Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-11-08
SHINING world His Godhood and His

To you and to me the call comes
down the centuries bidding us ito
show forth the excellencies of Him
who hath called us out Of darkness
into His marvellous light" Having
accepted the Christ and been sealed
with His love, we. must bear in our
lives the express image-that is to
say the signet stamp, that is to say
the character-of the Son Of God.
The character of Christ presents to
us double study and preserves to us
a two-fold duty and example. With
in the characteristic attributes of
holiness and righteousness are COM
prised all the qualities that pertain |
to the Saviour in His social sphere. |
Holiness toward God, righteousness
toward self and society, these two are |
the broad truths that come to us from |
the character of the Christ and which
summon us to show forth His glory
and His love- Spirituality and NOR
atty. sanctifed sense of oneness
with the Father, a courageous de-
termination to stand square before
society and upright at the bar Of his
own conscience, these are the two
great lessons for us from the charac-
| ter of Christ, and the mighty truths
within which all else in the world Of
human conduct is embraced.
To be holy is to be ctified-that
| is to say pure. Not merely purity be-
! fore men but radical purity that
really goes back to the root OF things
i u11xate Jnar-guau1Hs sEne-maH to- be fit.
/ through the grace of God in Jesus
Christ, to stand before His Father
and His Maker and be glad. Purity
| is not merely matter of soap and
| water but. of inward wholesomeness.
Christ cares not whether your hands
| are dirty with the 1anlder'S clay. He
| does weep over a soiled- and sullied
/ soul.
..What an antiseptic," says Low
ell. sis a pure life" What possibili-
ties indeed for good and for uplift
and for God are ever within it's power.
But It must be healthfully, honor
ablv pure. with the richness OF holi-
ness all about it ere it can count for
most and reap heavy harvest unto
God.
Righteousness IS rectitude. That
is to say, erectness. Righteousness
is uprightness. Uprightness IL
straightness, moral rectfllnearness.
Righteousness means not only to pay
your debts promptly, to keep well
within the limits of the law, not only
Ito respect the rights of others ana
the mandates of society through fear
, of the consequences OF sin, but ratnert 70
!, seek to do good because it ennobles,
tn think of the needs of others be-
cause they are our brothers in Christ.
, Righteousness is uprightness IN the 's
, home. in the church, in business, ID
I politics, secretly, socially, IN sun
shine and in shadows, everywhere
oil
Righteousness is virtue. 10 pc VII
4 tuous is to be full fiedged man
4 Virtue is vigorous with virility. Ely
q mologically it is sprung from the
: loins of Latin manhood. Virtue Is
& goodness which has stood the strain
which has weathered the trials O
: temntation, which has fought
4 manly fight, and won out. 1t IS tn'
- glorv of a good mans life. Virtue
- has grit. It is no weakness to b.
= nnre True men do honor to
= h1arneness name and only Iool WI
: laugh at nobleness Of heart. :,
= Righteousness is justice. Legail
"a ty and Justice are not co-termlnous
- Justice is the ideaiity OF law. Justlc
9 co-ordinates the right. The LAY
. often hardly approximates 1t. Jus
80 tice enuuiras not what are my rignl
"a but what are my uuIASo.
=. man symrathizes with the longlng
- and the needs of men and sustain
~ their aims. The legal" man ma
~ oft forget that God exists ana rigl
should reign that law may be evadet
=. In the apocryphal Wisdom OF 30
= ONION we find these words: Homo!
% able old age. is not that which stane
. 9th in length of time. nor is its meas
nc nre given by number OF years. o.
- understanding is gray hairs unto me
y, and an unspotted life is ripe old age
% % Virtue, justice, uprightness. these a.
~ ~ the things that count Tor rlsn'eou
.t .,t ness and the man of years is the ma
in who is god1y.
-. and it should be the hope OF US a
~ -; To the men who are Christs IS CIV,
-, a. the leadership of the world. Let 9
IA salt retain it's savor and all the iea
an au en- it's uplifting power II we
r I;s Christ's let us show forth his ~
n ,is mess and righteousness. II we are
.. ne lead. let us be fit. 1t has been w
ne ne and truly said, that Immoral NE
'1.a lun one leader of the people is more re
.1i ls nicious than a whole street run
lna na ;mnurities in the lower quarters
'n the corsmunity."