The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-07-30
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International Sunlay.School Lessons
THIRD ,pUAR1RR.
Take the Sunny, Side. !

hould be guarded from needless shad' A.
tws. Enough mustlcomeIto each, even :
then most faithfully guarded by all the 8.
hult piled offices of love; but few there =
Re who make their Avrhes what they 4
build or should be; ~, .,..,., -. !, +.
Take the sunny side OF faith. Inc "
]oubtine, distrdsting, unbelieving are
,nopg the most unfortunate and pitts %
bic of all classes Of people. Have faith :
IL yourself, in your fellows. in your !
home. in your, religion, in everything :
that has capabilities for good. Deceit
Il 4 prevalent vice, and it will often
drieve yot,f but it is''vastfy better to :
mourn over disappointment than to- a.
low general distrust to make you gen.
orally miserable. with yourself and al
about you, We thoughtlessly call ours
an as; ace Of unbelief, but it is not more 80
than tteages Of the past. y Some lament
that the in ndel and the scoffer are bold
Or, and have greater follow ngl than in
What: We .call the better days Ct oqr
fathers but il IS rot g. :.tul Fa'ne' frank
I'm and Jefferson we're men OF like re-
GaloHs VIEWS. They we're 4honored as
1atrlots: and two Uof them, made their
names immortal among the founders OF,
free government, and one Of them lls' n !
doomed bis name, and memory to exc
Grafton. for making his Boosted unbelief
/ tountaih Of blasphenly.a There Is TO-
day, less open lunbeliei than there was
/ century ago, and what we. have is
| brought into prominence by the tree rec,
dom of disputation and the universal
publicity which obtain in our times.
| Take the sunny side of'religion. the
time was, when TO- publicly accept the
religion OF our civilization, was to &C.
tept public reprQach, and, often to invite
martyrdom There was then 4 no sunny " ny,
better life Beyond; but in this tnlight''
hned ace our religion is the common
law ii fAts ytatd,l 2ha ioilo@s Tho 'Aag IT
bur Nation to tho remotest region OF the
I world: It Is 80 highly respected that
4 men de8lei itdby hypocrisy to dignity
Il their positions inesociety. There y
! hvsrvthing, therefore, to make religion
4 The sunshipe Of life. but how many
there are who cloud religion with re-
n pulssiiyee g deformities. There are some
4 Who mistake dyspepsia Tor religion, anu
. IhOw horribly they rack themselves un'
/ |der the delusion thst they are, in some
VI WAY tor othAr, doing Gods service.
/. They see sip in every smile: #, II every
d |enjoyment in every ray Of sunshine J;
(it6at PEEPS into the home or the socia
!, !or business circle. q The sunny dimple
. faced child il taught byuthemi to il0pi
: upon religion: .as, one sQf the mqurptu
y merciiut God made the worship OF Him
:, self !sHck ! ghastly work f'surh'peo
az pie todld Worry their wayinto hesvel
n and take theft religion with them, the;
al would SILENCE the song of the redeemed
and the ,psarly gates would would have to =, 3
guarded with flaming swords to kee
= the children Of the angelic throng trol
3, Il ,,1hvint ytuAht.r ms ,''"" - a'o"
u Taketh sunny side Of death. .Soone
m or later it must come.to all, and at tn
u. --latest it is only few swiftly pass'n
ii days distant. Kings and nd poteenretia9t'f
in 7 have no refuge from the summons
"a | tie dreaded messenger. DEATHS II
q treat leteler Of man. and dust To- dli
" I the heritage of all. Why, them shou
ta weshrink tromits contemplation ~
r, banishit, from our tho tn, with W.T.. HShu
II, der, It is not rational to permit dea
he Is shadow our liyes' 1or is it rational
- turh in terror from what must as sure
~ come as .to.mbrrow's sun. h1rhose "!
NJ are,suddenly chilled dsy after gay !
- the thought Of death either shaae
nd thsiE, lives BY misas ! q, Of reject
philosophy That should make every v
ordered life Wait tsBtebely for It's en-
til. The rational apprehensieA OF the 9 y
- right man. is; n6t, that he may fail
hat soon in the race, but that he may linz
too long and outlive everything +
,ch hope.-C1lonel A. K. McCl're's Ad o. y
an. al Lehigh Uaiversity. - .,,.tn ,,' !"
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