The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-10-19
AT THE Y. M. G. A.
4 Practical Address By the Secretary
THE Interest in the Meetings
Steadily Increasing.

| four words from the thirtieth verse,
LET Us go up He said: 1t is the
easiest matter in the world to go dOwr,
| 1t requires no effort to drift with the cur
| rent. There are young men in Henderson
| OF much promise, who might 'go up
commercially. intellectually and spirit
ually if they only had co lrage enough to
| pull out from their s. TO lndings and
stem the current OF their worldly pro-
pensities. They are going with the null
| tltude whose ONLY ambition seems to be
get money and have good time
The multitude are going down. The
| crowd Is below. But there is room at the
| top. 1t requires climbing, however, to
| go up. 1t Is a case Of pluck versus luck.
| The highest ideal some have of the Chris
tan life is to Join the church, live kind
ga so so" and get home to heaven. It's
a kind of a ''tiowery bed OF ease affair,
| or palace car route in which the passen-
ger has nothing to do but take his seat,
go to sleep and land at the end-at the
great union depo-. [ tell you, young gen
tlemen, Christianity is anything but
life OF ease. TIE Scriptures everywhere
represents IL Christian as u soldier. :" En-
dure hardness as IL good soldier of Jesns
| Christ. Quit you like men: be strong
flight the good fight of faith" Our
temptations come to us largely through
our temperament, or bodily infrmities
| These may be exercised and brought
under control. There is the sanguine or
athletic temperament, which betOkens
the prcdOminance OF the purely animal
| lie, and forces over the spiritual. Its
great danger is excess in that direction.
Ii your temperament is animal simply it
is your duty to avoid excess. Nature has
made you prone to indulgence and you
| should take much active, but not violent
exercise. Your one aim in self culture
| should be to bring the body to its true
place, as the servant and instrument of
| the spirit, and thus to become the rea-
sonable being rather than the animal. The
bilious orr elancholc temperament, or the
man with strong nutrltive system has his
| temptations. Excess lies in the direction
| OF the will forces. Your tempera ment
| has its dangers in obstinacy, or ambition
! cutloOse from principle, in short selfwillr re-
| CARELESS OF man or God. When the build
| ing forces become diSOrdered the beset-
| ting danger OF this temperament is de-
| spOndency. Now the will must be stead
lily kept in harmony with the divine will.
| Herein is safety. | don't know but that
the human will is next in power to God
himself. How important then that it
| should be one with the great master
| mind of the universe. And there is no
| calculating the possibilities of advance
ment in character building and usefulness
to the world when the will is thus laid
submissively at the Masters command
and control. Let us go up. The nervous
temperament has its dangers in the line
OF excess in brain exercise. In cOnse-
quence of this weakness such a man often
drags out life a physical and mental
wreck. Its remedy is exercise. The bal
ance must be restored between the sen
sitive and muscular forces. Any labor
| which will gently occupy the thoughts
| and at the same time strengthen the
| body, is OF most service. Your aim
should be to develop 81 body fitted to be
the willing and adequate servant of the
spirit in its mission. But of all, the
phlegmatic temperament is the most
dangerous. 1t consists in a weakness of
the three vital systems, and its great
danger is therefore that of universal
sluggishness of being and life. No eXer-
else is too violent for the man of this
temperament. His sleeping encrg les
must be awakened. Bring your body
under Make it serve the spirit. Do not
be silly or useless in the great battle of
life You can not be at your best until
| YOU are master of yourself. Mr.. ROssi-
vate the mind and not make it the waste
basket for trashy literature. The mind
may be trained for solid thinking Or it
may be abused by mere readmg-read-
| ing Just for pastlme, a mOmentary
| pleasure The address concluded with
an earnest appeal for purity and holiness
| of life, and a complete conservation OF
the whole man to God.
Death Of Mr.. James R. Davis.
Vance county has lost by death
another excellent citizen in the person
of the gentleman whose name heads
this article. Mr.. James r. Davis died
at his home near town at 10 O'Clock
Saturday night, aged So years. He
had been in declining health a long
time and during the past few months
had given away rapidly. He was able
to ride to town about two weeks ago,
since which time, however, he had
been confined to his house and bed. a
man Of quiet demeanOr and unostenta-
tious ways, a warm friend and good
neighbor, kind hearted and friendly by
nature, Mr.. Davis was held in high
esteem by all who knew him and his
death is sincerely lamented. He had
lived all his life in this immediate
vicinity and his friends and acquaint-
ances were numerous. Deceased was
the son of the late Archibald Davis, OF
Henderson, and brother Of Mrs. DR.. L.
G. Debnam and the late Mrs. DR.. w.
T. Cheatham and half brother OF
Messrs. Thos. y. Buckner and Owen
Davis and Mrs. W. E. Brady, Of
Fayetteville, and Mrs. James Jordan,
of Henderson. He leaves a wife and
: s children. 3 sons and 5 daughters, the
Youngest being a daughter - years
= old. A member Of the Methodist
Episcopal church for many years, he
l was a devout and consistent Christian
inheritance in the life to come as
youchsafed in the blessed promises
of the Bible to the faithful followers o
the meek and lowly Jesus. His enc
| was calm and peaceful and without
: dread of death,
, He went forth with never a shudder o.
= fear
/ Forth from the world of sin and weari
t Out on the silent sea of peace and rest.
| Into Gods love and mighty tenderness.
e The funeral wa. held from thu
e Methodist Episcopal church at i o'clocl
e Sunday afternoon. the services being
i conducted by the pastor Rev. w. l.
4 CuninGgim in the presence of large
t concourse Of people. 1t was solemn
e and impressive service, briefand simple
/ the remarks of the pastor being full o
. tenderness and feeling, BETTING the
t occasion and the life and character o
the dead. The body was inferred il
n Elmwood cemetery.
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