The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1881-09-29

PIE ahd PrecrPts carefully presented, and We have
an example Of their actual application 10 human
life aud character and behold Them producing the
| benehc-nt results that had been affirmed Of them
VII" shah dare to doubt the reality and genuine.
mes thereof
such example re have in the persan of President
Garfield. l do not Say his faultless char cter
Their never has been but one such. But mean
10 afrm that despite the frailties and errors incl
dent 10 his humanity, there Is plain unmistakable
evidence Of the benc6cent effects produced in him
BY the application Of the principles Of holy re-
ligion In this case. ~ In thousands more the ef-
fleets are manifesily rial Thai WsioA produces t.e
mau h. rsai.
Whence that aversion to Oppression and wrong
that afhnity for and defence Of the right and the
noble Twas the prsiuct Of obedicnce 10 that
ife-mo'to that flashes from the volume Of iuspira-
ton, Abho! that which Is evil, eleaye to that
which 10 good" Whence thai arior and intensity
Of real that urrl him TO the depth Of every 4aes-
ton he attempted to handle. that made him master
Of every situation he occupied Twas his natural
forces animated ev the stirring calls Of Holy Writ
:. Re not slothful In business; " Study u shoG
eth not Ia be ashamed"
ton TO anything. twas because he believed that
thing 20 be wrong. II his words vereehot and fe II
like thunderbolts, twas because they were foryesi
In heart, glowing With sympathy for our rare and
uttered BY man too true TO betray the trus; COM
nitted 10 him.
n he were an ieonoeias,, tua. that false gods
should not profane the holy temple Of liberty
Beholdins this complete man~this nan 81 npe
paysseai development and ation-of thor
cugh mental culture-of unloading integrity and
noble 6delity 10 right Arm that such char.c-
Ter Is possible only the capitalization Of divine
religious principles
H. We should also learn that ssssi.> ,.<sy o COW
ss-f rizA III disrA~g. y btA y<ssss ssd SskSe ds-
There are not many - complete illustrations .
ms, y the one ve nou contemplate. Hero Is an
individual passing through various phases Of expe-
rence, touching the World 1t almost all Its points
Of contart, struggling With poverty, carving his
Own way 10 eminence yet through al hearing the
marks Of consistent Christian.
What refstation Of the III conserved
dea that religion and the practical aAi Of life do
not hsrmonixe In the discharge Of his duties -
student, husband and father. minister. teacher,
legislator OF executive, he found no reason for
religious pfincipaes- They detrarted
nsught iron his success. They were NO barrier %
hin Progres. They we're helpful and valuable In
the csttnattoo even Of disbeiieven be vas nobler
heesuse Of The parity Of his life.
When yoonG saAn. q the cfooe u an EVENING"
interview VIII saoe other young men In his rcea,
taking up his Bihae 10 aid be Vas accusfoaed 70
scad ckapser seeA evening before resirine, ssA
BY their perai.ioa be yeah do - then Ana he !
FeaA, alesd. s.a then led In prayer rhose yoane
men 80 and I'm tha1 be vas msnlBer Tor that srf
In the arena Of pclitics-perhsps thu nass 81 |
10 religion Of all spheres which the dusi~s
Of citizenship lesd-he has denonstr.ted the fsct