The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-10-08
What can I be! What ca1 1 do! Al.
swer, oh, thou God of my reoplc, thou Re

What can 1 be! What ca1 I do? Al.
swer, oh, thou God of my rsoplc, thou Re
deemer of my soul! :,
Neither of these methods Of soul devel-
opment should be without its partner,
Solitude is to character what space IS 70
a tree" And alone with God, our hiding
place is no cell where 1--WE wind ourselves
too high for sinful man below the sky" 1t
is the sanctuary where strength and WIS
dom are nourished for the daily battle.
Service is to character what athletics are
to the physical frame. And when all apollo,
getics fail to halt the proud concourse cf
an alien world, duty well conceived and
done can turn the wondering multitudes
from their fruitless quest and make them
ask. whence received these Gordons and
Livingstones their warrant? The nameless
saints who heal the wounds OF the world
and would blush to give their deeds a.,
name. are the Joy and crown of the Bride
groom and His Bride. Those who lay upon
themselves the lowliest duties. who claim
in modest retirement their alliance with
the unseen but beloved One, are at this
very hour the salt, the leaven, the preser-
vation of Gods cause upon the earth.
Both these methods of solitude and serv.
ice centre in Jesus Christ. He is our un-
failing supply, the Mediator of the cove
nant in all its branches. in Hin the best,
the real self of men is revivified and REIN
forced. And as we appropriate his life
and His example we make our largest
gains in the infinite. the eternal, the holy
and the good In Him we are commended,
redeemed and called unto this fellowship.
When governing forces around US are
brutal, when certain aspects OF national
existence are without moral cleam, when
practical in6delity displays its lures and
vices catch the unwary. how should we or
der ourselves save by the light of this COM
mand the text enjoins? What humanity
primarily needs is not changed environ
ment so much as regenerated heart.
/ noticed on our homeward voyage that
the giantess steamship Cedric. because or
her bulk. outrode the fierce Atlantic. By
virtue of her increase the proud waves
were stayed. How many men dread the
sea CT life with its adventure, because their
size is unequal to the shock. So they
tarry in the harbor till deaths fog covers
ALL their work not done.
And in order that lynchipgs may cease.
and justice be undetiled. and the fool and
the knave plucked out Of tie seats OF lead
ership, and the demagogle and the tricks
ter cease to defraud labor communities:
and defeat lawful enterprise. one radical
and sufficient step must be taken, and the
church must take it. We must offer to
| God and to society genuine sainthood. For
its verities I am thankful, as for the diff
ferent colors and scents of q garden ct
| flowers. A St. Francis, a Cromwell, \
Wesley, an Edwards; one loving devo-
| tional retirement. another political action,
| third the flaming evangel; fourth pro-
foundest Thought. but all in their different
| gifts the fruit of the tree OF life whose
leaves are for the healing Of the nations.
These spell across a worlds program the
great words, God, the soul, Immortality