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A LITTLE SERMON
By Clarence Poe In tl
A UGUST is a month for sermons it
. L the South, and I am glad it is. I
am glad it is the custom of our country
people to set apart certain seasons
when the thoughts of all are especially
directed to man's immortality, and when
the humblest man is reminded of his
divine potentialities-reminded that he
is a son of the Ruler of the Universe
and made but a little lower than the
angels, if he but put himself in right
relations with the Divine Father.
I believe that the richer rural civiliz
ation we are seeking to develop in the
South must have a religious basis; that
such a civilization must be based on
character, and that religious training is
essential to the proper development of
character. I have always been impress
ed by what Mrs. Hadleigh says in War
rington Dawson's "The Scar":
I have seen many Christians break
away from their church in after life,
and having had the benefit of that early
training, remain fine men and women.
But I have never seen a child reared
without knowledge of a God whose
character was not defective.
And I ought to add that I believe not
only that the richer rural civilization we
are seeking to develop must be based
on character, but that it must be hal
lowed, illumined, and ennobled by a con
scious purpose to fulfill God's purpose in
bringing His Kingdom to earth.
It is well, therefore, I repeat, that
y we have just had a season in which
chospn ministers have reminded our
people afresh of the first and greatest
commandment given to mankind, "Thou
shalt love the Lord thy -God with all
thy heart, and with all thy soul, and
with all thy mind;" that man, imper
feet and mortal, shall have as the Mas
ter Passion of his life a consuming love
for a Father Perfect and Immortal, and
, so be lifted toward him.and grow into
His likeness This is the first great re
quirement ennobling man: to put the
. beast within him under foot and unfet
. ter the divine nature implanted within
. all of us.
This, I repeat, is the first great re
quirement, the first great commandment
but it is not the only one. After men
-tioning it as the first great command
ment, the Master went on to say, "And
the second is like unto it: Thou shall
.love thy neighbor as thyself. On these
two . commandments"-(on these two
commandments, notice, and not on eith
,er ene singly)-"hang all the law and
the prophets."
It is this great second commandment,
love for one's neighbors, love for all
mankind, that I wish now especially .te
emphasize, and to u'ge our preachers
and religious leaders to emphasize. We
have too many church members profess
ing a religion of love who do not speak
to some neighbor; who instead of for
giving some ancient injury lie awake
nights planning to get even; who in
tstead of putting a charitable constrdc
tion upon 'the words and deeds of neigh
bors, live in a perp~etual state of suspi
* cion and distrust; or who belong to
-somne "set" or faction in thecommunity
which cherishes nothing but hate or
bitterness for -some other faction.
Especially, it seems to me, aire suel'
conditions likely to prevail in countr3
communities. It is not that country
people are worse at heart than city
people, but simply because the farmer,
living to himself, dloes not mingle wvitl
his fellows as much as the city man, anc
it is always easy to mistrust the mai
y ~ 3ou dlon't know. It was a wise saying
of a great man, ''Know one anothes
a'nd you will love one another." I re
marked the other day that in pr-oportior
to prop~erty interests in~volved,, I believi
there arc ten times as many lawsuit:
among farmers than among city busi
ness men.
No matter what our object may be
~ ~ no matter whether it is to develop in
dividuals of noble,. generous character
or bring about better business co-oper
ation among rural people; or brinf
a bout a more satisfying social and com
munity Jife-In any ease there is noth
ing more Imortant forus y than to ge1
our people to put life's emphasis on lov<
rather than hate, on trust rather thai
on suspicion.
There ought to be more sermon
preached from the text which says
man cannot love God and hate his bro
ther; from Christ's saying, "lHe wh<
loveth God loveth his brother also;'
Dr. A. A
SWill be in.Waihalla,
tember 12; Central,~
SPickens, S. C., Keow
ONE D2
FOR FARMER FOLK
t Progressive Farmer.
from that wonderful 13th chapter of
First Corinthians in which the old trans
lators erroneously used the word "char
ity" where all modern translators say
the correct word is "love"; and from
Christ's declaration that if a man is
bringing his gift to the altar-that is to
say, if he is. about any religious service
and remembers that he is not in right
relations with his brother, let him first
go and be reconciled to his brother, a
more important matter than any relig
ious form or ceremony.
