The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1913-03-21
JUST A WORD

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If you will grant me little space
in our paper (Which comes to me as
friend from honey I will speak a
word to our fellow workers in the
Lord. have often thought of the
responsibility of one who processes
to be a follower of the Savior of the
world, in giving to those to whom he
or she comes in contact, that nour-
ishment that will lift the soul and
and mind from the mire and filth of
sin and shame to the real Christ
Child who, when but twelve years of
age, could ask and answer questions
with the teachers and wise men of
that noted city of Jerusalem. I
wonder If they really mean, like the
apostle Paul, to forget the past life,
whether few or many days, and press
forward to the goal, that highway
that leads men and women alike, both
rich and poor, small and great, to
wrestle with the problems of good
and evil, and to leave the evil and
cling to that which is good by the
grace of God. Are we as servants of
Christ willing to pay the price for
those things that are in their very
nature heavenly; those ideals that
Christ spoke of when he said: eff
any man lack wisdom, love or faith,
let him ask of God who gives freely
to all men," and are we willing to be.
come fools in the eyes of the world
Tor Christ's sake? And are we will
ing to do as Jesus said, eff any man
will come after me let him take up
his cross daily, deny himself and fol-
low me-? Is it not true that the
fact that there is cross for all and
that all must deny themselves, keeps
many sinners from accepting Jesus
as King of Kings, and many Christ
ians from enjoying that blessedness
If the consciousness that Jesus is
theirs? But if we would be filled
with the spirit of Christ, "For if any
man have not the spirit of Christ ne
is none of his" we must be willing
to do those things that will give us
those things that seem to us as be-
ing too small to be taken in consid-
Grafton by those around US; but let
us remember that all of those around
us are not believers, and that like the
old serpent who watched his chance to
tempt Eve, so does the tempter land
some times in the person of a real
human being) stand with eager eyes
and yearning heart to take the
small things, both that which is done
and that which is left undone, and
parade them before the people of the
world as the fruit of Gods children.
Is it not true riends, that often times
a processing christian falls prey to
the. agents of the Devil who goethI
about like roaring lion seeking
whom they may devour? Because of
the fact, that as Christians We are
not willing to be honest enough with
God and our neighbor to say that
these little things are, wrong, and we
have not religion enough to give
them up for the sake of our Savior
and the salvation of the souls of our
neighbors or those we meet and
know.
If God means ANYTHING to me as
Christian, doesn't he mean every
thing? Then, if this be true, Christ,
ian friends, we have fallen far short
of our profession, for we are too will
ing to find or too try to find some
reason why we should do the things
we want to do and leave undone the
things that cost us something, rather
than pay the price and be a soul
winner for Gods kingdom and His
glory. For if we ever expect to &C
complish anything for Christ and our
fellowmen now is the time; never was
the time so ripe for men and women
who are willing to pay the price and
give men the gospel of Jesus now.
Now is the time for Christians to Law
aside all selfishness and all worldli-
ness and march as an unbroken line
of Christian soldiers against sin and
crime and evil in all of its phases.
May God give US the victory in His
name.
Yours truly,
J. f. MenR,