The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-02-22

money or your life unless you use
both for making the world better and
brighter. Of course the civic asso-
citation and the city council are going
to fix up and beautify the public
square so as to make everybody who
thought he opposed moving the Wagg-
on yard absolutely ashamed that he
took any such position. Now, I want
John Kinard to get busy and have a
talk with Jim Burton, the real estate
man, and get that other park started.
What's the use to wait. You can't
come this way any more. e.
If I am not taking too much space
I want you to let me print the fol-
lowing extract from sermon by the
Rev. Alex W. Bealer. You know l
like to read good Bible sermons. The
Bible is a good Book:
In reading the Book Of Job recent
ly I found in the fifth chapter and
the 18th verse these suggestive words:
'He maketh sore and bindeth up;
He woundeth and His hands make
whole.'' They were spoken by
Eliphaz, one of the friends Of Job
the stricken patriarch and he was re-
ferring to God. He Is presenting
God to Job as the great surgeon. It
will be profitable for many of the
people of the Lord today if they can
have a similar view Of the Divine
Being, view that is in keeping with
the riptures. There has always
been a fascination for me in the art,
or the SCIENCE Of surgery. There IL
something Godlike In the surgeons
work. He examines the patient and
learns what is needed. He sees where
there is danger to the health or life
or the body and with his knife cuts
out the center Of danger and restores
the health, When this has been done,
with. tender hands he proceeds to
bind up the wounds and make them
whole again.
At the time that Eiphaz was talk
ing job soul was quivering under
the knife of the Lord. His children
had been killed, his property had
been destroyed and bis whole body
was greatly afflicted by a loathsome
disease. "Job" says his friend, "God
has done it. Murmur not but see
Him as He pours the healing balm
upon the wounds
May we not be led to infer that
God is still the great surgeon? Think
of the soul wounds that are daily be-
ing made among men. Here is one
man who has been occupying a posi-
ton Of prominence in the world.
On account of some sudden calamity
he finds himself reduced to the low
er walks of Life and his soul is
wounded to the quick. How many
wives and children have occupied
places Of social prominence in the
world on account Of the position of
the father and husband. His sudden
death has revealed the fact that he
was heavily involved and the family
was reduced to poverty. How this
did hurt, no one could ever know ex-
cept those who felt it.
God is the great surgeon and if
you trust him and have faith He will
heal the wounds and He has NO pleas
ure in making His people suffer. It
is always for their good that aflic-
tions come. -. -.
I read the other day an article in
the Saturday Evening Post on "The
Limitations Of Reform by Joseph
W. Folk, former governor Of Mis-
souri,. I wish it was not copyrighted
so that you could pint it. I wish
some other people would read it. /
wish the editor Of The Herald and
News would read it. Joseph W. Folk
is a reformer but a sensible re-
former. I think maybe he has been
reading some Of the observations Of
The Idler. Let me copy sentence or
two. "There has been too much max
ing Of laws in America to please the
moral elements, and too little en-
forcement of laws to displease the
immoral elements. This has brought
about a general disregard for law. I"
That is good gospel. Again, listen:
"Good people too often make the
mistake Of supposing that good gov
eminent is merely matter of law,
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