The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-05-15

can Incidents are ahstract eh'''iea
IN, principle Is concrete and eternal
There are very few who do not recog-
nfze a great first principle called
God. To recognize a supreme forco
tho maker and ruler Of al IS TO give
D. this force an unbJNnded and
never varying faith; faith that
locks up. down. to the east 10 the
west. 10 the north. to the south
and within for manifestation OF
goodness and power. A true faith
feels that God Is a spirit and passes
I'm and out as we breathe. A true
faith hears the voice of God in the
songs of birds. the chatter OF chill
dren and the trickle of the little
water fall. A true faith sees the
power of God in the sway OF the
leaf bedecked tree branches in the
spring time and feels this power In
his own motion. A true faith sees
the face of God in the glorious sun
light of day. in the pale light of the
queen or night and the sparkle OF
the bejeweled armament A true
faith possesses a spiritual under
standing of the text In him we live,
move and have our being. To the
polsessor of real faith this is not
classical sentence, but conscious
fact. To doubt the all powerful, all
pervadfng influence of God IL to
doubt His existence. Christ was the
Sen of God, so are We all, but every
every man and woman who has lived
upon the face of the earth have been
called of God for the part they took
in the system of which they were a
part, that is if we are correct in the
premise that God is all wise and all
powerful. History does not give any
account of any other who has been
called to a like work of that done by
Christ. Then we must conclude that
His advent and ministry was a part
of the plan of infinity for the en-
lightenment of man. That no man
ever spoke as He spake so far as
know is an incontestable fact. 1t
devolved upon Christ to inform man
that God was not blood-thirsty. Ill
humored beings, whose wrath could
only be allayed by the smell of the
roasting of fresh meat mingled with
incense, but on the contrary was
kind. loving father of all men and
willed not the death of any. Christ
taught the lesson of love as no one
had taught it before and that the
service of our fellowmen was the
service of the father A faith in God
which consciously acknowledges Him
as all and in all and faith in Christ
which will prompt a man to take
his precept and example as guide
in the affairs of life possesses a
living and saving faith which will
guide him Alright and in all righteous
ness. May the God of the universe
have pity upon that poor, puny, pitt
full little shriveled soul that can only
see God and Christ affair off through
the medium of miracles is my most
earnest prayer.
w. A. Appling of the Forreston
country was the first to get on for
the Light last Monday. Joe r. Tay-
lor of Forreston F has been down
and out for some weeks but was up
and here with the money. S. T..
Townson of Waxahachie B was here
and contributed to the campaign
fund. Mrs. G.. r. Robinson from
Waxahaehie C came to town shop
lping. she invested in some of my
sermons.
Thursday at the home of Mrs. j.
~ MehaTg I found her and her
daug hter-in-law and children at
home. reinstated Mrs. Meharg. At
Italy the people had just returned
from the funeral of Alex Moseley,
who had been killed by a train the
day before. Many were the sorrow
full, expressions l heard from what
seemed to be a town converted into
a house of mourning. Nobody knows
man as well as his family or near
neighbors. The most earnest eulo-
gian of the many virtues of Mr.
Nosely was his nearest neighbor
W. b. Milwee. Peace to the ashes
and may his virtues be a stimulant
70 noble action on the part of those
who remain behind
A. l.. Rogers on Italy 2 was at Italy
Friday and got on my list. T. l..
Miles Of Italy ?. one OF the most
extensive planters in the county was
al Italy Friday | spent Thursday
night az the home OF Mr.. and Mrs ]
y. rittman az Italy Mr. Pittman is