"God is love," we are told; must we
not infer, therefore, that the devil is
hate, and that a man is godlike in the
degree that his'thoughts. and his con
duct are ruled by the spirit of love and
free from the spirit of hate? "What
soever things are true, honest, just,
pure, lovely, of good report; if there be
any virtue, if there be anypraise, think
of these things, "we are . told; but too
often we find professed followers of thin
3ook who seem to have made the verse
read: "Whatsoever things are untrue,
dishonest, unjust, unlovely, of evil re
port; if.there be any wrong, -if there he
any suspicion, think on these things.''
I hope everyone will realize that I am
not preaching a sermon for the sake of
preaching a sermon. I am writing this
because I know that while I am con
stantly urging all forms of rural co
operation on this page, and all the other
things that 1 believe necessary for the
development of a richer rural civiliza
tion, such plans can succeed only in
proportion as the farmer has the right
attitude toward life. A gospel of hate
and suspicion can get nowhere; a gos
pel of love and trust can conquer the
worhl.
There are many wrongs to be righted
in this world, many oppressors to curb;
Iput we must fight not in hatred for the
wrong-doer but in love for the wronged;
not in hatred of the oppressor but in
love for the (jnpressed. The leaders
whose names are gnshrined in the hearts
of mankind are those who have Bfattled
in this spirit. Lincoln fought slavery
not out of hatred for slaveholders but
in love for the slaves; Lee fought Grant
not that he hated the North but that he
loved the South. And so in the battle
to secure a juster share of the world's
wealth for labor as compared with cap
ital, I do nbt believe that the Almighty
will let complete success come until we
go forth not to pull down the rich but to
lift up the poor.
I have been worried a good deal.about
this because our Southern farmers often
seem inclined to follow leaders with .a
gospel of hate and suspicion rather than
one of love and brotherhood. If hear
ing a man's speech leaves you hating
mankind more rather than joving it
more, or if .reading an editor's ,paper
leaves you hating mankind more rather
than loving it more, that speaker or that
editor is not the right sort of man to
follow. I know a man right now, a man
wvho I believe began life wvith a great
passion to help the'down-trodden, but
who has become embittered and now
Iuses his really great talent to make one
class hate another class, one sect hate
another sect, and who preaches sus
picion of nearly everybody and love of
hardly anybody. I know another man
whose heart seenms to be right but who
has seemingly brooded over tihe wvrongs
our f armers suffecr until he has lost
faith in manki~ind.
IWe nieed more faui th in our fellows.
Let's not believe that among the rich
therc are many who are consciously dlis
honest. Tlhe'y have more than their
share, but most of them got it by meth
ods5 recogniz~eil by law and not yet con
demned by mankind, and the fault is not
that they are had at heart but that they
- haven't realized that in p)roviding
wealth for their.-families they are con
-(demning other men's families to want.
We must fight that such injustice may
be corrected, but let us fight, as we
have said, not in hatred for the rich but
in love for the poor-in love for the toil
worn wives and mothers who need more
comforts, in love for aspiring boys and
girls who need a better chance in the
world.
Let us niot believe, I repeat, that the
rich are dlishonest or knowingly evil.
'And let us not believe that our public
- servants are corrupt. Farmers are all
Itoo prone to believe evil of officials.
Democratic speakers try to make us
ODOM, t~i
S. C., at Dr. Barton's I
s. C., at .Rikes' Hotel, '
ee Pharmacy, Saturday,
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believe Republican leaders are rascals,
and vice versa, and the r.esult is that the
ignorant mah probably loses faith in all.
There has probably never been a Presi
dent of the .United States of either'
party who was not personally as honest
as the day, and yet evil-minded men,
have probably assailed all of them.
