The news & observer., 1897-02-11

faith and power in Jesus prayers whei
IN earth. They were always subject Il
he will Of his father in heaven.
III. In order to be thoroughly conse-
Grated we must go about doing good.
Jesus found opportunities to do good
everywhere the well, by the roadside
Mt the pool, in the city, in the wilder
ness-everywher he went This is the
history Of his life: He went about do
ing good "Such as have | give unto
YOU" said Peter. If you have not money
give them sympathy; if you have not dol
lars give them heart-throbs.
w. You must follow the teachings
Of Jesus.
His delight was in the law of the Lord
and in it he meditated day and night.
The best defence you can carry with
YOU is the word of God Thy word is
lamp to my feet ''Thy truth shall be
my shield and my sword and buckler."
Hide deep in your heart the word OF
God and you will ever be proof against
evil Do you delight in the word of
God? Then, be sure you are growing in
grace. If you ever expect to be earnest
ly consecrated to God, then get the word
Of God down in your heart. Then and
not till then you viii follow in the foot
steps of your God and Master, Jesus
Christ"
'sThe Young People and Missions was
the subject of the address Of Rev. :. j.
Porter.
He introduced his subject by declaring
that after al the greatest work before
christianity to-day was missions going
about doing good.
1.-The place which the Baptists are to
have viii be determined within the next
80 years, and there are questions which
are to be solved by the young men and
women of this denomination. They must
be taught and trained. Christ is calling
for trained soldiers, the world asks for
men-men strong in will and power, wo-
men of conservation. 1t is not only the
duty of the church, but its privilege to
thus bring up and instruct these young
men and women, consecrate them ia
heart and soul and then teach them Of
mission work at home and abroad. The
meaning of the word mission he thought.
was too often misunderstood. 1t meant
going about doing good. A man can plow
or hoe or run an engine or weld steel in
blacksmith shop and be a missionary.
going about doing good, preaching the
gospel to all with whom he comes III
contact.
1--WE must utilize and direct the latent
power in our church for missions The
wasted energy must be gathered up and
used for the glory of God. The boys and
girls of to-day must shape the destiny of
this country and its religion
THE AFTERNOON SESSION. S,
The afternoon session of the convention
was called to order at $3.50 o'clock De
votional exercises were led by Rev. w II.
Morton, of Roxboro.
1t was expected that DIR. Thos. Hume.
Of Chapel Hill, would deliver
an address on The Value of
of Young People 1t was impossible,
DIR. Garter and Rev. r. d. Robertson
were called upon to fill his place.
In the course of his remarks DIR. Carter
gave the daily newspapers u few hard
knocks and denounced them as retailers
of trashy and sensational literature, un
fit, for the most part, to go into the homes
OF christian people. He counseled n
careful selection of reading matter for
the young and dwelt at length upon the
influence of books, papers and pictures
on the minds of those who were growing
up The purifying, ennobling influence
of good books on thought and character,
he believed, could never be estimated.
He said the man that was most quoted
at the present day was Abraham Lincoln.
He seemed to get hold of just the right
words and sentiments. They always seem
ed to fit the common people and they
remembered them. Though Lincoln sell
dom quoted from other men, yet there
were throughout his writings and speech
es thoughts and sentences that showed
his familiarity with the best authors.
Mr.. Robertson thought it was not so
much getting yeung people to read--for
they viii read anyhow-but to get them
to read the right kind of books. And
this, he said, is one great work that the
Baptists Young PEOPLES Union can do.
Literature is the great power of the dag.
1t has to great extent usurped the field
formerly occupied by oratory and molds /
and forms public thought and sentiment
and through that the individual character
The speaker feared that too many per-
sons were ignorant of the Bible and the
life Of Christ, and rejoiced that one great
object of the Union was to study Gods
word-to try to become more like Him.
A splendid address, thoughtful and