The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-09
ELOQUENT Words From Rev. DR..
Jos. Atkins.
<ThE GENUINE BROADNESS
PERFECT DISCIPLINE is THE
MAIN GROUND WORK.
THE SO-CALLED BROAD MEN
They Carp at What They Call ecclesi-
as.icism, But the CenturIons tx-
ample is Held Up Meeting
of the Trustees.

Durham. \. c., June S.-(Special.)-
large and distinguished audience as
sezabled to hear the annual sermon by
DR. los. Atkins, of Nashville, Tenn.
The hall was elegantly decorated, and
the stage was filled with distinguished
guests. A large choir of cultivated voices
added much to the occasion. Probably a
more distinguished audience has never
assembled in the State.
DIR. Atkins took for his text, Luke l
chapter 10: 1.-The story of the Centu-
Non"
1.-The Roman soldier has been a figure
IN Roman history, and we are sometimes
apt to do injustice to the soldier In
every nation that depends on its army,
the soldier is an important factor, and the
captain as an element of the army is uni
que. The Centurion was a man of dig
atty and adaptability. For man to
Aave maintained himself in his active life
amidst all his environments, was highly
eommendable.
In every age, every disciplined man is
n man of incalculable power. The secret
of the Centurion's power was his wonder
full discipline. There is no perfect man
hood except in those instances when all
the faculties of man are under thorough
discipline. He whose intellectual and
moral faculties ARE thoroughly discl-
9lined is a man of power.
'.I'here is nothing worth knowing or
doing that does not depend upon some
tremendously and thoroughly disciplined
manhood This Roman Centurion stood
Tor disciplined manhood.
1.-The Jewish Elders said, He loveth
QUE nation and He loveth his people,
When you consider the relation of the
Jews and Romans, this statement shows
that the Centurion was man of broad
manhood. Broadness in these days is
much discussed, and much praised by
those who know very little of what they
are talking. DIR. Munsey said, THE
greatest symptom of a greatness in man
who is not himself great, is to admire &
man who is great"
There is no subject on which the;e IS
more misapprehension.
The men who talk most of broadness,
criticize creeds and ecclesiasticism. 1t
means with these critics, that the man
who aas an opinion diff .e1t from theirs
= a narrow man.
..We have before us broad man. We
are. able TO locate in him that which made
him great man.
1.-The broadness of a man is not ques-
ton Of opinion, it is question of an
affectiOnate nature.
THAT man who is Indifferent is not
a broad man. In the question of worldly
amusement a man who says do as you
please is not broad man. The Cen
tuEioH was not a man who said it made
no difference whether n,aa was Ro-
man or Jew, but he was a man who had
convictions. 4
'sThe man who upon definite opinion
of scientific or philosophic basis builds
his character, and who loves the man who
.liffers with him, is a broad man.
THE love of man and the love of mon
* never go together, and they exist in
inverse ratio.
That broad love which the Centurion
!. has for the Jews caused him to give his
money. Almost any man can become rich
If he be a thoroughly disciplined man.
The money-making talent is very largely
underestimate. 1t is not a poor talent
The incest science, the finest philosophy
is along this line. A man who in these
times can manage a great estate is a
great man. We need to stress the rela-
ton of love of money and love of man.
The. love of money has dominated the
nations of the world. The diplomats
have been ruled by the markets of the
world, and men have been slaughtered.
An Interference of powers would disturb
the markets, and so the Americans and
Greeks have been slain. on will find
men who will argue the same doctrine
Of interference in minor things.
''The soul of every great movement is
the movement of the soul,' says Bush
nell. The chief sphere of the apprecia-
ton of money must land itself in the
sphere of the soul.
1.-THE chief sphere for the use of money
is to place it where it will do good to the
greatest sphere in mantle soul sphere.
1.-THE soul sphere is the point of dy-
nanTies His servant was dear unto him.
This brings up the question of human
slavery. You must face the question.
I'm the scriptures there are three kinds
Of slavery. d. Slavery for bondage for
development; CD Slavery for punishment
for correction, and 80 Slavery for debt.
There is possibility and liability Of a
Kind of servitude not recognized by the
scriptures, a slavery worse than African
slavery. il }a&9iFM
1--WE are destined to be the great manu-
facJuring people of our country, and we
need 10 learn the relation Of man to man.
The man who is the head of a great fac
tory maintains q relation to men that no
other man can possess.
He who is not a man, whose servant
is not near unto him is not servant of
God. ala
let us see that no man becomes a
slave of labor.
1.-The Centurion expresses his faith in
Jesus in terms of his own disciplined life
He had reverence for Jesus. Any young
man who takes out of his life the rever-
ence for those above him has sawed the
rounds of the ladder above him. There
is nothing equal to the Centurion's rever-
ence for Jesus.
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