, 1870-04-03
s0BRIETY.

II. v. b<eeher in the C1stAsian fnio5a
Every man should be sober sometimes.
once Knew ons 10 unfortunate AZ to be eober
Al tho timo, aud yet All honest mau. We
have known men that never smiled, or seldom
whoee face WAS rigid NJ an iron mask. aud VET
they were kind, simple, and really reliable.
hut such me- exceptional cases Uniform 80
bfietv is presnmptively very much against 4
man. He who gives no play to the gentlet
feelings. has something tie matter With him
that ehould he looked into bafo1e one trusts
him far.
Mirh il not aIwars honest. But it tentls 10
opennese, 10 sincerity, to sweetness. Atirth
has better stun in it to make man Of than
sobricty has, It, too. is 1se1 sometimes A.
sobriety is. -
Only coneider how many men quite cmpty
and worthless, inw1rtllv neither rich nor force
I'M, arc e. kept aEoing BY the mere trick OF gray
Hy- When some men come to you it is like 9
sunrise. Everything seems to t2ko new life,
and shines. Other men bring night with them
The chill shAdow OF tLci1 Bobrsety falls upon
eyeF5 innocent gaiety, and your feelings, Ike
as bsfds at evening, siop singing and 20 to their
ioost. Away T!sh these fellows who 80 owling
through lie, all tue while passing for birds of
paradise. He that cannot huyh and be gay
should look well to hitase..::. He should last
and pray until his face breaks forth into 1foh, d,
Here, too, are the immortal drltartls, who. II
Is to be feared. will never forsake tl,e ca1th.
Duh 6ood men. They Ire with the uniform
CONSISTENCY OF htasnation. They arc said to 10
Safe men they are. They are mono Of your
highhycrr. mover e1t1ayagant, always whore
you found them last. Over their blessed faces
hangs the twilight Of sobriety. They are i'm
mense negatives Nothing saves them from
pity but their sobnety. Men worship that !;
and 80 duheas passes for consistent piety.
Behind the mask of sobriety low n,apy pre-
tenders pass themselves Oh Every one knows
how wEetchcdly inconsistent with honor tl,cir
outdoor life i, but they bavc euch power OF
gloom IN meetings, that men express their re-
hglons experienced And to The yonng are
taught that one can he emlnent1y religious
without being strictly honest 0. reliabte.
luallc sentiment is purifying itself Men
arc beginning At iast to understand that noth-
iEg is 60 cheerful, go full of liberty. no genial,
and toyons, a. 1tue religion. Christ called this
and denounced the long faced hypocritas WHO
ostentatiousiy prayed aud prayed, and got fur
ther from grace and humanity the Longer they
prayed. After Him caue the Apostles, who
crF out to al good and true men, y Rejoice in
the Lord al.ss, and again say, Rejoice.r
With al this. eohfiety ought not to he de-
N epots, and on just occasions. II
men OF ine1aRtic natures and of -r;I
lace. live truly kind and upright lives, their
eoeTety should be considered = misfortune
aNo Ant asut: LHt such men are NOT the
hangs foil Of the fruit Of every faculty which
God planted in the soul 4 niAn Of reason he
Is: mAn OF Instinct and intuition too a man
capable OF suffering, full Of Light and shadows:
s';a s'xT, If ned BE- By. relentihs rlAcsble. .nd
love: etrict With himself, ieuient viii, ali
others; loving this World dearly but loving the
other eEen letter: Abhoring wickeIness. and
get the best friend Of wicked men: cay and
eulle'ess as CHILD, sensitive a. woman; loving
Joy ~ himself. inspiring it in others; loyer
q activity: anG lover OF rest: full Of tbur-
der and full Of peace After it-this Is tie man
which the tue Gospel breeds. Ascetica, cr,,ics.
efen'tes, mere eobriety.norgers arc ali bas.
Whatsoerer things are Kind, whatsoever
things are honest, whatsoever things arr ;rst
whatsoever things arc pure. Whatsoever Gino,
ore hrtlN whatsoever things arr Of gooI r.
pert think on CpondeS) these things"