The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-11-10
GET OUT INTO THE
W0RLD...GET TO WORK
SERMON TO RED MEN ON SUM-
DAY AFTERNON.
Eloquent Message Brought By The
Rev. J. H. Graves-A Large
Attendance.

work." was the message given the
Red Men of Newberry by the Rev. J.
H. Graves on Sunday afternoon. Put
into practice the noble principles
which time Great Spirit hath given unto
you, he urged them. The Red Men
were not far wrong, he said, when
they held that he who hunted we'll IN
the forests of life would be permitted
the privileges of the happy hunting
grounds beyond.
The sermon to the Red Men by Mr..
Graves on Sunday afternoon was
preached in the opera house, and there
was large attendance of the men,
bers of the order and of the people
of the city. Bergell tribe attended in
body. Seated on the stage with the
speaker were the great sachem OF
South Carolina, Hon. Cole L. Blease,
and Col. E. H. Aull, representing the
Bergell tribe.
Mr.. Graves has attained high po-
sition in the order, being at present
great junior sycamore He is devoted
to its principles and his exposition Of
those principles on Sunday afternoon
was clear, logical and eloquent. The
three steps of Freedom, Friendship
and Charity men must take, he said,
if they would trod successfully the
pathway of life And running through
the whole eloquent message which f1e
brought was ti1e admonition to get
out into the world and get to work.
The order of Red Men in New
berry has steadily grown since iss Of
sanitation and today is one of the
strongest in Newberry- The. work
wi1ich Sapey have done rs not published
to the world, but il is known by those
who have received the benefits.
In his sermon to the order on Sun
day afternoon Rev. Mr.. Graves sald:
eye men of Galilee, why stand ye
gazing up into heaven? this same
Jesus, whican is taken up from you into
heaven, shall so come in like manner
as We have seen him go into heaven." "
Acts Ist., II.
Brethren you who are bound by the
sacred ties of Red Men will know thar
we reverence the Great Spirit and &C
knowledge the churoa' OF God to be
his only institution for the salvation
of the world To those who are un-
initiated permit me to say that we
make no pretense at supplantlng
Gods OF dained means Of saving Incn.
But t. rust ia: in the final reckoning
of a.! things. VIC may be wort2W OF
sn,7:e commentator at the hands Of
the Great Head of the church, who
speaking to the world has said, he
that giveth CUP OF cold water in His
name to one of the least Of earth :
creatures doetf a service 20 Him. We
are daily putting forth our energies TO
accomplish this and even more. 10
reach down and take hold OF that
which is higher in man, soul, and body
and teach him to depend on God for
all things and help his fellow man
over the rough path of life. He who
fans away a cloud OF doubt or fear, he
who removes stone out of the path
wav of man, he who points one. who is
in the dark abyss of sin 70 a ray OF
light which stineth above, we may
say Of him that he was a benefactor
to the world.
AS for the work of woman and he1
part in the struggle to help, inaglna-
ton fails even to give us glimpse o1
the inrumerable hosts who will in the
day when sorrows are laid down and
we are, clothed in robes of Joy of the
part she has played. Noble sisters
of the Degree of Pooaflontas labor on
starry decked crowns await you fol
the service you have rendered in bet.
tering the world and sweetening the