The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-05-18

sThe Governors Guard, in full dress
aniform, marched under command of
Captain Crawford to the Tabernacle
Baptist Church Sunday morning and
listened to most eloquent and able ser
mon by the pastor and their chaplain.
Rev. DR.. Simms.
1.-THE Ideal Leader" was hrs subject.
Isaiah BOD was his text: Behold | have
given Him for a witness to the people, a
leader and commander to the people,
The sermon was the anniversary SER
mon the Governors Guard and was espe-
cially appropriate to that occasion
Among other things. DIR. Simms said:
Man must have a leader. Everywhere
in this world there must be a leader. The
human heart cries for a leader, animal
life is constructed on this central idea Of
leadership This is true Of lower animal
life as well as of humanity. The herds on
the prairie, the birds in the air, the bee
in the field, the insect among the grass all
have leaders. God made it So
"Some men are born leaders We are
not born equal. There are some men that
can do nothing but follow. They have not
in them the elements of leadership.
'Then there is organization makes lead
ership necessary. Wherever. however,
men are brought together, there must
be a leader, a head, director. It is only
when men lose confidence in their leader
that they rebel against leadership.
"There can be no confidence in lead
ership that is not pure and equal to the
occasion. He must always be greater
than the men he leads. Else he has not
their respect and confidence. Then the
leader must have courage, for there is an
element. a substrata of confidence. We
need some one to control us. Open speech
must follow open convictiOn-he who IS
not afraid to do and dare. This element
of cowardice in humanity is what causes
all the meanness, double dealing and
trickery in this world. We are too cow
ardly to openly condemn the evils that
we see every day around us. We are un-
willing to brand the fostering rOttenness
social rottenness-that we see around
us every day. Why is itG Men are cow
ardly. They are afraid 10 lift up thelr
voices and spare not. We are afraid there
will come some loss to- US. we need
courageous leader-a God given leader
who will direct us in This hight against
sin and uncleanliness.
"All true leadership lis divinely-given.
The mightiest man iia this world is the
man that hugs closest to the divine guld-
ance.
"Our leader must understand suffering
| must know sorrow. That is the Only
kind that can teach us how to avoid un-
necessary suffering, and then when II
needs must come teaches us how to bear
| il with fortitude and patience and with
out murmuring.
"All these elements of leadership you
will find in the Lord Jesus Christ. He is
the ideal man, the ideal leader. He is
pure. He is courageous. He knows suf
fering; there can never be a throb Of pain
that he doesn't understand.
"You may be led to victory on ensang
uined fields. Your names may be en-
rolled on the scroll OF fame, but unless
you have been led to the divine victory
over sin you have been a failure. This
is the great victory. Be soldiers Of thu
Cross"
A SERMON ON HE'LL.
HE'LL AND ITS INHABITANTS.
The Tabernacle Baptist church Sunda.
| evening was crowded to its utmost ca
| pacity with people to hear sermon oil
HELL by Rev. l.. G. Broughton, of Roa
| noke, Va
1.-THE Soul that sinneth, it shall die,
was his text. This, he said, is tn
| saddest sentence that has ever been pro
| nounced: depart from me, We cursed
into everlasting fire, prepared for tn
levil and his angels 1t is the doom
Of a human soul.