The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-04-19
DOING GOOD
Contributed by REV, ]. W. CHERRY
who went about doing good. Acts

Contributed by REV. ]. W. CHERRY
who went about doing good. Acts.
1923.
These are the words Of Peter con-
corning Jesus of Nazareth. II has
been said that the biography of Jesus
is written in these few words, Who
went about doing good" Since He is
the best light that has ever come to
this world, 1t ought to be our earnest
purpose to follow in His footsteps. 1t
ought to be the rule of our lives to
go about doing good
Il was not an ideal age nor an Ideal
nation into which Jesus was born and
in which he toiled and suffered. The
times were bad, the church was cor
rupt, the people ignorant and wicked.
But Jesus did not despise the battle
field. He knew that when men are
redeemed, regenerated and olsen
thralled it would be apparent to the
universe that the sacrifice made on
their behalf had not been made
in vain, and that the blacklist soul
cleansed and delivered would glow
with divine light and beauty. And
here He is our example. When God
calls us to serve humanity, sinful and
erring though men are, He has not
called us to waste the energies OF our
souls in useless endeavor, nor will we
be Knocked by realizing that the final
results are too small and insignificant
to justify the outlay Of tears and toll
And to earnest endeavor to better the
condition of the world we are called
by the want of the world without and
the voice of God within.
Those who do the most work and
who make the greatest sacrifices TO
reach and elevate men have the great
est faith in the final outcome. in the
final triumph oftruth and righteousness.
And IL you could find the individual
who has suffered most in the enort
to help the world and to live up to the
highest ideals, you would find the man
or the woman who has the most
Christ-like character Of any living
on the earth. Jesus said to James
and John that they should drink OF
His cup and be baptized with His
baptism. He meant the cup OF His
sufferings and the baptism OF anguish
II ia not similar cup but the same
cup. Christians 60 with Christ to,
qethsemane and to Calvary. In Geth-
semane they suffer in secret. on cavalry !,
hey suffer before the public A chrss-
ian woman once said to her pastor
1 can bear the things which come
n mo in the way of providence, the I
,urdens and the cares, but those things s
ysicn come to me through the mean
~ " others. these ! feel like resent :
ny" The pastor replied, you are
ufrering what Jesus suffered. he |
uttered through the meanness OF
theirs, you are uihne
we suffer with Him we shall reign
18th Him. We are not then to shrink v
-om-doins good because of the trou' Il
lie and suffering the effort brings 10 a
s. Strength and beauty of character, I
ictory over evil in our lives ana s
carts all come that way. We can I,
=, s,and amid the want, the ignor. b
nee. the sim the disease and the trou' Il
Ie in this world and excuse ourselves Il
ON active exertion to succor and 10 p
I'VE men by saying that We do no "
,sitiye harm. We are not here 70 p,
We a negative life. To live a seinsn &
10 Is to give an example to the wor!o a.
auKht with great harm. N example s,
- w,n he nm obstacle IN the wsy ~