The record-union., 1897-08-21

when we devote our intellect and our
powers to the service Of sin. We should
devote all our strength and our intel
lect TO the service of God. If we devote
our education to the service of sin we
might better by far have had no educa-
, ton, and not have been able to pervert
good thing TO a bad end. But if we
turn it to a good use in the service of
/ God, our education is a great help and a
great weapon for good.
We should remember that beautiful
parable of the Master that gave His
servants talents-ten TO one, five to an
other and one to another, and should
| try to avoid the fate of the slothful SER
want who buried his If the little seed
that is cast on the ground should say,
/ I am only one seed and cannot do much
! to beautify the land, / might as Well
die here" 1t would never do any good
! But if each seed sinks into the earth
and sprouts and comes up and flowers.
they cover the earth with beauty. So
with US. Each one should do his best.
We should lend all our energies in doing
our share in the world
When John and James went with
! Christ 10 the mount where he talked
4, with Moses and Elias, they came near
missing the greatest chance of their
lives. They We're awed and fell with
their faces to the ground, so that they
could not see what was going on. But
the Master took pity on them and di-
rected their glances upwards. We lose
many of our greatest chances by going
with our faces to the ground instead of
I looking up 70 see what we can see.
Philosophy, chemistry, science of all
sorts are of no use unless we use them
for the service of God Let us remem-
Der this and do as Paul did, use our
talents and education in Gods service.
/ We must toll as long as We can and
when we have done all we can, we must
stand still and wait.
The sermon was eloquent and impas-
stoned and made a deep impression on
his hearers, stamping him as a man OF
ability and weight.
Rev. d. r. Jones, pastor of the
church here, made an earnest and
/ forceful prayer that was fitting COM
plement to the sermon.
Bishop Gaines then made one of his
informal talks, congratulating the con-
ference on the excellent sermons it had
I listened to, and the interest that had
! been aroused in the meetings. He ad-
/ dressed his remarks principally to the
young people. He related how his
mother at an early period of his life
/ had led him gently to Christ both by
! precept and example. He believed in
! the Bible-not in part of it, but in the
! whole. He believed in what he under
stood of it. What he did not under
stand, he believed in, and tried to un-
derStand it. He was glad to see the
/ feeling manifested here. He was glad
( to see all the friends here, no matter
what their color. Color made no diff
/ ference to him. He came to preach to
man, no difference what color He
hoped there would be a revival in every
/ one of the churches in this city.
/ There was a great educational work
/ to be done in the church. There are
/ 100000 members, and 1000 itinerant
/ preachers in it. There was a day when
in the South nothing was done to edu-
cate the people of his church, but of
! late years the Legislatures have ap-
propriated many thousands of dollars
4 1t is time for the church to help it
/ self now. 1t has been carried by other
people long enough. Self help is the
/ best help, self help makes a man re-
! spected. Let US begin to help our
selves and our colleges and educational
Institutions
After a collection had been taken
/ toward building a college for the edu-
cation of the colored people, Bishop
( Gaines said that thirty-four years ago
I this night in Georgia. while the cam
mons We're booming between the North
and South, he had led his wife to the
altar. He wanted to say that all his
success in life, all that he was, was due
to her good influence. She married him
when he had nothing, and still stuck
to him. He could not say that he had
made himself His mother and his
wife had been the making of him.
He had known Alexander H. Stephens
and TOmbs, and others of the great
men Of his State, and admired Them.
Although a slave, he had caught inspir-
alton from them and determined to be
a man. He had seen the death of slav-
cry, and had no harsh words for the
man who had held slaves. Perhaps
he would have held them himself if he
could. He did not like to see the coll
ored people ashamed of their race
They contained the blood of all the
nations of the world and ought to be
either very good or very bad. He did
not object to straight hair or envy it,
but his own satisfied him, and he no.
ticed that many of those who have
straight hair take a great deal of pains
TO curl theirs Qaughter).