The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-17

about him, and they cry, DO you not
know that you have been dead for long
feels his SIM. DO you not know that all
about us walk dead people? People who
| 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-
tons 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.
The mind of the flesh, like the crane
in the old fable, is content with snails. A
beautiful swan ahghted by the banks of
stream in which crane was wading
about seeking snails. For few moments
the crane viewed the swan In stupid Won
der, and then inquired. where do you
come from?" II came from heaven" re-
Piled the swan. "And where is heaven%;
Heaven" said the swan, ''have you never
heard of heaven?" And then the beautiful
bird went on to describe the grandeur Of
the eternal city. She told OF streets of
gold, of gates of pearl and walls of jasper,
and the river Of life, "clser as crystal.
In eloquent language the swan sought to
portray the hosts who live in the heavenly
world, but without arousing the slightest
interest. Finally the crane asked, "Are
there any snails there?" "Snails!" re-
peated the swan; "no of course not.',;
Then" said the crane, as 1T continued its
search along the Shiny margin of the pool,
you can have your heaven. L want
snails." There are thousands OF people to-
day who are meeting the appeals of the.
church of Jesus Christ, If not with the
snaiPs answer, at least with the snaiPs
attitude. "You can have your heaven. L
want snails." And why? Because they
have yielded to the mind of the flesh and
allowed the lusts of the flesh to atrophize
the spiritual nature 'Be not deceived;
God is not Knocked; for whatsoever man
soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap
corruption" Fancy may figure the wick,
ed as borne aloft in chariots of the sum-
says the Rev. w. L. Watkinson, "but a
ray of daylight. reduces the pretentious
things to the monstrous forks OF the police
mans stretcher, the workhouse ambulance
the prison van, the hearse that bears men
to the grave ere they have lived out half
their days."
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
| abundantly. The Bible tells US of "the
spirit of life," which exerts its power
among men. Jehovah is spoken of as 1.-The
living Cod" and the Holy Spirit as His
living agent. by thy spirit God hath
garnished the heavens" ''Thou sendest
forth thy spirit; they are created In so
| springs from life. The Spirit of God is
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
winter into spring, calling forth life,
beauty, fragrance and song. The same
| 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 moral tinkering and
| WIRE. 1t is permanent miracle. You are,
not only new man, but a live man. The.
dictionary defines top as ''gyroscope."
| A gyroseope may be made to spin. But it
is a dead thing, nevertheless. 1t won't go,
| without string or spring attached to 1T
| and Manipulated by the hand of the spin
ner. Ii you have been regenerated you
are more than gyroscope: You will not.
| run down" like a top. You will not be,
subject to moods and modes. You will
| run without having a spring or string at
| tached to you. The love of the Christ win
| 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 hesh''i
has been buried, and no flowers were laid
on his casket:. The mind of the spirit',1a
lives and speaks through the kindling eye,
the qulvering lip and the softened and
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
Life. The difference between the carnally.
minded and the spiritually minded is the
| difference between the stall fed OK COM
placently chewing his cud and the Great
ure. 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
Peace be unto you,' said the Saviour to
the disciples. My peace leave with you
My peace [ give unto you; not as the
world giveth, give l unto you" What is
IT You are longing for this morning
Home? You have that. Business? YoM
have more than you can attend to. Al
| Teduy you are worried nearly to Qe2CfN.
over business. Tomorrow mornings mail
will bring you large bundle of letters.v
Perhaps some of them will read, ''Pease
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 seashore, in the noun
tains, at the club? One continuous round
of pleasure Society? Don't you go 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
throttles and binds and sets its heel upon
this miserable carnal creature that whines
and frets and burns with an abnormal
thirst that nothing can satisfy? And why
do you get peace when you get eternal
life? Because you have anchored to do
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 of
the SDirlt' will find the deenes+ Sa+;Sfoo-