The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-01-10
''COD'S POOR OUR
SPECIAL CARE"
REV. A. E. CLEMENT .PREAcHEs
FROM THE TEXT @REMEM-
GER The POOR"
A FINE COMMUNION SERVICE
Large Congregation And Coed
Music at Sunday Night
Meeting.

preached a strong sermon from the
text Remember the Poor" The
theme of his discourse was Gods
Poor our Special Care" The ceie-
bration of the Lords Supper took
place and a splendid congregation in
attendance took the communion.
There was an exceptionally large con-
gregation In attendance at the Sun
day night services and the music was
a feature, the entire choir being pres
emit.
At the morning services, taking the
text Remember the Poor" Mr.. Gle
ment said in part:
Jesus said to the mercenarY dis
ciples, The poor We have with you
always thus giving us fact of their
continuance in the world Oftimes
we wonder why poverty has not been
eliminated through these years OF
sympathy and help The fact, how
ever, is one thing, and the philosophy
vi ITO 10 4uASC oAOShChs
One of the reasons, l would suggest,
is that ii is a means of grace to the
church in awakening their love for
those who are the objects of the
Lords special care. The Church
needs just such charge to keep it
humble and filed with gratitude. The
wellsprings of our gratitude never
fiow 80 pure as when We see the foun, |
tain gushing from other hearts whom
we have helped This is what the
Master meant, think, when he said,
ut is more blessed to give than to
receive"
There is another very great reason
for the poor among US, and that Is
that from this order Of society come
earth's greatest men. Sad Ia it to
have to say that the very best oppor
tunities and privileges of life are
trampled under careless feet, while
those who hew their way through the
rushing throng towards the front,
hail from the poorer, classes. Here
is where God finds recruits for carry.
ing out his plans, which successful
men so often forget when favored i
with good fortune. And many whom i
God would save must be kept poor !
rs the only remedy for their saliva t
tionS The Church, therefore, needs t
he poor. ard should keep it's hands a
IN them for supplying the world with }
men of courage and iron will to do {
iod's work. II
THE causes of poverty are many, D
Is may be seen by viewing the fields r
md coming in touch with its subjects. Il
BAD management is one of the pro- Il
lfic causes. There are people as good o
s God ever made, who have no more 81
ppreciation of the value of money lie
han If there We're no such thing. II
md II you should place thousands OF
ollars at their disposal they would e
OF possess it within twelve months. =
hey are not sinful nor wanting in
GOD character, nor are they dishon-
st, but they do not know how to
anage their business Their talents
e in other directions. They may be A
ants Of intellect and silver-tongued
-ators and possess latent possibili-
es to shake the world, but they are
anting in business tact and 30 fall
hind in the procession that leads Sc
to success WI
"The most unfortunate cause OF pow so
ty is sickness, which settles down no
,e a dark pail over the home where are
cheering star Of hope can be seen. 'n'
10 calls of love are loud and strong the
d the cries OF suffering are. heart wn
nding. And yet It's very demands mel
e it's reasons for the deeper suffer Se'
J It's its liabilities to remove the Vi
uses. Here mems hearts bleed In ooi
ence, and here the Son OF God y"
llks softest, for here his sympathles 'ne
, the tenderest.
But the deepest and blacklist causes SUI
all, is sin, that frightful monster, poA
Itch holds out morsels of pleasure .
d success, but instead pitches its FRA
soner headlong into ruin and then aSs
ighs at his despair and in turn De
ticises the Church because It can .'ii'
force the remedy upon It's VIC ,iei
ls. Sin is the cause OF much OF WY
rth's misfortune and poverty and us
sery, for the reaping inevitably 'e
lows the sowing.
AS long as these causes remain ]"
verify and suffering will abound.
e. very best way, therefore. to dis. wv
use charity is to begin by removing