The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1916-10-05
DID you EVER NOTICE IT?
nv w. H. Dugdale.l


Therefore we, ought to give the
more earnest heed lest at any time we
should let them slip.'-Hebrews 20:1
I This text carries with it lesson to ev-
i erv one-it is, a warning that we all
should heed. 1t is as applicable to con-
/ ditions today as it was two thousand
years ago. The same temptations, the
same disregard OF, spiritual uplift, the
same desires to procrastinate and put
off doing our duty, is still in evidence
and who is to blame? Tt is certainly
deplorable thing to walk down the main
street of our fair city ON Sunday morn
ing and notice the number of young men
who are standing about the corners ana
on the sereets with no object In vfew'
only to see and be seen-smoking cigar
cites and expectorating on the sidewalks.
Go to the railroad crossing and about the
depot any Sunday morning and you VIII
notice there are enough young men
standing idly about, with no object in
view to fill all Sunday schools in the
city. While they are talking of IN
creasing their membership, holding re-
viva1 meetings and organizing reform
societies still this large percentage OF
men, young and old are to be seen every |
Sunday at the same time and place. |
Has it ever occurred to our earnest |
Christian workers that it might be
good step in the right direction if some
effort was made to gather in some of +
these young men. It was by this plan,
that Francis Murphy built up the Bow
cry mission It is the fellow who doesn't
go to Sunday school, the fellow who
needs a helping hand, and you will find
this class of men very receptive and
need only little encouragement and
g. |
N interesting them, they are true to the
aith, and GOOD staunch workers who
AXE personal pride in their work.
Do not misunderstood me, I do, not
efer to any particular individual but
collectively speaking, the whole bunch of :
elbows who hang around the street COR :
lers, the drug stores and the depot :
his crowd alone would make up large 7
sunday school and it is possible to {
ather them in, if the right influence is :
rought to bear on thine. 1t has been done :,
lsewhere and can be done here. High r
'oint is highly moral city. We have :
ONE of the best developed minds in the 9
tate right here, men who could run the i;
alton if need be, still we allow lot of !
ne young meE to desecrate the Sabbath, q
nd pass them ON our way to Sunday =
,hool every Sunday morning, but never -
0 a thing or say a word to give them
ny encouragement-and they go along =
the same rut and are Indifferent to - -
leir environments Did you ever notice ' II
; if not, wake up, get busy! =
If you fail you have the satisfaction "a
knowing you did your duty. Of
urse, it is not expected to get all these [
ople. interested, but we can scatter the
OVID and get few, and set the rest
mixing Amy Sunday school will give r,
EN- a hearty welcome, and lots of tn
EN- are not aware of this, and would
glad to come. Did you know that
,ge percentage of the audience that the A,
lvation Army gathers on Saturday -
yhts are the same crowd you viii find
abor5 the same place Sunday morning
ey give time, attention and money to in'
lp and encourage the Salvation Army wi