The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-06

The beatitude which formed his
| theme he declared to be the Queen
of the Beatitudes" because of its
teaching, and that it was given by the
Christ who today is ready to again
lift his hands in benediction upon Us
as we go forth to our life work. Puri-
ty in heart should be the goal of every
life, and this beatitude has been de-
clared to be the most beautiful of all
and that having this we have all the
others, as purity of life and nature is
found in this.
The text the speaker said, seemed TO
break into two parts, the first of these
being the essential qualification that
there be purity of heart, that this re-
suit could not be if there is impurity
and deceit. From this he made the
argument for pure and clean heart,
free from guile and deceit, in order
that the blessedness promised by
Jesus might be realized. 1t is not that
outwardly we should be beautiful, but
within we must be pure, without flaws
and entirely sincere. We should be
pure in soul in spirit. in will and in all
that is in us. AS he presented these
points he strengthened each with
fitting illustration, telling that
when Christ declared "ye must be
born again" it meant for purity, and
that when Christ came into the soul
He purified it, All sciences bear out
the lesson of the need of purity within,
as that which is seen without is re-
Election of what is within. The man
with q pure heart will see God in
everything.
The second division is that as the
result of this purity of heart we shall
see God, though its full significance we
can not understand The pure can see
God in everything and everywhere, in
the flowers, in songs in paintings, in
history He told of David seeing the
glory of God over the world, and of
John seeing His triumph. Jesus de-
clared. IF ] be lifted up | will draw
all men unto me-" and this lifting up
of Jesus in the heart makes for purl-
ty Christ is the centre of all things.
We shall see God by faith God is to
be seen in all our triumphs in all our
troubles, in all our successes, in all
our failures. and we can see Him vast
ly more in this twentieth century than
in the first. r
Education he told the young ladies'
was not only to learn from books, not
only to do nice things. but hard things,
to endure and to see God in misery as
well as in happiness. There must be
struggles to attain to the heights. All
things work for the best to those who
u,
us to Him.
The contamination of it all is that
blessed are the pure in heart here now,
and being pure they see God in his
glory. in the hereafter. and when we
see God we shall be satisfied and be
like Him. AS you go forth on life s
journey | beg that you take my text as
motto for your guidance, and in all
the years to come you will be bless
ed Let the spirit of blessed are
the pure in heart" actuate you and
you will be purified for service. A
good and noble and beautiful woman,
pure in heart is what | wish each of
YOU to be, and being so | know that
each will see God.
Following the sermon the choir
rendered the Wanderers Night
Song" by Rubinstein, after which the
congregation sang Beneath the Cross
of Jesus" DIR. Vann made few re-
marks after this, and said that in the
three verses of this hymn was ex-
pressed the spirit of the Baptist Uni
versity for Women, its building and its
management Then the benediction
was pronounced.
The Night Services.
At the night services there was an
| other great congregation, the event be-
ing the annual missionary sermon, this
| being preached by Rev. Fred. ID.
Hales DID,, pastor First Baptist
church of Wilmington. He is a
pleasant and impressive speaker. and
received the closest attention.
The exercises began With the sing
ing of 1.-The Son of God Goes Forth
| to War this being followed by the
invocation, next coming an anthem
| pilgrims of the Night" by West
| hrooI Tho conorapation then sang
30 Zion, Haste" and the scripture les
son from the fourth chapter of Phil
| lip was read by DR.. Hales, who led "
| prayer. After this the offertory an
them was sung. this being Rubin
STEMS Christian, Dost Thou SEE
| Them
Annual Missionary Sermon.
The sermon came next, and the
i theme of DR.. Hales was 1.-THE Value
and Need of Cultured Christian Wo-
/ men in the Spread of the Gospel" Hi:
text was from Phillip 4;3; ''Those wo
men who labored with me in the gos
pei"
/ In developing his theme DIR. Hale
was very eloquent and spoke will
/ force. He began by declaring that 81
/ far as women are concerned, the di
viding line of all history is to b.
i reckoned as the day on which Jesu
was born, his presentation being q
j follows:
Able DiScOurseS.
Because we have been reared I'm
der this new regime it is difficult 70
us to conceive of the state of wome
before the influence of Jesus was fe
in her world. We get a glimpse of
today by &C trip through the land G
: Mohamend or Budha, or Confucius.
There was nothing in the religio
of Hebrew civilization, nor the phylo
; sophy of Greek civilization, nor tn
| power of Roman civilization, to plac
! woman where she is under the cultur
of Christian civilization. Jesus ha
| done more for women than Hebrew
: and Greek and Roman combined
: Jesus has changed. the history of ma
by changing the character and condi
2 ton of woman.
Women ought readily to turn t
Christ today because of gratitude an
appreciation of what He has done fo
I them.
Consider the following facts:
/. Christianity is the only religio
inaugurated, and first propagated b
woman alone. Jesus had no earthl