The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-01-22

expounders OF the Holy Scriptures
what advocates they will be Of that
gospel for the truth Of which the mar
ty-s died! Hail the Polycacps and
Hugh Latiners and John Knoxes Of
the twentieth century, believing the
Bible is true in spots! Would to God
that some great revival OF religion
might sweep through all the theo!og-
ical seninaries of this land, confirming
the faith Of the coming expounders Of
m entire Bible!
The Right to Eorrow.
Furthermore, in that scene OF the
text God sanctions borrowing and sets
forth the Importance Of returning l
DO not think there would have been
any miracle performed If the young
man had owned the Ak that slipped
the helve. The young man cried out
in the hearing Of the prophet, Alas.
master, for it was borrowed" He had
q right to borrow. There are times
when we have not only right to Dor
row, but it is q duty TO borrow. There
are times when we ought to lend, for
Christ in his sermon on the mount de-
clarcd, From him that would borrow
of thee turn not thou away 1t Is
right that one borrow the means OF
getting an education, as tic young stu
dent OF my text borrowed the Ak. 1t
is right to borrow means for the fer
warding Of commercial ends. Most OF
the vast fortunes that now overshadow
the land were ha!ched out Of Dor
rowed dollar.
If in any assembly It were requested
that those who had never borrowed
hold up their hands. none would be
lifted. or if here and there Il hand were
lifted we would know that II was
case Of fnveracity. Borrow! Why.
we arr. borrowing all the time We
borrow from the Lord the sunlight
that shows Us our way. the water that
sIakes our thirst. the food that re-
freshes us three times day, the p:i-
low on which we sluJnber. We borrow
yladness from our friends: we horr ~
all elevated surroundings. The church
borrows all its beauty from the 'hr!Ss
who founded it. In our songs AID SER
mons we borrow from the rlpturcs OF
heaven.
We borrow time; we will borrow
eternity. and thnt constant borrowing
implies 4 return. For what VIC borrow
from God we must pay hack in hearty
thanks and Christian service. IN i'm
prorement of ourselves ard ie!piu!-
ness for others. For what we borrow
in the shape OF protection from good
government we must pay back IN pa
triotic devotion. For what we borrow
from our parents in their good exam
pie and their hard work wrought for
us in our journey from cradle to man
hood or womanhood for all the ages TO
come we ought 70 be paying hack.
The halleluiahS Of heaven will be re-
turned for crucil;xion agony.
Debt Calamity.
Hayden the painter said his ruin be.
gan the day he began to borrow mon
ey, and he wrote in his diary, Here
began debt and obligation. out Of which
] have never been and never sbaI! he
extricated as long rs live. LT.
Johnson SAID: DO not accustom yo;'r-
self TO consider debt Only "s an IN
convenience You vii! find it a c.il%E1-
ity.'' We have Z right to borrow fcr
the absolute necessities. expecting 70
gay back again, hut We ought n@ver 20
borrow for the luzu: les. According to
the Laws Of .tnasis." n Egypt If q
man died without paying that which
he had borrowed be wGs deprived OF ail
obsequies lf that law We're in vogue
in our times. low many postponed and
impossible funerals,
Furthermore. let us admire these
young men OF Elisha's theological sem
mary for the fact that they we're earn
ing their cwn way. The :1lost O. those
today who 3re successful y TIE pro
fcssions. metlicatiNg the sick or advo-
eating the law or preaching the gospel.
fought their OVID way on and up.
Those are the Kind nf Hlcn who EnoW
what education is worth and Know
how 10 use il. Many of Us rGmeElbcs
that in college days the Sons of aftiuent
fathers. with plenty Of money 10 spend
and horses 10 drive and libraries
crowded with books never read and
wartrobes that kept them in perplexity
as 10 which Of many garments Was
appropriate for the weather that day,
were worth. to the world nothing then
and have been worth TO the world notl:-
ing since. while the young nieD III col
lege who had 10 economics three
mouths in order 10 get some book they
needed and who could hardly raise
money for their diploma have since
wrought nightly for Cod and t's'
truth. turning the world upside down
because it was wrong si6e np.
In the summer watering places north,
south. east and west, in the great lso-
;els. serving at table and in baggage
room. are theological students who are
in preparation for the ministry, earn
ing in July and August the means by