The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1911-05-13
AFFECTIONS CONSERVED
Preached at the Center Street Metho
dist Church, Tucumcan, N. NJ,
Sunday Evening May 7.

N''I' my h'hTl WIN all diligence
for nut Of II nre the issues ~ life. -
Proverbs, 4.23.
The place and power ~ human A.
f%cctions ~" apt "a bs underestimated.
" h q f%allnry of n materialistic and
selfish age TO make light NJ those things
that have ~ do with 1--we and senti
mcnt. One Of the signs that p]resaged
the downfall Of the French Republic.
IN the time 81 Napoleon, was the cyni
cal attitude toward true human affection
aud the boiler things Of the heart. No
thoughtful person can read history
without noting the high place aud wide
spread influence that love has had In
the records ~ the race. The life aud
death Of Jesus Christ was contrary TO
all human conceptions of real philoso.
ply. logic ot success, vet his teachings
NJ" coming 10 be quoted ~ fr!l of NOR.
al worth and authority by even heathens
and unbcIieyers, the logic 1T his life II
unanswerahlc through the ages and his
failur" has spelled the largest success
that the race has ever known or can
ever know. WHY Because His was
the wisdom of q tender heart, his
was the logic of a blameless aud unself.
ish life, his was the argument Of a he.
role and self sacrificing death for 9th.
crs.
Every hear, has the right 10 love aud
nc loved We do not gam strength by
a reckless and incorporate use " our
'hysical powers. We do not grow wise
through n mind filled with trash and
"vrrstutied with dry facts, and We will
not inrr"n," rui renew our fund Of AZ.
lection p" the prodigal waste IT the
same on tuIiIng and unworthy OBJECTS.
God made our hearts, 80 that they were
capable Of love and affection for the
greatest, II is u gross misuse Of this
greatest Of all human dyuamics for us 10
"Nr"nd II on low passions, dirty pleas.
IRE, glittering gold and greedy gain.
our brothers and sisters Of the CON.
mon race ~ n kind are suffering and
! starving for our love. Much Of the IN.
happiness aud strife in the social and
domestic world comes about through a
dcpraved love that has deprived some
onc of their rightful heritage. Faith
'rs aud mothers, too busy with the
l"v" Of social pleasure aud commercial
gain 10 give their children that mede
NJ affection that makes for real char
"ct"r. Children, pursuing their self.
lsh rhaS" after the God that we have
taught them To worship, the God Of
success, having no kindness nor con.
,il"ration left for a father aud moth.
- wh" have spent the best Of their
lives for their happiness aud advance.
m,nt IN life. sinners throwing away
, rich Inheritance of heart power on
things that are vile and unworthy, while
the Christ of Cavalry II cruciied afresh
tor lack Of love which he has u RICH,
to expect aud demand. Christians Civ.
ing grudginply OF the ocean tide tina,
has been poured into their lives, while
all the world Is dying. for a littl. bi,
If love
loN" j. the shaping and determining
factor of human characted aud Destiny.
The pure love ~ u mother mOlds aud
makes heroes and martyrs; III" lnself.
l,h love Oi u sister stirs and stimulates
Al THAT II really manly aud noble in
thought aud mind, the clinging, undy.
ing, mistaken love Of a wife will iOl.
low q man to the depths of degrade.
'i"u 10 bless and beautify. But great.
81 than all these, the Love OF Jesus
christ cleans"s the ~vilest, makes heroes
"i craven towards, makes saints Of sin.
ter, aud holy men and women Of muir.
irrcrs aud harlots. Once lei a human get
q vision OF a really diNu.e and lovely
all that il really manly aud noble in
in God and his Christ and love will
spring bright aud blooming like the
1.-THE lily that leaps up from its bed
1T filth aud mirc TO bloom in beauty
If an Faster mora. Once let a soul lose
the vision of that which il really wor
thy of its affections aud lO' rank and
obnoxious weed aud poisonous plants OF
lh" bases; brute nature crowds on,
all that oa,c God. like and love.compel
ling.
The sin against love is the sin Of
sins, All cupable aud damuable sins
are ia he traced at last 20 the sin against
love, Dirobcdicncc AID disrespect are
sins against parental love. SelGshness
and dishonesty are sins "gainst the love
Of friends and companions. Martial In.
ido ~ II sin against coniuRal love and
trnst, All willful sin is san against
he eternal, u~nselhsh, unwearying love
Of Christ.
What Is the answer Of your heart 7
What the response Of your hfci
JOEL FRANK HEDGPErH.
Three hundred ana twenty acres Of
land twenty-five miles north Of Tueum.