The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-01-25
TINES HAVE CHANGED
<-T. j. W." Eliminates on the Times
Says lie Likes The IGler'S Ser
mons, and breaches Coed
One Himself.
Editor Herald and News:

EQItOr herald and News:
| continually find myself Illuminating
over the past and the older l get thC
more serious think of things.
But sad to say, the Old people have
20 take the back seats in almost every
capacity of life in these polished days
that we now live in
When ! think Of how things were
conducted when | was boy 24s com,
pare them with the movements OF
Shings of today almost wonder where
am If it were not for one thought
which always il}uminates my soul
would surely feel miserable, and that
thought is, we all have the very same
God ruling today that has always
ruled. And. thanks be to His name,
although the world may grow prouder
and prouder He never changes.
Mr.. Editor. before l go any further
I want to commend ''The Idler" on
his good way of thinking Of things in
general. He gets right down to the
point and he has preached so many
good sermons until l think he de-
serves the honor of Rev. attached to
his nom de plume Any way. 1 am
going to call him the Rev "Idler."
l was very much impressed over a
short sermon he preached from the
following text, which can be found in
The Herald and News of the 14th in
slant.
The text reads: "He that is not on
speaking terms with his neighbor is
not in speaking distance Of heaven.
Yes, dear Idler, what good text this
is. There is just TOO much meaning in
it for me to get out, but l can't help
but dwell while along this line. The
Saviour says that "He that exalteth
himself shall be absed and he that
himself shall be abased and he that
And again he says tnat eff ye for
give not men their trespasses neither
will your heavenly Father forgive you
your trespasses." So if person fails
to speak to his neighbors it shows
That they have a vo~y exalted opinion
of themselves They place the other
fellow altogether in the wrong and
evidently show an unforgiving spirit.
And it makes no difference how he
stands in the church militant.
As long as he retains this spirit he
is out of the church triumphant.
If there was anything which Christ
meant to teach US while He was on
earth it was the spirit of humility and
"a spirit of forgiveness.
Look at what He did at the feast
sof the passover wnen He knew that
dhe time had come for Him to leave
Ghe world; He poured some water into
basin and began to wash the dis
ciples' feet and to wipe them with the
Iowel which was tied around Him.
But Peter, one of the disciples, felt
very unworthy Of such an act of the
Saviour and said, you shall never wash
my feet.
Christ gave him to understand what
He meant by this act
He said you yourselves call me
teacher and master, and you are right,
for l am both. If then am the mas
Ter and teacher and WASH your feet,
you ought also to wash one another 5
feet, for I have given you this as an
example so you may do just as have
done unto you.
Yes, my dear friends. whenever you
see person pass another and his neck
is TOO stiff to bend it, bears evidence
Of bad heart, and that person can
never be happy in this world, not say
ing any hing about the world to come,
until there is spiritual change
brought about within his soul. If a
person gives you q just right to be-
came offended at him and afterwards
y01 show no disposition to forgive him
or refuse to speak to him, haven't you
shown that your heart is equally as
corrupt as MS? Or, in other words,
il your heart is right Will YOU not
have a desire to make him better?
Then how do you expect ever to
make any one better by treating them
.a,ith contempt?
So lay aside that III feeling that you
are carrying aSound within your
aosom. 1t is doing the other fellow
no harm. and evident cheating you
out of a large per cent Of happiness
every day Of your life
The Saviour said: "If your enemy
hungers feed him; if he thirst give