Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-06-02
"NEITHER COLD NOR HOT"

WHY is II that We see 80 few of
our business :1en In our churches on
Sundays? Time was when We could
attend service at any of the churches
in Walhalla and find there always the
business men OF the town taking an
active interest in the service as well
as actively at work in the Sunday
schools. To-day we find the reverse
to be true. 1t Is the exception rather
than the ruIe to find business men
Sunday. And the question naturally
arises, Why? Are We better to-day
than we were a few years back? 1t
Is, OF course, TO be hoped that we are.
Nevertheless we doubt Il we have
gotten so good that We no longer
need the help OF the church Even
granting that some may have reach
ed that point-(and we grant IL only
for the sake OF argument) have We
as whole community gotten SO good
that there Is none to need our exam
Dle-to have the pathway pointed
out to them that they may follow us
more easily TO our high attainments
in grace and perfection?
1t is a notifying fact that Wal
halla Is moving backward In a relig-
'ouS way as rapidly as she pushes
forward in material things. Our
minds and hearts are so full OF the
things OF this world-the building Of
business, the seeking OF pleasure,
the getting OF gain--that We have al
most reached the point where we
have forgotten God. The whr OF the
shuttle, the constant thHmbing OF
legal volumes, the hustle at the coun-
ter, the noise OF presses, the absorb
Ing thought OF our business and the
dollar that may lie turned our way,
have dulled our sense OF hearing TO
the point where the still small
voice" that once we heard and needed
is heard no more.
Walhalla is not really bad town.
We are not fragrant violators OF the
laws. The sins lying at our door are
more those OF omission than of COM
mission. We are Iukc-warm, mac
tice-poor church members, follow
ers OF Christ afaT Off We are In
the same hopeless and helpless condi-
ton OF the early church which
brought forth this divine reproof:
II know thy works, that thou are
neither cold nor hot: / would that
thou vert cold or hot So then, be-
cause thou are luke-WarIn, and nei-
ther cold nor not, will spew thee
ont OF my mouth" Let us rekindle
the, fires. that we may bring ourselves
once more out OF this deplOrahle
luke-waTmncsg, from which our spir-
itual condition must continually
wane.
There are, however, still signs OF
spiritual life. Now and then. even
in business circles, The spark glows.
1t was pleasant surprise last week
TO note, before the closing OF the
meeting OF the Business Mems
League, that one OF the members OF
that body (and also a member Of the
Prcsbytcrian c,'.":h) arose and sug-
Bcsted that hitting preliminary 10
greater public, business and civic ac-
tivity would be for our business men
TO take once more to attending church
and thinking more Of things per-
tanning TO Christ aud our ultimate
salvation. FOR what doth it profit
man if he gain the whole world
and los" his own soul?"
Let us think more and deeper
more Of Almighty COD. and less OF
tn" 6so-caIlcdJ almighty dollar. We
look long at and study hard the
Eagle and rhr lacc OF "Liberty"
on our coins. Uur those little words
IN God ~" Trust" have lost their
meaning and are overlooked.