Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-11-07
CONDUCTED BY
REV. ROBERT LATH AN.
ADVERSELY.

other peoples Sins instead OF his own. MY
word for it., that man is the cause of much
of the evil that he complains of, and magni-
lies it by his complaining. (Those who choose
can put she and her in this last sentence in
stead of "he" and "his.'O Tell such grum
olers the fable of "Bell Clapper." The bell
in which it was hung was cracked, and the
clapper was cracked, and the clapper was al
ways complaining Of its sad fate in being
hung in such a BELL good many unsophis
ticated people pitied the clapper, and con.
doled with its sad lot. At length the spirit
Of Diogenes, the old cynic. who could not en-.
dure shams Of any kind, came along. He
heard of the clapper's complaint, and said !:
Before you make any more fuss about the
bell, remember two things. First, you cracked
it. and, second, nobody would know that it
was cracked if you did not tell them" The
moral is obvious, but those who need to pom.
der it will be the last to see it.-Herald and
Presbyter.
ibid STEAL THAT SHEEP.-A writer in a
Baptist weekly tells story of circumstance
which occurred at Oswego, and which Illus
trated the practical shrewdness Of an old min
lister named Amasss Brown.
A member of the church charged another
with stealing sheep. The ulprit denied the
charge. Both were men of influence. The
church was divided. The council was called,
and Mr. Brown was there. There we're no
witnesses except as to character. 1t was the
word of one man against another. One was
slanderer, or the other thief. Elder Brown
suggested most extraordinary measure. He
called the two men to the rostrum before the
pulpit, and directed the man who made the
charge to engage in prayer-and requested
the councillor and audience to look him in the
face while praying. He made an earnest
prayer. He appealed to the Lord as one who
knew the charge was true. Then the other
was called upon to follow. He made regu-
lar prayer for the church, the pastor, ETC., and
then said: GAS touching this matter of the
sheep, O Lord.a-hum-as to touching-touch-
ing s-ah-when he sprang to his feet, and
exclaimed, Brethren, I cannot pray. did
steal that sheepl" So the matter was settled.
CONVINCING Ev1DENcE-A certain back
woods preacher, years ago, was before the
Conference Committee for examination. He
was not book man, nor theologian, in the
technical sense of that term but he knew
salvation as God teaches it to believing and
loving hearts. Brother" said one of the
gentlemen of the Committee, twill you please
rame some of the evidences of the Divinity
of our Lord Jesus Christ p The bushwhack-
ing preacher looked little vacant. "What
makes you think Christ was Divine :" again
asked the Committee man. The plain man
reused himself "How do know that He is
Divine ?" said he. Eyes" His eyes at once
filled with tears. He started to his feet, and
stretching out his great brawny arms ard
hands, exclaimed, with true Methodist hal.
Ielujah ring, "Why, bless you, said he, Hes
saved my SOUL"
B6- 1t is religious duty to sleep, and to
sleep enough; and he who does not may be
sure he is breaking the sixth commandment,
which requireth all lawful endeavors to pre-.
serve our own life as we'll as the lives of 9TH
ers There is scarcely better health meter
for men who think much than this. Hard
mental work is beginning to kill when it in
terferes with sleep, and he who plies his brain
with ever SO much energy eight or ten hours
day, prays and plays five or six, and sleeps
seven or eight will never die of overwork.
But he must make business of it. Brain
work, food, exercise in the open air, culture
of the soul, social relaxation and sleep
these are the constituents of good living, and
they will be attended by health, wealth, use.
fulness and happiness. IF anything else is
wanting, it will be added thereunto.-Dr.
Prime.
"Bur AS THOU W1LT.'- any man
say, II asked for blessing that was plainly
promised, but did not obtain il" should then
say, Are you equally clear that the obtaining
of it would be for your good2 eyes" say
you, "it would make me comfortable" Just
so but is it for your good to be comfortable :
"And it would get me out of my difficulty"
But may it not be for your lasting good to be
in the difficulty, and may there not be some.
thing in the world great deal higher for you
and for me than mere y to be comfortable
and to get out of dificultyi "Not as will,
but as thou wilt" was the prayer of the man
who had more power in prayer than all of US
put together-"Not as 1 will, but as thou
wilt" We must always put that in.-Spur'
geon.
HUMBLE H1m.-A story is told of High
Church Episcopal Bishop in England, who
was very much opposed to any one praying
without book. As he was riding out on a
certain day, his horse took fright, ran away,
broke the sulky and broke the Bishops leg.
The Bishop was in great pain and in fear of
dying, and called for some one to pray with
him.
There was an honest Christian man-one
John Rodgers-who lived near by, who was
sent for, and as he saw the situation of the
prelate, he was deeply affected. The burden
of his prayer was as follows: "seeing you
have taken the Bishop in hand to humble
him, o, Lord, make thorough work. If break
ing one leg won't answer, O, Lord, break
t'other, too"
s9- The rules ofpoliteness are never at va
rance with the principles of morality. What
ever is really impolite is really immoral.
We have no right to offend people with our
manner of conversation. We have no right to
deal with or be influenced by gossip about the
people we meet Their private affairs are
none of our business. If we believe man to
be unfit company for US, we must not invite
him but if we meet him where he has been
invited by others, we must treat him with cl-
Witty.
sa> While it may be conceded that many
highly respectable and estinlable persons
dance we have never known & young per-
son to become fascinated with dancing whose
interest in religion did not diminish just in
proportion as the love for the dance increas-
ed. The significance of this fact need not be
urged upon any person whose religious well
fare is with himself or herself the chief thing.