The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-06-06

own; for ye are bought with price
The obligations, aims and triumph
of a redeemed life must command, a
it did with st. Paul, most serious ant
constant thought. He urged on otn
ers, only what he absolutely believed
best for himself. If he contende(
that life lived in the power Of the spir
it was best for himself, that he coult
do all things best under and through
Christ, that the life he lived m5st
worth was that which he lived ir
Christ Jesus; then no lower cGnsid-
Grafton however humanity wise, per-
mitted him to hesitate as to his course
He counted all things loss< for the ex-
cellency of the Cross c5mpared with
Christ there was no Comparable ex-
cellency, no equal lezder.
He recommended to proud Corinth
what he believed in himself and what
ne held with al his great soul. He
was not his swn, from the day that
the scales -{ell from his eyes. He
owned JESUS Christ his Master; he
was His 5ond-servant.
L was remarkable thing for a
proud Roman citizen to admit that
ne belonged to another-eVen the de-
splsed Nazarene. But st. Paul was
n9t ashamed Of the Gospel of Jesus
Shrist, he hesitated not to call him
/self slave of Christ Jesus. What led
him to it ought to induce others, ought
TO form good ground to impel other
and smaller men in mind and thought
to acknowledge in like manner,
Christ's ownership. He met, we may
be assured, the obligations of that
ownership which he saw Christ had a
right, nay the supreme right, to
claim, on his way to Damascus, and,
as he put it later, it became the heav-
en1y vision to which he was not dis
obedient.
It seems to me that the Apostles
settlement of Christ's ownership in
him, and his acknowledgment Of the
divine obligations, as we'll as the aims
and the triumph involved in accepting
such leadership, ought to claim care
ful consideration on the part of ev-
eryone. And at no time more so, than
when men and women are beginning
their hfe's struggles. To some it
might seem poor advice, at first blush.
to give one, that the way to success
and triumph is to accept another's
obligations, aim and triumph-the
ownership Of another in US as the
only possible way to succeed. We
hear so much about courage, self-re-
lance, determination, stick-to-itive-
ness, employing every power and 1al-
ent, that it sounds like foreign note
to say, surrender yourselves, your
powers of body and mind, to another;
accept His program for you and yield
in utter allegiance to. Him. Yet this
is what the Great Apostle does. It
is what he himself did, when a bril-
liant life Of leadership was opened to
him in his own nation.
He saw not only the tremendous
obligations involved, but also the di-
vine inspiration bound up IN his mas
ter's call Immediately he took coun-
sci not for moment with flesh and
blood, but determined to know among
men no one save Jesus Christ and
Him crucifed. He clearly reco gnized
that no life could have worthy crown
without Christ, that no kingdom made
such mighty demands, upon him for
service and for sacrifice as did
Christ's, and that only in Him in
"uOW oil U1R1uS 4u11uGSSS uWOlL, WAS
their possible, perfect and full saliva
ton.
These obligations must be fairly
faced by every one. It is true that
\ man holds nothing so dear as the
power of self-determination sels di-
rection and self-possession. He views
nothing with such suspicion. nay fear
as restraint from without. How proud
we all are to be called self-contained.
How it hatters US to be regarded mas
terful, able to direct, consclcas of
large leadership, being prince
among princes; only a prince among
princes can compel a man to yield
his place. Yes, and he must be we'll
tried and recognized one-and easy
first among his fellows. His obliga-
tions must be well-attested, as involv-
ing sufficient and commanding grounds