The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-11-15
THE PAULINE WORD.".
Sermon On Lawlessness by the Rev.
w. L. Seabrook.

delivered by the Rev. w. l.. SeabfOOk,
pastor of the Lutheran Church of the
Redeemer, in this city, appeared in
yesterdays issue of the News and
Courier, along with sermons delivered
from other pulpits throughout the
state on the same subject:
After calling attention to the work
of The News and Courier and other
newspapers OF the state in the interest
of law and order, he said that many
pastors in the state would today pre-
sen1 this subject to their people, and
uttered the prayer, "God grant Thy
servants this day grace to speak faith
fully, wisely and unselhshly for God
and home and Our state, and to Thy
servants, who hear grace to heed the
message, and wisdom and bo1dness to
do Thy will.'
. He took as his text Phil 1:27, (re-
vised version, nargin), "Only Behave
as Citizen Worthily of the Gospel
Of Christ" and said that the word Of
the apostle to the Philippians. comes
as personal message to the people
of South Carolina
Let me read the text with the con-
text as though it were written directly
to us, and judge ye if in view of our
community life the world is not the
very word for us today.
Paul and Timotheus, the servants
Of Jesus Christ, too all the saints
in Jesus Christ which are in South
Carolina, with the Bishops and dea-
cons.
Grace be unto you and peace from
God our Father and from the Lord
Jesus Christ.
|This I pray, that your love may
abound yet more and more in knowl-
adge and in all discern1nent, that ye
may approve the things that are ex-
cellent, that yc may he sincere and
without offence till the day of Jesus
Christ.
"Only behave as citizen worthily
of the Gospel of Christ steadfast in
one spirit-with one soul striving to-
gether with the faith of the gospel.
And in nothing terrified by your
adversaries, which is to them an evi-
dent token Of their destruction, but
of your salvation and that from God.
because that to you it hath been
granted in the behalf of Christ, not
only to believe on Him, but also to
suffer in His behalf"
Every man has in the earth life a
two-fold .existence-that which he has
as private individual, with the rela-
tions in which it involves him in his
private, Individual life-that which he
has in relation to all others in the
state and may be called his public ex-
istence, as a citizen, conferring upon
him certain privileges and imposing
certain responsibilities and duties.
Most men recognize this fact in a
greater or lesser degree. There is
one sentiment to which appeal may
be made in all men, love of home and
love of country. To those who recog-
nize only their earthly citizenship no
higher appeal can be made than to
their patriotism. A true patriot, a
good citizen must feel FIVE fold OBJ
legation to obedience to the laws of
the state he loves, reverence for its
institutions; defence of its rights; the
highest welfare of its people; unwav-
ering hostility to every influence that
threatens its peace and prosperity.
The Christian citizen holds this
sentiment of patriotism in common
with all good citizens No man can
be a Christian and not be patriot.
This his religion teaches him, by pre-
cept and principle and by the life Of
his great Exemplar, who though He
came to save all mankind. confined
His preaching and His teaching to
His own country, and shed tears Of
bitter sorrow as He thought Of her
coming calamity.