The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-12-12


that that race 'of people is more numers
/ Gus now than its.ever was daboutsd
among ocrupa lions, among religious theo:l
/ ries, among churches, among neighbor.
hoods-and zone of the greatest wants OIL
the church and the world is more stead
| fastness and more. fxedness of purpose
19%It wa: no small question that. Pharaoh
put to Jaco and his sons when he a5ked,
"What is your occupations? gtetung into
the ri-ht occupation not only decides your
temporal welfare, but may decide your |
and women are, dead failures is because
instead Of csking God what they ppghS
to be or do they Through some vain ann I
bition or whimsicality, decide what they, |
| ought to- 5be. Let me say TO all young men
/ and young women in hotnl.s or id school
or college do not 90 gadding about among
occupations and professions to- find &whdt |
you are fitted: for, but make hlmblY and
I direct appeal to God for direction
While seeking divine guidance ins
selection Of q lifetime sphere exa
your own tempe peramentl The phrenq
will tell yous yourS mental procliyitfea
temper nent. Your; enemies viii g
your weaknesses. 4, IL you dre,Ss ,Ssast
EflneryoIs, do notT become 4 sur
4 you are seowardly, do not be-
+ gineer IF You are hoping fo1
permanent income, do not .a
ment position. Ifi you are a
tempered ,Sdo not become
the Gospel for while Any
tagged by ungovetnaole dl3
is hardly any one who Sena
yoit makesa fine sketchs6
ix,fsr,, ~ alf X tsyt,yry6Yss "A
4 sfor ,arsnIsnss
You naturallysas
interested III gth
Ebhyaician. Are
4 ftions of! traffic
YOU apt, to.sbs
large scale? Ba
fer country sllfe]
b and do youshe5
harvest field
you a{fascinatid
absorbing mter
ing machi1e I'D
chanic II you
elements Ind a
you all l7ey {aI
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~
man
willing g9o
\ do. Before
|. find out. For T.
|. and happiness, and w.
I eternal welfare do not joH
people who go gaddilg abody(
& nesses and occupations, now. tfyl
and now trying that and never
plishing anything. i. %s,'&
There gare many, who exhibit this, "a
tysin matters of religion. They are a.
sire about anything that pertains to their (
soul Cor, their eternal destiny! Now They'll
are unitarians, and now they; ara. Uni. I:
yersaliate. and now they are Presbyteri-
ans, and.fl6w they are nothing at aH They
are not QUITE sure That the Bible WAS in: II
spired or IL inspired whether the words
or the ideas were inspired orwheth her 6hly
part of the book was, inspir4 q TheSs think 4
at one time that the story sft; aenes sis, bout
the garden of Eden, is "a history, and The
month after they think III "a an allef0fy. 4
At one time they think the book ofFJobs
describe what really, Iocchrred but ;tbe
next time they sneak ofssiiE ssthey .caall Il 81.
drama. Now they. believe alafhe miracles, I;
but at your next interview, tlieE try 10 i
show how these jseeres Ind snekhfnc IN
them supernatural but can. BE saccountedf
for by natural causes. Gaddng : about
amonr religious theories and never satis- II
fed. SAll the evidence is put before ffiem, L
and why dost they rot render a; verdict? Ii I
they cannot make I'D their mind with all
the data mt before them, they never will.
There safeSalI the ARCHAEOLOGICAL confrma. |
itions of the Bible brought to view blythe Il
P.sPalestine ExnIoration Society,"" There
Are the bricks az Babylon. the letter. .tN"rt5
impressed ;i1pon them-seN'' for Nebuchad. +
| nezzar, showing that he was not myth
and the farther the shovel of the anti
Gi,ar1faY 4ooes down the more is revealed /
of That most wonderful citv of all time
+ Professor Heilprecht, of the University of.Iy
| Pehnsylyania, presents us tablets found
in. the far East3 ratifyinp and explaining
ScripturaI passages which were before in |,
mystery. Asfthe builders in Jerusalem to.
day dig for the foundation of new uses
strstinr the truth Of the Bible story about
the saeri6ees of lambs and heifers and
pigeons. There is the history by Josephus
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