The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-08-01
TNE PULPIT.
ocuoLARLY SUNDAY SERMON BY
THE REV. G. n. EGGLEsToN.
subject: Ehe Measure of Duty.
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G, II. ESSIesCOh' PoSIOA, IOOA
IKE 1910: We are unprohtabie
buh honts, we have done that. which it
ssrs@ onr duty to do" as his text. He
said: ch...on,-
IL 10 the supreme word. Operating
love 9 II becomes the supreme law.
IN AZ ~ because it was supreme in the
IL - 1nsus. But outside the religion
NE lens, duty is perhaps the con-
OF ous word. Upon duty the nom,
y r;sfian heart lays extreme en-
CCLasis Duty, interpretated-in terms
pna 10 hest each age couldaproduce,
S S been the ideal of life.
To-dav the very atmosphere is sur
,orood, as by an electric current,
c |;tb the importance of f~aithfulness
IN duty. That which Is In the air or
sTo age is made tangible continuous
~ from pulpit and from press, in
a.bool and club and home. Ministers
0~d teachers, leaders in business and
o. civic life, are pleading for the en-
tt ~ of duty in human hearts.
nnb1ic sentiment, finding expression
- courts and Investigations and laws,
IL heing aroused in the interest of
Su+v Traitors to duty are being
handed at their true worth.
We admire the devotion to duty
- that rising nation of the East
which Enthusiastically found ex-
weston in the speech of the captain
IF tbe Japanese ~battleship Asama,
Who said % his men as they drank
IN turn from a cup of cold water,
Kidding each other a last goodbye:
SIn sending you On the duty of block
ing the harbor entrance of Port Ar
thnr-a duty which affords you only
one chance out of a thousand to re-
tnrn alive-I feel as if I were sending
INV beloved sons. And if I had a hun
dred sons I would send them all on
cuch a bold adventure as this; and
had I only one son I should wish to
do the same with him. In perform
ing YOUR duty, If you happen to lose
your left hand, work with your right;
If YOU lose both hands, work with
both feet; if you lose both feet, work
with YOUR head, and faithfully carry
mt the orders of your commander.
What l ask of you all is to do your
duty regardless of your life. The cup
of water I now offer you is not meant
10 give SOu SVuAo6O' NOuA0 NJ
shameful if s@ur men needed courage
to 90 to the9l&ce' of death. It is only
to make you representatives OF the
honor of the Asama. Submit your
life to the4%2l of Heaven, and calmly
perform b&f% duty" That is the
utterance of the spirit of the age,
crystallized in those nations that
stand in the vanguard of progress.
1t is the emphasis upon duty.
Do we realize what that spirit
would me4s W. had it beating in
the life Nd of the Christian
church? It$puld mean the purifica-
ton of our Aeals. 1t would mean
the Strengthening of the Church of
Jesus in work and worship. 1t would
mean the broadening of our vision
so we could see the br6theILood CT
man. If that loyalty to the duty of
patriotism which is characteristic Of
the best citizens could hessStranslated
into terms of the moral and religious,
it would mean that the message of
the Cross, love, service and sacrifice,
would find expression in every life.
What a result if Christians and the
Christian church would do its bare
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inally this%& a. ChristfS@ country.
And yet the deadly child Tabor in all
us horror existsti in this country. 1t
could not a a4Af the united$Christian
church sh0E4dS Say it shall not. Nom
lnally a Christian country and yet
the sale of the stuff that Kills men
and women physically, mentally and
morally, that destroys domestic hap
piness and undermines the stability
VI our nation. goes N. 1t could not
De so, Were6e 56tssanctioned and pro-
tected by the sentiment and power of
CHRISTIAN people. But why the need
OF citing illustrations of that which
we all know? The conclusion is
GEAR. There are those WHO. though
faithful to duty in hoEe. and in>pri-
sate life, when it comes to moral
issues affecting the welfare of HUI
manlty at large, r afflicted with
myopia or indiherencesE an it be
mat the cup of cold water tasted by
men of a pagan religion contains a
Neater inspE f6nsto the perform
t1ce of dup 4the face of danger,
saan does :Eacred brotherhood
II the Chris1amghurch? They touch
:nelr lips % the coldM%afer; then
lace duty AlpfinchingfSs Enough il
cost hand, ofAnot, or life. So the
uue Christian from time to time
Souches his lips to the wine of the
communion in pledge of his loyalty
W the Master and in memory of the
loVe of that Master. So the majority
saln therein the inspiration that sets
sIeir face. u1HiNchingly toward duty
TwlHhout tho0gny OF what it may cost
mere are many who finch. These
freak the sQkiARRhalapx of the Chris.
ian army, aRNEso put otssbheaday OF
sGtory over evil. Mar9 whom g
rOilar is of more wortn a mora
principle. Many to M~a6MEahsir OWL
PERSONAL we1l-being counts for more
tnan a needy brother OF sister. Many
%."hom gold is of greateE. value thar
~e Welfare of their fellowmen
IN view of the fact that SO many
dSl short of doing their bare duty
t%e we state the ideal of the Chris.
tx +"I religion, or will 4t be so loftySas
discourage US in our humble eff.
tSo s: No! We willasst before us
sre Ideal which Jessss AVE to life
ne IT will be the means of inspiring
o os to greater efforts, tJesus aske:
VI His followers mS*A4han mere