Birmingham age-herald., 1895-03-18

to each other by love aud friendship. A true frleud sticks to you whatever may be your fortune. True friendship means mutual attachment, mutual confi- dence, mutual interests, mutual sym pathy. It exists only in the hearts Of good men and good women. Whenever the objects O it's attachment becomes rotten friendship drops out. Friendliness means disposed to kindly treatment of all men; it is tue proge nitor of affabiiity and geniality; it is the senti- ment of soul bursting into sunshine upon all around. It is the cheapest and easiest commodity we can give. No man has the right 10 be sulien, morose. Any man in this condition is not in good health spirit uaily.
 There is no room in this world for the pessimisl. Some men have forbidding Iooks- IT were ushered into the pre5encs of great maguate aud he had forbidding look would not stay long. Pm uot goiug to stay long with a man who has soured disposition. want sunshine.
 There are more hearts aching for want of kindness. for carsss, for encouragement than from any other cause. Gilded misery is the worst of all mseries. ts
 Friendship Is the sunshine of the soul. Have you any in stock? It's chsap. Have you ever sat In the twilight and watched the lamp light glow on the vines? Friend- ship is the light that brings sunshine into the soul, It is the milk of human kindness. Try to be friendly. It will make you, bet
 
 better.
 Some people say it's s bad sign for a preacher to b. popular. A preacher should be man among men; he should be good man, an honest man, good father, good husband, a good citizsn. He ought to be popular. l thank God that I have good friends who think we'll of me. or course ought to preach the ruth, and am going to do it. God said: "Speak the truth al- ways.'
  itableness and benevolence, aud the more you press upon it the stronger it becomes. It Is founded upon charity and benevo- lence. It is the sourcs of heroism; 1t stands guard with drawn sword oyer the char acter of a brother. It traces from the brow wrinkles that trouble caused.
 A true friend wall not say things that will hurt; a true friend is not quick to get offended. True friends will throw the veil of charity over the faults of brother and rejoice in his success. True friendship destroys jealousy and envy, and cuts away all bitterness. l de- spise that friendship that remains silent when the character of brother Is assaied and then stands by his bier aud sheds tears. lfyon have sympathy give 1t while 1t will do some good, and don't wait until this clay lies cold in death and then come in carriages and mourn for me and tell what a good man was. If all the good things said over the dead and all the poetry writ ten of the dead had been said while they were living it would have made great diff ference in this world. l had rather be laid in my grave by my wife and two daughters and my little son than to have cortege mile long and 1000 professional mOurnere.
 Cultivate friendship by loving God. If you love God you cannot hate brother. l plead In the Dame of humanity for more love between man and man, for more faith between mau and man aud less skepticism. l offer plea for the great Pythan brother hood and for its precepts, because believe its works have been a great factor in alle- viating the sufferings of the world. The magic touch of love drives away trouble and iDjects into the heart thrills of joy. Of all the poor, miserable persons that ever trod the earth the man or woman without friendship is the most miserable. l makea plea for this larger friendship, that great brotherhood that takes in the entire circle of the world and leads to world of eternal happiness.
 CENTRAL PREsBY TERRAIN CHURCH.
 Dr. l.. s. HandIey, the pastor, filled the pulpit, and was listened to by good con- gregatiou in the morning as he propounded the gospel from Colossiaus i, 19: ''For 1t pleased the Father that in Him should all iuljness dwell.''
 The great mystery not only to the unbe- liever, but to all mankind, Is God manifest in the flesh. A mortal mind cannot com prehend it, yet faith perceives and lays hold of the living truth. Paul, with his great Knowledge, his analytical mind, bowed his head to the truth that in Him Goodman, perfectel in the Son as in the Father = divinity and humanity = the Father, Son and Holy Ghost-were by the preacher discussed. 'sIn the begin ming was the Word'-the Logos. Christ la ths Father from the beginning. To suffer in n yV htl Q n nature, and the service He performed while in the hesh-that-. -.of justificaton-pleased the Father, because through His suffering mankind could be saved without dishonor to divine law. The fullness of Christ con- sists in His divinity, His humanity, His omnipotence, His omnipresencs. In Him dwells all the fullness of grace and truth. His pardoning power so fully illustrated in the case of Mary. She, an outcast, de- spised and uuforciven by mankind, was so beautiful as to make her an undying name. The case of Matthew and Zaccheus--an illustration of his fullness- his love for sinners and power to raise them up. He pardoned 5000 in one day, and every day since by and and through His Atoning blood sin ners have been pardoned, Justified and sanctifed. Let us all em- brace Jesus Christ as our Saviour-let us come to Him day by day. We shall all one day stand before the judgment bar of God to give an account of the deeds done in the body, and the grace of Jesus Christ, SO full and free, will blot out all our sins and pre- pare us for the day. The great and full heart of God throbs toward us. Let your faith lay hold of the great trust as 1t Is in Christ Jesus.
 At the conclusion of the service two chil- dren were added to the membsrship of the church.
 FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.
 Splendid congregations were present at both morning and evening services at the First Baptist church.
 The music at both services was splendid and especially 50 was duet at the evening service by Mrs. D. c. Chandler and Miss