, 1874-07-27
10 awful rhythm Of tic tnlmoasuraabto ooe,p-

tho awful rhythm Of tic inlmoasurraablo OCEAN.
roar OF ltfo tint lics below cons ciousuoBB ?-tli
dcopser and mora alarming, NaSaii1o inpic ,jsi
sonal, quunlion thai hauEn not Oh .tho, lipa O
th'nkers only, but Tint llngcrs III tromuiou
| movement (llko- the lustorjng- of {, bird lin
tton1loa before storm) on LLo lips, OF oyof
~ What atlolnn paine, whom my own uoi,i i,
liuall9d tl' deep ind dark reflection and Qod /,
revealed IN tie llghtnshg:lashos Of Ills law, md,
wen ! 9ea1eh the diszy depths Of my acctet nna'
will gtvo me breadth Of vHlon 10 oabraco ali liz
reaches OF INV wanlosings nud chow mo MI tht
| pathn Of my errora . ~ - '-1',s :,
The wora errors. In thin connection, means
and viii tl,ia cntton tors would ' bo 'ovShe Wiz
,loid Tor tho disonssion Of human prido III ils re-.
| lattoh9 to opinion. Wo might oasily discover The
root of tho differences Of thooloslo opinion iu
rnG hslae s o. mnu that blinds lii to tho land
ioua % to tortify htu opinion than to discover tlio
truth 1t ia difficult to discover The urooednosa
or onr own logic, Wo hayo oaFlo o,es for tlie
aono for Of qsss @ n tho a5rn Of
moie or heroay III cur brothos'a oyo, but aro
nndlnturbed BY beam OF hoiesy IN our own,
rs Mo nsa0me aFst Of nll that NO arc at tho mn1oya-
pc centro OF truth. aud thon that all movements
tho branch Of our thomo We would follow 'Ip.
Lot It's tako tho word ''crrorB " in tho uooond
nsnke,-tIio orrors of conduct, md the sins Of
lilo, .ho ncart- -wandorings from God, ,-atsl lot
Guilty in ferrceing out our Hins.
lore al"o lot tho preliminary statement be
mnda TINT Tho difficulty perlains mainly to our
own SINS. Many pooplo have alarming oaraciey
. ior measuring tl'o eina OF tl,oir nelGhbora. II
ne!ghbor's errors3" tho answor might havo boon
Plenty Of poopis nro willing to tfy.' Tho cyo
OF exarllna'ion, hko our phyBciau, lil1ea to look
away iron, homo. somo Indeed eau giro tho
nciyhborhooa. Theirscont Of stu is exceedingly
isi'o. aud their abhorronco Of 1T freely ox-
pressed. Thoy hate Btn, in all thoir poiRhbors
and ieitoE, X chnro1. .mom6elg., Wuy, then DO wo
rocur to sho.quoston, s4oul It bo dllcuft to un-
deratatd ono'a errors7 Are thoy not real
things But thore is q difficulty OF examining
certain charactersttcs OF minl, which aro tlcot-
ing images, leaving no improaalon. But not 50
VIA s.t. It ls NOT yisioh. It is . otate OF The
iy a standard. That q man on tlo broad oooan
should drift on tho rocks before ho knows It. is
oasily understood. He may have 10 chart. no
comtass Nothing to which TO- fofer.. Dut we
noea aG' rcofp cope' H. H. Tsn o Is thg down
ant Of his sins 'is oasly understood. but of q
man with q U4blo III his hands, wo do not I'M
dorstand IT,. Every tranBgresson wo would
think would have it's mark. Tho man would
certainly know Ills .prooise position. ~.
Not only iu it state Of loart, but it drnwa tho
life afterit. It appoars III the nfloutu1ls. tle
thought, and tho will. 1t moves tue whole man.
