The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-02-28
Ash WEDNESDAY,
LENT TO BEGIN
SERVICES TO BE HELD IN LOCAL
CHURCHES ToMoRRoW-REv.
BOYkIN TALKS,

Tomorrow, Ash Wednesday, ushers
in the Lenten season, and for the
next forty days the Lentea period will
be observed ty the Episcopalians and
Catholics of this city, together with
those the world over.
Appropriate services will be held at
all of the local Episcopal and Catho-
lie churches tomorrow. At st. Marks
church the program for the day is
as follows: Holy communion a. M;
mathis, litany and sermon, II a. m;
prayer with sermon, 1880 D. m.
Rev. r. E. Boykin., pastor of the
church, has issued calendar for the
Lenten services at his church, as
well as an interesting communication
to the members of the congregation,
in which he says:
Dear Pensioners: AS the season
of Lent approaches, | am sending you
Ule announcement of services for the
coming 40 days, by which you may be
assisted in keeping this season of de
yotion and penitence which the
church has provided, ordained and set
apart for spiritual Improvement The
benefits to be derived from this sane
tilted period of the year must neces-
sarily depend upon the earnest heed
we give to its call, the fidelity i'll
which each individual Christian real
ICES the purposes for which the days
Of Lent have been designed, and then
with zeal and true earnestnesS of
heart seeks to consecrate it's time and
use it's benefits, so that Lent snail
not pass away without having some
particular Messing upon the heart and
life. In the continued repetition of
Lent we must not fall into the error
of formal Lent Keeping, which robs
it of it's value. We must not forget
its opportunities nor be unmindful
tbat for the Christian opportunities
are no less than obligations. Lent is
tian character and for growth in
righteousness which viii help us to
meet our individual need of advance
ment in holier living and lead us near.
er to God. 1t is a time for self-correc
| ton, for special acts of devotion and
love for the renunciation of what
tends to draw the heart from God, fol
the deepening of the religious life and
the Taoldlng OF ourselves more after
the pattern of Christian living as Sc
| before us by Christ. 1t is time fol
! fasting and a devout contemplation
upon holy things. The power fol
good that resides in this Lenten sea
son with all its opportunities will bk
found in the conscientious use thai
We make of its privileges and the
way in which we seek to consecratt
its time. We must give heed to ear
nest prayer. We must attend a!
many services as we can. We mus
come into closer touch with the Spiri
| by whom the whole church is sancti
| fed that our lives may be more deep
ly and permanently quickened in spir
| itual things. Above all, we must b.
! careful not to neglect the Holy Feas
of the Altar, where we shall seel
! the grace of God, without whom
nothing is holy for the strengthen
ing of the love and the renewing o
the spiritual life. To be true to tn
| church's teaching upon the proper oil
| servance Of Lent and to our own cor
victiOns OF Il properly spent Lent W
must practice some form of self-denia
by which we may the better wrestl
with the sin tlat doth so easily be
| set us We must pass through som
| heartfelt amendment of our ways an
| dOings and so turn unto the Lord on
| God as shall lead us on to bette
doing and living, to higher aims, an
! secure to us a greater attainmen
in what the Lord requires Of us. lie
us 20 into this spiritual springtimC
| plowing our cOnsciences vigorously
breaking up the fallow ground of on
hearts, planting them well with seed
| from the Word of God, and aimin'
with a serious thoughtfulness to GATH
er strength and grace in the fulfil
ment Of our Lenten duties, as shal
leave tehind some mighty work 70
God in the souls.
with the earnest hope that tn,
coming days Of Lent will be of grea
spiritual profit to all of us, | am you
friend and rector, r. E. BOYKIN.
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ONE KILLED In WRECK.