Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-09-01
CHURCH NEWS.

sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
But his delight is in the law Of the
Lord: and in his law doth he mediate
day and night" Psalms IL.
II will not quarrel with you about
opinions. Only see that your heart is
right toward God; that you know and
love the Lord Jesus Christ; that you
love your neighbor and walk as your
Master walked, and / desire no more.
am sick of opinions, | am weary
to hear them. Give me solid, sub
stantial religion; give me an humble,
gentle lover of God and man, a man
full of mercy and good fruits, a man
laying out himself in the work of
faith, the patience of hope, the labor
of love. Let my soul be with these
Christians, wheresoever they are and
whatsoever opinions they are Of Who
soever thus doeth the will of my Fa-
Their in heaven the same is my brother
and sister, John Wesley.
The union service Sunday morning
at South street church was largely
attended. The Methodist people wor-
shipped with them. The sermon by
the pastor, Brother Mitchell, theme,
Christ within us our ALL" was espe-
cially clear and helpful.
Don't forget the date of the Bap-
fist association, Tuesday, September G.,
at Clear Creek church, near Burgess.
A program appeared in last weeks
Eagle
Oh, what peace we often forfeit
Oh, what needless pain we bear,
All because we do not carry
Everything to God in prayer.
Prof. Enos Faust is teaching a sing
ing school at Mt Zion this week. Our
young people all over the country
should be taught to sing, and commu-
nifty singing should be encouraged.
We understand the meeting at Pine
Flat, conducted by L. M. Lipscomb
and w. G. Robinson, was great sue
cess, both in the preaching of the
word and visible results Great crowds
attended each day.
"By two things man is known; by
his manner in bestowing praise, and
by his manner of receiving blame. -
Exchange.
A christening service will be con-
Quoted by the pastor at the Methodist
church Sunday morning. Several chill
dren and all babies on the cradle roll
are expected to be presented for this
beautiful service
The last union service of the sum-
mer was held Sunday night. These
services have proven rich in blessing
to the Christian people of Oxford,
drawing them closer together in the
bonds of Christian love interest and
fellowship
Please read and mediate upon this
old fashioned rhyme copied from a
gravestone:
eThe loss of gold is great,
The loss of health is more,
But the loss of Christ is such loss
As no man can restore"
Reader-If this be your experience,
we beg you in Christ's name be recon
eiied TO God.
We beg to stat efor the benefit OF
those interested in the Improvement
of the camp ground that there are
vet some bills to meet and some UNI
finished work to settle for, and Just
as soon as all this is adjusted, we
shall be glad to give out a published
statement of our expenditures, etc.
There are a number of donations to
collect yet. The people everywhere
have been exceedingly generous, and
our committees have been patient and
faithful. We are confident that ere
another camp meeting we will have
all the repairs completed that our
hearts have yearned for. Our CRATE
ful thanks to all of you.
We especially desire to thank the
editor of the Eagle for his generous
space and help in publishing our ar
ticles from time to time. We could
not have accomplished the work with
out this timely assistance.
We also want to announce to oul
helpers that Mrs Hunter Porter
whom everybody knows and loves, ha;
Joined our ranks and will give US
the benefit of her capable service il
further identifying the grounds, com
pleting our parks, ETC., for another
season. Mrs. Porter helped us won
derfully at our recent meeting in oul
song and prayer services. Thank Coo
for our consecrated teachers.-Mrs. A