Richmond planet., 1930-11-22

Although the weathre was cloudy
the service at Moore Street Baptist
Church was well attended. DR.. R.
o. Johnson the pastor Emeritus who
has been out of the City for several
weeks was present and read the
morning lesson. DR.. Hancock preach
ed from the subject GA slap on the
back" He used as his text Acts, 23rd
Chapter, II verse, which reads
"And the night following the Lord
stood by him and said, Paul &c OF
good cheer" DR.. Hancock's sermon
in part as follows:
The heroines are the inspiration
of the world and without heroisms
history would be drab and colorless.
Without doubt courage IS the most
admired of human qualities for
through it men achieve the heroisms
Of life. There is no more inspiring
sight than to see a courageous man
in the arena of life fighting against
dreadful odds. And there is no more
Oppressive sight than to see a dis
couraged man v~anquished from the
battlefield OF life battered and brob-
en- and with bowed head. The man
who walgs to the electric chair
somehow thrills us as never could he
who must be borne upon the arms of
tween real courage and brute cour
powerful guards.
There is a real difference be-
age. That was brute courage that
sent to sudden death THAT NOBLE
SIN HUNDRED so graphically told
by Tennyson in his "charge of the
light brigade" Captain Nolen made
a mistake in the orders of Lord Rag
Ian at Balaklava when he sent six
hundred men against thirty thousand
Russians behind cannon. The men
who obeyed were truly brave, but
Captain Nolen was a coward. Theirs
was not to make reply; theirs was
not to raeson why; theirs but to
do or die; into the valley of death
rode the six hundred. In other words
1t takes nobility of purpose to make
a courageous heart. Only the cause
OF righteous a give real courage.
Moses pleading with Pharaoh; Abra-
ham on moving day; Paul purposing
10 preach at Rome; Jesus setting his
lace toward Golgotha and John
brown resolving on the attack at
Harper's Ferry. That was true cour-
age. Paying a tribute to courage one
has said: It is the shield of the DIT
~tenceless, the submit to iniustive.
Courage i sd Heaven sent commits
sion unfortunate and the feeble, to
be the stern guardian of private
rights and public morals, to meet
tyranny with unquenchable defiance
and to stand forth the paladin of
lierty. 1t may dwell in a heart for
years and none know o fit; but let
the time come when truth and JUS
tice demand its play and it blazes
out bright as the sun q noondoy and
mighty as Vesuvius in eruption.
1.CHILDHOOD-Not only do lit
tie children need encouragement but
their little hearts hunger for it. One
has said that it is better to spit in
the face of kings than to make a
child afraid, Likewist it is the height
of cruelty to deny encouragement to
children. A little encouragement
goes a long way with children. That
i swhy children love mothers. Moth
ers are 50 full of encouragement.
That is The great misfortune of be-
ing motherless, the lack of encour-
agement often embitters lite.
Childhood is the time of dreams
and it takes great encouragement to
makt dreams come true. Children
in orphanages are more backward
than the child OF fhe home. The lat
ter has more encouragement. I was
insured a few days ago when one
girl complimented anothtr for h'r
singing. 1t is in childhood that the
encouragement habit must be form
ed.
2. MATURITY-Childhood with
it's dreams passes so swift away and
we are in the midst of a rough and
rugged life. We are forced to fight
or fail. In the eyes of the world
very few men succeed. Thert must
be then about us many failures in
the conflict o fife. The husband and
father are beset on any sides and so
often hardprtssed in the battle of
life. Unemployment, poor business,
disannointment. competition. the de-
ands of a growing family place hus-
bands and fathers in the front line
Observation-Disclosures; TO aoac
trenches of. the battle of life.