The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-08
Sunday, Feb. II, 1894.

Golden TeXt-EYery Tree IhaE
bringeth not forth good fruit IS
bewn down, and cast into the
fire.-Matthew 7:19.
The Sermon on the Mount con-
cludes with the keystone IN the
srcb off our duties to one another
and with a vivid contrast be-
tween good and bad IN character
and destiny.
THE GOLDEN RULE
The foe of falsity is found IN
the golden rule. That rule must
he nut first of all in our hearts:
Otherwise we shall be critical and
censorious and inconsistent: IL
will help US to think kindly OIL
others and deal both dlsereetly
and generously with the unappre1I
ciative and the hostile. 1t VIII
inspire us to pray sincerely ana
effectually for others. 1t VIII
prompt the helping hand at every
ooportunity. And it will feature
and flavor the whole life on the
pilgrimage to the better lana.
Follow the golden rule.
THE TWO WAYS
The freedom of falslty IS I'M
plied in the two ways. A solemn
assertion is made: There are be-
fore us only two gates. One IS
strait or difficult. the other IS
omen and easy. There are two
WAYS extending onward. One is
narrow and the other is broad.
There are two destinies. One IS
life and the other is destruction:
And tt ere are but two classes OF
pilgrims: The few that find he
and the many that drift to de-
struction. There is also gracl-
Gus invitation and divine urge TO
enter the gate and pusue the
nath that leads to life. There is
insistent warning against enter
ing the wide gate and pursuing
the broad way to destruction.
Yet the responsibility rests upon
each pilgrim, and he alone Is to
make the choice between gooa
and evil.
THE FALSE PROPHETS
The furtherance of falsity IS
due to false teachers. They pose
as phophets, but their teaching is
untrue. They come in the garo
of the good, but they are sheep
only in clothing. At heart they
GRO rayening wolves intent on de-
struction, and they appear among
the elect only to deceive and de-
Jude and destroy. They are hypo-
critics. Beware of them!
THE TWO TREES
The fruit of falsity is due to
corrupt character. The fruit OF
the tree is it's distinguishing trait.
Thorn bushes do not produce
grapes, and figs are not plucked
from thistleS. The law of the
tree everybody knows. Stating
il positively, the good tree bears
good fruit and the bad tree bears
bad fruit. Stating it negatively,
the good tree cannot bear bad
fruit and the bad tree cannot
bear good fruit. The destiny of
the tree is declared: Every tree
failing to bear good fruit is fell
ed and burnt. And so, finally,
the test of the tree is unerring:
The fruit reveals the tree. So
conduct shows character. No
hypoerite can be a tree loaded
with luscious and wholesome
fruit.
THE TWO PROFESSORS
The failure of falsity is due to
disobedience to the law of God.
Between two professed citizens
of the Kingdom there is a sharp
contrast: one merely calls on the
Lord and the other does the
Lords will. 1t is the difference
between lip and life, profession
and possession, calling on Goo
for privilege and consecratIng to
God in duty. The false and
formal professor will stand poor
chance at the day of judgment
although he calls on God, claims
his mercy, and catalogs his vir.
tues. Of course false profession
is vain and works cannot save
Hence the doom of the hypocrite
must follow. A stranger to grace
and never an actual disciple OF
Christ but a worker of iniquity
he can but be banished from the
divine presence forever.
THE TWO FOUNDATIONS
The faith of falsity is due tt
disregard of the one foundation
The nearer and doer of the
Lords word is like the discree
builder who selected a strong
rock foundation and erected hi
house thereon. Falling torrents
rising floods, and furious wind
beat against the house but failet
to destroy it, for it chung to it
base and the base was immovabl
rock. On the other hand, h
who knows the Lords word am
neglects his work is like the fool
ish man who built his house a
fine or finer than his neighbo
but erected it on sand, so tina
the water undermined it and tn
winds overturned it, leaving it a
absolute wreck. Hypocrisy canno
stand the testing time.
DESTROY THE DRINK
3 THAT DESTROYS
Since this is the temperate
Sunday of the quarter we Civ
the lesson that application.
GHl-
the Golden Rule. whatsoever y
would that men should do unit
you." A friend of the flesh ma
be an enemy to the soul. 1t
our duty to do good and onl