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ita Legitimate rcAnlt. Ho every observance Of
law liaa itn certain tcconTonso.
Tho world ia full ct Hllhin OIL tic subject OF
| cn1npensa ton. tlood Of charity IL no moro
ll,an plrr,ase-money. man ,loss not alwavA
cAllsn, but tho reputation at3onH my folloH-citi-
zens for charity Is worth to nc much. There
it's on yonr plato. tito ra!uo ray for repute Or
honor. Or, man Hays. not hardly lon1 enough
tor his own ear, "a gift 1ndeionsy bestowed
will draw ma cl.stom. Iaks this 10 tIo l,eathen
AMI bring mo a. much trade ~ yon can This
put in form Of roris,-a direct barter. There
fore do not wish person to saJ to n1e. "Hee-
ing it'a you. ~ ne yu ths srticle for 20 much,
so much under price" fIe noatls, :" l sell you
stead your favor OF influence. expect, IN somo
way, full compensation" No ono over willingly
sold articlo that liza did not sxpec fta fall val
d p1 Ea " east IN tao favor Of
this ts I'll right II In just. 1t would be wrong
tlat anything did not produce its roal WORTH
Only ho frank about it. Understand what you
are doing.
Now, you put II down in black and white and
try It's list Of thoso vino arc earning living by
selling Intoxicating liquors. from tho sefnoF.
"l,9se work Of bogaarii,Y fami|tes and euFsing
the aaloon-koaper, wlioAe victims all to eAht.
anti watch their oolrso. lie patient, and not de-
citls by tho first or tho second year. And there
Will Hutel1 10 ulllIo" hnl nlIRHk on every CAA6 In
duo Tins. IpxAspd the other day tie mansion nf
sncfl man, who Has liqnor-soor In mr. child
| hood. lla AHasHod money. 10 far was Appar-
emily prosporons;; He waa too ponurious to be
boy aid Eri. The first died Hot-s miserable
| wretch the lstter died Of sure Rnd slow DIS
naHo. It's ffm, Dufio column& OF lls mansion
| stand with no inscription Of tie trntlI-no mark
| Of Divine wrath is lnHctibad Oil tho dool-poat
hut compensatinn, tho suoIorablo law tlle secret
Star Chamber Of Providence, tile mysterious de-
creo Of tho Almighty. tlss visited Aim The
blow that struck lin vent betwean the points Of
Lis arf,or, aud his soul ia dead in Lin children.
To-day you liavo possibly ono ont of fifty who
is apparently riding high and lawlessly on the
| wsSe OF success-forgotten Of vengeance-a
proof thAt man may WORK bis will as ho likes,
and build his pritlo VI tho eouls Of tho weak and
tho sorrows nf LIS neiGhborR Few ever seom to
DO successful; md tlcso few but wait for u
llcarler rccompense. Tell mn ii you remember
one single execution. No man can florida tho
widow and tha fntherlos-uo man can opposs a
known law Of Iod without he shall n1aAsurs
compensation. A Hartford paper gave ua =
short time since ono of the instances that prove
thia. It HAyB:
Ono Of the rlc1ost man Of onr town not up one ot
bis in the ltquoE business Anechbor projected;
r. ,sa Crit {, 1s. h &. 1 nsssar ss1 :.
"ho nlsy himse,i b ruined py ia In len years tns
% a Of u: .on 4s say
H. fathers uatne. and At length much involved htm
that The old failed. losng all tie earng, Of hs
too died sot aa ut last ths old ull WHO planted tie
seed died also. 20 went one u ths hrst families Of
tbs town ltndef the pseasuta Of tho uuertng LAW Of
compensation.
