The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-03-08

to Dr.. w. B. Caldwell, 455 Washing
,on St., Monticello, Illinois.
home, or is he there as sort OF
customary, mythical-historical being
What is your attitude of faith and
devotion to him? You are going
about reckoning with yourself about
what good you've done, have no
ton God is to be subsidized with the
pile of stuff you've got lying around
your house and by tips to the poor.
You talk about Jesus that amounts
to no more than an ethical code, but
we preach Jesus the Lord"
:. How Measure Religion?
The bishop gave beautiful de-
scription Of how Mary got together
all the money she had and bought a
box of the most precious ointment
and broke the box and poured it on
the Saviour. If you are going to
measure religion by earthly values,
he said, Judas, who protested against
this waste, saying it might have been
sold and the money given to the
But Jesus said that the gospel does
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confer on folks. One man says, 30,
1 don't go to church and sing, but I
give to the poor. eyes," said the
mighty.
Here is where the bishop opened
up on the movements. "The world
is full Of infidelity that wants to
degrade the Church, full Of the pride
of benevolences, full of movements
and uplifts. New movements are
Matched out over night and lecturers
and infidels browbeat preachers and
denounce the Church for lack Of bus
mess methods. The land is full of
women's clubs. The women say they
want to do something, want to ac-
complish something, and they say
that is why they want to vote. Aw",
broke off the preacher in disgust,
"why dn't you tell the truth about
it and say you want to vote because
you want to be a man? That's all
there is to that. The women hate
each other anyway, he said. He told
of a woman with petition for a re-
formatory ard she herself was pat
ronizing ball room. "She wants to
tax me for a reformatory while she
uses her money to run ball room
pumping it in with hydraulic pres
sure at one end and trying to stop it
at the other; for", said the bishop,
"there never was a man who patron
lied the ball room who stayed pure"
Judaism again-and he has no con-
fdience in Judaism.
This Age Hasn't Got Much Sense
GLOW are you going to save the
age?" they ask. "Well", said the
bishop, "this age hasn't got much
sense anyway. There is no reason to
be so crazy about saving this age.
Heaven will not be any worse off if
you and I fail to get there. Any
hypocrit can be religious in the way
of the new movements. We can't dc
little good without giving some
goodness society credit for it. There
are anti-cussing societies, mothers
societies, fathers societies-societie:
without end. Pm too poor to go tt
heaven by that route. 1t takes mon
ey to join every one of them.
i Sloganized Faith
"'We've sloganized faith. Jesus die
not put it that way. He said Fol
low me-. He didn't ask Peter if h,
knew anything about the needs of tn
age or about the poor-he simpl.
asked if he loved him. He was will
!, ing to risk love, and nothing else
!; | don't trust modern organized an'
s,oganized charities, give me a piet,
that can wait till night comes an
:. slip cut and break a box of oint
rlelt.
.. Kill the Fool Organizers
eve need to kill every fool organ
izer that tries to break in. I've 90
no organized love for my wife. Je
4 sus went about doing good, and h
was never out of sight of somethin
: to do. He didn't need a program
: he didn't need to form a society.
Nothing Counts But Love of Jesu
MANY folks are going to hell wrar
ped up IN what they've given. Moth
, ing will count except love for Jesu:
q If this church was built becaus
: the congregation thought it needed
II better house in which to worship Q
J. because the town was growing an
! a better house was needed to keep u
: with other churches and get NOR
" members, or for any other like me
: tive, then he wished it had not bee
built, said the bishop; but if it wa
, built because of love for Jesus Chris
=, and purely for his sake then it wa
~ well, for it was impossible to bull
= house too fine for him.
el He concluded with a touchin
u story: Far out at sea a babe leape
- out of the arms of it's nurse, who wa
Il holding it near the rail of the shi,
and plunged into the water. At hi
! masters command a dog jumped on
- erboard, Owed and brought tho bah
. to the surface and held it safe unit
= ropes could be lowered and hot
,e babe and dog lifted back on decl
!, :, The mother placed the babe in il
- nurses arms and fell on her knee
4 and gathered the dog in her arm