The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-10-22
Apocalypse fits with the indications OF the

finds the very best there is IN lie: 1ie
tastes life at its best, Il Will S!"e hlm 10
eat of the tree Of life. which is IN the para
disc of God" There is a very common nn'
ton that though goodness may he sale
track to some far-off celestian city 1t IS
| considerable sacrifice of the content or lie
here and now. Naturally enough not
| few decide to take what they can IN the
present and leave the struggle for GOODNESS
alone and chance the future. Well, ne
truth is that only in worthy character. IN
the ascerdancy over evil. in tn" m.sS'f:
| of impurity and of ego,sm IN all ITS iormS
on the higher levels of special cultivation,
does a man really get the core ct hic now.
get the very best there is in l.. in iaet
the old Eden story comes true s=ah ard
again in the lives of men. Get YOUR pieai-
ure. satisfy YOUR desire in illicit ways, III
defiance or in neglect Of the divine order
of life, it simply means paradise lost. i0a
turn Yourself ont OF the best by 80 DOM.
LOYALTY to goodness is the way o. blessed
ness. There is no happiness Ike ti:at
which comes from simple goodness:
What does the victor find? lie sniS Tie
unseen reserves from which he may draw
susteaance and power t. mis- own sur2r.si
and that of ..c word "To him :ta' tva:.
cometh l will give to eat Of the h:dden,
r.:ana." In the winning struggle you Lad
the soul sustenarce hidden from yon D.
fore and still hidden from TIE word. New
condolences. new assurances. new iA'"!'
arise in the sou.; new viSioTS break npSn
it. new voices speak to it and Ill t: new
communions with unsee9 lowers enrich
its inner soiitudos. and the nan let's ly
and BY 10 understand what paui meant
when he spoke OF being "strenSshnn:d
with might in the inner man: The truy
ecrnest man who perseveres in the hte of
The GOOD is constantly surprised at the re.
serve Of power upoa which he draws. tcd
seas which looked as il they meant certain
death have been safely crossed. and thr
song Of triumph rang up to God on the
other side
Difficulties which seemed instrumental
have been successfully overcome. This is
why the man savE: Hitherto iHth tar
Lord be,ped me-" lie cannot understand
himself BY himself. and 80 he buliGs an
alter to a higher power. In life's victories
we discover hfe's forces: in the onward
march we discover the enrichment 81 the
wav, come to one after another @! 'he
wells of sa.vation. hidden frocl all who do
not march that way. And. remember al
ways. that the larger our connnest IN llte.
the more abundant will be lies austen
ance; it IS the conQueror who finds tEc
manna. In 6 sense. everything ~ hidden
from MS, and al growth is a discovery. it
is so in the intellectual. sphere. lol tlS-
cover treasures as you condrer Gltiicut'es
Yon must conquer the alnhabe. ard the
spelling hook to discover the sentence:
CONQUER the sentence to discover the para
graph; conquer everv raragraph to know
the treasr-a OF the book. And SO Al! the
way up. Many cannot read book that ia
at ell difficult; the food there is i" 1t they
cannot appreciate. Why: because Their
e,,,,n. flar havo nct
overcome ignorance and superficia.ty sntt-
Gently, so the mama there remains hid.
den.
TIE same is tr,e in the mora; and s?.r-
itral sphere. There are peoole who Gre
ouite Incapable of understanding the high
est kind of affection and the hottest
kind of love because they have no. them
selves overcome the vulgarIty and coarse.
ness OF human natures lo:rer levels. All
noble SOUS have "mcat t. eat which the
world knows not Of" they have affec-
tioas which the word would always dilute
with base ingredients, and aspirations
| which it would always tarnish WITH the
| stains of earth. BE sure o. it, your diScoy-
cry Of ,fe's best things will depend upon
| Your conquest of its worst. and with every
| victory you shall cat hidden mamma AID
be strengthened for victories yet 20 be
achieved. The successful struggle coz.
stantlv discovers supports hidden from
| him before and still hidden fror, liTes
| which do not know r., loftier reaches and
| the more earnest endeavnrs What o>es
| life yic,d to the victor? Here is one Of .ne
finest of the promises: 81 will give him The
morning star" What is this gilt OF the
! morning STAR It is the feeling that life Is
eweet and pure. fair and fresh with the
touch Of morning 1t is the feeling that
| = ELL of ,ornp,;ca chat Iav G
on: that the best is yet to be. 1t is the
power TO be oneself sweetening. freshen-
| ing Influence in the world. living pro-
nhccy of its betterment. Now, friends.
| there ia nothing like moral purity to keep
! the touch Of morning on l:fe: compromise
your rrorality and it ia marvellous how soon
everything is stale. There is an indescrib-
ah,e sweetness in the air of early morning
wher the world is as God makes it: when
before we light our fires and emit our
SIN moke and beat up the dust of our noisy.
turbulent life. Something like that sweet
| freshness of morning belongs to the soul
| that is pure and comes to It always in It's
hour of victory over sin. As long rs your
affections are clean they are fresh; you
never tire of pure feelings or holy loves.
Again. what does the moral victor find?
II ia promised that Christ will write upon
| .
! city, and his own new name. In our Ian
mage this means that life yields the victor
the consciousness that he really belongs
to God: that he belongs TO the new SO.
ciety: that he belongs to Christ. In other
words the spiritual universe owns him,
and he knows himself as vital part of it.
even as a pillar in the temple Of God, an
upho,der of the sacred things Of life: one
Of those who have real nermanent life in
the sanctuary. among the sanctities OF
| God-yea. who share the spiritual sover.
eighty of life with God, with Christ ard
with all the good: He shall sit with Me
on My throne" etc.
| Oh. YOU who are fighting sin, take cour-
age; with every triumph you are mounting
the steps of the throne Of God. and ever
nearing the time when your life shall be
| fixed in the truth which knows no turning,
and the Righteousness which is forever.
Lay hold on the thought of God as yonr
Helper. and believe that if you work with
Him all will be well. I invite you to no
superficial optimism that has never sound
| ed the depths of life's woe. nor seen into
the hearts of it's tragedy. There is no pow
or and no healing in that. heard it once
given out from a Christian platform. It
i danounee5 cloouinese of eyery kind. IL