Cherokee scout. [volume] (Murphy, N.C.) 188?-1961, 1906-03-26
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A SCHOLARLY SUNDAY sEeMoH Is
BISHOP SEYMOUR.
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Therefore I can lack n0t ~ salli
we pass ff0ln The bt| lncS6 0f
Ehristnaas ana Epiphany To tie len.
son Of Lent that closc1 with the datlss
tiess Of Good Friday Ere We bid
Epiphany k0odbt let Us consider what
It tells Us, namely, that our Saviour
came to be the Saviour Of ali mankind.
Epiphany falls into two divisional The
Christmas Of the Jew and the Christ
mas Of the Gentle. First, the Christ
mas of the Jew, when the shepherds
came as the representatives Of the
shepherd nation; came called on BY
an angel through whose dispensatIon
the law was given to the Jew;
came ID the Munger; came to wOrshIp.
And then the Gentle Christtnas, called
Epiphany. when the kings were led by
the star ia worship the child. And
then Tie fact that the lew ana the
Gentle alike fell down and wOfshiped
the little child. 4 baby. weaker than
the weakest, i may say, Of all the
young, and yet Him BY whom the
worlds were made. Il IL indeed d won.
derful spectacle to see the Jew ana
the Gentle alike w0rshiping the babe.
We leave the angelic host that sang
over Bethlehem and le brightness Of
the star which brought the three kings
lat all events the kings Of the East
worshiped the little babe with apprO.
pirate gifts for the transition period
Of Lent.
fanstlN Z ~, fnkfnr 4ha n q oh WnVYs with
myself, to consider our personal re.
sponsibility in the words Of the text:
1.-THE Lord Is my shepherdi therefore
can lack n0thingY Here ~ q dec
laration which may make or not az
we choose, for the p0ssesaive pr0nCun
IS intensive my" as though It were
something that we loved, o. jewels q
earth they IRE mine; 1 own them"
So: The Lord Il my shepherd" ana
based upon that declaration - the
fact; Therefore can lack nOthing.R
There Is no word which more frequent
" falls from our lips than "l." Il y
the sh0rte-t word IN human speech
single letter-bec It brings to
the surface personality. Go whittier
you will, on every side you will hear
men, women and child titterilg H."
'.Ig Is to each one the centre Of the
universe; everything radiateB from II
and everything comes into it. And this
Is right in its way, only sometimes It is
exaggerated and we have what we
call seitishness. But I am not dis
posed to criticise tina. lust now, only
to say that this ps0noun my" grows
out Of tie persolal pronoun n" be.
cause It denotes ownership my"
And we may say, the poorest Of US,
first we own ourselves: Il, Tnyself; I
belong to myself and It Is on the
basis Of that claim that we have the
wars for independence, for liberty or
personal right and men resist the idea
Of being owned by the others, and pre-.
eminentIy IN this land Of freedom
claim to be free--I own myself. 4
have not time to analyre the worth Of
the claim foE y i immense: Mine,
spirit, bodyi this creature o. Cod
Ike mould and summing workmanship.
how marFeIlo lousy built upl a single
profession, numbering some o. the
greatest mem devotes days ana weeks
to study ing It and yet has not tathomed
ats secrets. Tie medical profession y
largely experimental today. It has
made wonderful discoveries ~ NIFTY
years, and stiIl II has not yet proped
this little mass OF matter, the body, 70
its depths. And back Of It y the mind,
the intellect the memory tnat nolas
the past a1ld hope that grasps the IN
turei the mild that deals with prem.
ises and conclusions and reasons. Il
has no moral Quality, y 4 pure intel'
lect. Deeper down than Il ~ the spirit.
the seat Of conscience, the moral sense,
marvellous beyond expressi0nl that EN-
phasizes our nearnsss to God. Body.
mind and spirit bound Up together ana
each Of Us claim 70 own tnat trinity
blended into unity. !, myself, own
myself"
Let Us pass On. MY hmq; that is.
my life. These hours ana Gays ana
weeks are mine, and. hence, the wage
question, when men claim the right %
sell their time for 80 much. 30. you
see, We claim the ownership Of time.
OF course. It Il not really ours. "0ur
times are IL His hand Uttl, "
claim t. NJ years are 90 MANY
Hence, we ses another element Of
wealth time opportunity Inen,
again. character my character" EN-
phasIzed by the name. "A good name
Is worth . good deal We pass still
furtheri ~ position 10 Ike, ~ go-
ciety, my parantake, ny surroundings,
my friends and relatives these belong
10 me- And they are worth q great
deal sometimes. Then We come down
to that with which we are most IA
millar: ~ material wealth. my stocks
and bonds Jewels wardrobe. They'll
long to me
Nov, inst brings Is to David's
claim: 'sThe Lord Is my shepherd"
You 20 not give up the other things,
but you make another claim, and that
you can only make through Him who
allows It, and He allows It By coming
here to be reached and embraced. II
you will. ana loved ne revealed Elm
self as one eK Us u order that through
Hin we. b. the Holy Ghost might
reach the Father. tor He comes out
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