Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1903-09-17

continues to curse men. / say such a
being, whatever his occupation or social
standing, however great his wealth, Is dead
just. as. dead in the sight of heaven as
though his body were rotting in the
shrouds. He is dead to God. dead to all
moral obligations, dead to all the higher
promptings and pleadings of the soul that
is within him. His moral nature is afro
phied. All his thoughts, his impulses, his
of the flesh reaps corruption. Every sheaf
that he binds for time or eternity is .
bundle of corruption. The smiles and
smarks OF an evil person are not signs Of
life. but danger signals that warn US
against falling into an open sepulchre.
Les Miserables." lie sleeps, and in his
sleep he beholds the death of sin. AS he
comes to the house of revelry, the flowers,
the trees and the very sky are all the color
of ashes. Vatican wanders on through
vacant rooms, courts and gardens. By the
his questions. Suddenly he finds all the
inhabitants of the lifeless town clustering
about him, and they cry, "Do you not
know that you have been dead for long
timer. With a cry, Vatican awakes and ,
about US walk dead d people? f People a' who no
have no object in life but to amuse them
selves and feed and fatten the animal?
Ghosts that stalk about in shrouds and
dwell in haunted chambers? No generous
impulses stir the soul, no noble aspira-
tions thrill the depths of the nature, no
responsive chords Of the being yield to the
voice of the spirit that calls to sacrifice
and service.
On the other hand, "the mind Of the
spirit is life and peace" Christianity
comes to men telling them of divine
Saviour in whom is life and Who came
that we might have life and have it more
saaof spt o life hs wheh EIe easrs s us its OF powes
among men,. Jehovah is spoken of as "the
living Cod" and the. Holy Spirit as His
living agent. 'sBy thy spirit God hath
garnished the heavens" 'sThou sendest
forth thy spirit; they are created. In so
lar as testimony e ny and I'd observation 60 life
manifest in all His methods and works
This same spirit, whose activity is exerted
in creation and the sustaining of life. is
also the spirit of truth, of holiness, of
wisdom and grace. The Spirit of God
"renews the face of the EARTH, turning
winter winter into spring, calling forth lD life,
Spirit transforms the human SOUL The
Spirit of God touches our hearts; the
great transaction is done. Behold new
creature in Christ Jesus. We pass from
death unto life. We are alive unto God
through Jesus Christ our Lord, and the
things which are all in all to the sensuous
wording are of value to us only as they are
connected with and minister to the king
dom of Jesus Christ, of which we are
citizens.
If you have passed from death unto life
YOU are not piece Of maGfal1r TON Is and
wire. It is a permanent miracle. You are
not only a new man, but live man. The
dictionary defines a top as "gyroscope:."'
A gyroscope may be made to spin. But it
is a. dead thing, nevertheless. It won't 60
and maninulated by the hand of the spin
ner. Ii you have been regenerated, you
are more than a gyroscope. You will not
| run down" like top. You will not be
subject to moods and modes. You will
run without having a spring or string at,
Sconstrain' YOU and restrain YOU. In
the workshop, in the store, behind the
counter and in the Office your associates
| will know that you have been with Jesus
and received life. "The mind Of the flesh
has been buried, and no flowers were laid
on his casket:, "The mind Of the spirit"
lives and speaks through the kindling eye;'
sanctifed heart: The grazing grounds OF
the feshly-minded are the lotus meadows
Of pleasure and ease. The grazing grounds
Of the spiritually minded are the "'green
pastures" beside the "still waters" led
and fed and satisfied by the Shepherd Of
minded and the spiritually minded Is the
difference between the stall fed OK COM
plaeently chewing his cud and the Great
IRE created in the image Of God agonizing
| to be worthy of wearing the white stone
| and bearing the new name.
| With life comes also the gift of peace.
"Peaee be unto you," said the Saviour to
the disciples: my peace I leave with you;
world ' siveth, give 1 unto YOU" What is
it yol1 are longing for this morning!
Home? You have that. Business? You
have more than you can attend to-. AL
ready you are worried nearly to death
over business. Tomorrow mornings mail
will, bring you large bundle Of letters,
remit Head over heels in business.
Pleasure? Aren't you surfeited with pleas.
ure? Aren't you at it every afternoon and
evening. by the scashore, in the noun
tains. at the club? One continuous round
Of pleasure. Society? Don't you 60 in for
it? Don't you have your teas, your card
parties, your games and chit chats? What
you want is peace-peace of mind and
peace of conscience. And you will never
get it until you get life-the life that
throttaes and binds and sets it's heel upon
this miserable carnal creature that whines
and fretS and burns with an aDnOrmdl
thirst that nothing can satisfy? And why
, do you get peace when you get eternal
| life? Because. you have. anchored to dc
. something within the vale, and wind and
, wave and tempest shock cannot disturb
the calm and constant peace OF the mind
and heart that wait upon the Lord. You
, get peace because under the strenuous up
lift Of this new life you live simple life
nobly, which is the grandest thing any Of
, us can do. He who follows ''the mind o1
! the spirit will find the deepest satisfac
ton. for he has "in him well of water
, springing up into everlasting life
The other night George Primrose, the
minstrel, was amusing an audience at the
Masonic Temple Roof Garden in Chicago
In responee to an encore he came out and
sang my Watermelon Queen" When be
came eto the line in the chorus, "She's all
} the world to me-" he broke down, turned
! and walked into the wings, to the surprise
of the audience Just before he walked
to the foollghts he received telegram say
, ing that his wife was dead in their home il
J Buffalo And when he came to that line
: which touched the deepest chord in hif
soul, Sfootlights and faces, all save one
, were forgotten. Love yearned to CLASP
love- The supreme grace that was born
/ in heaven and which finds tits waverina
, image here" swayed the heart of the greai
, comedian. The sorrow in the soul stified
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