The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-25
THE ONE THING MAN NEEDS.
1T ALONE LASTS THROUGH LIFE
AND INTO ETERNITY.

From the Bethany Cottage-Christ
as the Morning Star.
The One Thing Man Needs" was the
theme Of DR.. Fairs sermon at the INDIE
pendent Presbyterian Church last night.
With the scene in the cottage at Bethany,
when the lesson was so gently taught to
Martha that Mary had sought and found
the better thing, and the words of Christ
! on that occasion as his text, Dr. Fair
preached a sermon on mans absolute need
Of religion to develop him to his full char
acter and secure for him peace and happi-
ness on earth as well as in eternity.
LAS we consider our lives, homes
and business we see many things
thar we consider medium said
Dr. Fair. 1--WE notice many
ever present wants. They haunt us even
in our dreams and drive sleep from the
weary, restless mind. Our needs we find,
viii not down at our win. If we could only
reconstruct our lives in accordance with
our needs we feel that we should accom-
| pliSh so much more for ourselves and 9th
ers. But they circumscribe us, and bind
US down. We feel that We need more mon
ey, greater comfort, better appliances, wild
| er opportunities, better health, more
/ strength to carry out our plans. We yearn
/ for higher position in society, for more ed
ucation, greater refinement, additional rest
and pleasure. We feel that the burdens
resting upon us should be lightened. AS
we take an inventory of our needs the list
/ becomes overwhelming. Civilization in
creases mans wants and ceaselessly null
tiplies his apparent needs"
The young man beginning life feel that
he needs capital, advantages, opportuni-
ties, friends with outstretched hands TO
help him over the rough places in the as
cent toward that goal on which he has set
his heart. He sees the need of early train
ing, of collegiate education. AS he looks
up at the peaks he seeks to surmount and
counts the heavy odds against him he is
discouraged and disheartened in his own
eagerness by the many needs that con-
front him in the accomplishment of his
aims. If he only had his needs met how
brilliant a success life would be made
But he who achieved the greatest sue
cess, VINO lived the noblest. happiest and
most intiuential life the world will ever
know, RS ug 70 towering nights of sue
cess, tells US that there is bur one thing
needful 10 make our lives happy useful
ana grand, TO make them tell in time and
in eternity. All other things are like the
guided frame in which we set the artist
great thing. ever on bis iins a,,ar -, ~ ~
mind ever on his be,rt at1j,,,,o,i, 60
to the rigid exclusion Of al otbao I'll.
ana absorbing his energies, was religion.
the salvation of human souls their olsen
thralment, publication transformation.
core nation, the developme MT OF their great
their faculties Tbis u,os tha a- ~ -. a.. al
which rose abo,,, 81 a,~,bI. -. oi4o 'il4hs
rho rejf,,io,, - - ~ OpSeeis
blood of the cross t iai az III tne
stretched hand ana 1t, rs VI ms ~ Jul
sniratfon or nc -, I'ie 'us oil 'he ln-
needful Health wealth ti+1a 5i;tyI9
power. oonn n}eas,Ire al tboSo US
enough in rhai, w., IN a. 80 are wen
\. roal -, -, way put they are not real
millions have lived banrii ill.,, IVul IntoId
died hanDiIv ana in Ilon5,. 80 'lieill'
the highest realms Of Hiss 'U 40''e "
IT is o,r,, tbro,,rL IT,
pointed ouf mat n5an oon 81, e,,,e,, ar ar
ohiocrs of bie eroat 1l ~ ~ 10y luli tne
insure trua han,,s1as.s r-I,t " i I1CCa,S 70
i'm the rottaoea of NFortl, - 80 VI 4ltV
a typical and nronhetin $500 rI - 9 1
cl,,itsrated 80 tt,iil; -! Aili'S nus
tons have lone ei,,' ',1it 10 iOuilud
but its laseops ~ 141 "teN ~ Uust,
many bonnas - = -s'n uli'! to-uay' VI
ed Win a.1orrr,a,ts ''ll t,,e type, surround
devoid Of banrines s31' coillloIts, out
ness 1issStisfnctior III viii WIN tesliess-
about many thireS ~, niai tlia t[ouoIed
thing n4cIful tIan,tn ~ 'ii'9sils lne one
the presence Of Inv5irias - iV ~ u not IN
session of culture of 1yeaiib nf 1890, nc
nal ln,,-ors ~ 49, % "eaiIli' Oh intellect
itv and holmes ~ - 80 tnroush pur-
alone give banni,,n,s ei, ~ On u Cllrist can
passrtb oil ENTHUSIASTICALLY, ra"' e peace Which
ION fs roa,,s 1 ,Dls ouch d relig-
tbe onlv fhino ia tln@iient possession
Wealth is lost beoItb 5' oor ol inns worid'
teuect is wrecked bnt IN ro,I,,,e inc AZ
C.bri.t ,,.i+1, uut lHe renslon OF
on tbronob tbis ,ifo cGnsola a, IONS goes
is tho o1i,i ttir, atiu nI'o Che next. 1t
-e7 "AA-oAA NS'Ai Jc Nditl6u OUT
eebes ~ 80, ~ ., ~ oL tne aust and