The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-10-20
A Chat With the Boys.

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| things first. Hear this: Seek We
first the kingdom (kind love- of God
and His righteousness and all these
things (these material things) shall
be added unto you That means,
boys, if you take God and His son,
Christ, into your lives that We need
not worry one minute about what we
shall eat or what we shall wear.
God knows We need these things and
if we do our part He will certainly do
his. Man is trying to reverse this, he
is spending all his time even part
of the Sabbath, planning what he is
going to do Monday. With all his
forethought he is getting poorer and
poorer, just because he is not living
as God wished him to.
Worry is the great big fear of life.
It kills people quicker than anything
else.
1t is the greatest folly to be re-
bellious against God. YOU are only
clay in his hands, remember your
place and be respectful. What a
comforting thought this is: If ye
fear God, Eye shall grow up as calves
of the STALL" not pasture fed, some
times abundant, sometimes scant, but
an abundance all the time. The late
Moody, Americas greatest evangel-
ist, says: Il believe this is the best
land God ever gave to any nation, a
land flowing with milk and honey,
and it is a poor mans paradise If
he will let whiskey and tobacco
alone, he can have his own home.
See the millions of money put into
tobacco and whiskey and then they
complain about "hard times" What
We want to have is a revival OF
righteousness, and we shall have
good times" How long are We 60
ing to wander around in this wilder
ness of sin, when the promised land
is 80 near? God is just G"d and
when we sin He is obliged to punish
us. We cannot blame God for what
we bring on ourselves. Here Is
something to think about: when
truth springs from the earth and
righteousness looks down from heav-
en-, then will our land yield her in
crease" How long will it take US to
learn this lesson and put it into prac-
tice? The sooner the better for all
concerned.
For tweny-one years, boys, you are
undergoing training to be something
of which every boy should be very
proud-you will then be an Ameri-
can citizen. Do you realize what an
honor this is? Why is it more of an
honor to be born under the Ameri-
can flag than any other? Those of
you who have studied history know
that the object of its settlement was
to find Freedom to worship God
Here we are allowed freedom of
thought and speech, so long as it
does not interfere with the happiness
of others. If there is anything in
boy, it has chance here to come out.
This should be encouraging to the
young folks to do their very best and
make themselves worthy citizens. BY
your lives you are keeping our flag
proudly waving in the breezes or you
are dragging it down in the dust.
You were made for a purpose; are
you trying to find out what it is and
help on the worlds business? Be-
stir yourselves, boys, valuable time Is
passing. There is terrible oneness
about life, humanity speaking, one
time to live, one time to die. Only
one trial, how particular we should
be! With our best efforts we make
miserable failures, then when people
are so careless and Indifferent, how
sad it is. Enough to make the an
gels weep. Perhaps some of you
| don't know how to get about loving
| Christ. Read about Him, see how
good, how gentle, how free from all
sin, why you just can't help loving
Him. Then think how much he has
suffered to save you from sin. When
you do wrong you are crucifying Him
afresh. 1 saw picture the other
day that made it very plain how we
should love our heavenly father.
Not a picture that you hang on the
wall but sure enough people. A
father looking lovingly upon his only
child. 1t was not difficult to see how
dearly he loved that child and how
she loved him. The father should love
God just as tenderly as she loves