The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-03-18

see that all over the world: men In
the pulpit who ought TO be at the
plow, men plowtng the fields who
ought to be proclaiming the Gospel
OF Christ, men who are out Of place
| In the great mechanism OF Gods eter-
nal plan, men who have never be-
come fitted for and have never gotten
into their proper places. who have
| never reached the point at which
their energies should be applied and
have never seen the guidance Of God
| In their lives. believe the secret OF
| the success OF every man who has
Influenced the world Is to be found in
the emphasis which he laid upon
that which he was able to 90. Called
| for serious things, he did not attempt
to be the buffoon. Summoned to
bring men to the knowledge Of the
glorious Gospel of Christ. he did not
attempt to be Jester for q friend.
Btdden enliven life for those around
him by the appreciation of the things
which are humorous, he would stick
to that one thing, and that alone and
In that would achieve success. You
and I might never have heard of
Martin Luther unless he had placed
the emphasis Alright. We might
| never have heard Of Jesus Christ IL
He had taken the taunts of the off,
| GERS and those in high places and had
given all that was best in Him over
to their whim and will, If He had
subverted His holy power because
they laughed Him to scorn, because
they informed Him that He was scan
| dalously wrong when He claimed to
be the Son of God. We might never
have heard of Him unless He had
placed the emphasis of His whole
life correctly.
1t is rule in the law Of mechanics
| that a man to achieve success must
direct his power to the right place.
There is only one place where he can
| achieve most by the application of
power, and that Is where the power
| needs most to be applied. And SO,
II we are to run our course and in
ind out what our abilities are and
| then lay our efforts where God leads
US.
While there are many men who
| nave appreciation of their own ability
and have measurable success in lay
| Ing their abilities in the line of least
resistance, there have been men who
, have not accomplished anything be-
cause they had no tenacity, who were
so anxious for attainment all at once
| that they would constantly shift
themselves and lose their direction.
! In the desire to accomplish many
, things they have never accomplished
, anything at all.
A man may appreciate his own
| powers and size himself up we'll: he
may direct his powers in the right
way and be tenacious, but unless he
has a clean heart and conscience
| undefiled before God and man he
| cannot accomplish much in this
world. One OF the worst things with
| which we have to deal is an accusing
conscience, soul which is constantly
calling unto us that we are hamper
Ing 1t. We cannot accomplish much
II we are hampering our souls
against the achievement which might
be ours. A clean heart fits a man for
l1fe's labors; It Is a mighty power.
No man can do the work which God
hath given unto him to do save es
his own life is pure in Gods sight, in
the sight Of his neighbor and in his
own eyes. Many a man who might
nave done something has done moth
ing because, first Of all, he has stulti-
hed and strangled his soul, because
he has forgotten that the secret of all
success unto good work is a happy
heart. A happy heart cannot come
save as man Is right before God.
These are the elements which un-
derlie the life of Jesus Christ and of
Paul. AS they underlie these two
lives, they spell success for you and
me. How many there are who never
achieve in the spiritual life because
| they have no understanding of their
own divinity. How many do not
achieve because they have never con-
sidered the soul from an understand
ing point Of view. How many men
We meet who are built physically by
the plans of Cod, but whose souls
are small and shrivelled and mean
| because they have never given the
same attention to the erection and
understanding Of the soul life which
they nave given to the building up
| OF their physical beings. How many
| there are who have understood the
| power of the mind, but whose Souls
| are misshapen and warped because
they nave never grasped the divine
powers of their souls.
We need to consider soul forces
as much as physical. we need to un-
| derstand the soul and the laws of
It's actions even as we understand the
| human animal. No man can achieve
| In the physical world save as he has
studied his soul effectively to see in
| what manner he was made. A man
cannot understand what his soul is
until first of all he gets near to Jesus
| Christ. He must have gotten a full
knowledge Of the nature and dignity
OF the human soul. 1t behooves us
to get hold of some real appreciation
or our innate divinity, of the ele-
ments OF personal purity and right
| eousnesS which are ours before God
and then to address our lives to at
tainment In spiritual things, unto the
building up of our souls in righteous
ness and purity and perfectness.
And above all, to keep at it. The