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Addresses by Col. BlOOdwOrth OF
FOrnyth and Mr.. bailey of RaleiRh

Addresses by Col. BloOdwOrth OF
Forsyth and Mr.. Bailey of Raleigh.
The principal events of the evening
session were the addresses of Col. o.
H. B. Bloodworth of Forsyth, who
spoke on Christian Citizenship in the
Present in Business" and Mr.. j. w.
Bailey of Raleigh, N. c., who spoke
on Christian Citizenship in the Pres
ent as Required in Social Life" Mr..
Bailey took the place of Rev. Sparks
w. Melton, who was unable to attend
the convention.
In addition to the regular congrega-
tional singing a male quartette COM
posed of Messrs. Fowler, Treece, Rob-
erts and McCardle sang a selection,
which was so much appreciated that
by request they sang again at the
close of the service.
The address met with so hearty an
appreciation both on the part of the
congregation and the officers of the
meeting that Rev. DIR. J. D. Jordan
stated that they were the two best
addresses he had ever heard at such
a convention, local, state, or national
and suggested the advisability of Sc
curing the addresses from the speak
ers and have them printed.
In his address Col. Bloodworth told
of the wonders of various inventions
and of the forces of nature, then con-
tinued, but more wonderful than
these is man. And why?
Because of mind and immortality,
The cloud capped towers, the gor-
geous palaces,
The solemn temples, the great globe
itself
And all it inherits, shall dissolve
And like an insubstantial pageant,
faded
Leave not trace behind
But the soul, that which is immortal
in man, knows not the weight of weari-
ness or the flight of time-but lives
on and on, and on throughout the
countless ages of eternity.
But alas! Alas! There is an eternity
of death as well as an eternity of life:
an eternity of death with the devil and
his demons and the horrors of the
damned, as we'll as an eternity of life
with Christ and his angels in that
House not made with hands, eternal
in the heavens"
And where can we learn of this i'm
mortality, of this eternal life? Search
the scripture, for in them We think ye
have eternal life: and they are they
which testify of me-" Let us see then
what is the great commandment of the
law,
Thou shall love the Lord, thy God
with all thy heart and with all thy
SOUL and with all thy mind That is
Christianity. Add to this the other
great commandment, Thou shall love
they neighbor as myself And you
have Christian citizenship. Supple
ment this by Paul's advice to the
Corinthian brethren, Whatsoever We
do, do all to the glory of Cod And
you have Christian citizenship in bus
mess.
and why is Christian citizenship
demanded in business? Because the
Bible teaches it, because the Bible
knows no one-day Christianity, be-
| cause Christianity knows no hypoc-
ricy.
Let me insist that whenever you
| find one who is really a Christian you
will find one who carries Christianity
| into his business every day and every
hour of his life. l cannot conceive
| of the favor of God resting on one as
| true Christian who on the Sabbath
| sits high in the sanctuary and mods
| his sanction to the preachers de-
nunciation of sin, who goes home and
| on Bonded knees around the family
altar prays the Lord to Lead us not
into temptation, but deliver us from
| evil yet who as soon as breakfast
| is over on Monday morning will hand
| the key to his business house over to
| his son with instructions to hasten to
| the store before any customers arrive
and tale the -four, sand the sugar,
| tighten the scales, shorten the yard
stick MOI The true Christian would
practice in his business during the
week what he prayed in his pew on the
| Sabbath.
Christian citizenship is demanded in
| business because it would esta blish
| more than any other one thing the
| beauty, the glory, the grandeur of the
| Christian religion. Because living at
/ all times up to Gods law would make
us more Industrious, healthier and hap
| pier; because it would drive US from
| the desire for the quick accumulation
of wealth and the unrighteous greed
for gain; because it would develop true
men, men of courage, men of convic-
| ton, men of character. men who would
| deserve and receive the confidence of
| the business world.
"But high above all these things and
nobler for Christian citizenship is de-
| manded in business because 1t is right,
because 10 so i've WOuiu De AT all times
! TO witness for Christ. would be the
| laying UP in store for ourselves a good
foundation against the time to come
that we may lay hold on eternal life.
! The pages of the Bible are rich in au-
| thority TO support every proposition
| have laid down, but time forbids that
| | should refer TO more than a few of
| them.
I'm the face OF a recent and wide
| ~ published article which placed min
listers among the LATEST OF men, II
/ might be presumptuous IN me to as
! sert that Christian citizenship Is de-
manded In business because energy
and enterprise Is necessary In every
successful undertaking and the Bible
/ losses bouquets 20 the industrious and
/ hurls thunderholts an the slothful
THE whole Bible IL alive with Gods
/ call 20 labor.
In ne very Geuesis-before woman
was created-God gave man dominion
/ over the hsh Of the sea, over the fowl
/ ~ the aif and over every living thing