The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-10-29
THE HIGHER LIFE
Selected Gem. Of Thr,zh, from Pres and Pulpit
Of ~ Sects.
Cbyt@t Message To Us.

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The words of Christ are alive.
They contain living message for
living men They are words Of life.
Like seeds, wherever they take root
they grow up and bring forth har-
vest Christ was the divine bower.
His words are good seeds sown in
the field OF the world. Wherever
His teachings are received new and
better life springs UP and develops
into beauty and poWer.-Rev. n.
Clark, Unitarian.
Beware of ScIfishness.
Beware of the beginnings Of sell
fslpos And if, perChance, you have
become cailous and dead, and no
longer revolt from these sins, and
remain unmOved under the divlnest
OTertureS, then beware, a thousand
times beware! Perhaps moral death
IS creeping close to the heart to lay
q slab OH the forehead OF the soul
itself Remember that GODS best
git is the gift of conscience and of
moral sensibility Frank Crane
Life Among Oricntais.
Life among Orientals has always
been characterized considerably by
ambition, deceit ana cruelty It was
SO ia the time Of the PS9lmiSt. His
enemies We're plotting against him,
and any day they might succeed. As
Cheyne says, Life seemed to him
succession OF hairbreadth escapes"
Ii irfv ,, 70 Gnh
and reminded himself that his ttnes
were in the hand of the Almighty.
So ne found hope and courage
Rev. Ghas Aked. Baptist.
THE Gift of Conscience.
a thousand times more wonder
full than all other gifts whatsoever,
is the gift of conscience. Conscience
is the king that climbs into tee
throne and stretches the sceptre over
yol. 1t is conscience that pronounces
the judgment and sends you to the
let Listen, therefore, to the wiiis-
per Of Cod in mans solll. Set your
moral tirepiece. not by the drifting
clouds OF pleasure and eXpediency.
Int by tee eternal star and the abid-
Ing sun of Jesus Christ:-Rev. w.
Smith. Episcopal.
Judging Ourselves.
Oh, all ye young hearts; speak
truIh in the inner parts, and be
severe with yourselves. Do not go
dNs films across the years. rioting
through life, unless you expect an
-
You. and laugh at the ealamities Of
old age. Eo not live fog the appe-
tiles and the passions, for ambition
and place. But seek only to 90 the
III 81 Cod Above ali things edse
E4Ss ssa.+s SsstA, your beasty AID tase
ft,sAess Of yeHr gifts unto your hesav-
e4iy ratAer.-ReV. ". i. Berry, Me
tRodtst.
Defining GOO.
God Is love. This IS expressly and
repea tedly stated in the Word. II
1t Is not so, then there IS something
diviner than God. Bat God is love,
and W hen once We know His nature
as sHch, it is very easy to understand
what His attitude tOTaTd Us must be.
Fr the first face, Gods nature be-
ing enc OF holy love, Graves SYM
YAtny communion like our own.
Fhts is the foundation necessity Of
10, Q. and the most profound aFgu
ment for the Trinity Hes right here.
Love always demands for itself an
object Of affection, for it is essen
italy a social relatiCn.--Rev. Frank
Crane.
Parents Duty 10 Children.
4 parent does only harm to his
children when he leaves them great
property; mis- duty ceases when he
1las given them a thorough education
ana an equipment in their chosen
trade.
WAY swear? One can say things
much nastiar in good English.
# | had nay life to live over
would permanently abstain from all
stimulants Or sedatiyes, aud would
use not alcohol, tobacco nor meat.
am 45 years old and base thfs con
victoa upon nay own experience and
observation
Inhappiness is the result OF spirit
sal ldz}ne S. It is the Will l0afcrs
who are unhappy-FroR q sermon
on '-PEoverbs." preached by DR..
Frank Crane.
Si,non's ECGard Fer Christ.
Simon cid not think of Christ as
social equal. He looked upon Him as
hardly worthy those marks OF re
gasd conventien&ny used between
gentlemen. 1t may be the thought
Of offering Christ water and kiss
and Oil never entered his mind. If
suctl thought had come Simon
would probably have smiled at the
idea Of Offering these courtesies to
3 man who had not moved in The
upper society. So he made the mis-
take OF thinking that Christ would
not notice the omission.
Christ did notice, however. He
always notices such omission If
the New Testament is clear about
ANYTHING 1t is clear in its portrait of
Christ as keenly sensitive to all In
fucnces which appeal to fineness of
feeling. This does not mean that
Christ was fastidlous or over punctil
ious as to etiquette, but it does mean
that He was the most finely fbered
senSibilty that the race has seen. We
sometimes forget this. In our mar
yelling at Christ's power and wisdom
we do not see the exquisiteness Of