Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1867-09-19
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Beware OF perishlng IN the Suburbs
Of the city Of refuge.
1t is from the remembrance Of joys
we have lost that the arrows of affic-
tion are pointed.
He, who by his principles or prac-
tice, corrupts the manners and NOR
ais Of the rising generation, will reap
A. terrible harvest Of wool Better
for such man he had never been
born
Give me a lazy church, and say
nothing about the Spirit of God
the Spirit of God and lazy churches
are q long way off from each other
but give me an earnest church and
the Spirit of God, and who knows
what may come of such blessed
unionl
LITTLE THINGs.-Groat virtues are
rare the occasions for them are very
rare, and whom they do occur, we are
prepared for them we are excited by
the grandeur of the sacrifice we are
supported either by the splendor OF
the deed in the eyes of the world, or
by the self-eomplaeencythat we expe =
rience from the performance Of an un-
common action. Little things are un-
forseen they return every moment !;
they come in contact with our pride,
our Incidence, our haughtiness, our
readiness to take offence they con
tradict our inclinations perpetually.
1t is, however, only by fidelity in lit
Ito things that true and constant
love to God can be distinguished from
a passing tervor of spirit
CHARITABLE JUDGMENT. fol
lowing words from sermon of Laur-
in deserve to be committed TO memo
ry as guide to just and charitable
judgment of the character Of others
In order to judge properly of
crime and a criminal, we must exam
inc the power OF the temptations to
which he was exposed; The opportu-
mites given him to avoid it; the force
OF his natural constitution the mo-
tives which animated him the resist
anee he made; the virtues he prac-
ticed; the talents God gave him the
education he had; what knowledge
he had acquired; what remorse be
felt. 1t must be examined whether he
was seduced by ignorance whether
he was allured by example; whether
he yielded through weakness wheth-
er dissipation or obstinacy, malice or
contempt of God and his law confirm
ed him in sin.
A SERMON TO A PREACHER. Never
shall / forget the remark of learned
legal friend, who was at one time
somewhat skeptical in his views.
Said he to me: : "Did l believe as you
do, that the masses of our race are
perishing in sim l could have no rest.
Iwould fly to tell them of salvation.
l would labor day and night. IL
would speak with all the energy and
pathos / could summon. L would
warn and entreat my fellow-men TO
turn unto Christ, and receive saliva
tion at his hands. / am astonished
at the manner in which the majority
Of you ministers tell your message.
Why, you do not act as if you believed !
your own words. You have not the |
earnestness in preaching that we
lawyers have in pleading. If we
were as tame as you are, we would |
not gain a single suit"
A decade Of years has passed away
since tina. remark was made. / bless
God it was addressed to me. 1t put
fire in my bones which hope will |
burn as long as live. God preached
q stirring sermon TO me that day by |
the mouth of that infdel lawyer.
ERROR, FAITH AND ExPERIENcE.-It
cannot be necessary for us in the
present day to stand and say that a
man is not saved by the form of what
he believes. 1t is more important
for us TO assert that neither is a man
saved by what ho disbelieves. When
you have unmade the intellectual
foundation Of hundred creeds. Won
have made no church for Yourself
When your newer or nicer logic has
overturned the fallacies of no matter
What council or cannon, you have vet
not given man a guide for faith or an
example for life. If you try TO dol
this, you will find that the ground of
religious experience lies beyond the
shortcomings Of other men and your
own. No fault ofyours need deprive
you OF the comfort of recognizing an
eternal standard of perfection which
IS always present for your study and
endeavor; and no fact of theirs alb
solves you from the necessity Of
measuring your own thoughts and Of.
iorts by that standard. He who is
religious believes in the efficiency of
faith. He knows error to be as inevi-
table to himself as others. But be
KNOWS that the results of faith are SO
much greater than the hindrances ofI
error, that he seeks, in the culture of
the one, the true and only remedy
against the incursions of the other.
THE EARNEST USE OF LIFE-Let ne
think how little we use life thorough
~, how little We really live our life.
now seldom we are in the bumor 10
carry out life's great and solemn pur.
poses, how we let its opportunities
ny by us, like thistledown on the
WIND. Why are we not always denv.
ing ourselves, taking up the cross
and following Christ Why are we
not always on the watch for every
occasion IN which a word NAV he
said, or a deed done, a thought Thought. r
that shall be protest for Christ In
this vain and sinful world? Wby Is
Gods love but n rare wintrv c,ioo,.