The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1869-04-08
WHOLE NO. fI42,

pain he rs inhictiDg on his wife and
children.
That man is under the dominion Of
the Jebusites while he thus acts and
in order to extermiDate them, be should
refuse to say any of the bitter things
which they incite him to say. That
would dispose Of the Jebusites. Then,
in order to fill their places with Israel.
ties, he should say all the pleasant things
he could think Of to his wife, and do bis
best to take out of her heart the sores
ness which the spoiled dinner would
cause to rankle there. ~ hiHu
And so in every case, when We are
tempted to do Jebusitical or evil thing.
we should first refuse to do it, and
should then Immediately do an Israeli,
itish or good thing in its stead. And
we should always do this in the name
of theLord, and looking TO Him for
help; for without Gods help we can
do nothing.
",Shun evils as SINS, are the four words
which constitute the complete formula
of regeneration That lis to say, we
must shun evils because they are sins,
and are therefore contrary 10 Gods
will And he who does this, looking
to the Lord for help, will fight his bat
tie of regeneration with absolute ceF4
tainty of ultimate success, no matter
what vicissitudes may oyertake him in
the course of the conflict.
remember the case of an old Meth,
odist brother, named Zittles, which IL
lustrates this point Uncle Zittles had
the chief smoke-house in the s'settIeL
ment" wherein / was born, and used to
have smoked hams for sale; and though
good Christian, he came near exeFnL
plifying the truthfulness of the deelaraS
ton of the Son of Siraeh, that, 'sAs 8
nail sticketh between the stones Of q
wall, so sticketh iniquity between buy
ing and selling," especially selling. Thg
plain truth of the matter was that Un7
Gle Zittles- wanted to cheat his custom
ers in the weight of, hams; and this
was what came oft: -
One day, after he had sold a ham to
a neighbor, he took second one from
the smoke-house, and handing 1t to thB
purchaser, said, syei sW -;Eagot
"Here, I'm going to givs you thisI'
The astonished neighbor wanted to
know what Uncle Zittles meant Ha7i'
81 mean just this" said the oldmsn,
awben was weighing your ham thu
devil tempted me to cheat you in weight,
and just to teach him to mind bis own,
business, I'm going to give you this
ham. And if the devil ever tempts n1iS
to cheat you again, I'll give you anGI
other ham and III keep giving you
hams just as long as he keeps tempting
me to cheat yOu."o
This was dseisiye, The devil aban-
doned the field; and from that time
forward Uncle Zittles had it all his own
way. He put in his IsraeIites so squarely
that neither Jebusites nor wild beasts
ever came prowlipg around his spirit
ual smoke-house again. H'.'''i''97 on
If the reader will now tuFnito tho
31st verse of the xxyth chapter Of Mat
thew, and read to the end OF that chap
ter, and remember, as he reads, that he
is reading the very words Of the evshr2-'
living God, and that they are the sdf44
ming up of the whole matter of eternal
life and eternal death, he will;no need
to be told what the core and essence Of
religion really is. '''' On GU '0'''
"Inasmuch as ye did it unto the Edst
Of these, nly brethren, yedid it unto mey's
so, f'cOme ye blessed of my Father, i'm
herit the kingdom prepared for yoH
from the foundation Of the world"
"''Inasmuch as ye did it not to the
least of these, my brethren, rye did Il
not unto me-" so, "depart from melys
cursed into everlasting fire prepared
! for the devil and his angels. &C., =
This brings us us back to point that
J the hte pe Lre is the core and essence u
: the whole natter five do G6d'swilFy
! then it shall be well with uss, if we d.
it not, then there is no salvation for us,
! And we are to do it here, in this life,
J and to the least of the Savi0rs brethren
{ as well as to the greatest-if indeed
] he hath any greatest. stHog odi I'd
50 And this brings US to the point, and
) to the central fact, that the place where 2
( man needs religion most is IN bis family
I and next to that, In his store, shop,
) office, or, whatever place itImay be,
' where he has most power there be, j
t certain to show his tyranny and hi
> meanness most; there his Jebusites rav,
/, and rage, and do despite to God g spifi
most .b7ra 9d 1891 10 t'a2 9dl nj 99G',
Y 1t is too often the case that maE
!, protesting religion, never allows biz
: wife and children TO get any rbenefi
d from his spiritual graces. He Is mseI
+ and lowIy abroad but arufian at homo
s. He is benevolently mellow in public
is but cruelty bard in the privacy of hi
own place of business, And 50, too
e many sanity lady acts towards be
d servants, her sempstresses, Or other sd
is terly employees, in such manner the
l. Christ viii point to them in that de-
q and say to her, HInasmuch as ye did
% not unto the least of these, ye did il n
IS unto me depart from me ye worke
}. Of iniuuity." ifi5'1s 2l7" 9I9ai 'sof9
IN % The truth, and sum, and substance
le and essence of the whole matter isstAs
N we shun,evils as sins, and do good
Of looking to the Lord, sr !.
ig Love. Of truth must reign in ou
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