The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-02-09
ASH WEDNESDAY,:
SERVICES AT
CHURCHES
PROGRAM FOR THE DAY AT ST.
MARkS-REV. BOYkiN SENDS
LETTER TO PARlSHloNERs ON
LENTEN SEASON.

] This is Ash Wednesday and services
appropriate of the day will be held at
! the Episcopal and Catholic churches
The program at ST. Marks is as fol.
! lows:
Holy Communion, a M, Mathis,
lltany and sermon, II a. M, evening
prayer with address, 730 D. m.
/ Rev. Boykin, of st. Marks Episco-
pal church, has addressed the follow
ing to the Pensioners:
Dear Parishioners: AS the holy
season of Lent approaches, the call of
I, the church sounds out loudly and
plainly, urging upon the faithful to
give more special heed to the souls
welfare by the use of such spiritual
graces as watchfulness, prayer and
fasting. That this sacred time of
spiritual improvement, upon which we
are about to enter, may be rich in it's
blessing and usefulness, the privileges
and possibilities of Lent must be en-
ployed with view to the permanent
deepening and quickening of the spir-
| itual life, the producing a greater
growth in grace, the insuring of a
larger self-conquest and the moulding
! of the heart more after the pattern
of Christ
In concentrating the great Fast
OF the Son of Man, we must turn to it
in the sacred conviction of duty and
with the heartfelt desire to so imi-
tate the example of Christ that we
may walk with Him in the resistance
of temptation, making an effort in His
| strength to put aside the sin which
1 doth so easily beset us.
| ''TC make Lent a true wellspring of
life to the soul we must, as loyal SOL
diers of the army of Christ, submit
to the drilling of ourselves in spiritual
graces, the better fitted to continue
! our warfare against the world, the
flesh and the devil To avail our
selves of the opportunity of the com
ing Lenten days, and to derive from
them the advantages they were de-
signed to accomplish, we must form
some plan for the honest and faithful
use of our Lenten obligations, trying
to be true to the purpose CT Lent
which is deeper conservation to God
We must have a definite Lenten rule
from which nothing but necessity shall
turn US. An aimless Lent will prove
a failure and be fruitless. AS far a.
is possible, the claims and duties OF
Lent must be put before everything
else. We must have a self discipline
that is systematic, giving ourselves
some special work to do in the way
of self-denying deeds as shall enable
US to grow in grace and in the knowl-
edge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus
Christ To those who feel the neeC
for deeper earnestnesS and a greater
reality in their spiritual life, there is
no better time in which to make the
effort than that penitential season
spread out before us, with it's fruit
full opportunities for discipline, use
fulness and growth, where by a closer
communion with God and by coming il
closer touch with the Holy Spirit wt
shall strive to rise higher in spiritua
truly in earnest in getting all the
possible spiritual benefits of Lent al
it passes by. so that the power fol
good which resides in this coming per.
iod of renewed and more faithful self
conservation shall not be in vain. LIE
us all strive to form such habits o
active service for the Master as shall
cling to us in the coming years. LIE
us make some willing sacrifice o
time, heart and life and consecrat'
them to God in the contemplation o
high and holy things Let no small
. Inconvenience or obstacle interfere
with the church's service. Let self
denial begin there and so spread owe
the whole ccmrass of life. Do some
real acts of helpfulness, of true sym
. pathy and Christian kindness, by in.
creased activity in deeds of mercy an(
love in the spirit of Him who wen
about doing good Honor Christ b.
your frequent presence at the Holy
Communion. which is the creates
service CT the souls Strengthening
and refreshment. BY an honest self
examination make preparation of the
heart TO- receive the gracious tnriu'
,ences of a well-spent Lent, that vii
leave its. mark of a deerer repentance
wider charity. the lengthening o.
the cords of love, the gathering c
n strength to go on to better things.
Year friend and rector,
- r. e. Roxkin,