The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-05

! non and rush OF bullets on tho battle
| field. Some OF the nerccst contests
! have taken place inside mans own
! breast, and the most complete trumphs
! won within our own homc--perhaps n
palace, perhaps cottage. The scene
Of battle matters not, SO long rs tho
victory Is ours and sin tho conquered
We have pointed out to us often
soldiers who have won and wear for
valor medals, but their courage has
won for them in Gods sight no greater
victory than tho poor, frail-bodied
widow, who, having suffered loss. sor-
row and poverty. has borne the strug.
gle without losing faith or temper
There are both men and women who
the sake Of others or at tho call OF
duty; many who have suffered weak
ness, illness and loneliness without
even murmur. Some of us may havo
trampled on the dragon OF a bad tenn
per or n fiery lust. and have gotten the
victory. There is no medal given to
wear for the world to see, no cross
given by the hands of a Queen. but
these brave rictors bear the cross of
Jesus. given them by the hands OF
the King of Kings. and they are more
than conquerors through Him who
loves them.
When a man enlsts as soldier he
is told that he must serve 50 many
years with the colors, but we who
strive to be Christ's servants must live
as His faithful soldiers unto our lifes
end. IL God gives us His grace to
fight under the banner OF the cross
we shall not heed the wounds. the
hardships or trials that bcset our way,
and when we come to die we will be
borne UP victors by the everlasting
arms. Their victory may have had no
reward or recognition from tho world,
but all who have fought against self
and sin and gained tho victory through
our Lord Jesus Christ. their names are
written in the saints book Of life.
We cannot be Christians and follow
the multitude who do OWL Docs this
mean that we must go about reproving
our ncighbors and sitting in judgment
on our friends? BY no means. 'First
pluck the beam out of your own eye,
and YOU shall see clearly TO cast out the
mote out Of your brothers eye" First
we must conquer our own SINS and
then we Will be able to lead others to
victory by example. If we would see
all our ncighbors' gardens clean and
orderly, let us begin by wedding our
own; and SO with our lives. II We
wish to see our neighbor living as a
soldier OF Christ. we can help him to
it by being a true Christian ourselves
Who. then. are the enemies against
whom we must fight? Truly their
name is legion. Our consciences must
tell each of us our own especial faults
and weaknesses; each, man knows ..the
plague Of mis- own heart" There is
drunkenness, Staying thousands and
making many men and women lower
than the very beasts: there Is the sin
OF lust and uncleanncss, degrading and
ruins the homes OF hundreds and kills
often all that is good in man. a ma
or woman Of unclean passions is like
river dehlcd by poisonous matter,
and Will poison all who come in con-
tact With them. There are also the
the latter of which is SO common a sin
and turns the very milk of human
kindness sour. 1t has been said bad
temper is the vice OF the virtuous.',
There are people living honest, upright
lives who pray and read their Bible
and attend religious services, and yet
make themselves and every one around
them utterly wrctched by falling to
control their temper.
BY ourselves we cannot overcome
one fault, much less several; but does
that mean we are to let sin have do
minion over us? Suppose we are i'll,
unable to get UP alone; do we lie there.
saying It's of no use to try; I will just
stay here by myself and die? No, dear
friends We hastily send for the best
doctor we can get TO come and help
us. So with our sins. If we wish
earn stly to be set free from our evil
ways, we must ask the Lord TO help us,
and If this wish of ours is earnest and
our prayers for aid made in faith, God,
by the gift Of His Holy Spirit will
| make the weakest of US able to over
| come our sins.
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We quite agree with the ever
esteemed cpicurean editor Of the En-
poria Messenger when he says: