Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-03-18

themselves and lose their direet;o,-
In the desire to accomplish manu.
things they have never accomnlishas
anything at all. eu
A man may appreciate his oun
powers and size himself up we'll. w
may direct his powers in the riohe
way and be tenacious, but unless ~
has a clean heart and a. consciorao
undefled before God and man h
cannot accomplish much in tho Io
world. One OF the worst things with
which we have to deal is an accusing
conscience, a soul which is constant1v
calling unto us that we are hamnorI
ing it. We cannot accomplish mnch
If we r hampering our souls
against the achievement which micht
be ours. A clean heart fits a man for
LIES labors; it is a mighty mower
No man can do the work which Cod
hath given unto him to do save 40
his own life is pure in Gods sight. in
the sight Of his neighbor and in his
own eyes. Many a mar who might
have done something has done moth.
ing because, first of all, he has stulti.
fed 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 a 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
F! achieve because they have never con-
sidered the soul from an understand
ing point of view. How many men
we meet who r built physically BY
the plans Of God, 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 have 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 have 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
its actions even as we understand the
human animal. No man can achleVe
in the physical world save as ne mas
studied his soul effectively to see III
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 1ull
knowledge Of the nature and dlgnlv
of the human soul. 1t benooves ID
to get hold of some real appreclatluu
of our innate divinity, OF the ele'
ments of personal purity and rlgns
eousness which are ours before Ooa'
and then to address our lives 10 az
tainment in spiritual things, unto .m0
building up of our souls in righteous
ness and purity and perlec'n no."
And above all, to keep at IT, Nv
trouble with the church and tne inus
vidual Christian is too much tnae wv
work by fits and starts. We are ca aav
full that we get three meals a a nat
and eight hours of sleep, 10 a a.
money to supply the body.s neeu -
We manage to keep out OF jan,
have a house over our heads u p M
tect US against the weather. ,s,v
labor assiduously and continuous nr.
toward these things. But we hw wa
ture the soul by fits and starts, ~ a
give God the Sabbath or one nls S.ho =
week or two minutes and a nan nm.
we retire to rest. We are Eo' ~
tinuous but spasmodic servants: ,sve
If men by marvellous tenacl'S the
achieved miraculous success ~ nav
physical life, so you aha i
achieve majestic spiritual sueo snirit.
n VA. t things IS; and, se5tin 1sS a g. good st s1asI
upon the things which are ,d fast,
and upon God Himself, stano oou r,s
fight the good fight. finish the c0u'''
keep the faith.