The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-01-13

De any praise, think on these things
philippians 49, He said:
More and more we are learning the
power of the will. AS a man think.
eth In bis heart, so is he.'' The heart
represents the real man. whom we are
snot always able to properly recognize,
weigh and value. God looks upon the
heart, and each man should carefully
'scrutinize his own eart-especially all
who desire to be pleasing In Gods
sight. But the Apostle uses the word
think as representing another process
OF the mind, the will We must do
some thinking in order to will proper.
~, wisely. AS man thinketh, he will
gradually come to do. because the
imind, the thoughts, give us our ideals
for the activities of life. just as the
iarchitects drawings give ideals in re-
kspect to the construction of q house.
! The man who does no thinking has
sn0t properly begun to live. The man
who thinks upon wrong things. who
has set before his mind wrong ideals.
lis worse off than the man who has no
4ideals. We must admit the truth of
: the Apostles proposition that we should
think upon the good. the honorable.
1.-THE just, the pure, the true. the loving
Fittings, II we would have our lives
just loving. true, noble. pure, lovely
and lovable
] have chosen this subject. not be-
cause l believe that this congregation
is devoid Of good ideals. but because
We are apt to let slip some of those
noble ideals which we set before our
minds and which God has set before
us through the words of Jesus and the
Apostles and others of His servants
We need to set our affections on that
which is just, noble. true and good
the Heavenly things of Divine APP
proval: and as they slip away to
earthly ideals. we are to set them
afresh. The opening of new year is
time especially favorable for reset
ting our heart affections upon things
that are just. noble, pure. lovely the
time for calling to our aid all the will
power and resolutions which we can
command. Thus we make character
Moreover. we are all preaching. by
our words in public and in private.
and by our actions. Our neighbors
and our friends are influenced more
by our actions than by our words If
the two are in conflict As Gods peo-
pie we are all to be ministers of the
Truth. ambassadors for God. to show
forth His praises as we have opportu.
nifty. Our ordination. our authorize.
ton. is of God through the Holy
Spirit. Whoever has received that has
Divine authority to preach. which is
the highest. the only authority.
The WORLDS Purity Congress.
In November last received appoint
ment as delegate to the Worlds Pur-
fly Congress. which met in Minneap-
oils. November 18th to 18th. Although
] hesitated because of pressure upon
my time. ! was afterward glad of the
experiences gained There ! made the
acquaintance of some noble men and
women who. so far as | could judge
are laying down their lives in fighting
against sin. impurity. wrong. and TO
uplift humanity. Nearly all seemed to
be having a considerable fight against
the powers of darkness in their va
rious fields of activity; and all seemed
earnest, jealous. courageous and hope
full. Some labored as followers of
Christ others labored apparently
merely from a humanitarian stand
point. But. reflected the Lord de
clared that there are but two masters:
so / said to myself. As between God
- '->"r'u'on these dear people seem
ssle seeking to serve God and to fight
against mammon. against sin. against
vice. They are on the Lords side.
whether they realize it or not
You will be interested respecting the
scope OF that Congress. and the va
rious fields of activity of the workers
The Congress did not discuss evils
merely. but rather the good. and what
must be accomplished in order to have
the good prevail. was pleased to
notice that even when they discussed
the immoral characters whose work
they seek to overthrow. there was a
proper spirit of moderation and an ap.
probation of what I have for years
been trying to present; namely. that
,AppareRtly sauch OF the xin and vice