West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-02-20
BLOWING ONES OWN HORN.
A short sermon from the NcwspapcrIal
Pulpit.

short sermon from tho NcwspaprrIal
Pulpit.
tift up thy voice lisa. No
From the frequency of such passages
a these And Esau lifted up his
voice and wcpt "snd jacob kissed
Rachel and lifted dp his voice and
wept.' 1.-The people lifted mp their
voice and wept' Jotham
lifted up his vo.ee and cried, a."
" lifted mp thcir voices aud wcpt
sore. and "Saul wcpt. it would
seem that tho raising OF voice,
and the raising oil tears. in
Biblical tmcs. were intimately a,>o-
ciated the one vith th, other And
even IN our own day there Is close
relation between the two acts. but with
this difference, namely, that whereas.
IN former times the voice lifting aud
ne tcar->hcddtug proceeded from The
,amc person or persons, i'm mod rn
days the loud voice and the moi,tcnrd
eye como from entirely different
sources that e. tO say. one lift~ his
voice and a.,othcr does the weeping.
But this II ID concern u, not. Difrr-
toms. Our purpose TODAY /, to draw
what instruction We may from the i'm
junction contained in the trNt: Lift
up thy dice
And firstly il should hr borne i'm
mind that whom the Scripture, say.
Lift mp thy voice 30 o.. equivalent 10
saying, "litt up thy words and /. need
not, perhaps Ice said thu' t.r Iiuhtc.
A. .tT Its %
they be- lifted up. therefore. II ID be-
commcndablc in one to lift up his voice
(and that 10 is the .cyvral pa,Sawc.
quoted prove beyond pcradvrnurc).
then IL follows that The person who
would obey the word, of my text should
choose words which may bc raised with
the least possible cNrrtion. And YOU
will usually find that the words of tho
loudcst talker are usually of the small
est possible weight
Secondly, Lit up thy voice" When
You are engaged i'm an argument speak
rs loud a. your lungs will allow YOU.
Let your adversary logic be- a. keen
as a Damascus, blade, and his reasoning
as convincing "a, pccuniary h.ibr.
only lift up your voice 10 the proper Gle
walton and YOU are bound 10 oct the
better of him. Possibly YOU NAV not
succeed in bringing him over TO you.
vicw, but YOU will inevitably silence
HIM, which amounts TO the same thinw.
But, thirdly, it might be- advanced
that your conduct would cause YOU 10
be dislikcd What of that2 Donol the
successful ones of the earth always cN-
cite the envy, and therefore the cnmitv.
OF the successful? Go to, What does
the text say? LIT mp thy voice"
Fourthlv-If You have aught to say to
your ncighhor, and you are proud OF
what you are saying (and proud YOU
are, or YOU wouldn't open you mouth
to say iD. why should YOU not speak
loud enough that all within carshot
should hear IT. and be benefited accord
ingly? Why should not your cdif,ing
powers Of speech be made known TO the
multitudeP The text says Lift lp
thy voice
Filthy And if it be- prai,eworthy
act to lift up your voice, then il follows
that no opportunity should be lost which
can show that YOU desire tu do that
which is praiscworthy tha, is TO say.
YOU should lift up your voice wherever
and whenever the opporfnnity offers
Nay, moro. YOU should make the oppor-
tunity For the test saws. Lift up tiny
voice. IL doesn't say: Lift up thv
voice in prayer" or, Lift up thy voice
IN lamcntatiOn. ' or Lift uu thy voice
to speak wei OF thy ncighbDr; but
simply: 'Lft up thy voice
SiNthly Do not iattcr Yourself chat
YOU will be- sought ont and pushed ahead
in the world by others. Modcsl wort
rs good thing, but mlcs. one makes
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