don't
think that religion is going to
take away your pleasure. Benz
amin F, Butler probably dates
the commencement of his inf
delis1n back to the time when at
tending school he was told he
would have to attend religious
services, and his reply was that
he would do anything, but would
not be compelled to attend ser
vices. Bob Ingersoll states in his
book how he first became an