Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1916-03-10
Sunday At
Beach Churches

United Brethren, Congregational and
Methodist Denominations Hold
Splenlid Services.
Three of Beach's churches held
splendid services Sunday evening
last, and all were attended by large
Congregations. The Rev. w. 7.
Kessinger, the regular pastor,
preached truly inspiring sermon at
the United Brethren; G.. B. Newcomb
former chaplain of the state peni-
tertiary, and superintendent Of the
Society Of the Friendless, occupied
the pulpit at the Congregational
church anl gave an instructive and
interesting address Rev. South
wick officiatel at the services at the
NJ. E. church. The Chronicle regrets
that We have been unable to secure
Il synopsis of Rev. Southwick's SER
mon. The others follow:
Matt. 1926, 81. "For what is a
man profited, if he shall gan the
Whole world, and lose his own soul? I?
For the Son of man shall come in
the glory Of his Father with his
angels; and then he shall reward
every man according to his works" !"
''rhis text gives a problem that
deserves the study of the longest
life; and it is probable that no man
has ever solved it. This text was
given by the great Master mind, to
induce his hearers to embrace chris
tianity. In embracing christianity
in those lays Il man frequently lost
his character, property, liberty and
even life itself. If man would be
II Christian, he must be one at some
expense. | believe that we are ev-
cn surrounded by the three-fold glory
of the Father, Son and Holy Angels
and that even now the light of the
great judgement day is beginning to
| dawn for some of us;-that day
, ,, when lie shall reward every man ac-
cording to bis works
81 see that we have in our posses
sion = jewel called a soul, jewel of
incstimablc value. The soul is di,
vine in it's origin.-When Col want
ed to make Il sun, he said 'let there
be llght;' and it was so. But when
he wanted to make Il soul, he said
''Lct us make man in our own
image" The soul is astonishing in
its properties. Even in its present
, state, it is great in ruins There
are three prominent properties of
this priceless jewel, which are Vi
tality, Nationality, and Immortality
The soul has motive, power, and can
make progress: it has the power to
understand: survey the past, loo!;
arounl upon the present, and glance
prosp"ctiTely into the future: the
power to judge, to select, and to re-
fuse. Therefore it is accountable
We arc not from cvcrlns;4;ny-but
we are to everlasting. The soul ha:
fallen from its glory.-fhr whole
plan Of lcdceming love evidently
shows the depth and ruin Of man as
Il fallen being.
''Thc enemy Of a mans soul must
consider it Of great value because
lie keeps pursuing it even to the very
last hour of earth life. The angels
of God must consider it of great
value because there is rejoicing in
heaven when a sinner rcpents and
cries God be mcrciful to me a sim
ner.' Our Lord does not think a
mansion in heaven-an unfading
crown-an everlasting kingdom, too
rich or too valuable for it. | see the
folly of the man who barters away
this immortal principle for the few
paltry moments Of sensual delight.
Suppose YOU do have the world, and
you enjoy it for seventy or eighty
years; finally the end comcs-you
must leave the world, and whittier
shall you turn? Even though You
have gained the honors of the world
and the wealth of all the nations
these are but matcrial-but the i'm
mortal principle is entirely destitute
and not only destitute, but lost, ir-
retrieveably lost. l see the wisdom
Of the man who is determined to