The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-02
OUR PULPITS.
Sunday, February 26th.


FOkOl'lN6 VI hkhS.
THIS was the theme, and number Of
passages was gwen as sort OF Bible
reading. The sermon was devided into
three parts.
!. BE RECONCILED TO YOUR BROTHER.
This is the Bible injunction. Whenever
one finds that his brother has wronged
him ,and here the speaker said that bro
ther'' means brother man and not broth
er Of the church necessarily let the per
son who has sustained the wrong go to
the person who has committed the otfense
and reconcile him if possible. The bu>
man way of doing 1t is to wait for the
other fellow to come to US. We say,
''I'Ye done nothing 10 60 to him about.
He's the man that's wrong-let him come
to me" Jesus Christ says for the man
who has even been wronged to 60 to his
be reconciled.
This matter of torgiying others Is a
condition Of getting to heaven, for if we
forgive not others their trespssses against
give our trespasses. But one secie-
| ty woman says of another" Can forgive
that woman for treating me SO cooly?"
Yes, you must forgive her or you can't
get to heaven together.
BEAR NO MALICE. Sometimes after
you have done your best you may not be
OH Ia To laip nd into
confidence and friendship and affection
him who has vronged you; but you can
do your best to bear no malice towards
him. 1t is wrong in the man to do us an
injury and more so to refuse to be recon-
clled, but if we cherish malice or hatred
or ill> will towards him, then we become
guilty of sin with him.
81 can forgive, but 1 can't forget" says
one. Such an ono does not even forgive.
1t is mean to hold to such malice and
rejudice aud he who does it can not
enter into the kingdon of heaven.
3 DUTY TOWARDS OUR enc
MES. 1t is not only our duty to
do our very best to bring back to conf
dence and affection those who have mean
lv and wllfully turned away and failing IN
| this, to remember them kindly and keep
free from hatred and malice; but it is our
duty to pray for them. The Savior when
hanging between Cwo thieves on the CROSS
was revlcd by one of them. But when
Jesus prayed to his Father to forgive
them because they knew not what they
| did, the same theft who had been reviling
him began to pray to the Savior and ask
ed to be remembered by the Savior when
he came into his kingdom. 1t Is needful
for us to pray for our enemies.
LYING.
Pastor Vann had given out before that
| at night he would preach oD the subject
of lying. A large audience came out to
| hear the SPECIAL sermon. The house was
packed.
He gave several readings against lying,
and discussed the subject by classifying
| liars. From the jocular liar to the ma
llcious liar every class was discussed and
| described. The preacher rrefaced his dis
course by saying that he preached on the
| subject at the request of many persons,
And it being the first place and the first
time such request had ever been made OF
him, he was not quite sure but that it
vas rather significant.
| He spoke of the jocular liar, the big
eyed liar, wild cat liar, the parental liar,
the society liar, the household liar, the
malicious liar. Perhaps some Of the
strongest hits were made at the parental
liar. The innocent, guilelesS child learns
to lie from its own father and mother
too often The mother says to the child,
"Take the medicine for mother. 1t ISN'T
bad" And all the time she kuows 1t
is bad. That's lie. Many other illus
trations he gave. Doubtless many went to
hear now the preacher would fit the sin oil
lying upon some whom they knew to be
liars but went away feeling themselves
; too big liars to be thinking about the sin
IN others.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
Rector Smith was absent from his
church. He preached in Hamilton and
Mr.. K. H. Smith, Jr., read service.
In M m OrinMl.
Her sun went down at noon. How
| painfully true does the thought in the
above words apply to the departure Of
Mrs. Geo. Bracy. who on the 18th INST.
laid aside the tolls of life for the bliss OF
the pure above. beg to add this slight