The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-12-01

today are men who are educated
enough to be curses to it-men who
have educated on a low plane. The
greatest curses of the world are men
who have college and university de-
grees-mer WhO have no conception OF
the supernatural in man.
IF a man is to be educated at all he
has 10 be educated in the light OF his
supernatural life and supernatural pos
sihilities.
There is but one thing TO make of a
man. and that IS 20 make Of aim 4 son
Of Gold
Man is not made for a state or a
commonwealth. Make d man and he
Will make Il state and 4 commonwealth.
one Of the great dangers OF the
world and one of the great weaknesses
of the world today is rel gious paralysis
which renders US unabk: to be conscious
OF God. We are conscious of money
and conscious Of powers. but We are
not conscious Of o. This lack of God
consciousness was the f~OreTunner OF
the downfall of Greece and of Rome.
AS long IS France was conscious OF
God she grew and had power, but when
materia!isIn and deism paraiyzed the
God consciousness France went down.
AtL ~ Y III III NAHUM VIA
| consciousness OF wealth and power,
and everything is material. but con-
seriousness Of God is stuck away in a
corner. And | tell you that if Cod
consciousness is rot revived and does
not possess US again We as a people
viii be dOwred and damned.
Any human mlnd that cheats him
self of knowing Ill truth cheats not
| only himself h1lt rra4fS God AImiCH.V
All that lies in human consciousness
ought to engaSe all there is Of human
life and human energy. Hence il is
that any education with God left out
of it binders a life. What we want is
the opening up OF The human conscious
| ness GodWard. And this opening of
| consciousness should begin in the
| school. III our common school. n if
the Bible is to be taken out Of the
| common school then / am in favor of
| the church drawing away from the
| common school. GOD wants no COmpro-
| mise. and viii GnO no compromise.
f SoUe people talk about compromising
| for the sake of peace, but l have never
known peace 20 be accomplished Oy
/ compromise. God = not u God of COM
promise, and He will have whole recog-
milton III order to besto8v His blessing"
SUNDAY PROGRAMME.
On Sunday morning a numbe Of the
members OF the conference Will occupy
the pulpits OF the various churches in
| the city. and others at night.
At St. PauI's church h conference
Love Feast viii be held at $50 a.. m.
At II Bishop Gambler Will preach, and
at the close of the sermon Will ordain
the deacOns.
At ) p. m. the memorial services VIII
| be held.
At 100 p. IN Rev. y. T. Watkins.
| d. d. will preach. and after the sermon
| Bishop CandIer will ordain the elders.
THE YOUNGEST BISHOP.
This is the first time Bishop Gambler
! has presided ever the North Carolina.
| conference. bur il Is safe - say that
/ no bishop has been more popular with
/ the conference in SO short I time than
! he. Possessed If y strong body, an in
teIlect of unusual ability ana a heart
! of deep feeling he is a. most admirable
presiding officer. In years ne il the
| youngest bishop III the church. being
| about 10 years old 1T the present time.
! He was for 4 number of years u mem
Der of the North Georgia conference.
! In his ministerial life he has been a
! circuit and mission preacher. a station
pastor. a presiding elder. college pres
| ident and bishop. At the time he was
| elected to the episcopal office in 1898 he
was president of Emory college at OK
ford, Ga
He is very positive in disposition, but
not unreasonable. He is orthodox in
his belief and preaching ana has no
approval for the so called higher criti-
cism of the Bible. His natural wit en-
livens INC makes interesting the most
common place proceedings Of the con-
ference.
AS a preacher h is known throughout
the country as possessing ability in this
respect which causes him to be recog-
nized as one Of the strongest preachers
of the church he represents.
REV. Z. c. GLENN.
Among the visitors at the conference
/ are Rev. f. c Glenn and his charming
wife. For a number of years Mr..
Glenn was an active pastor in this o
ference. but at the present time he is
/ giving his time entirely to evangelistic
work. During the past yea he has
held meetings which ave been marked
by scores and hundreds of conversions.
His wife is an efficient helper in his
work and success IS browning their
consecrated Iabors.
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ShipbuiIdin& Industry Destroyed.
New York, November 2S.-The fact
mat the credit of the shipbuilding
industry has been completely de-
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