St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-09-17

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they thought was the home OF fearful
monster, whom they called Scyll;i. who
had twelve feet. six long necks ana
heads, each of which contained three
rows of sharp teeth. and it looked Ike
Il dog. The rock on the opposite side
WAS thought to he the home of Il monster
whose mouth was 81 large thai he could
swallow down the, sea and then throw
it up again which ii wis accustomed
10 do thrice each day. And tins mon
stcr they named tharybdlS. Thus dan
or threatened the sailors on either side.
II they Stunned Scylla. CharN bdlS
yawned to take them III, and 81 their
only safe course was to keep carefully
IN the middle of the channel between
the TWO fearful monsters. And from
this. suppose. came the old classic say
ing: .'me,iiO tutissjmus ibis In Il
medium course YOU will go most safe
w. Such is the story and such its les
son-namely, that there is safety only
in stunning the dangers that lie III ell
ther extreme.
In this matter of Christian contact
with the world. there is IL golden mean
to be obtained. Just where thai Is, Is
not always 81 obvious: but il should he
the earnest inquiry of every Christian,
at least.
The scriptures are very particular III
warning against il too great Interest IN
worldly affairs. Such passages as these
look in that directions; Il beseech y"n,
brethren, that We present your bodies Il
Iiyin" sacrifice which Is your
reasonable service. And he not con
formed To the world" Rom. II: !. :.
Not f;lShiomimg yourselves according
to- the former lustS But as he
which called You is holy ;" he We holy
in all manner of conversation. = Pet.
!: H.. IL. Christ said to his disciples {:
.'>e are not of the world, but | have
chosen We ont of the world" John ID ::
10. He said of his disciples again {:
..Thcv are not of the world even ;i> am
not-"John Il II. John SAYS "LoVc
not the world neither the things that
are in the world. If any man love the
world the love of the father Is not in
him." For all that Is i'll the world.
the lust of the flesh and the lust of the
eyes and the pride of life. Is not ot the
Father. but Is of the world. John >:
10. IL. james adds To this Ion" cata-
loguc of scriptural warnings against
friendships with the world Nv hose
ever Therefore VIII he friend "l the
world l. the enemy "1 G"d. James !:
!.
Such then is the scripture statement
nf the subject before us. and it seems
To teach tine Scvrrc>t auI>tcIitN aud Il
most u,.rt,ct abstinence from every
thing pertaining to the world. DO YOU
vouIrr then Than some. of th,. early
Christians t.,u"ht , most ri"id ,sccti-
rism and were led. h> tl,. u,.r>.rsiou
aft th.sr >,,intIr,., tn nm iururun,.r
withdrawal from lis affairs such WIS
lin. ,..,s,. and wish u,N in Mi,r tn
call ynur attention To this extreme that
lis errors may Ice seen, and summed
N,u, ,rn,d t,u, and ,,,,s,i,u-
ti,r. ,,.,,J,. ~. al tL,. ,iu,, ,.,n,l.,..,,-
iu.r themselves h,r,us. th., ara. ,.h-
I;,rJ +, L.,.,,,. tLiu.r T., ,In with tin.
Nn,Id The, Rink thai rnur,rt win
il j. contamination and n,.r,Ss,riIy mi
s,nn,,.. tu Christian Iit, This ,.r,y,.
am, "a thu. u,i.t.,i,.u iJ,., that ii, al
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,,.t,., \,,. il = Ia ,,li,.,,. my ,,,,. ,.f
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,L,ulL I,,. thai tI.r,. i am, t,,uIJ,.d
Tim. and +, sh,,, that tI,..r,. j. ,ur,Il,
~ murh d,un,r i'm thi. extreme ~ in
th. ,,th,r in # NOV, ,,ll ,n,,r,tt.uti,u
tn th,. ,nsrrririrs n,,.,ir,.J in tr,m,,.
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.I,,.i,u from, th.. vn,IL ~ =, r..i;,,;,,u.
dul, v.,s m,-,,.ti,.,.L -. j. ~ itur>.,.J Il,
th. \rz.uit,> and th, R,,h.,I,it.s al oar
II, I'LL. ti,n.- tn vh,n I..I,m,,,J .,,,.L.
men ~ Elijah. S1m>ur S,murl and
John the HartiSt. Hur 1Ilns,. VIII, ear
ned this practice to a very noticeable.
and undue extent in early fines v,t,
the ES>ru,s. This va> = s,cI. ar I,-
Ii"inus marty. ,mnu" th,. lew. Win, ,..,,.-
,i,d nui th,. pholis.,i,. yi.vs with .u,.I
.tlictu,,, that they brcau,. IiJi,.uI,us
even To- the PhaIi,rc, themselves Ju-
s,phus SINS of them Vans of rh. .J,.v,.
Book II. Cham. VII: ..Thc.,. Es,ru,s r,.-
irrt pleasures Il. an evil. hlt esteem
,outiu;Iu,c. and Tho. cnuuu,.t nv.r ,,u
passions tn h, virtue Thr.,
men are dt.>pi>rIs of riches II
i a law among them. that thu,,. who
come, to them must let what the,
have, he common To the N hole. order in
i,,omuch. thai anon" them all thrr. is mo
auprarancr of poverty orcNcc>S of riches
And every ones possessions are. MINGLED
with every other, poss,..,ions
And as for their picll toward God. il !,
very extraordinary for h.fnc ,Iuri,iuu
they >p,lk not 4 word ahnut nrnt.,u,
matters. hnt PAT M certain Drawer,
which they have received from their
torcfath,rS. The one who
would join them must break all friend
ship with the world and every thin"
pertaining To it and take AN oath that
he will exercise. pirty toward God and
Justice toward man that he will do mo-
harm, +, any ,u,. ,;tb,r ,t hi. ,u-u .,,.