The Washington herald., 1921-03-07
DR.. BRYAN URGES
CONSTANT VIGIL
OVER CONSCIENCE
Col. Lee Pays Tribute to
Miss Heth at Memorial
Services.


lin Bryan. pastor Of North Caro-
lima Avenue Methodist Protestant
Church, preached last night on the
third chapter and first verso Of Sec
ond Peter, 'T stir up your pure
minds by way Of remembrance" 4
"The peril of tho APOSTLE Is that
OF iusidious forgetfulness, or sleep
said DR.. Bryan.
.sThose to whom he was speaking
were not so much inclined TO any
deliberate revolt from the truth as
IL had come down to them, but they
were in great danger OF almost un-
consciously dropping their enthusl-
asm, Of losing their positiVeness In
discipleship.- and becoming aro"sy
In their responsibility toward Jesus
Christ to whom they had pledged
their lives.
The Apostles Place.
.Tbe Apostle seeks, therefore, 10
stir them up. to arouse them from
their sIeep, and to preserve their
vivid apprehension OF the truth, and
10 keen them in remembrance Of
their vows to God and their saving
grace in Christ Jesus. This forget
fulness Of our relationship to God'
and the perilous sleep. which so
easily creeps In upon the Christian
life. may be induced in a good many
ways; and l wish to mention re"
of the most prevalent.
There is a forgetfulness whlcn
seems 10 come of familiarity with
the truth.
The things which once star
tied US may in time minister 10
still deeper slumber.
The terrors of the law once
aroused us nightly. but after hear
ing these truths for long time
we seem to lose our sensitiveness
to them, and we succumb to slum-
Der. We must stir up our minds
by a deliberate. strong and deter
mined will.
Success may make one sleep be-
cause he is so very sure, but there
$ also a perilous sleep which comes
of failure. when repeated disap-
pointments come to one, and the
wet blanket is spread over every
thing, and our fervent amoitions
have been crushed. and the fire in
our soul has been dampened. ana
our enthusiasm dies out, then life
is inclined to a most dangerous
sleep.
Keep Conscience Tender.
The Apostle Paul told Timothy
to Stir up the gift that is in thee
that his love might be kept ardent
and vigorous. The time comes to
us all. more or less. when We cease
to mediate upon the betrayal OF
Jesus. the Gethsemane scene, and
the suffering on the cross, and We
need often 10 stir up our pure
minds by way of remembrance OF
these things. Our consciences must
be kept tender. and our affections
must not grow dull and careless;
and to remedy these spiritual weak
ncsses We must spend much time
in determined meditation and
prayer.
'How we'll do we remember read
ing Bunyan's Pilgrims Progress,
and learning the danger Of Hope
ful's falling asleep. He came to
a country the air OF which nat
urally tended to make one drowsy.
and Hopeful said: Let US lie down
and take a nap but Christian said:
BY no means. lest sleeping we
not sleep. as do others. but let US
watch and be sober Then Chris
tian said: To prevent drowsiness
let us fall into good discourse So.
in these days OF forgetfulness, IT
will pay us to be constantly en-
gagged in good discourse
We need to often hold expert
ence meetings, and tell each other
the story OF Gods saving grace
as applied to our souls. We should
Watch and pray. lest we enter into
temptation and We should Watch.
therefore. lest. coming suddenly.
He find us sleeping"
PRAISES MISS HETH
AT MEMORIAL SERVICE.
Tribute was paid to the life and
character of Miss Mamie Randolph
Heth, for nineteen years head of the
Southern Relief Society, by Col.
Robert f. Lee. at the memorial
service conducted in Epiphany
Church yesterday afternoon
"A peoples achievements are
written in the blood OF lis men,"
said Col. Lee. Their virtues and
purity are inscribed in the lives Of
their women. Nowhere does this
truth shine in more attractive or
dazzling light than in the people of
| the South.
The men were hospitsble. mag
unanimous. generous and honest
Many of them could say with Lau-
rens. of South Carolina. I am a