The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-09-16
FROM REV. C. THOS. GREER
SOMETHING ABOUT THE RELIC
IOUS LIFE OF COMMUNITY.
Announces Services at BronwOod New
Baptist Church Saturday and Sum
day and Urges All to Be There.

Baptist Church Saturday and Sum
day and Urges All to Be There.
Preaching at the Bronwood New
Baptist church Saturday and Sunday
next at the usual hours of service
II a. N. Saturday and II a. M and
1880 p. m. Sunday. The community
and bublic are most cordially invited
to attend all the serv ices. OF course
the members are required to attend.
Some things about the religious
life OF the community; Human condi-
tions are largely the same under the
same or similar influences and en-
vironment. The entire country is re-
Iigious. There is no community nor
home or even life but has its relig-
| ious ideals, and in a way living up to
them, but one of our troubles is that
we have no unity of religious stand
ards. "All we, like sheep, have gone
astray; we have turned every one
into his own way" again the way
of every man seemeth right in his
own eyes. How great the need of
unity of religious standards. There
is a cause for every effect. There is
a remedy for all existing evils and
conflicts with righteousness. One Of
the best remedies for the evil re-
ferred to is to get rid Of ourselves.
Selhshness is resting as quietly as
possible in the Interpretation Of life
to harmonic with its desires and to
sustain its ego, not desiring right
eousness, but rather to cloak its fol-
lies and sins. We insist upon our
way because it winks at and excuses
our conduct. But, friends, we must
go back to the law and the testimony.
Our conception of life becomes so
disturbed, even among the wisest of
us. that no human code can be relied
upon. Back to Revelation is the on
ly answer to the problem If we
would without bias or prejudice let
God speak who has the right to rule
in all the realm of human thought
and purpose we would soon find the
way out of these problems, There is
too much being said about my relig
ion and my church. If religion is
worth anything in the presence of
God it must be the religion of Christ.
The ego must get out of it, and the
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church, as He has said, Il will build
my church as Ecclesia." Congrega-
ton, friends, there is too much ego
in church-going as we'll as in church
faith, The children of God belong to
one common kingdom, and this is a
unit rather than division, and the
place of meeting should be no bar
to church attendance. As 9 mem
Der of this great and glorious king
dom we should be the friends to its
success in all places and in all houses
where the kingdom is declared, and
if we are not then we may accuse
ourselves at the bar of Gods judg-
ment for He will accuse us. There
are thousands who are far more loyal
to creed than to God; who will con-
denim His servants even unJustly IN
the name of creed there are many
who will even fight the kingdom OF
God in their own towns in order to
carry out their selfish ends, and dis
play venom and personal hatred for
some associated in the kingdom S
welfare. This is being led by the
flesh and the devil Very respect
fully. C. THOS. GREER, Pastor
New Bronwood Baptist Church.