The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-29

that denomination were beautifully decorated with the harvest fruits which were later distributed through VT The % woman's Home. the Innrmary. the Salvation Army and the Poor House were recipients. Oherfngs to the neighborhood house in West End which will be reopend on December l. were also made.
 Rev. E. E. Cobbs, pastor of St. Johns church. preached q short Thanksgiv- ing sermon, as did Rev. Stewart Me- Queen, pastor of the Holy Comforter. MT. Cobb took for his text First Corin- thians s:6 T have planted, Apoilis; but God gave the increase"
 At the Union services at the First preached the sermon.
 MT. McGehee took one of the beati- tudes as his text, from Matthew V. 5: "Blessed are the meek. for they shall inherit the earth
 In his sermon Mir. McGehee said:
 "'Biessed are the meek. for they shall inherit the earth not heaven.
 This beatitude Is closely connected with the first, Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven The poor In spirit and the meek are often confounded, but there is a great difference between them. The poor in spirit are passive ana recep- tive, while the meek are active and re . ceptive. The meek are those who hrst conquer self and then win others, and receive from action. Moses Is said 10 have been the meekest of men and yet he was a strong and wise leader of a nation for years under the most trying circumstances. The word disputes the truth of this saying of Christ and says that he who has the flashing eye, the loud voice, the pushing hand and the trampIing feet can claim the earth, but the meek man with mild eye, tender hand. low, sweet voice and gentle tread can never hope to possess any part of this earth. For an army of meek men with no weapons in their hands to gain the world. the devils hunting ground. looks as strange in the eyes of the world as it would to see muddy streams become as clear as crystal and flow up- hill, or to see shepherds herding wolves and tigers as though they were sheep and leading them from place to place.
 The meekest force that 1 can con ceive of is gravity--so noiseless. so in tangible is this force that the laws by which it operates were not known until they were discovered by Sir Isaac New ton about three centuries ago. So mod est was 1t that it stopped to permit It's secrets to be unlocked by the fall of an apple in a garden. So meek was 1t that 1t bowed and consented to act ac- cording to an infiexible law. then acting by and through law 1t holds in its grasp a grain of sand and a star; the extended plain and the towering noun tain; the dews and the ocean; the zephyr and the hurricane; the babbling brook and the leaping cataract; the sleeping lamb and the crouching lion; the flying dove and the soaring eagle; the praying saint and the charging warrior.
 'The hiding place of this ail-pervad- ing, all controlling force is beyond the ken of telescope, outside the track of men. and the hiding place of that power that moves through the meek is the throne of God.
 II. The meek shall inherit the earth. not buy. not conquer 1t.
 Let us notice the force of shall in- herit.' The Savior doesn't say the meek will inherit the earth, but shall inherit it. This puts Him back of this promise, connects Him with it and pledges His limitless power to it's full filfment. He does not say, the meek shall buy the earth, nor does He say they shall conquer the earth. Men do buy and conquer large portions of this earth, but they are not the meek. Here are two young men; one by economy and severe labor gathers a fortune, while the other. the son of rich fath . CT, by and by inherits fortune. Oliver Cromwell by fighting many battles won the title of dictator and became a real king, but 1t was won by blood and toll. Queen Victoria inherited her title and Kingdom and when she sat upon the throne there was not drop of blood upon her garments. He who buys or conquers any portion of this earth must be the centre of his operations and the force expended must come largely from him, while he who inherits has great forces with far-off centres working for and with him. In the case of the young man who inherits his fathers estate and of Victoria, the laws of a state or netion work together for them.
 III. How the meek shall inherit the earth.
 We have showed that the Savior promised earth. not heaven, to the meek. that He said they should in- herit 1t. not buy it. nor conquer 1t. and now we wish to show how the meek do actually inherit the earth. I heard of this remark made about certain young lady in a community. She Is the most popular and best loved person in all the country. She is not beautiful, she is not rich, she is not learned. but she has the power of appreciation for what others say and do. Two ladies engaged in the same line of work met in one of our cities. The younger gave an account of her work. The elderly lady said: My dear, your great success makes me very happy. Wher we say to those working by our side: Your success ha nnv fhan fha aatcnaaa nf