The Kingwood chronicle. [volume] (Kingwood, Va. [W. Va.]) 1861-1861, 1861-04-13
SUNDAY READING
Never tell q Lie.

| Never tell Lie.
! How simply and beautifully has Abdel Ka-
dir Of Ghilon impressed US with the love Of
truth in story Of his childhood After stat
ing the vision which made him entreat Of his
mother to 60 to Bagdad, and devote himself
to God, he thus proceeds
Informed her what had seen, and she
wept; then, taking out eighty dinars, she
told me, as | had brother, half of that was
all my inheritance she made me swear, when
she gave it to me, nerer 70 tell HS, and
afterwards badc ME farewell, exclaiming, Go
my son, | consign you to God we shall not
meet until the day OF judgment.
went Oh well till came near Hamanda1
when our Kaflah was plundered by sir !
horscmcn. One fellow asked me ''whal /
had got r. Forty dinars, said !, "seV
under my garments The fellow laugh 4
thinking no doubt, | was joking with III
What have you got r. said another ga1
him the same answer. When they wcrea 3
viding the spoil, ! was called to an emined
where the chief stood M
What property have you got, my ltd
fellow ?" said he IS
II have told two Of your people already, III
said |. II have forty dinars scwed in my
garments
He ordered them to De ripped open, and
found my money.
4 And how came you, said he in surprise,
TO declare SO openly what had been 50 care
fully concealed
Because, replied, Il will not be false
to my mother to whom have promised I
,rW nerer tel = He i
Child, ! said the robbcr, hast thou such
4 sense Of duty to thy mother htt thy years, and
| am inscnsible at MY age Of the duty owe
to my God2 Give me thy hand, innocent
boy he continued that | may swear re-
pcntancc upon it. lie did so His follow
ers were alike struck with the scene.
You have been our leader ii guilt, said
they to their chief .be the same in the path
to virtue. And they instantly, at his order,
made restitution Of the SPOIL and vowed re-
pcntancl on his hand
How TO OBTAIN ANSWERS 70 PRAYER. -
II we expect an answer 70 our prayers for any
particular blessing, the word Of Christ that
his respect to that particular thing must
specially abide il nS. If We pray that the
Kingdom Of Christ may come we must obey
those words of Christ which concern the CON-
ing Of His kingdom We must seek first the
Kingdom Of Cod We must make the pro-
gress Of the religion Of Christ the Object for
which we live. We must labor, and suffer
reproach and~endnrc cheelfully the scorn Of
men, and hold our property, and all that We
call orr own, subject every moment to the
will Of the Master, that 50 We may glor;fy
Ills name ia the conversion of souls This
was the type Of primativc piety, and hence il
was that the prayers Of saints then prevailed
nightly in the pulling down 81 strongholds.
Our prayers will never in like manner prevail
until We follow their example 1nc Lord ]
: arm Is not shortened, that Lie cannot save.
nor Ills ear heavy, that lie cannot hear
| Our God is a living God. as truly as lie was
II the days Of the apostles The Holy Spirit
i as powerful to bow the heart Of man in
pcnitcnce, ale was OF old. Hut We must
abide IN Christ il wc expect Him to descend,
as on the day'of Penticost. The real power
Of the Church Of christ resides neither in
numbers nor wealth. nor social position, nor
learning nor talent, but in holiness
4 III
VERAcITY. The ground work of all man
" character Is yeracity. That virtue lies at
the foundation Of everything selii. hare
/ faith III my child 50 long as he speaks tie
truth. lie may have MANY faults, but know
he will not deceive me- build On that con-
ddence. q They are right. II isl lawful and
Just ground To build mon. And that is d
beautiful confidence Whatever errors temp
tation may betray child into, % long IS
brave open truth remains. there Is something
to depend on. there il anchor ground, there
u substance at the centre. Men of tie
world feel 70 about one another. They can
'c tolerant and forbcaring 80 long as their
erring brother il true. Its the Fundamental
virtue. Ordinary commerce can hardly pro-
coed step without i good measure of Il. III
we cannot believe what others say 10 ~, 70
cannot act upon il, and 10 IN immense extent
that j. saying that We c1nnot - II all.-
Truth Il : common interest. When We de-
feDd il, We defend The basis Of ~ social or-
der. Whea we vindicate it We vindicaes our