The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-04-03
CHR.sTs TABLE TALK

title of this lesson. There are GER
tain evils that we cultivate assidu-
'ously which ase as foolish as they
are Iawless. sa -
1. The folly 0i Of pride. Verses 7-ll.
When Christ gave the connsels OF
this lesson ne was at feast OF some
kind: and he saw certain d!gnitaries
Gdroitly getting into the seats OF hon.
or. He used these proud men 20
point the lesson that the wiser course
would be to take the lowest seat and
this would furnish opportunity for adj
vancemeat: whereas IL one took the
highest seat 10 begin: on he mighs
get invited down: and to be invited
down was q rather moFtifying ex=
perience. The implication is that
when men see man taking the first
seat they want to see him advanced:
There is that in pride which defeats
itgelf and humility IS better and also
the wiser COURSE for It has power
to carry man far beyond his own
sense of desert. -.
III this wisdom works IL must be
followed sincerely. A man must take
the lower seat not to be invited uIS,
but because he feels II is his. A man
who takes 1t, thinking that he EiIl
soon be honored before all, might find
that promotion day does not come,
quiclly. 4
This passage Is a fine place to con-
slider the hardest duties about a
church, or the community, or the fam
lily or a farm, or the Kingdom: They
arc all great places .if voluntarily
taken. The lowest seats at the
Christian +feast''are simply the places
of lowly service. That man In nfy
company or congregation or place
who will voluntarily seek to serve
and advance men Is always the one
who VIII get promotion or who Is
most ioSed and hnnored. -;:' y
What promotion is can be n mat
ter on which|we might not understand
CnrisJ. "a young minister VINO COM
mences In n lowly pastoraee and does
his work we'll coniesssoon to a larger
and yet a larger This Is a proIno-
tion: and yet 1t IL not the only OF pro-
motion and 1t may not, be the best
that Christ has for the man. Ayoling
minister who would settle In a greatly
backward region ana who would give
10 that region Christllke service will
find that other communities will SOON
want him but il he VIII stay where he
Is and change the 3aee OF things he
he will get bettar promotion than if
he shOuld*go to;"bet1ar places. az He
will bring his people ap and in do
ing II will make the name OF an apus-
tie for himself. 4 Jane .AIidapg; IN Hull
House has gained t4Wnrldwide a name.
II: Tae Folly Ql SelliShHeSs.
rVerEes f2-14.& d ,hflst dgise5 fIiosh.
who make feasts not to inglte those
who in return Will invite them TO,
other fcasts, but TO SgTite those who
can IN mo wise hepsy 4Aiiens andt1fs
adds, efcr thoIt chill 5be Feoompansei
in the rssurrectlon OF the just "a = The
point of our Saviour, ds jncfffhat kfn.i
folks and friendsf must aHeperfbe in-
vited,. but that our feasts he perfect!
ly unselfish. They should not be self,
seeking, and ~ Ilseyy{ are MOI s we viii
certainly invite those VINO cannot re.
pay us. . a q
What is feast? It is an effort to
renitze and express human feilpRship.
Now human fallowshIpyfs and necsss-,
arily must DC an ;tnseifish thing.
Where selsseeking enters the feffo&-
snip II dss stf0J %. HI iii5T f5T mt
0uiT Saviour teaciie5 i isere is where yOu
give q feast let II be genuine, let II
express in reality Just what ii faeaiis
in appearance, let It be q; scene of hu-
man fellowship ~ (;
Much OF All our social fife is moth
ing but debt paying anu the seeking
|of acmetAiGS Interior. niien are worse
than women. Nearly all The treating,
(cigars and meals at flne hotels, etc.1
is simply to get some oneiin G good,
frame Sof mind for the trade that is
sai,ghtz Ins1he business world human
fellowship or rather the expression OF
it Is constantly prnstl tlsutel 20 sell
fish ends. Men do these things who
would not think OF lying ID a. trade
or OF playing religion, In order to
make d trade; and yet what tliey do
Is nothing but playing human fell
lowshiR for business purposes;
How much OF fhe social lie OF our
women folk Is taken, up with cons
alterations that are NOT wholly free
from self seeking Is a question must
turn oyer 10 them. 't:i5.g
But Is'wtll say that self seeking
in expressions OF Fellowship is what
cats ON the sources OF Joy 9in social
lifes Al Feast IS intended for Joy,
Joy for the real, iTnaduIterated
laughter that comes bubblinE up from
the soul like a clear, boiling pFlnG; or
pure water. And this 10y u puI be
seen at all feasts and In all 81 iaf Ife
g we we're .nni GO seiE seet.:i..ss Sci; E;stis
ness defeats itself II Is nctsonIy sin
but folly. te,t sS;ef AZ 4
A good man. and especially good
woman, VINO lives TO give others 10y
aud who puts herself to all the trOii-
bic OF getting Up q feast TO give 9TH
efs good time inst because sfB loves
| to eee them eat and be happy Will
hayasa good time herself here s5id D
better Ia Che tresurfectl0n OF the
Just In sthe resurrection Of the
! inste about ali OF The feast. fllat canl