The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-12-06

falleth so will it lie. " Nobody wants
to buy horse with milky eye. One
sin would give the body the milky
eye" and many persons were milky
in both eyes. Mr. Stuart took a
strong stand against card playing,
dancing, and theater going Either
of these sins would ruin a Christian S
influence and religious character.
by the speaker, but he especially scored
the back bitter who steals my purse,
steals trash but he who tilches
from me my good name, robs me of
that which not enriches him, and
makes me poor indeed. Slander he
said, was the meanest kind of mean
ness. The bite of the tongue was like
cats bite-it testered and made sore
the tongue was the great TOOTH, >" and
when it begun to bite the other teeth
stood up alone. Many a person S
tongue ought to be pulled out, or treat
ed like slanderous tongues were in
colonial times-a hole punched through
them when they were "too talky.
1.-The best study of mankind is
man. MIR. Stuart said every woman
thought she had married d peculiar
man, but she hadn't; they were all
alike-prone to evil temper, worry.
ings and other sins. He did not be-
lieve in worrying oyel business affairs,
or anything blue in our lives If some
days are little too dark, they will
all average up right in the end, and
we should never be troubled with lin
negro parlance) nervous pesteration.
Worry and i'll temper were the
germs of sins Conquer those and we
have gained victory. The latter sin
could be overcome by putting in the
storm plug or throwing out the 'oil
balls when we saw it approaching.
Not long ago James Whitcomb Riley
Whose beautiful little poems touch ths
hearts of all readers) and Frank Stan
ton met ON the streets of Atlanta, Ga
Each asked the other to write some
thing. They pulled out their cards
and pencils and did so. Riley wrote:
II aint going to worry any more.
aint going to fret and fuss about it
Well get what is coming to us, sure
Thank God we can get along with
out 1t.
Stanton S lines were:
"This world that we re a-living in,
Is mighty hard to beat;
We get thorn with every rose,
But-aint the roses sweet -
The sentiment of each of these littl
rhymes are mighty true and sweet, ant
: 1T will do our readers good to carry tn
, precepts of both into their own heart
and lives.
Tuesday Mornings Services
Rev. George Stuart preached upol
the Holy Spirit this morning, and hi
sermon was the most spiritual ant
!. effective of the five sermons he has de
livered during his stay here. TIL
singing of the beautiful solo-"Hol
Quietness, Blessed Quietness by MI
Ramsey, had put the hearts of tn
people into frame of mind to receiv
the precious words spoken by tn
! preacher.
! Mr.. Stuart said there were height
, and depths in the christian life tina
: many had never attained; many ha
been close to the tree of great delight
+ but had not plucked the fruits thereof
a We lived in the age of the Holy Spirit
, and we should seek the eye-sight tha
God alone can give. We could onl
= reach the sunny hill-tops by uncondi
I tional surrender of sin and the devi
/ and ourselves. God is Love, and
the key note of perfect love and lal
!, mony, and if we wished him to abid
/ with us. we must live in love an
p charity with one another.
o He closed his sermon by asking hi
o hearers to go home and burn up the
decks of cards; to purify their home
of all uncleanness in the sight of IL
Lord, and say, here, Lord, / surrendt
all myself, my home, my all.