So, when person aays II thore Werc no fa-
turs he'll or heaven. tho struggle With sin would
not pay :; onc might as WeM work bis will and
follow tho load Of lia rassionBif 1t ho is not to DO
rewarded by aud by. Nonld ansNor. you have
nopo for heaven. but you havo tic spirit Of
he'll. Virtue las in itself TO Charm Tor you-
righteousness to you is a sarvitudo ~ which to
Wu reward. You cannot mako scholar on
any sucA principle; much less can you mako
child Of God. You undertake to educate =
kuowlodeeitseif; but hy promising lin aons er-
toror gift if ls will Rtudy-try to mako an
AEasslz by offering him sugar-plums or =
palace, or gold nlins aud you know you would
got failure. Unless hs have an enthusiasm In
study i.seif-s JOY ia tho search Of truth
reputation neyer acllioyed-his magnificent fund
OF information aud wisdom would bc impossible.
So you cannot make noble, pure, sweet holy,
happy, manly beautiful child OF God bs prom
| iRo OF golden streeta and al sorts of heavenly
8wcatmcnts.
10 must layo lore for virtue in aud for itaelf.
Al religious education must 70 On tho baHis
that to BE- good, to do good to be vlrsuous, is 10
vegetables held before the noso Of stubborn,
balky sinner to keep him moving do not change
his will Or his nature at all but choat him into
su5seryienfe' ,;an; T1is principle yell worked will
not sWoet children Of God. Tia REASON tho
world goes to The Devil is because tie Devil Ia
Wiser ~ hts generation than tho Children Of
light. Tho Devil Offers tauG!ble thingB. lie
says: "In this tloro il compensation. Gross
pleasures have gross joys. Wrong doing has ,ta
Immediate pay. Wo Deyiis and Devil worshiperh
DO not put you Of with promincs to pay, hut fall
down and worship avarco. ambition, aellsbnsBs,
lust, pride, and here ia tho roward in baud for
you." but tho Christian says: "To-dAy do
right; no" ptactco self-aonial; obey tic LAM OF
righteousness for como ten, twenty, or fifty
years, mud you shall sct ,yonr joy in etcr-
roaly casl1:" Now, what Is tie RESULT
Why tho religious man hardly trusts tho uotos
ho holGa' unless his lifo Is 10 snherab!a that any
Christians would rather lirc than 20 10 what
am sure they facetlouHly call their rewards. II
they oollo9s, Why not long to so and Got conn.,
ponsaton ? Is it not . fact that Christians H.
most unanlmonsly groan snd weep aud put
on leasAonish signs Of sorrow when tbeir frepds
60 to tH world Of rewards ? II is true Al Lon-
ct feeling ia waking Up: Som. say God ts here.
IN the warm palm Of virtue. Let us talk less Of tho
distant and more OF tue presont. Lot us BE- hsp-
py and rejoice in good now. Lot us banish
these acid fears, these dseary sacrifices, thess
world is beautiful aud that It Is nevor 90 charm
| ing ~ when our souls walk In white. Lot tn
put on all loyalty, obedience. purity. love, for In
sto5G there y jgy to reward that y masterfu
religious development. 6hrouds, oouIs,
whips, penances, groauing prayers, he'll
fires, heavenly toys. feara Of doatL,
scorn Of tue world, ali these beloug Ia tho m,-
scum OF anLiquated tleolo8ics. I do not doubt
! that there Ars future joys aud that there are
| future patna,-uor 10 an extent, future rewartla
and future puntshnants; but this I assert that
we need to live Ia tho thought aud feeliug that
there IL compensation enough aud immediate
! In r.ght-aoing. And when man says that II le
did not bal.oyo In hell ho woud not trouble him
self to PRACTICE virtue, tell hm ho has tue spirit
| Of evil. lie ID an Atheist concerning Any God,
| but ono who comos In aftar death. / believe III
God bore, now, always. And 1Ia lars are ineyit-
| able to-day as they ever will be. Tho good man
| IL alwaya entorlnc into the JOY Of his Lord, Tho
where thero is voeping aud wAiling and gna.!1-
ing OF toeth.
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