The Holly chieftain., 1922-01-19

last week anu are SClll going or
this week. On Sunday morning
DR.. Cassel gave an interesting talk
to the Baptists Sunday School. A,
3 p. m. he spoke to large assembly
OF ladies at the Methodist church
and again at 6:45 he addressed the
young people in mass meeting at
the same church. In the service
he said in part: How are you
young people going to spend the
next few years? The way In which,
you spend them will settle your
destiny for life. For whatever ser.
vice you are fitting yourself, doctor.
author. musieian-you must begin
early in life, II you are to succeed
Some young people get started In
a wrong way, wit hwrong habits and
never amount to much; SO much
depends on how we begin.
There will be many opportunities
perhaps for you to decide for Christ
but every time you refuse Him. the
next time it will be all the harder
to accept Him. till finally your
heart will be hardened against Him
and you will neither hear nor heed
The vast majority are converted in
vouth-very few find Christ after
IS years old. At that age. or even
younger, many person seternal
destiny is almost inevitably fixed
the likelihood of any change Is al
most nil Yet people say. There r
plenty.of time" and say 1t till the
day Of death and destruction. 1t Is
not only hard to change late in life
but after, one has become used to-
certain, sorts of companions and
certain habits in life, he finds: 1t
/ almost impossible, to adapt himself
1 to a7new fny3ranmeRt. He rpay cut
thimseif on 'ffdni Mn ~ lIfsn COM
panions only to md that Hofs moral
l:rpmpaniOns are so alien- to his life,
habits as scarcely to be congenial
to- him. Whatsoever a man soweth
that shall he also reap" Are you
sowing wild oats, young people?
Beware! Most of you expect to be
|Christians sometime. 1t is danger
Gus to delay. Nothing is so sad as
to reach the period In life when you
MUST say, 1T is too late"
Aaron Burr and Horace Bushnell
sat side by side in an evangelistic
meeting. The former fled from the
house at the invitation. the latter
went forward and gave his heart
to Christ. How different their after
life every well-informed person
knows. Decide for the Master now
In the evening. after hearty sing
ing by choir that taxed the capa
city Of the choir loft, as the congre-
cation taxed the capacity OF the
building, DR.. Hancher. District Sup
erintendent OF the Methodist church
led in prayer. a solo was sung by
DR.. Cassel and the sermon was
preached by DR.. Cantwell.
It was an earnest forceful sermon
from the text. Behold stand4 at
the door and knock. II any man
hear my voice and open the door ]
will come in and, sup with. him"
He raped the negligent church
member who may have been active
in past years but does nothing for
God or the churcs hnow. He paid
This respects to the Sunday desecra
tors He said, you have no right
to neglect Gods house on Sunday
and run off to the golf links in
stead. At the best 1t Is a very ques.
tionable pastime for Sunday though
many busy men excuse themselves
on the ground that 1t is the only
time for play they have. Many OF
you know more about the pool hall
and the movie house than you do
of the House of God. You say you
have to do as other people, because
you have to live in Holly and can't
afford to be Ostracized from the
best society. If you think more Of
the appreciation OF your neighbor
than OF the praise of God than go
on as you please. but God says to
you as he said to the church OF
LaOdicea, Because thou art luke
warm, and neither hot nor cold, l
will spew thee out OF my mouth"
On Monday evening DR.. Casscl
sang solo. following the choir
work and DR.. Stone spoke on De-