Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-06-30

| have 9 great variety Of other things to do,
other duties to perform in life, and cannot
give my undivided energy to to this one
thing. But stop, you must remember that
your aim, is not TO do a work that fexcludes
,ali other work. it is rather to achieve u
character. 1t is not simply to do pious
deeds, but to be q holy man. This 'cbarac-
ter is, not a thing to be put off and on, but
to be worn under any aud all circumstances
so that "uhethcr We cat or drink or what.
|eoeyerswos do, ,wesmsy,do all to the glory of
God: The nan may bostcadil !, approach.
Ing his mark growing in graos While till
ing lis 'arn,;a woman may be, like Mary,
sitting snd learning, of Jesus, ut the same
time that ike Martha, she is busy with
much serving. The student, while puzzline
over tho bynomiul theorem, or soauning his
Virgil, or compouuding bis acids and alka.
lies, may (and if lie would not be a ona
sided man must) at the sarno .imo bo aeek-
ing "thnt wisdom which cometh from
above" lie must bo an earnest disciple in
that school, whose senior class will include
him as fellow student with the seraphim.
Said 90 earnest lecturer: Alas! for tho
Knowledge that koows 10 Saviour Alas!
tor the science which includes no gospel.
The most crndite of lawyers was John
Seden, who was also member of the
Westminster Assembly. Some days before
his death he sent for Archbishop Usher aud
said: II have surveyed most of the learn,
ing that IS amopg tho cons of mon. My
study is filled with books and manuscripts
on various subjects, yet at this solemn mo-
ment can rccolect nothingin them ut ali
on which can rest my soul, save one from
tho sacred Scriptures, which lies much on
my mind. It is this: 'The grace Of G cd that
briugeth salvation hath appeared to al men
teaching US that denying ungodliuess and
worldly lnsts, weshould live soberly, righteous.
~ and goodiy in this present world; looking
for that blessed hope and the glorious ap-
pearing OF the great God, and our Saviour
Jesus Christ, who gave himself for u.s. that
be might redeem US from all iniquity and
purify unto himself peculiar people,
Jealous of good works. Without that
good hope through grace, without the ao-
QUESTION of saving knowledge of Christ
and the attainment, through faith, of his
Imputed righteousness and moral likeness,
The vastcst requirements Of treasure or of
knowledge uro a laborious futility, and
Soloman stated only the gloomy truth in
sayipg: SIN much wisdom is much grief,
aud he that increaseth know ledge incrcascth
sorrow." Our fallen humanity presents
etr'nge mixtures Of strength aud weakness:
such MS seems to justify the poetic sneer of
Pope, 1su,
Go wondrous creuture! mount whero
science guides;
Go measure earth, weigh air and state
tic tides;
Instruct the planets in what orbs to run,
Correct old time aud regulate the sun:
Go, soar with Plato to empyreal sphere,
10 the first good, FIRST perfect, and first fair:
Go, teach eternal wisdom how to rule,
Then drop into thyself and be fool"
Aud yet the inoarnste Son of God wore
this humanity of ours, md, apart from sin,
found it fit shrine 10 which perfect wisdom
aud goodness could exist; thus demonstrat-.
ing that tho element Of weakness in human
nature is its sin. Let this be eliminated b,
grace, then our redeemed and regenerate
humanity. reassumes its rightful place in tho
scale Of being, only "a little lower than the
angels" Let US then awake to righteous~
ness and neglect not tho nobler part of our
nature. Let our strife against sin, and our
pursuit Of holiness be so patient, so persis-
tent, so intense, so all absorbing, TINT We
may truly say like Paul, "Ths one thing T
do," aioho; as the intent and eager hunter
presses after his gamo, II press toward my
mark"
Ill. We come now to consider briefly the
third condition Of the great law of Chris
tian development promulgated in The text,
viz: The stimulus of o suitable reward. "I
press toward tho mark for tho prize" saws
Paul. Observe the mark and the prize arc
not the same thing. The mark is the OBJ.
ject upon which the racer fixed his eye and
which he must first touch in order to be
counted winner. The prize was the
amaranth crown which the "Brabeios" or
judge placed upon his head as victor. He
aimed not at tho prize, but at tho mark, vet
in touching the mark he won the prize.
Paul's mark was Christian perfection.
The prizo was eternal blcssedness. In an.
pretending the mark he know he would
also obtain tho prize. We fiud on easy il.
lustration of this in student life. A prize
medal is held before class of students.
In order to obtain it certain standard of
scholarship must be won. Now what the
contestants aim at directly is not tho medal,
but the standard or mark of scholarship.
With the true student tho medal is never
regarded as An end, but only an inoen,
tive to an end. Soitis a false view of life
to regard happiness as an end It can
never be attained in that way. Goodness,
holiness, God likeness, should be the obiect
or end aimed at, and attendant happiness re-
garded only as stimulating incentive. In
short, man to bo truly happy must frst bo
truly good. Just US the true student REG.