Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1885-10-15

Christ has identified himself with some
thing which is to endure for ever.
The affairs Of men are one day to be
examined with reference to their con-
necton with the glory Of God. We
sometimes admire the gifts and envy
the reputation OF the great men Of earth
the warrior statesman, educator or au-
thor, but the time will come when such
men, unless they are holy, will be for
gotten You have kept a lamp burn
ing in Your room through the night, and
while it was dark, that lamp was the
light Of everything in the room. But
when the morning came its fet BILE fame
was swallowed up in the li9htof thesun,
Won did not know that it was burning
at all until YOU discovered it by acci-
dent as YOU were moving about the
room. So there are some minds which
now give much light in this dark world;
they are called the lights OF the age !;
but when the great morning of eternity
dawns on the world, and | will not say
"the sun Of Righteousness, but W hen
angels and gIorltiel men "shne forth
in the kingdom of their Father,' he
men who were highly esteemed of the
world, but knew not God, will be As
"a lamp despiscd," and when they are
shinel into obscurity by the greater
lights, "they that are wise shall. shine
as the brightness Of the tirmanent, and
/ they that turn many to righteousness
as the stars forever and ever | would
rather be Il private in the army of that
CAPTAIN Who was "made perfect through
suffering" than to be the Alexander,
| the Napolcon or the Grant of earthly
conouests, campaigns and victories. |
would sooner praise God with "poor,
/ liSpiug. .Stammoringtongle than to con-
/ tribute to the mere amusement Of sue
cesSive generations by poetic works of
national celebrity or by works Of
fiction the ornament aud pride of the
/ literature Of the world.
In TIE bay Of Alexandria, in Egypt,
stood one Of the sevea Won Iers Of the
worl |, the lighthouse Of Pharos, On
the base Of the tower the hullcr had in
scrib.l the name of Ptolemy, the reign
!ng monarch, IN u composition which
he knew would not last long, and un-
derneath, deep in the solid marble, he
cut his own name. The kings Name,
consequently, soon persisted, while the
name Of the artist renamed, lasting as
the marble itself. So the names Of
poor obscure servants of God are cover
! ed oyer IN THIS world BY the names and
fame Of worldly men. They shall like
wise perish, but the names Of the good
are craven il the rock Of ages, and Will
appear to praise and honor and glory
at the appca.ng Of Jesus Christ 1t is
better to BE- Instrumental in the hands
Of God for the eternal salvation Of one
soul than to be the most illustrous Of
mere worldly and selfish men.
These considerations are sufficient to-
show th,t the best way of becoming in
,arostal in heaven is to become inter
os,ol i, +, corntnr,,rt on earth the
cburch If the Lord Jesus Christ not
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preserves 70 Himself by Hjs snjyit and
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