To all Progressive Farmer readers we
should like to make this appeal in con
clusion: Let us have more love-inspired
men and fewer hate-inspired men. Let
us follow leaders who make us love and
trust our fellows more and hate and
suspect them less. There is not much
hope for us to build a great rural civill
zation in the South on any other basis.
The marwho loves and trusts his fel
lows will want to see better schools for
their boys and girls; will want to see
co-operative enterprises established; will
work loyally with others in developing
a richer community life; will work for,
wise laws to lift up the poor and give a
fairer share of wealth to those who toil.
It is a wise saying of Tennyson's, and
as for myself I have long made it a rule
of conduct: '"It is better to fight for
the good than to rail at the ill." That
is in line with Van Dyke's saying that
we should "'be governed by our admira
tions rather than our disgusts," and
what my father-in-law, whom everybody
loved, used to say about politics: "I
like a man who is FOR somebody, not
AGA1NST somebody. It is in line with
Paul's idea that we should put our*
minds on pure, true, and praiseworthy
things, rather than on impure, false,
and blamable things.
Whether in affairs relating to our
own neighborbood, the county, the state,
or the nation, let us put put behind us
ugly suspicion and devil-inspired hate
and let us go forth with love for God
and love for man. It is a safe rule
never to believe evil of any man until it
is proved and then to have faith that he
may yet "win purity out of a stain;"
believe- '
"That men may rise on stepping stones
Of their dead slaves to higher things."
So shall we keep our own hearts free
from the corroding poison of hate; so
shall we spread trust and good will
among our fellows; and thereby hasten
the good day coming when men shall
walk in- the comradeship that God in
tended, and
"Man to man the warld o'er
Shall brothers be for a' that."
A Trip to Table Rock '
A party consisting of Mrs. T. E. 1oi-ter
and sister, Miss Nora Porter of Thorn
well Orphanage, two daughters, Mina
and Inez Porter, James and Otis Porter,
Early and James Stewart, Leon and
Robert Cassell and Prince Cannon, left
for a trip to Table Rock Wednesday,
August 22. They me't at Holly Springs
church early in the morning. The way
was long and the road rough, but we
were tull of life and had a fine time on
the way.
When we reached the old hotel.we
found the road so rough that we had to
walk from thereon. Just as we reached
the new hotel we found a crowd of fif
teen or twenty who had started for the
top. We got water and rested a wvhile
and were then ready to continue our
journey. Of course we had to take our
time andl rested several times as wve
wvent upwar-d.
\Ve caught the other crowdl about half
way up andl then we went up together.
When wve reached the top about noon
we were r'eadly for some cool water, and
found a ver-y good spring andl made good
use of it. Now we were ready to see
what was to be seen. We went all over
the top and saw the beautiful scenery.
The country remindled me of what Mopesi
sawv when God took him up on the
mountain and showed him the Promised
I and(.
After seeing all there was to be seen
we were ready to start for the bottom.
We reached there about 2 o'clock and
all of us were tired and hungry. After
a short rest we had a good dinner. We
wvent through and around the hotel until
it was time to start home. We were
all tired but happy. On reaching home
I we were all sore and sunburned, but we
were able to tell how we enjoyed going
to Ta'ble Rock. ONE WHO WENT.
'The superintendent of the South Caro
lina penitentiary makes a contract for
fertilizer' every year with the Anderson
Phosphate and1 Oil Co. Clemson College
buys fertilizer from them every year.
These state institutions want the best
andl it seems they know where to get it.
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)rug Store, Tuesday,;Se
hursday, September 13;
September 15,
ose of Examining Eye
A Breezy Letter From
the Town of Central
F. 1. Morgan, one of Central's most
prominent business men, and Tom nob
mison otored to Tallulah Falls, Ga.,
last week and spent the week-end. Mr.
Morgan went fishing while there and
now he tells a big fish tale. He af
firms he has license to tell it, tho.
B. F. Hike and family are moving to
Charlotte, N. C. They left last Wed
nesday and will make their home there.
