The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-03-11

Lawtcn, accompanied BY q lady,
coming down The gatdsnipath.
Misssarah drew hack andwish.
led very sincerely that She had not
thought Of bringing the berries Or
had stopped a. home long enough
toputon q nice dress for thelady
Twas q stranger, and looked 50 ex-
lqaisilely neat aud cool thai Miss
Sarah felt herselt BY contrast dis
gracefully lyuntidy.
She had no doubt that the min.
lister was about 10 show bis com.
papion the way 10 the arbor, aud
her heart sank AZ the thought Of
being found insuch q plight But
suddenly the stranger paused, and
ben. topick a rose ofgreat beauty,
''If we could only be like this
tcse,T she said, sas fair within as
without"
1Yon forget spid Mr ilawion;I
show often we see worms eating
into the very heart Of tie most
beautiful roses.p
@Is nothing true theu2 Are we
never able toput faith in the out.
ward seeming Of anything or any
one2"
"Those who make The loudest
professions are often the most cor
ruptp said the minister eand, as /
was saying a moment ago, there
are 80 many, oh, so many, who
think themselves Christians be.
cause they go regularly to church,
teach in the Sunday school, use no
bud language and give Literally to
the missions. But they do not
think it necessary to guard their
thoughts, to gil their daily lives
with little acts Of kindness. Now,
you are a stranger here and are to
leayeus tomorrow, so | can speak
TO you as could MOTTO one familiar
with the people who make up my
congregation. l will give you a
case 10 point. Ihave inmy church
a woman Of middle age, who lives
alone on a farm a couple of miles
from the village. She is very ac.
tive in the church, is always ready
to yisit the sick or give to the poor.
She has provided fol. the education
of sevetal heolhens in Africa, and
has taught a class Of men 10 the
peni;entiary, visited the jail and
made herself generally useful. But,
nevertheless, she is selfish, narrow
and so,didtoa pitiable degree. She
does nothing without making a
show about il, so as to be wellre
garded among men. For years
she cherished feelings against an
only brother, because he did not
marry to suit her, and / was told
not an hour ago, that she had de.
cla'ed her intention not to help in
any way that brothers. sick and
penniless widow aud children. She
speaks'of them with bitterness and
even seems TO rejoice that at last
they are compelled TO appeal 10 her
for aid. 1 was asked TO speak
to her on The subject, but
she would be highly insulted, l
know, if l yentured to call her to
account for her want Of charity and
natural affection. She thinks her
self a Christian, but in my opinion
she is very far from being anything
Of the kind. She will come to
church next Thursday night and
pray earnestly for the forgiveness
Of her sins, and for help to walk in
the right way. But she prays only
with her lips; her heart has moth.
ing to do with it. She thinks and
cares only for the outside seeming,
and so-"
Atthis moment little Lulu Law.
ton interrupted The conversation
by running down the path with
the aunouncemea that tea was
ready, aud the minister said no
more.
But Miss Sarah had heard
enough. She was pale and tremb.
ling and SO greatly disturbed that
when she hurried from the atbor,
as soon as she could without being
perceived, she left her pail and
berries behind. She met several
Of her friends 90 her way home,
but she did not even bow 10 them,
so absorbed was she 10 the recollec
tion Of what the minister had said.
Reaching home she sal down 10