The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-05-30

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Henry Ward Beecher preached ! !.
markabte sermon last Sunday. His
text was Galatians, vi. l-2:
Brethren, if q nan be cvertaken Is
fault, ye which are spiritual restore suo1
an n in the spirit Of meekness. eon.
sidering thyself lest thou also be temnt.
ed. Bear ye one another's burdens
and so fulfil the law of Christ.
La the course Of the sermon he said 8
] think Gen. Grant one Of the Esost
~magnanimous men that we have eve,
had in public life, and / was very much
struck with an instance of it. WHEN
Conkiing precipitated himself from tha
senate it was very much against Cen
Grants Judgment, and that was known
and he attempted In every way to IL
friendly to Mr.. Conkling ard shield
him to such IN extent that everybody
thought he was on his side, and ! man
expostulated with him, and said
"Gen. Grant, how is ito You do not
believe that he did right?"
"No, sir; | don't"
Glow is it, then, you are on LIS side
now?"
His reply is worthy to be written II
letters of gold:
"'When is the time to show a mans self friend.
ly except when his friend has madea mistakesV
That is not the time to leave a man.
when he has made mistake. Applause
That is one of those moral principals
that addresses itself to the universal
conscience. Stand by him in his adyer.
sity, if you don't stand by him at amy
other time. A large sense, / think. ST
the fallibleness of human nature is in.
dispensable to charity. She lisa beauti-
full creature, and she has been daintily
brought up, He is also a genius, and
| when they meet she sees a saint and he
sees an angel. Laughter After they
are united, she has a pride and he hasa
pride. She has selfshness and he has
a selishness. They begin to discover
each others faults. That very soon leads
to words, and words lead to the repeti-
ton of words, and the music stops.
daughter. Now, it is best when folksar
counting that they should find out faults
beforehand, because these troubles.
would not be 10 likely to befall. When
you marry rs sinners, you are much
more likely to i've as saints, than when
you marry as saints and find out You are
sinners. Friendship ought to be found
ed on the doctrine of total ~depravity.
Then every excellence is just so much
more than you supposed and is clear
gain. Friendship that is good for
anything must take the friend and all
his faults too. True friendship says,
II love them to that degree that would.
rather have them with all their faults
than anybody else with all their vir-
tues" There is no disposition which
strikes at the very roots of Christianity
like unloyingness. When you are
sending out poisoned words, when you
are creating suffering without any NOR
al aim, and without any restoratrveten~
dency, merely in the exercise OF your
inferior nature, does not God take the
side of those whom you are wronging?
Beware, for God is the guardian OF
those who suffer. Tears are arguments
that never plead in vain. say into
you, love your enemies. Bless them
that curse you, for if you love them
that love you what reward have ye. BE
We, therefore, perfect, even as your
Father which is in heaven is perfect.
That is the creed for you, for on one
side is an infdeI and on the other side
a christian.