St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-11-05

Ii j. not what We intend To do that
is not beautiful words in the pulpit. but
the heating of an earnest heart heard
under the preachers simplest words.
1t is not Christianity on the Lip that l.
eloquent. but Christianity i'll the life
that j. holy. that tells most upon the
character of mankind. And the secret
of the failure III the case "t the hippo
cIitc i. that if hc were to speak like an
angel or reason like Il mctaphN stefan.
We know that the back ground will not
bear inspection. y person who l. not
sincere, let him speak with >uprrhuman
skill. will produce no effect. And
hence. AZ we know III political and IN
ecclesiastical matters. the man who l.
gifted with the greatest cl"pucucc. hur
who has le! out undc>Igucdly the secret
of his in>imcrriry may he admired H. Il
specimen of intellectual power. hut he
is de>piscd and worthless H. IN iu>tru-
ment of good among mankind. Thus
what Il man Is. rather than What Il man
SAYS. tells. Our blessed Lord >pake. il
is true. as never man Spakc: but it WAS
rather the dignity. and Vet the lnwli-
ness, the grandeur. and Vet the humill-
", the holiness of heaven. and vet all
the >Nmpathc> of earth radiant from
that >potlcs> character. which left its
deepest and most permanent impression
upon mankind. Jesus made converts
aS much 10y what he was. ~ 10y what
he said. You may Ice serving in Il shop.
behind Il counter: l"u do not think
Won can hc doing ANY moral good there :
YOU aIc quite mistaken. The quiet
ness with which You serve. the gentle
ness with which y"u reply. the simple.
unpIetrnding. and therefore lppropIl-
ate. remark that Nou make. all are tell
ing. There l. not a face that does not
almost repeat itself. Ia the modern
discovery of the da"ucrrcotN pc. laN :
coming from an object paint that object
ON the sensitive surface which they
touch 1t seems H. if character IIdiat
eel from the human cnlIntcm:ince. painted
itself on the characters of those II
touches. What Il man thinks. the vcIN
look of the cnuntcmaucc. the very
thought that flashes through the eye.
the NrrN feeling that plays upon the
liz. all are influencing others. There
j. not a mistress whose looks aIc not
telling on Il servant there i not Il mas
ter whose silent looks are not making
SoInchodN beneath him worse ur better
for 1t. 1t l. impossible To- 90 through
the world without exercising influence:
il i only possible To have that influence
dipped in the fountain of light and lite.
and to have it :" baptized and c"n>c-
Grated 10y Il heavenly baptism. that
wherever Nou are. Nou shall walk
through the world an ambassador from
God. benefactor of all mankind. And
what Il solemn lesson is here for all
teachers in schools. and parents acting
in the presence Of their children. The
most susceptible creatures upon earth
are children: and | do not believe that
We give them credit for the intensity of
their sensitive aud susceptible nature
\ child looks in Nnur face and di>tin-
gui>hc> your meaning long before you
have given utteIance To it. \ child
watches youI coumtenance. and picks
out NouI temper. your taste. your SYM
pathN. long before You have audihll
expressed il. And very many parents
look things aud say things. and when
they think the child has detected what
they did not mean the child To know.
often III very hunglimg way. as indeed
all attempts at deception must he, they
try to do away with the mischief they
have done 10y suddenly tuning corner
in the conversation. and launching on
another subject. DO ynu think the
child did not see that He SIM a.
clearly as you : and that act of yours
has left upon that child conviction of
crookednes> that may live III his mem
ory. and fill up his character through
ont the rest of his pilgrimage upon
earth To children We Cannot h- too
direct, too straightforward : we cannot
lee too childlike in our intercourse with
them. Vet We must not he childish
Daily life il more powerful than sun
day life. The face a. Il dial cannot toe