The Presbyterian of the South : [combining the] Southwestern Presbyterian, Central Presbyterian, Southern Presbyterian. [volume], January 03, 1917, Page (1111) 19, Image 20

About The Presbyterian of the South : [combining the] Southwestern Presbyterian, Central Presbyterian, Southern Presbyterian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1909-1931

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Our Service
Is CO-OPERATION ? the desire to be
of utmost assistance to our customers.
Small as well as large accounts in
vited. '
3 per cent, on Savings Accounts.
National State and City Bank
Richmond, Va.
Wm. H. Palmer, Pres.
Wm. M. Hill, Vice-Pres.
J. W. Sinton, Vice-Pres.
Julicn H. Hill, Cashier
R. E. Cunningham, Asst. Cashier
Wm. S. Ryland, Asst. Cashier
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Heart of City
Via Bristol ,
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The Short Line Between
NEW ORLEANS, BIRMINGHAM,
MEMPHIS. CHATTANOOGA,
KNOXVILLE
AND
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I NEW YORK.
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W. C. 8AUNDERS,
General Passenger Agents.
outhern Railway
'Premier Carrier of the South
Let** Richmond. Hal a St. Statioa.
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A. M. Dally. Local for Danville,
. . Charlotte, Durham and Raleigh.
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South.
i-?0 P. m. Ex. Sunday ? Local for Dur
ham, Raleigh and Intermediate
atatlona.
00 P. m. Dally for Danville, Atlanta
and Birmingham, with through
electric lighted observation sleep.
]ng car.
M- Dally limited for all points
8outh. Pullman ready ?:00 P. M.
., n YORK RIVER SERVICE.
V H .T'a,ly- Local for Weat Point.
10 P. M. Dally except Sunday. Steamer
;ra'n to West Point, connecting
? e ?r? Baltimore. (Parlor Car.)
i Dally- Local to west Point.
l_ Arrive la Richmond.
r?m the South: 7.00 A. M. t:10 A. M.,
? P. ML, 7:65 p. m., dally, and 8:40
? except Sunday.
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loves. But you can in one particular
follow God's example. You can rest
after bIx days' labor as God rested
after His six days' labor.
God made it a rest day , for ser
vants as well as masters, tor clerks
as well as owners, for storekeepers
and automobile drivers and barbers
and cooks as well as farmers, and for
flagmen as well as railroad presidents.
Therefore, woe to the man who takes
away the Sabbath rest from his ser
vants or helpers. One might almost
wish that the railroad men had struck
for a Sabbath day. Men's eyes are
becoming blind as to what is neces
sary and what is not. They can be
fuddle you with reasons and engulf
you with arguments as to why such
and such things are necessary. I
wonder if their arguments will stand
the fires of the judgment day? Will
the Lord of the Sabbath accept their
picayune reasons?
A third characteristic of the Sab
bath is that it is a day of worship.
It is a holy day, and not a holiday.
It is a sacred day. God has reserved
it and our activities through it to
Himself. It is God's holy day.
In it we are not to do -as we
like. We are not to fritter the
time away. It is not a day of dream
ing nor is it to be idled away. Our
minds ar^ to dwell on holy things
that day. During the week we do
not have much time for thinking of
holy things. The cares of the pre3
ent press so close that we cannot
think of the eternal. But God haw
provided a day so that we may find
relief from all of this in a day's
thinking about God and eternity. It
is a day for meditation. It is well
for a man to stop and think once in
awhile. It is well for him to con
sider who he Is and where he is going.
If more of us U3ed our Sabbaths for
this I think we would do differently.
It is a day for worship. Man needs
communion with God. We need to
worship Him. And it is a day for
parents to teach their children to wor
ship. . How can parents teach their
children the things of God if the chil
dren are in the road all day? How
can the mother teach the children if
she is in the kitchen all day? The
responsibility for teaching the chil
dren is upon the parents. Parents,
God gave those children to you, not to
the Sunday-school teacher or to tfie
day-school teacher, but to you, and
you are responsible for their teaching.
The last characteristic of the Sab
bath that I shall mention is that i tis a
typo of eternal rest. A type is a pic
ture. Joseph was a type of Christ, for
he was a picture of him to us in so
many points. The Sabbath is a pic
ture of eternal rest.
It is a picture of that time when
Sabbath ne'er shall end.
"O land of rest, for thee I sigh.
When will the moment come
When I shall lay mine armor by
And dwell at peace in thee?"
There will be a time when there is
no more care or sorrow, or toil or
labor, or death, and the Sabbath rest
and worship looks forward to that
time.
The Sabbath looks backward to
man's creation and forward to man's
eternal destiny. It looks to the be
ginning and to the consummation.
The rest of the father and mother and
children in the home on the Sabbath
is a foretaste of that rest in the New
Jerusalem that never shall end.
