Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-10-16

Sunday afternoon meeting at the Y
NJ. c. A. Geo. A. Gregg was the at
traction, and for twenty minutes held
his auditors spellbound with his talk
on Magnetism; or, The Power That
Draws
The following is synopsis of Mr..
Gregg's remarks:
Back of the tiny push button by our
office desk-back of the lever by
which the motorman controls the car
back even of the mighty power
plant at Niagara where the force of
the cataract is used to generate many
thousands of electric horse power, one
principle operates-the elctro magnet
Take simple bit of soft iron, wrap
about it few folds of insulated wire
connect the ends Of the wire to
battery and you have turned the bit of
iron into thing of life able to at
tract to itself other iron-and form
ing the basis as said of these great
machines.
This magnetism-this mysterious
drawing force-T have taken today to
stand for love-lhe love of God in
Christ.
Love you say is womans word.
say not at all. ! saw it yesterday in
the shining face of an old black NAM
my as she pressed the little white
babe to her lips. But | saw it also in
the tenderness with which two rail
road men lifted a poor ignorant COM
rade into conveyance. Love is ev
erywhere in this world. in spite of
what pessimists may say.
And what will this love of God do
for man when it gets into his heart
It will make the railroad man not
only help the fellow that is hurt it
will make him obey to the letter the
rules of the company and so avoid the
accident
Not only will he hand a quarter to
the man in need, but he will remem-
Der as We'll the tradesman to whom
he owes dollar.
Not only will he provide for the
needs of his wife and children he
will give them year in and year out
the love and the time and tender SYM
pathy they should have
But how is this love to come into
a mans heart: how is this divine
n.acnetism to be stablished?
First the connection must be made
the hand of faith must reach out to
The great source of love-Christ him.
self Then. like the coils of wire
about the magnet our lift must be
wrapped round and round with prayer
the great conductor through which
Gods power can flow.
How carefully in making an electric
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scraped that no rust or dirt spoil the
jnint and hinder the flow of the cur
rent
So mon. il takes but little to weak
en- the power of this love in our
hearts-some little sin will do it.
r. of ho Of
Christ which drew together the great
convention at Detroit about which We
attracted great speakers from north
and south, from Canada and Texas
il was this that worked in the heart
Of that noble woman, Miss Helen
Gould
Why not begin today to take this
as the controlling power in your life,
so that YOU can say with Paul, "The
love of Christ constraineth me-"
After the O'Clock service, began
the Bible class work. which has taken
ND for lis study "Outline Studies in the
life of Christ" Prior to beginning
actual work in this class the members
were served to a Fellowship lunch.
The fellowship lunch is one of the at
tractive features of the Bible class
work. Before beginning the class
work, ten minutes are spent in lunch
con and conversation.
The Bible class meets in the COM
uittee room in the auditorium every
Sunday afternoon for 5 to 5:45, after
the regular Sunday afternoon service.
C. c. Cline has been elected class Sec
retary, and Rev. J. S. Hawkins has
oorsontcd to take charge Of the class
~ the first two months. The class is
apen 10 everyone. 1t started out Sun
dav with membership of fourteen,
hut III" mana cement wants at least
! ~ Ev2 OF thirty.