The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-12-22

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a class of II persons. he said to a
nice young lady very near me: You
cultivate thee spiritual rather than the
intellectual" just as though the in
telleetual culture was not "spiritu-
al and just as though all The other
powers OF the soul were not wholly
depending for. action upon the knowl
edege obtained first by the intellect
ard without some knowledge by
the intellect, the heart and will would
remain wholly dormant. Do not p.o-
pie use this term without knowledge
at all what it means?
Would Place Money Among the
Apostles.
| attended the prayer meeting III a
Southern Methodist church when the
very bright and really noble but rath-
er young pastor, having preached
only ten years, when he read Yves
Iey's general rules found in the
Discipline" and when minister is
required to read once year to his
congregation. These rules are very
helpful, inspiring and exhibit vast
amount of wisdom. in his COM
ments he said that If he was writing
Scripture and ecclesiastical and
church history he would place the
Rev John Wesley among the list
of apostles. At the close he and ]
being very intimate friends, said to
him that I did not know how he
would make the great and good Yves
ley an apostle. He said at once:
Don't you think he was great
man. YES" Said |, she was re
markedly great man, but he had nol
the qualifications of an apostle :
Then | explained to him there were
two great requisites in order to be
COME an apostle, viz: First he hao
to have been with Jesus Throughout
his ministry; second, he had to be
witness to his resurrection. There
was the requisites of an apostle as
laid down by the apostolic college
by the mouth of Peter in the firsi
chapter of the book of Acts. Beside
Apostles were enabled to perform
| miracles. Wesley never saw Chris
| either before or after his death or
the cross, and he never performed
| AMY miracles. / think his audience
went away, wondering why the i'm
mortal Wesley was not known as al
Apostle, bit the little preacher look
ed chagrined. 1t afforded me grea
pleasure in correcting Him, as he wa.
young, had not studied deeply ane
was a most worthy and promising
minister.
John the Evangelist and Not the
,ss Apostle 81,
| entered the Bible class of Col
Carter one Sunday morning when
the lesson was in the First Epistle O
John The class was just gettina
started with the lesson and the teaci
err, who was very we'll informed, or
| dinarily speaking, was clearing up
| the author of the Cook, and said i
as John the Evangelist and not Joh.-
| the Apostle. The class did not know
the difference and the Colonel was
about to pass when, as matter ID
duty, as | was. visiting schools I'M All
official capacity, said: Colonel
| that IS just little erroneous, / think
John the Apostle and John the Evan
gelst was one and the same person
There were only two Johns prom.
tnent IN New Testament history
John the Baptist, who was the lore
runner of Christ and john the Apos.
| sie-zud he WROTE Johns Gospel, frs
second and third Episties Of John
and the book of Revelations This
was satisfactory and the lesson went
lson s4sys - III
Boiled m Hour By the Wateh
visited colored church ii Vast
Iinston City, as took great deal
Iof fnterest ii the scoforrd peop,s
when I eoul6 u sibly md dine: ID
kseat tnsnJ u s,1enf are fiisss ors
TORS tn exceIIenk preachers Viii,
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cIns co1ps ttr III ao1aefi.
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