The news & observer., 1905-12-12


God has entrusted the training of an
the home where father and mother
have that love which God puts in the
family Heaven smiles upon it. ana
there is joy in it.
God organized the family. and God
organized the church and they are
the only institutions God did organize.
and if I live up to these two instltu,
tions I shall be the best citizen this
country can afford. Blessed is tho
| father and mother who realize that
| God has work for them to do. If yau
want a goodlv home, you must, as
| Spurgeon said, keep out dirt, debt
and the devil. There is dust and filth
| in many things. | have seen books
| so full of he'll that they could blight
| a young souls whole light When
you buy anything without the prospect
| of nayino it is stealing. You are a
| thief | used to see the devil painted
with q. forked tail. but the devil does
not come that way. He Games into
| your business and invades your rclig-
| ion if you will permit him, and If
your business will not go with your
| religion they are both rotten. The
| devil can come in the shape of Il
young fellow just from college, pol
ished and refined, but if you knew his
| true character you should meet him
at the daav and say, Back. demon OF
| hell. backi'
But there are three things that
should be in the home: Light, life,
and love- l am sorry for the poor
! husband and son whose home is so
dark that they have to so elsewhere,
sometimes a saloon, for light. Home
is the haven for boys and iris, and il
should be made attractive. Put 1t on
| the shelf in the form Of literature,
light. Have Gods Word there, too.
then let there be life around the
| home. Let the boy whistle, let him
sing. let him be an Interrogation mark.
! I plead for the boy in the home. II
YOU want him to be nothing let him do
| nothing. but if he is to amount to
| anything he must exercise his facul-
ties. Permit a personal reference, but
| was the liveliest. noisiest boy, my
mother said, in my fathers home,
Make your home a home Of light, life
and love for the souls which God has
entrusted with to train.
"Do not brand your child with a
| bad name, leading Inn to ather evil
deeds This impression for good must
be made now Now is your Oppor-
| tunity Have you ever introduced
your child to Christ? If you are a
| Christian and have not you are not
consistent and you are not serving
! God Alright. AS for you and your
! house God put you there, and you
must not neglect your opportunities.
''"Who can estimate what it means
! for one man to stand erect for God,
for truth and for right? What the lie
means Of one man or woman VINO
cannot be swaycd by every device,
but stands for truth, for righteousness,
| for purity, for love and for God. VINO
can estimate what it means to Israel
| for Josua to say, AS for me and my
| house, we will sehYe the Lord Here
is an example, Lot pitched his tent
| towards Sodom and Abraham pitched
his tent and reared an altar unto our
| Cod Time came wnen Lot and ms
wife must leave, but Mrs Lot had had
so much of the finery Of Sodom sthat
she disobeycd the Lord and died. Lot
| barely escaped, with his dte decd ana
all his daughters dead but two. ana
| they were worse than dead. What an
lawful testimony! But Abraham
pitched his tent and reared an altar
| unto God. Is there an tltar to God in
vOur home? Can you go around IL
and say: AS for me and my house
we will serve the Lord How. is it ih
Iyour home? Home, blessed, sweet
| Christian home place of rest, place
OF love. a place to prepare souls. God
|
house. we viii serve the Lord
At the Presbyterian Church.
Rev. DR.. VIM Lunsford, pastor OF
the First Baptist church of Asheville,
filled the pulpit in the morning A
gentleman Of magnificent personal ap-
lpearance, scholarly and effective, his
noble sermon fell uDon glad hearts,
and at it's conclusion the congregation
gathered around the preacher with
heartfelt words of thanks for his
uplifting sermon. This was the first
time the people of Raleigh have had
| the CT portunity of hearing DR.. LunS-
| ford, who not very long ago came to
| AsheVille from Waco Texas, Those
who heard him on Sunday understand
how he has walked into the hearts of
the people of Asheville, who regard
| him as easily one of the greatest
! preachers in the Southern Baptist
church.
At night the pulpit was occupied by
| Rev. Henry w Battle, ID, of Green's
! bOro. It was a sermon Of power and
| excellence-the product of a trained
lscholar and gifted preacher, who justly
| holds a leading place among the chief
men of his church. DR.. Battle is
! North CarOlinian to the core, and IS
concerned in al good things that look
| TO the mora uDltlC Oh Ills EoLdlCs lL2
| educational progress and the spread of
scriptural religion. His sermon was a
rich treat to the thoughtful cOngrega-
ton that gave him undivided atten
ton ard expressed their appreciation
of his sermon.
AT Edenton Street Methodist Church.
The Edenton Street Methodists were
delighted with the two ministers who
occupied the pulpit. In the morning
Rev. C. j. Thompson, of the First Bap-
| tist church, Durham, preached on
"Revivals,' and his sermon was one
that made a lasting impression upon
| the large congregation that heard
him. He is an ideal minister and those
who heard him learned the secret of
his great usefulness. Mr.. Thompson
| is a native of Wake county, and was
born near Leesville, and has large
| family connections in the county He
| is an honor to he county of his birth
| and to the State of North Carolina.
| At night the pulpit was filled by
Rev. DR.. Henry A. Brown. of Winston
Salem and his sermon was one of
ability and deep interest full of faith
and Christian philosophy. DR.. Brown
| is not only one of the grst men in his
denomination, but one OF the first min