The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-09-17
~ OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
! THE HIGHER LIFE
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Fighting our Foes.

Without the girdle Of truth he VIII
fall and fail in the conflict. me
foes of life are too fierce for any Life
To win the victory over taem II that
life Is founded in falsehood Or I'M
airdled with truth.-Rev. F. Willis,
Reformed.
The Interest OF Eternal Life.
Cod has planted within us the IL
stint Of eternal life. Indeed, 1t IS
more than an instinct. The inner
man of which We are speaking was
made to endure. His desires and
CAPACITIES are not comprised by
time. Why, then, do We cruch and
throttle him Rev. L. NJ. Luke.
Unitarian.
Pleasing the Lord.
The Lord cares more for our grati-
tude than for our gold. He asks
material gifts from US only that we
may thus be helped to manifest the
spirit Of thanksgiving. Not al the
treasures that we could pour before
the alter OF Cod would Honor Him
or ulease Him so much.-Rev. IA.
Luke. Unitarian.
The EurryinG Evil.
The frequency OF hurry disqnaH-
les men for sane judgment. Yet, now
we hurry to express our opinfoaeFeo
before We know the fact! With
what haste we speak the word or
condemnation, and sometimes even
tie word Of praise, and both as the
result of imperfect knowledge
Rev. +. Russell. Methodist Episcopal.
Cause OF our Trouble.
Violation of law-sin--has caus-
ed all mans trouble and sorrow
sickness and death. There is
remedy for it all. There is happl-
ness for all here II this life. tie
who obeys the laws Of his country.
enjoys the largest liberty. He who
obays the law OF God will enjoy tae
greatest liberty and consequent hap
pjness in this and the next world
Rev Ralph Tompkins, Episcopal
Cannot be Purchased.
Man sells: God gives. Pride likes
to pay and patronize, when what
God asks is penitence and humility.
There are other things not to be had
for money beside goodness and man
illness. Good health, good taste,
common sense, scholarship, life.
Wherefore (says the proverb) Is
there q price in the hand OF a fool
to get wisdom, seeing lie hath no
heart 10 it," Friendship, love, es-
nj
sid.
Where Noble Minds are Found.
IN all ages the noblest minds have
been those who have penetrated BE-
meath the surface o. things and dis
ccrned the great spiritual realities.
We are tod that Moses endured as
seeing him who is invisible. The
most conspicuous thing about Jesus
was his consciousness OF the unseen.
He lived in the atmosp here Of spiri-
tual reality. He seemed to know
God On intimate terms, and to live
In heaven as much as he lived upon
earth.-Rev. F. Willis. Reformed.
Laws Of God.
God has his laws--they are and
must be inexorable. Man has bro
ken hlmslf against these laws-he
cannot break the laws, but he has
broken himself. l throw myself
over great precipice on the rocks 9
thousand feet below do not break
tie rocks which have been there
from the morning Of creation-l
break myself. Now, God Is not tt
be blamed for my rash and foolisi
act, nor is he to be held responsible
for the suffering which results
Rev. Edw. Smith, Methodist.
What the World Offers.
Rule the world and you may ge
the deepest delight out OF 1t, yot
can make It help you to be wiser
gentler, nobler, more gracious. NOR
Christ-like. more full Of God. Blu
let it once get the bit in its teeth
and You are gone. Many man says
1T is mire-this money l have got
this social or this political position
/ have won; this cup of pleasure
which 1 lift to my lips at will" whe;
only the truth would be spoken i
one and all Of these should rise IL
and say. Thou fool-thou ar
mine!"-Christian Herald.
Seeking for Truth.
Welcome. Interrogation point! |
a reverential spirit accompanies II
Quiry nothing is too sacred to enter
tain the thoughtful question Of a
honest heart. In religion and phi
csophy, in science and ethics, let til
Interrogation point be granted tn
right OF way. Reach hither tn
finger and behold my Lands; an
reach hither thy hand and thrust
into my side, and be not faithless br
believing" Let the bold highlande
whose abode is in the uDiands
truth never finch before the Cola,
Methodist
In touch with the Creator.
One believes, not so much in II
unknown as in the known. TT
worship of an unknown God cann'
possibly stimulate faith. A religic
that deals wholly. or mainly, wi,
the supernatural cannot hope
mold and inspire men. The God
faith must be God working throue
nj surc, through humanity; must
a total experience, inner and QUITE
must be the life of life and n
merely a figmcnt of the imaginatio
To say that it is the unknowable. Il
uncertain, that promotes faith ia
rob faith of its very content. BY