In view of these characteristics, the
Sabbath is binding upon all men every
where. Nothing can excuse a man
from keeping pure and entire God's
holy day. May I make a plea for its
observance? We must preserve it.
A celebrated infidel once said: "As
long as the Sabbath stands, as long
will the Christian- religion stand." It
IN ANCIENT TIMES
The wise men all came out of the East.
But now we have the wills of many wise men in our vaults.
They have placed their wills here because they desire a safe and efficient
administration of their estates and they have confidence in our ability.
Consult us.
RICHMOND TRUST
Capital
$1,000,000
AND SAVINGS CO.
Main St., 7.1
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we would preserve our religion we
must-preserve our Sabbath.
Officers of the law, I call on you to
preserve the Sabbath in this com
munity. Enforce the Sabbath laws.
While you will incur the hatred of the
evil-doer, you will have the approval
of the best people, and, what is more
than that, a clear conscience.
Parents, use the Sabbath to train
your children. Teach them to zeal
ously guard their Sabbaths.
Church members! Here is a test of
your devotion and obedience. The
world judges your God by you. It
Judges your religion by your conduct,
and especially your conduct as to the
Sabbath. Observe your Sabbath and
so conserve the honor and dignity of
your religion. "Remember the Sab
bath day to keep it holy."
"CHECKED OUT; GONE HOME."
In the United States mail service,
when the men arrive from their runs,
they are "checked out" and a note
made of where they have gone. For
twenty years there ran from Kansas
City to Denver; Col., a mail clerk.
His home was to him the one charmed
spot ? no other place possessed such
attractions; nothing could allure him
from it. This mail-carrier was a de
vout Christian, to whom the church
relation meant more than nominal
membership. It meant willing ser
vice, a surrender of time, talents,
money, all; and it brought him, as it
will to anyone, large returns.
Not many days ago the mall clerk
came home sick. He rapidly grew
worse and passed away In a brief
two days. Not, however, without
thought and preparation, because the
mail clerk knew that some day, some
time, he must face the great change.
Strange that so many of us rush on
through time and give the supreme
thing no consideration. The Old
Book keeps hanging out red-light sig
nals. Idly passing them by, they are
gone forever.
But what of our government mall
clerk? The day of his funeral came.
Loving friends were there to pay a
last tribute, to tell of his love of home,
his duty well performed, and to laud
his clean, virtuous life. Flowers were
profuse and his casket was literally
covered, when his associates in the
railroad service, came bearing an offer
ing of white roses, across the face of
which this line stood boldly out, so
all could read: "Checked out; gone
home." ? The Christian Herald.
A KOREAN OPINION OP AMERI
CAN CHURCHES.
This is what Dong Sung Kim says
of church-going in his "Oriental Im
pressions in America":
"Along with our wonders and sur
prises, we came to one place where
we were quite disappointed. We used
to attend, in our homeland, a full
prayer meeting with as many people
present as there were on Sunday, but
hero in America just a handful of
faithful few turned out for this mid
week Bervice. At the first prayer
meeting, our pastor told us that he
had the largest prayer meeting in the
State, although the crowd was quite
small. Yet this pastor was such a
wholesome and lovable man of great
power. " He was among the choicest
of the leaders of his State, yet he was
unable to pull the people out to a
mid-week prayer meeting.
"Once, in a church, on our travels,
we took the last seat in order to get
out sooner, but we did not succeed,
for some one followed us out, shook
us by the hand and bid us come back
again. This was an unnecessary in
vitation to us. The moral is, we are ?
not to gl to church because a half
dozen people come around and pat
our backs and ask us to come back.
We should attend church because our
conscience directs us to do so." ?
World Outlook.
WE ARE EQUAL HERE.
The Duke of Wellington once took
part in the Lord's Supper in a country
church. A poor countryman entered
the church and walked down the aisle,
taking his place at the table next to
the Duke. One of the pew-openers
touched the old man on the shoulder
and whispered to him to wait until
the Duke had received the bread and
wine. The Duke heard the whisper.
He took the old man by the hand and
prevented him frcm rising; then he
said: "Do not move; we are equal
here." At the Lord's table we are
all God's children, and He does
not think whether we are rich or poor.
We are Just children.
FROM THE RECORD OP CHRIS
TIAN WORK.
There are 1,500 Chinese in Mon
treal, of whom about 1,000 are under
Christian influence. Three hundred
are members of the Y. M. C. A.; 100
communicants of the John Knox
church. There are more than 260 Chi
nese Sunday-schools in the city.
The Ceylon government has granted
the Y. M. C. A. a site worth $150,000,
in the center of the business district
of Columbia.
Mr, Phelps took charge of the Ky
oto Y. M. C. A. in January, 1905.
Then there was but one building.
Now there are ten, including the City
Association plant, the Imperial Uni
versity Club-house and hostel, the
Government Medical School hostel,
three other hostels, secretarial resi
dences, etc. The membership has
gone from 180 to a round 1,000.
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