The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1857-07-04

Let US see what We can DO ~ the way OK
charity. In the first place, as charity be
gins at home, we can 60 in the street where
so many careless uncared for children are
wasting their precious saoOaths which ara
the Lords, and are therefore breaking the
third commandment which is, Remember
the Sabbath day to keep it holy" To keep
the Sabbath holy, not only means that We
, are not to labor, but also that We are to.ab-
stain from all light and triAing conversation,
which is as much Of sin as labor, FOR it is
i day Sc; apart for our instruction and rest
that we may be better prepared to worship
God with sincerity. " hen wc thus behold
those who are endowed with natural talent
which nigh; be cultivated SO as % shine as
q star in society when We thus see them
running wildly in the street swearing and
profan:ng the name Of God, sc may then
speak kindly to them and point them to Il
beautiful fowery path, which if they viii
follow, will take them. across the sea Of life
and the bouudless shores of eternity. The
door which leads To this path 10 tar sabbath
school. We may bring them hear where
they too might drink from the same pure
fountain of living life. But when we ask
them to go they will perhaps reply, my coat
or my hat is not good enough TO wear, or
my dress is not decent and cannot 20 to-
is only another way in which We can be
charitable.
We mig t dispense with some Of our
pleasures, or luXuries which are very idle
and do more harm than they would pleasure.
Such as attending shows, threatres, crcuses
and concerts which are very hurtful. First
it is not making good use Of those bless
ings which God has given US II all the
money which is now spent in attending
these places was given 70 the cause Of Christ
how much more good it would dc, how
many hearts would then be brought to the
throne of grace. Yes, if all the money
| which is carelcssly thrown away in seeking
for pleasure which is never found, was used
TO buy bibles and to send missionaries 10
the heather, to clothe the poor and to feed
the hungry. How many hearts would then
be too happy for words to express, in ths
worship of a true and living God, WHO now
worship idols, images, snakes and reptiles,
and are therefore constantly breaking the
first commandment which says, Thou
shalt have no other Gods before me- There
is no part of the world inhabited by human
beicgs that is so ignorant, so low, SO debas-
ed, but that they have something which
they worship, something which to them is
a God. for the reason the human family
are eNuONeu Will Cdllcu ICdsOU.
If this were not so they would not have
soul, and they would be no better than the
animals which perish. But as they have
soul, reason must search out some creator
of that soul, some one which they can 20 to
with their sorrow and grief And they are
too ignorant to know anything, worship
images and idols. But there would be no
need of this it all would do their duty and not
be so selfish and would love their neighbor
as themselves. But this can never he, for
then the world would be too happy, and we
should never be ready or willing to die.
God has so constituted us that we require
all those trials and temptations Of this world
to prepare US for better. As the parents
have to discipline the mind of the child to
prepare it to be useful and happy in this
life So does God have to discipline the
minds of his children to prepare them for
the enjoyment of Heaven. Ii it were not
that we needed this discipline, why could
we not have been created perfect. Then
we should not have to live in this world
of intermingled JOY and sorrow or this world
might have been heaven. II. C.