Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-02-01
Communicated |
FRosrRuRG. Jan. 26. 1879.


Last week | sawa communicated az
ticle in the JOURNAL which struck aae
~ 4 blow leveled in the right difec-
ton. ! know it will arouse the ea-
envy to the teeth, but let it come ard
let lis as followers Of "thos3 things
which are good" be ready for it,
There is, Rs was truly written by
some Christian poet, "a boun larry lins'
betwixt Gods mercy and His wrath,
If the time has come when men must
.t necessity stand on one side or the
other,'it is bringing things down pretty
close and, about time when we took
our stand for or against the right.
There is something gratifying, aye
soul-inspiring in looking back over
the lives of the Disciples, and still
farther on to the brightest sad best
example man has ever known or can
know-to the Spotless Babe in the
manager and then the Cross on Calva-
~, and then to the Ascension to the
Father. After suffering all calumny,
and reproaches and bitterness Of
speech after the betrayal of one Of
the twelve of whom He had chosen !;
after enduring all pain, both physi-
cal and mental, then He yielded up
his life, the best and most faithful
this world has ever known.
True religion is not in good repate
any more to day than it Was then. If
men do not bow the knee to Baal
now (men who profess better things,)
then they CONS SO near there to it is
almost impossible to distinguish the
difference in their more ti1.a half
spoiled attempt Daniel did not do
this; no, he continued to- pray from
his open window in spite of the fiery
furnace and in direct opposition to OPP
rosite commands. John the Baptist
did not do this, though he suffered
unto death from the hands of an I'M
godly king, and that to crafty an
ungodly woman. And Stephen did
not do this, though his life paid the
riches of his grace. Paul did not do
this, though he was stoned, and bea-
ten with stripes, and escaped from
one place to anotherhed from city to
city
There are examples on reccrt
which would fill volume; examples
which time nor eternity can never eff
face; examples which braved the cru
el and endured the death. But, alas,
how have we depressed from the old
landmarks, Who among lis stands
ready to take his life in his hands
and march boldly out in the hand-to-
hand conflict with sin open, or
covered, spiritual or otherwise Christ
ian churches, where ask, are We as
christian community. as professed
followers Of the meek and lowly Jesus
drifting to? Not only cursing and
drunkenness 80 hand-il4 hand up and
down oar streets, bat Sabbath break,
ing and wantonress stalks boldly
about our town, defying and outra-
ging all sense of decency and putting
honest aud God-fearing people to the
blush. And yet ii is suffered to &c
on. o, its no use to reprove it says
one Mr.. Easy Soul; its no use
they won't listen. Now what author.
ity do YOU claim for saying this, ask
Did you eccr t,,y?? how often have you
gone among them, nobly declarip:
the word, or pleading the efficacy o
the blood ? aye, that is it; you have
not thought it worth your while t.
try; and Yet you take the respons;
bility upon yourself Of setting thes
poor fallen Humanity down as hope
less, lost, and beyond reach.
! say and firmly believe that if
reformation is ever brought, about i
must first begin at the house of God
If every Christian church, in its owl
order. would get down humblv befor