20 fars frp1n boing sont!mont' dnicult OF aAcor-
tainmont, It Y TINT mighty powor that drags tho
Us Way aud At lust with ever accoloratng speed,
draws tho naia toward ruin. It Ia lilo rain il,
tlo winter, ur heavy un.grndo With snoY on Tie
.Inea aaa tIe onglao returning oyor aud over to
Ine cuoft, III tho SNOW was scattered, mud tlen
Gown tho other slope on tho icy aud gll,terine
track, swapping with alarming speed to tile
depot. 30 nin,, unlesa God interposo. awepOH
5ack at lase every barrier, aud crowda tho fe to
obstruction With speed thnt accoloratog, 1t first
Wo might say that The man waa unconscious OF
Tue movo!uent. But the fact ID, he is unconscious
ofton TO tho lust unconscious Of tho error Of lis
Hays wheh tnoso ways press Latd on the brink
ot aeash; Wnon With 2 nladdened swoep that
makes hts frionas tremble no IL rounding tie 4
worry cur7o OF obstruction, thon, apparently, bo
,a as unmtndful of tho power thAt Ii swinging
him on.
Who can understand hfs errors7 At tho be-
slnnlng Of Tue way, WHOM tho motion is az gcntle
#ay, whei, tho eartl tremblos, aud tho nenyona |
weep ovor Tho spectacle Of the doomed man. who
:an understand hia orrora : Now, il theuc orro-
1oona y 1 EGYa aro plainly markod: ia tho Word Of
'rolten, bleedlng, aud hurrying lifo Of tho pit
he knowledge Of tlla way no difficult? =,
:, Ihen VIC say because Of the deceitfulnoss Of
'ln the devil Is not and none Of his mipiony |
y tue human mind and heart are, bold asBail- |
'ttacktnS It IN plnin Wow Of superficial obser-
'at!ou. They are sappers in tho dark, workiug
lnuer !, tt'o coyor OF tho. darkness tloy love;
hoy project ttnr l"bora under tho very CITADEL
'ltn ~ waving OF lag or Houn1 Of pick. Not
nay 20 SINS work III the most ooncnaled way
ossblo,, but also undor assumed uaulou.
'fodlgaiity comes to tho Christian unilor tie
ame OF 1reo-hoartolnoss. ChurliahncBa comes
~ ffSnf 1ttntt l.. |
ousohold. 1ntompnranco, awagEering, bloatoI
eVn that Ao ~, c0moB into cur OhrIBtian pRr-
ors, having washed hlmsolf from tho cutters
~ y afesaod up undor tho garb Of Chriatian
IKE, and our often infrmit!es, and claiming Tor
The Christian Freedom to decide upon our
wn meat mud druk. Moral cowartlico oomos to
$ g., erInglng aud fawning. md having tho SER
~ aat ann announce him aa b1r. Worldly Wisoman,
ubllo violation Of Gods law, some noTuIar
n. this powdered old geut!o,nAu stands in in |
lr eonaclsnco under Ills assumed name, and 4
'snrcn ue that = great deal Of harm may 10
lBe AZ serponls mud harmlesa aa doves, and
'nt tho .causo OF truth will gain In tho ond ii
will first keep still and no porhaps No kcon
u, thlnk1ng We haye taken COUNCIL from .
Try respectable friend Of the truth, when wo {
contemptlbie ittie imp. {
6omotimca whom the ainner liz dean,v
M sakenod, and has discovered mnny Of lis
ng, ImIv Hna would ,'n''li ,ily t2 Josus, sud-
'lling him back. He 1ooks around,
~ the faco looks as meek as uunH'
III tic Obtaining spirit announces limsoif ~
+. Humility, aud GuggestB to tl.e convicted c
nneg t s, n9 to go to Jesus IN auch plight all
d!naneos and wash awhile, mud Try to make q
arsoH little moro respectable boforo you /
h!afo {, Into tue pure and radiunt prcsouco Of t
'f!st"- And the poor Sinner, thinking tlins Tia
od angel Of humility las told him ttlia, stayn 6
account OF hlH Ems, away from Hin who i
no eau forgive Bng. And oh / il like u brayo u
u resolute man he had oplv gono forward and C
~ tla inask Ut humility of from the face t[ut tt
anseled him 80, Ao would llavo found il wa, 6
black little doyll Of self-nghtcousnoBs. Il
30 decoitful il Hn that often when we think "
aro entertaining very respectable company L
our house. nnd are 1nalsiug o,trsclyes FREQ IL NJ
midst Of tlloyo VIC suppose our friends, If tho at
hss ~ r., wore only dropped, Prudence, l.lbera1ity,
mIlty, Christian Liberty mud various otl.er b.
ln1ing names would disappear, aui no would i
lld aghaBt. IN tho plesoico uf foul enoctros -,
Inns