Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-10-07
PRESBYTERY HELD
INITIAL SESSION
Able Sermon Preached by
Retiring Moderator.

~ SCel5' peInS neIu with the America!
Presbyterian church. This morning
a number more are expected to arrive
1t is believed the total attendanc,
Will be between thirty and forty Tht
Times-Recorder tomorrow will pub
lish the full list of those in attend
ance.
The Presbytery began its meetings
last night when Rev. ]. l.. Brownlee
of Albany, the moderator, preached
the opening sermon, as is the custom
Mr.. Brownlee selected as his text !
verse from Isaiah He shall not fai
nor be discouraged till He have Sc
! judgment in the earth, and the isles
shall wait for his law, his topic be
ing the progress the Church of Chris
| has made upon earth and it's future
development in accordance with the
plans and commands of Christ.
There are always many people tc
be found, said the speaker, who are
discouraged because greater blessing.
have not attended their efforts ant
their faith has become weak as tC
ultimate success. This class has beer
found in ever age of the church, from
the time of Isaiah twenty-five hun
| dred years ago to the present, anC
will be found in every age to come
Isaiah foresaw the existence of suct
n cIocc 90 5icoo,,rooo5 JO,l,+occ o,5
said for our comfort and encourage
ment, "He shall not fail or be dis.
couraged, referring to Jesus Chris
| and his conquest and spiritual sub
jugation of the world. He will not fai
He will not be discouraged, He viii
not cease until the Gospel is preached
in every land and all nations are
brought under the influence of His
divine government. 1t is a great, &
stupenduous work, but it will con.
tinue until Jesus bears universal
sway We rightly sing, He shall
reign whereer the sun doth his sue
cessive journeys run Such a uni
versal dominion has never before been
established Conquerors have dream
ed of worldwide conquest but as
their dominions have broadened they
have weakened until split into fra
grants by their very elements of dis.
ruption that came from their own in.
ternal nature But the Kingdom which
our Lord proposes to establish is not
of this character, is not subject to the
weakness of an earthly empire 1t is
a kingdom that shall include every
land, every isle of the sea, every peo-
pie of every tongue and cline. All
shall feel the impress of His influ-
ence and the power of His life, and
bow willing subjects at the feet OF
OmnipOtence enthroned in heaven.
Sets in Judgment on God.
Those who say that this is impos-
sible, continued the speaker, dare tc
sit in judgment upon what God says
He will do. Men sometimes regard
the means employed as inadequate as
| impotent for so vast an undertaking
! forgetting that the power of Chris
that lies behind the means is the
| force that tells, the force that accom-
plishes the results, and that men are
but the instruments in his hands. II
past centuries wise men have charac
| terizeda the claims that the worlt
would be brought to Christ as foolish
ness. have looked upon the claim:
that all nations would be brought tt
| follow Him as idle dreams But We
know that their predictions have prov
ed untrue. that the work already ac
| complished has borne out the fa1tf
| that sooner or later the seeds OF the
truth will bring forth an abundan
harvest in every lana beneath the sui
We know that the weak shall con
found the mighty, the foolish the wise
We enjoy to-day the fruits of the la
hors of unframed and unlearned mel
who preached the gospel in all OF 1t;
purity and power. That power has no
been lessened as the ages have pass
ed on, nor will it be as future gener
ations come upon the scene. Chrlst'
marching orders, Go ye forth lnt(
| ALI the world and preach the gospe
INTO every man" are still His com
mand to His church and must bt
| obeyed. Regardless as to what tht
skeptic or the critic may say, the
| Church realizes that the command II
of i,,st, as much force to-day as wheI
| If was uttered 1t is, and must De
willing to use all the means at It's
hand and follow it's Leaders com
nand In proportion as it is obedi'
emf it will be blessed and bring bless
ings upon the world for whose sal
| vation it is laboring.
Officers Elected TOday's Program
After the sermon a business meet
ing of the Presbytery was held anc
] officers elected, as follows:
Moderator, Rev E. B. Witherspoon
Of Boston.
Temporary Clerk, Mr.. j. c. Turner
/ of Camilla.
Permanent Clerk, Mr.. G. T. Bourne
of Macon.
This morning at S:45 the Presbyter9
will resume its business sessions.
At IL o'clock religious services vii
be held the sermon being preached
nv Rev. Mr.. Venable, of Moultrie, fol
lowed by the Presbyterial communion
| service.
From 4 to 5 O'Clock this afternoon
Mr. Carpenter, of Richmond, Va, rep
resenting the General Assembly
! Committee on Sunday Schools, vii
deliver an address on Sunday Schoo
work. An earnest invitation is ex
tended to all Sunday School superin
tendents, teachers and others inter
ested in this work to attend
Tonight services will begin at 7:4'
o'clock. Mr.. Carpenter will speat
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