Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1907-08-01

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mand that He be given pre-eminence
In every mans life Is not
able. II obedience be the duty of
every child to- a loving earthly par
emit, who shall question the right Of
God to make obedience to Himself
alone the obligation of every soul?
No man of perception will remove
God from the world. No man can.
The one great, obtrusive fact in life.
that constantly forces itself upon our
attention, is that God is. Harmony
with His laws brings us happiness.
Discord with the verities of God puts
a man into hell. From the fact that
God is the ruler and life of the uni
verse we are bound to conclude that
for the preservation of His own in
tegrity and for our own best devel-
opment it is obligatory that we serve
the Lord our God and Him only.
Then, too, it is necessary that men
shall give God the prime position in
their lives. In order to the glory Of
the Father-which is the chief end of
man-and in order to the cultivation
of all that is nob1est within them,
men must ally themselves with those
spiritual and godly elements and
ideals in life that make for the high
est andAthe best. No man is so we'll
roundedaa man as he who measures
his life-work by spiritual and eternal
standards. The o~pportunist has no
chance in Gods Kingdom. The ca
reer that is most a blessing to the in
dividual and to mankind is the one
that is grounded in goodness and
whose works Of Righteousness are
the result of the inward work
ings of a holy love. The effort of
the rightly balanced man is to be
most of use and to have the world
mark and remember him as worth
while. The man who is most of &C
count and whose memory will be
longest cherished is that man whose
life is squared to the measure of god
Illness revealed in Jesus Christ. Good
ness is necessary to a lasting success.
The man who is the best man and
whose achievement is permanent is
the man who serves God in the unity
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In the last place, the fruits of such
service are satisfactory. A man may
till the soil and reap many harvests
till his barns be full, but if he have
no communion with God he will go
hungry in the after life. What to
you is your money when God calls
you to the heavenly places? The
amount 81 Christian character you
possess, not the coins that crowd your
purse, will be the measure Of your
value then and there. What are your
clothes when deaths shroud encloses
you? What are you-you who have
w~orshiped at the altar of your own
wisdom-when God puts you in the
balance? All these things are adj
mittedly unsubstantial. But the
wealth of God endures. The Chris
tian who is clothed upon by Jesus
Christ shall e be prepared to sand
within the presence. of Almighty God.
The wisdom of God is sufficient unto
the saving of the sOul and lasts for
ever. If we would but reverse things
and make all the material elements
and all our intellectual abilities sub
servient and subsidiary and subordi-
nate to the prime work of the spir-
-itual service of Jehovah life would be
more satisfactory. He who serves
God gets money enough and eternal
life. The striver for eminence in
goodness and uprightness Will be
well in the front of Heavens society
and will not want for recognition
among people whose approval Is
worth anything-here. The deepest
knowledge and the hardest task the
mind Of man can attack is to be found
in the appropriation of the eternal
wisdom of u God. The fruits OF
God-serving are peace, joy, content
ment, purity, eternal life. Tire prizes
of the world are f1eeting. The serv-
ing of God is satisfactory. To him
who is faithful the reward is sure.