Mr. Rike's many friends wish him the
best of success.
C. N. Bowen, a clerk at the Hobbs
Henderson store, is moving into the
Rike house this week.
Carl Morgan, one of Central's promi
nent young men and a recent graduate
of Wofford college, left last Friday for
Atlanta, where he accepted a position
with the Southern tell Telephone Co.
His many friends wish him much suc
cess.
Mrs. C. G. Rowland returned last
Wednesday night from Lincoln county,
N. C., where she has been visiting
friends and relatives.
Miss Stacy Shirley returned from
Greer last Thursday, where she has
been visiting relatives.
Mrs. Cannie Curtis of D al!as, 'T'exas,
spent a few hours with Fred Garrett
and family last Wednesday. Nrs. Cur
tis is on her way to her father's, Alfred
Alexander.
Work to install electrie lights here
has begun. The holes for the posts are
being dug. It is hoped by those in
charge that there \ill he no serious de
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SBuy Their Hats.
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section is cordia.
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ptember 11; Westmins1
Liberty, S. C., at HUE
and Fitting Eyeglass4
lay in getting material to push the work
to completion.
Mrs. lIallack, who is to be dean of
the girls at Weskyan college here, ar
rived last Tuesday and is now the guest
of Dr. and Mrs. Bedford.
High school opened here Monday and
there was a large attendance. Prof.
William Wallace is principal again, lie
is very much liked by the people in
general.
Tuesday, September -1, was registra
tion day at the Vesleyan college here.
Dr. Bedford, the presideut of the col
lege, says that they have all the stu
dents they can accommodate.
Miss Christine Clayton, daughter of
Dr. and Mrs. L. G. Clayton, left last
Friday for Lawrenceville, Ga., where
she goes to teach in the high school.
Miss Clayton taught there last year.
Make arrangements to attend th<
Pickens County Sunday School conven
tion, which will he held here September
15 and 16. ' The Central people arc
planning to give the delegates a warn
reception.
The Red Cooss chapter here is bus.
doing its hit for the comfort of th<
soldiers. Everyohe who wishes to di
good has an opportunity thru the Re(
Cross.
The Central Roller Mill Co. has made
a complete overhauling of the gin; also
installed four new 70-saw Gullett gins.
The man at the wheel says he is read
for b'usiness.
A Good Motto:
l)o all the good you can
By all the means you can
In all the ways you can
To all the persous you can
in all the places you can
As long as ever you can.
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DAY, SEPTEMB
v Models Added l
howing of the attr;
esday, is not what
It is simply
mnd sale of the ma
Tiave been arriving :
mnusual demand for
nt now.
~n selling Fall Ha
weeks. Our splen<
SWednesday officia
with the store "V
>u buy the more p.
your hat. The Pu
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Tho~usands Buy The
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ter's Pharmacy, Friday
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BULLETIN
Boys Reach Camp
Thousands of boys are pouring into
the camps preparatory for training in
the big national army.
Among them will be boys from your
neighborhood. You can keep in inti
mate touLh with them thru the columns
of The Sentinel. A great staff of writ
and photographers are busy every day
preparing the stories that interest our
readers most. The Sentinel will give
you complete service each week in word
and picture. " -
Campbell Heads Florida School
Mullins Enterprise.
The friends of Theodore II. Campbell,
son of Mrs. 11. E. Campbell, will be in
terested to learn that he has been elect
ed principal of the city schools of Jack
souville, Florida. Mr. Campbell was
chosen from a listrof candidates from
several states. Last year he was su
perintondent of Pickcns school. It is
understood that he has had several at
tractive offers to teach this year, but
the one made by the commissioner: of
the public schools of Jac'ksonville was
more to be desired, and he has made
known his intention of accepting.
The bread you get from the flour you
make from the wheat you grow is better
and purer than any you get from the
flour you buy. There is very little'ap
pendicitis in sections of the country
which produces its own corn and wheat
r and meat. And there is a reason.
own
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