The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-01-24
LORDS BRAND
OF OWNERSHIP
THEME OF AN ELOQUENT DIS
COURSE BY REV. 7. II. ATHEH
SUNDAY MORNING.
AT THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
Suffering, Self Denial And Patience
Are Given as The Oistins-
Uishins Marks.


Brand OF Ownership" Rev. t. Il
Athey presented an able and eloquen-
sermon at the First Baptist church
Sunday morning TO a large congrega
ton. His sermon was an able exposi
ton of the text from Galatians SIT
Mr.. Athey showed that the Lord had
three brands of ownership, suffering
self denial, and patience. He said In
part:
Every true servant of Christ bears
the marks of his Master. What are
they?
Suffering was PauPs peculiar sym
Dol. He ever carried with him the
thorn In the flesh Every book of the
Bible tells of it. Ninety of the hun
dred and fifty Psalms speak Of suffer
ing. Every saint endured it. 1t has
been the lot of the church in all ages.
The blood of the martyrs is the seed
of the church
1T is our duty to patiently submit
to Providence.
If, because you are a Christian, You
promise yourself long lease of tenn,
poral happiness, free from troubles
and Affections, it is as If a soldier
going to war should promise himself
peace, continuous truce with the en-
envy; or as if a mariner committing
himself to the sea for long voyage
should promise himself nothing but
fair and calm weather.
1T is good to be forwarded, for
Affections will come, and we should
prepare accordingly. We enter upon
the service of the Lord upon
this condition. With Peter, he asks
US: Are we able to drink the cup
that | drink of, and be baptized with
the baptism that / am baptized WITH
Gods servants are called upon to
bear the reproaches of the enemies of
Christ If they have called the mas
,er of the house Beelzebub, how much
more shall they call them of his
The hardest thing that
We are called to do Is to sit quietly
lnder false accusation.
We must be prepared to overcome |
he encouragement and failures OF
life. The state of the most advanced
Christian is often most unsatisfactory |
O himself. The affections, that true |
is the needle to the pole, should point
teadily to heaven, go wheeling about
ike a weather vane that shifts with
he shifting winds. Sinful thoughts
md bad desires spring up, thick as
weeds in showery weather-faster
han we can cut them down--and
very attempt to keep the heart pure,
loly and heavenly, seems to end in
miserable failure, extorting the ques-
ion, Who is sufficient for these
hings% 1t is disheartening. We see
he garden, grain, child grow, but
,ur souls seem to stand still, and we
ay. Are we never to grow fit for
Ieaven? Like Saul, we are prone to
brow away sword and shield and give
10 the fight, but for voice of cheer
rom above, and sustained by hope
n Gods grace and mercy, we are
nabled to say: Why art thou cast
Iown oh, my soul; why is my spirit
isquieted within me?' Rise, resume
ny arms, rene wthe combat, never
urrender. Hope thou in God, for
hall yet praise Him, who is the
ealth Of my countenance, and my
iod.."
christianity is not for self, but for
,hrist. He that keepeth his life
hall lose it. How many lives have
cen wasted away because they have
cen spent on self
Our time Is Gods. I know OF moth
ig richer or grander in the Old Tes-
nor In the history OF man,
nan the conduct of David, when his
Zen brought him water from the well
t Bethlehem. He would not drink
, but poured it out as a libation
efore the Lord; and why? My God
1rbid 1t me, that should do this
hing; shall ! drink the blood Of these
len that have put their lives in
For with the jeopardy OF
leir lives they brought it, Do you
re the application we should make
I this? Every hour Of your human
fe, every drop,of this precious time,
as purchased with a dearer blood, a {
lore fearful peril Of sacrifice than
his.
Our talents belong to the Lord.
I'VE read In the parable of the tai
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