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HAVING A GOOD TIME
DEPENDS UPON HOW WE TOUCH
THE WORLD, SAYS REV. A. NJ
WILLIAMS.
TIME FOR SERIOUS THOUGHT
IS WHAT is NEEDED. ESPECIALLY
IN THE LARGER CITIES.

Advice on Courts hip to Both Sexes.
In savannah Gambling Is IA Great
TemptatiOn-RuIes for Having a
Good Time-WeIcOme Sunday Yes
terday at Trinity Church-Church
officials Made Reports in the
MOrninE-Orphans' Day Service in
the Afternoon.
Yesterday was welcome Sunday" at
Trinity Methodist Church. In the
morning the features of the service
were the reports of the officers of the
church. In the afternoon the Orphans
Day exercises were held and at night
the pastor, Rev. A. NJ. Williams, de-
livered a special sermon to the young
working men and women of Savannah
The subject of the evening sermon
was How to Have the Best Time" and
the discourse was built upon the text
from Philippians AS: Finally, breth
rem, whatsoever things are true, what
soever things are honest, whatsoever
things are of good report; if there be
any virtue and if there be any praise
think on these things" The pastor
said, among other things:
There is common expression
among young people: L have had
good time There are various notions
as to what a good time is. Some think
that it is in jab, some in painting the
town red, some in the qualification of
the animal instincts. l want to talk
to you tonight about how to have the
best time.
The kind of time we have depends
upon how we touch this old world and
how it touches US. The real point of
contact between persons and the world
is in the mind, and that is why the
apostle eXhorts us to think on these
things. The things we think on, the
way We think on them, makes the time
me have. There is a thought about
everything that effects us; there is
thought before everything that we do.
The prime condition of the best time is
thinking about the best things and
thinking the best about things.
Little Time in Thinking.
There is too little thinking in cities.
We just catch a glimpse at a subject
of the young is to think Jesus took
thirty years for thought before he be-
gan his work and at the beginning of
his ministry he took forty days to
ponder his mission. Paul spent three
years in the desert of Arabia think
ing. Have time to think. Get off by
yourself and think all that concerns
you through and through. You will
be obliged to think sometime, either
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it is to do the thinking before the act
than to think remorsetully over it aft
erwards.
Touch the real world and think the
truth. Much suffering comes from liv-
ing in an unreal world. Think the
truth about the world in which we
live. 1t is not all good and it is not
all bad. 1t has its dark alleys as. well
as its blazing electric lights Think
the truth about yourself. Be careful
not to think yourself too wise, too
good, too high. Think the truth about
the issues presented to you. The shams
and falacies of this world are the
quicksands of human wretchedness. A
word to the counting boys. Beware
of the rag, the bone and the hank
of hair you are calling your lady fair
Girls, be careful to find out whether
that fellow is real man or only a
patent clothes rack.
Touch the world honestly, think
honestly. An honest life is the basis
of the best time. That begins in liv-
ing on your earnings. Don't buy where
you cannot pay. Pay what you promise
at the time of promise. The time prom
ised is an element of honesty as well
as the amount. Beware of gambling.
Gambling is synonymous with thieving,
just as are larceny, burglary swim
ding and other specific words. Think
for yourself on that line. Do not take
the guarantee of protection given in
Savannah. Savannah law may protect
you against police interference, but it
cannot against the law of God.
The Golden Rule.
Touch the world as you desire the
world to touch you, that is the golden
rule and also the law of justice. BE
careful how you judge Others Ibe care
full to entertain right feelings to 9TH
ers, be careful how you speak of 9TH
ers. do not know which is worse,
! blow, an insult, or a Islander. The lat
ter may kill more surely and more ter
ribly than the first. The most deli
cate thing in the world, and yet the
most expensive is a reputation. Break
the reputation and you destroy that
which the universe cannot produce
Touch the world so that it may not
stain you. Think on pure things The
world is the instrument of the soul
and when the soul becomes the ifstru-
ment of the world, then impurity takes
place. Three sources will be men
toned, through which the soul can be
made the instrument of the world;
through the love of money, through in
temperance, and through lust.
Guard the eye; fill the mind with
pure thoughts. The dance leads to
lust, it is the very prescription, the
| psychologist tells us is calculated to
incite lust. The dance is the place
where many men test what they call
the purity of womanhood. If l were
you l would not like to be tested
Touch the good in the world. Guilt
Vate taste for the lovely Athinf% of
the world. All good things are cult
waited. All these things work toward
the best time, but the best time can be
had only by those who have an expe-
rience of heart religion. In that the
sacred chemic distills joy out of sor-
row and reveals beauties beyond the
ken Of the natural man. The best
time is the true life with Christ"
The morning service, besides the SER
mon, consisted of a welcome service
Many of those who have been absent
from Savannah on their summer yaca-
tons were again present in their pews
ana IN addition, large number of or
phans were present. Reports were given
OF the work being done in the different
departments Of the church.
The treasurer's report showed that
the church was In good financial condi-
ton. and that the outlook for the COM
ing year WAS very bright
The report Of the SUPERINTENDENT ~