The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1903-06-26

me streets n Rome. Alexander real
lied NJ after ne had carried his sTmi
into every part Of the known world
and Napoleon realized il when his stal
set in blood upon the fateful held Oi
Waterloo. They all found IL to be true.
ITS all vanity and yexatIOn Of spirit.
Write il upon the tombs Of ali the
governors ana presidents and kings OF
/ the world. for tney ali found il 70 be
| true.
Then, there are those who want
pleasure. They care not for money
nor position. but they want pleasure.
The most dangerous thing IN life. said
the speaker. is the pursuit OF pleasure.
Real pleasure. he said. does not come
from pursuit. It's only when We give
ourselves up to the highest things OF
life that we find genuine pleasure.
What is pleasurer A Will the wisp
that only shines to deceive; an ignls
fatuus that you seek but which eludes
YOU as you are about to grasp II.
Yet there are thousands upon thousands
in every city of this country going
down to destruction In the mad pur-
suit Of pleasure. Thousands of young
men are going 10 ruin because they
are given up to lustful habits called
pleasure. "Oh, young man, | beseech
you tonight to stop and halt. The
world can I satisfy you. The soul of
man is so great that nothing but the
infinite and the eternal can atisfy it. =
DIR. McFerrin then refer red TO the home
and the home life. He said that the
older he got the more he came to think
that the greatest institution On this
earth is the home. He referred feel
ingly to the interest be had IN the
homes of Columbia ~ am drawn to
Columbia as l am to few places on this
earth, he said. 1T was here that /
began my ministry; it was here that l
chose my partner for life. and wnere
my young manhood was spent. Co
lumbla has peculiar charm for me,
and her homes are dear to me. He
referred to the fact that hardly home
was the same as 1t was thirty eight
years ago. The hand of desoiatiOn hau
been at work. The ravages of time
had made many changes, There was
hardly family that did not have a
sorrow, vacant chair, or blank
in the family circle.
What must be the despair OF man. he
said, who looks back upon life spent
in the pursuit of pleasure and with a
lost soul. Now look at the loss side OF
the matter. "And don't you think"
he said, ''that you are going to lie down |
and die, and that that's the end of it. |
A man that dies in sin must lose his
soul and himself That's what Christ
said. He's my authority and don't
20 beyond him. Before | close these |
meetings." he said, II am going to
preach two or three sermons on the sub
am going to preach to you what the
Bible teaches" He said that he had
often thought that the loss of the soul
vas the loss of capacities, and talked for
several minutes along that line. He
closed his sermon by saying that he vas
going to leave the matter with the I'M
saved Of the congregation, that they
night do with it as they liked, but at
he last, this question would have to con
ront them: What shall it profit
nan if he gain the whole world and lost
lis own SOUL"
"The Bible"
"The Bible" was the subject OF DR.. j.
?. McFerrin's morning talk Monday.
u CODUoCUlOu Will Ills Id'h vi ullc IIOly
Book Dr. McFerrin read the following
from a sermon which he heard
recently in New York while in
attendance upon a religious gathering
n that city: i
1.-THE Bible.-It contains the mind of
Tod, the state of man, the way of sal
alton, the doom of sinners, the happi
Tess of believers; its doctrines are holy,
is precepts binding, it's histories true.
ts decisions immutable. 1t has light to
irect you, food to support you, and
omfort to cheer you. 1t is the travel
re map, the pilgrims staff, the pilots
ompass, tho soldiers sword. and the
character. Here Paradise
restored, heaven opened and the gates
t hell disclosed; Christ is its grand ,
inject, our good its design, and the
Tory of God its end. Read it slowly,
prayerfully and be wise; be-
eve it and be safe; practice it and be
oily. 1t is mine Of wealth. paradise !
I glory and river of pleasure. 1t is :
iven you in life, it will be open at the
ay of Judgment and be remembered !
,rever. 1t involves the highest respon ,
bilitv rauards the Oreateaf tabor and !