The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1873-07-17
PROFESSIONAL ORUMBLeRS.

There is a certain class of people in the world
who seem to live only to make themselves, and
all with whom they come in contact, miserable
They profess to be christians and yet their own
acts condemn them. They can't understand
why their children are not converted, and why
Infdelity finds foothold IN their hearts If re-
ligion consists in striving to pluck the mote from
brothers eye. ignoring the beam that lie in his
own, and in evil speaking, and misconstruing
the motives of others, and in cultvating evil
principles in the heart, that man is christian;
otherwise, he is hypocrite. Christianity has
lived through dark sieges OF persecution, and
had there been no Divine power at the helm, it
would have sunk beneath the load of trash that
has been piled upon it. DO not blame parents
with the sins of their children, only wherein
their influence has led them astray. But the
children of our professional grumblers know
that their acts inconsistent with their pro
fession, hence they lose faith in christianity
Wherever they CO. and wherever you hear their
hiss, you viii find chill creeping over you.-
Then 81 elk the society of your great, warm
hearted christian, and in the warmth of lis sur
ny nature enjoy the effects of genuine religion.
These fault finders don't believe in evil speak
ing either, and yet the gnats trouble them SO
much, while they can swallow a camel with
perfecS ease Our minister thinks there is more
religion in a smile than there is in whine but
snail never accuse one of these illnatured.
snarling, cynics of having the first principles of
religion. If he says he enjoys religion, no sane
man will believe him. because his every day life
bellies his words. God has a. marvellous way of
taking care of His children, and while H. often
times permits evil minded people to carry out
their designs, He overrules it for good to those
N he MI dishn
and ruin of those who brave His power. Does
man with an average amount of common sense
expect to find Heaven at the end Of such life =
las the tree faleth SO it lieth," and he has cul-
tivated the evil habit OF grumblng, it has be-
come part OF his nature, and death has not til e
power to separate it from him. He can't under
stand why the church does not prosper more
rapidly, when ne opposes every move in tina di-
rection. He can't see why men don't fulfil the
vows they made at Gods holy altar, and
assist. according to their ability, in the mainte-
nance OF the Gospel, when he Is, perhaps, more
deficient than they are. He can't understand
why We can't have good, spiritual prayer meet
ings, like they did in olden times, when in his
ignorance, and evil mindedness he does all he
can to kill the meeting wonder If he kno WIS
why he does not wear IAN old gray coat al but
toned down BEFORE like old Grimes used to
wear? Ii you are close observer you can
distinguish this class of people, as their relig-
ion is only skin deep, hence 1t rubs off very
easily. The ministers, in their earnest endeav-
ors to guide our souls in paths Of right, DO not
escape their venom, and, If they dare to sneeze
| on Sunday, o, how ittroubles their sanctimo-
NOUS hearts. Or If, after the hours of mental
labor, he takes little recreation on the croquet
| grounds you will hear the hue and cry raised, in
religious whisper, as they wrap their robes of
self-righteousness around them. Then shoe the
gnat away and search for the camel, and you
will be sure to find it, 1t is impossible for
child to love mother who lie constantly scold
| ing and finding fault, because there is nothing
loveable about her. Neither can the church love
these professional scolds, and they do untold
harm in retarding the progress of Christianity
Religion is love, and if the heart ia full of love
there will be no room in it for evil designs
against our friends. The whole soul will be at
war with evil, and we would throw the arms o
love around our friends and whisper words o.
encouragement in their ears. Young christians
who are struggling through temptations toward
their God, need kind words and social inter
course with good christian people, unit
they gain strength of character to resist thu
counter influence Of the world. If the church
uoce uOt takc luteNeet III LHeI Wellhre "
put forth an effort in their behalf Satan will
and, alas how fatally. If the rumseller could
be converted and imbued with the spirit of Hin
who said : brothers love one another h
could not place the poisoned bowl to his broth
er's lips. But the serpent creeps into our home
and lures our loved ones into haunts of vice
lures to destroy; fascinates to ruin SataI
loves q shining mark, and he twines his coil
around the heart, and gently down the stream o
Time. they float out with the tide. The worl,
comes in on every side with its pleasures; henc,
1t is necessary to present religion to them in al
it's beauty and grandeur. There is a depth 9
power in sacred music, found nowhere else
power that will arouse emotions Of awe and rev
erence, and yet there lie class OF people VIII
have not soul enough to appreciate good music
and they will oppose every means Of improvin
the mode of singing the songs Of Zion, to the en-
tire disgust of all sensible people. believe wit
Wesley, that we should not let the devil have al
the best music. II there Is power in music, VIII
not use 1t to win souls to Heavens n you ca
drive evil thoughts from mans mind with MI
sic, and create in his heart longing for pure
noblsr life, sing songs of Heaven and II you CO
throw more power In It with the aid Of an orgal
Cor machine AZ our grumblers call it, put fort
your bsst efforts To enable him to see the beaut
| OF holiness. PAULINE.