Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-03
GETTING into
TOUCH With GOD
MCCORkGy'S First Quiet Hour
Bible Talks

At the Presbyterian church on We'd
nesday night Mr. James H. McConkey,
of Harrisburg, Pa, gave the first OF his
Quiet Hour Bible Talks to an audi
ence that made up in appropriateness
what it may have lacked in numbers,
owing to the threatened inclemency OF
the weather.
God never made a planet without an
orbit for its travels said Mr.. Nc
Conkey. God never created a soul
without plan for that soul-a path
way for that life, Some of us-many
of us-have wandered aside, far from
that plan into the paths Of sin, and
tonight our cheeks are wet with the
tears Of defeat once again at the
hands of our besetting sin. Some OF us
have dreamed dreams and seen Wis
ions of our possible usefulness, but
we have wandered away. We have
been 'disobedient to the heavenly
vision.
God is not only a savior Of souls,
but he is a restorer of souls. The
Lord is my Shepherd-He restoreJh
my soul. He would restore us to the
ownership Of God, if we would but
let him.
There is in a not far distant city
a tree that was so we'll loved by the
one who planted and watered it, thai
in order to provide for its future pro,
lection against abuse or destruction
he executed a sort of quit-claim deed
in Its favor, which he caused to De-
engraved on a tablet of stone and
placed at its base, so that now that
tree may be said to belong to itself
The inscription in substance is about
3s follows: In consideration of the
great love | bear this tree, and of my
desire for its preservation, | for all
time do bequeath and convey it to it. /
self To be sure the thing has no
standing at law, because the tree is
not a person. But the gentleman's
fellow-townsmen, out of Difference to
his desires have taken steps to safe
guard them.
IF We could but lift the veil from
about the heart of many Christ
ian we should there see a secret tab |
let erected: Because of the great
love ! have for my life, l for all time
hereby give, bequeath and convey il !
to its own self But Jesus says: 'Ya
are not your own, We arc sJught with
price. | have redeemed you from
death l have laid down my life for
yours l have come to restore you 20
the ownership of God From the littI
that owns itself to the life that God
OWNS
Years ago, as a business man, L
was troubled about this thing of ser
vice, and in working out the solution
I cOrresponded with a Christian bust
ness man in whom I had the greatest
faith. His reply to me was pungentI
with truth. He said, First you are
Gods by creation That l was oblig-
ed to admit Secondly he said, 'Ye
are Gods by purchase That likewise |
] must admit, for Christ by his own
death had purchased me. That be-
ing true, said my friend, it seems 20
me you should deliver the goods.
'Oh, but do l hear some one say:
That is an very we'll for preachers,
teachers of the Word, missionaries,
etc, but l am busy business man.
I must win bread for myself and mine. |
i must provide raiment and shelter
But mark We this we'll, Seek We first
the Kingdom, was first uttered 10
winners of bread, and seekers of raj
nent and shelter. Indeed, Jesus him
self, the carpenters son, was Of them. |
We must discriminate between the nee
egsities of life and the purpose or
life. Between the means to an end
and the end itself
Some of us have never found Gods |
place because We have refused and
denied the ownership of God. We have
failed to find the place God has for
us, and hence our unrest and seek
ing after the vain glories of the
world.
Seek ye first the Kingdom of God
and His Righteousness, and all these
things will be added unto you .Ye|
are not your own, we are bought with
a price He restoreth your soul
Mr. McConkeys next talk will be On
Sunday at II a. m. when he will again
speak at the Presbyterian church.