The Robesonian., 1918-05-27
GIVING, And R!ESS|Nf.
abraham, the Altar Builder" Sub
Ject Of Powerful Sermon By DR.
Beaman to Graduating Glass of
High School.
SCHOOL FINALS FRIDAY.

SCHOOL FINALS FRIDAY.
With Abraham, the Altar-Build-
er," as his subject, Genesis IL, verses
2, 3, 7 and 8 as his text, Rev DIR. R. C.
Beaman, pastor of Chestnut Street
Methodist churcn, IN a special sermon
to the graduating class of the Lum-
berton high school at the PRESBYTERIAN
church yesterday morning, charted
out sure and safe way to the high
est and best in life. Giving and bless
/ ing is the universal law Of life, he de-
clared. He showed how God pours
out blessings with a lavish hand but !
blessings one must pour them OUT on
others. and that no matter what one
may accomplish in>iife, at the last it
is only the altars one has built and the
altar fires left by the way that really
count.
1t was q message most fitting for
the occasion and had behind it the
driving power Of eloquence and choi
diction. The morning services at
other churches in town were omitted
and the congregation filled the large
auditorium Of this new church. DR.
Beaman said in part:
When God sent Abraham forth On
his worldwide mission it was on q
giving and blessing basis. All Great
ed things give out of themselves to
others. We glibly quote
!; Full many flower is born to
blush unseen
And waste it's fragrance on the
desert air.
but it is not true There is not SOL
itary flower that blooms for itself
, alone; no flower was ever born to
. on the desert air Every bird that
; sings is part of Gods orchestra and
! it's song mingles with the music of
! the spheres. God is continually CIV
. ing lavishly. He is the great builder,
. the great sculptor, the great musician,
e the great painter. He paints incom-
! parable sunsets for the loneliest des-
/ ert wanderer. He is the infinite Civ
: er, and He was never satisfied until
/ He gave His Son.
: A life based on giving is the only
k life worth a thought of being Gre
n ated in the image Of God.
Life consists not in the abundance
Y of the things one has. To use wealth
and social position as some people
q use them is treason against God and
h humanity. God pity the man who has
y nothing but gold. Life does not con-
e sist in getting, but in giving.
d It takes time for God to make a
man. It is no off-hand proposition
If Abraham had failed and had tried
n to shut up within himself the bless
ings God showered upon him, he would
have lost them, and God would have
had to find another man through
e whom to bless the world. The secre1
n of his life was that he was Gods al
q tar-builder No matter how, com
, / manding his personality, how tran
n scendant his genius, the man who
e is not an altar-bulider is failure
e The Kaiser is no small man. He eis
y tremendous force, but he must gt
II down in infamy because he uses his
power to damn, and not to bless.
IS The soul cannot live in fire ane
:, ! feed on slipe. -,
q The nation that repudiates God:
/ altar must go down. Germany ha:
r repudiated God and must go down
y and out of this war will come
e grander civilization, greater con
ception of God.
"a You never know what life mean
until you Ilflu 1OO SvSA WAASAS, -
$ do not really live until you stand un
, covered beneath the stars and Zee
II that you are on holy ground.
y Don't lose your reverence. One
le the saddest things in modern LIE l
se that we are hiding the face OF Go
Il in the smoke Of the factory. Only. tn
spiritual abides Rome has been dea
$ 500 years and the stencil of its corps
nt stretched across three continents, bu
1e a sore-eyed man who planted the a.
! tar of Christ beside the throne
the Caesars lives on. :,
You start out in life with an allur
Turing field before you, but when "
come to sum up you'll find that tn
m onlv thing that counts is some que
altar. You may accomplish much an
IF win wealth and honors, but at tF
last the only things worth while ar
)p the affairs you've built, the altar tire
you've left by the way.
Preceding the sermon, Rev. Dr.
ed L. Greaves, pastor Of the First Bar
an tist church, read the Scripture lessoi
". John 12: 1881, and led in prayer. III
lis pastor Of the church, Rev. DR.. 9.
ar Moorehouse, had charge OF the SCI
ed vice and offered the closing prayer
Ildi AS has been stated in The Robesol
4 ian. the literary address and gradua
re. ing exercises Of the high school WI
ee be held at the school auditorium t'r
ks dav of this week. Further notice Wi
" be given in Thursdays Robesonian.
mt,
Miss Cora Bullock Instead Of Mi:
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