The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-06
REV. DR. WALTON TALKS ABOUT CHARACTER BUII

| in meetings. for six weeks, beginning this Sunday evening. He will preach at Branchville. Oak Grove, Athens, Hopewell, Bessemer and Si- luria. Tbere has been a great gain in the work of the church during the two years Dr. Walton has been hero and the membership has almost | doubled and many souls have been saved and are now loyal servants of the Christ.
 | Dr. Walton is delighted with his
 work and thinks Birmingham is a
 great field in which to work. People
 here are appreciative and will recog- { nize the honest effort of every man. pr. Walton Is 25 years of age and
 one of the youngest pastors in the | city.
 He is now moderator of the Birm-
 ingham Presbytery and has served this year as secretary of the Pres | byterian Pastors union.
 pr. Walton Chooses 8 Text. Several weeks ago asked Dr, l Walton to talk to me some time ] about Character Building"
 had the pleasure of reading one of his sermons--the kind that | mentioned. which had been printed In pamphlet form. and l was so i'm
 pressed with the sound Christian
 principles underlying it-the theme was "The Two Ways"-that I, as
 to follow 1t up with some remarks on Character Building"
 He has graciously done that and in the doing he has followed the time honored custom of the minister
 and chosen a text which Is from the Twelfth Chapter of St. Matthew and
 the thirty fifth verse.
 "A good man out of the treasure of the heart, bringeth forth good things: an evil man out of the evil treasure, bringeth forth evil things "A nation, a church, an organiza- tion." said Dr. Walton ''can never | rise higher than that individual
 character of it's constituency. Hence , the necessity of building greater ! characters" Which of you intend
 Ing to build a tower sitteth not down
 first, and counteth the cost. whether 1 he have sufficient to finish itT Who | would count 1t wise to undertake to { build a great building, like Birming- hams Jefferson county bank build ing. the tallest In the suth, without 1 a blue print. to sail the ocean with out a chart and compass. or to cross /, lone desert or pass through a. 1 dense forest. without guide? Neither should any one attempt to , Dullu great character without 1 thoughtful consideration, earnest !, prayer, and diligent labor. Be 1t remembered that every living sane 1 person Is continually building char { acter, whether 1t be good or bad. Character
 What is character? Character Is the man himself, what he really is Reputaton and character are closely | associated. though in their real
 meaning they greatly differ. Repu- tation Is worth while attainment. The Wise Man said "A good name
 The Wise Man said "A good name
 riches. and loving favor rather than
 siler and gold Reputation Is too often based upon one aspect of a
 mans character. Reputation Is what
 men are thought and said to be, while character Is what they are. one what men think a man to be, the other what God knows him to be. Reputation Is, as 1t were, the label.
 while character Is tho contents, but what of the label if the bottle bc empty1 The difficulty in reading character Is that, cowardice cannot understand heroism, nor selfishness, self-sacrifice. We see but one fea- ture of a character. Not an act it. self detached and self-complete, but the character out of which the acticn comes must determine the question | as to what the man Is. We never l see some mems character until the