The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-15

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IL anything we need IN this country TO mix up
with our religion it is good. hard common sense.
That is the truth about it. We have got religion
up to a sort Of sentiment kind of moral mys-
terry when thank God, the religion of Jusus
Christ when it is mixed up with good. hard sense,
brings forth the grandest, life and the grandest
conduct this world has ever known anything of.
Now. brother, if an honest cannot steal,
ard he can, but he is no longer an honest man,
that is settled fact if sober cannot get
drunk. and ne can, but il he does he is no longer
q sober man; il truthful man cannot tell lie,
and he can, but if he does he is no longer
truthful man. then, say, sober man, So
Der man, cannot get drunk; truthful man, as
truthful man, cannot tell lie; a chaste man. as
ehaste man, cannot be vulgar, and Christian,
as a Christian, cannot sin. That is the secret of
the whole question. Now let Us give our prayer
full attention to the discussion of this text The
text reads: "He that is born of God doth not
commit sin, for his seed remaineth in him; and
he cannot sin. because he is born of God
We must go to this text through the context,
and drop back a few lines, and read first, BE
hold, what manner of life the Father had be-
slowed npon us that we should be called the
Dons of God Beloved, now are we the sons OF
God, and it doth not appear what we shall be;
bat we know that, when He shall appear, we
shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He
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Now the first thought suggested in the con-
EXT is this: The prncely character of Chris
siAn man. Brother, it is worth great deal to a
vaan to know that he belongs to a good family
IL is worth good deal to a boy to know that he
belongs to a good family; and that boy is bound
boy every sacred tie of honor to maintain the
character Of the family to which he belongs
And many boy has drifted right to the very
verge of destruction, and in some thoughtful
moment kind spirit walked up and put his
band on his shoulder and said: Young man,
why will you live as you do! Your father
Was a princely, noble man; your mother
was a sweet-spirited, sanity woman;
why viii you hive as you dor And the boy goes
of to one side and buries his face in his hands
and he says: my father was noble, princely
man; my mother was the sweetest.spirited
CHRISTIAN woman that l ever saw, and by the
grace of God, will reform my life at this hour,
and will no longer bring reproach and shame
upon the name Of such father and mother as
God gave me- And many boy has been re-
deemed by that precious thought had noble
father; my mother a prncely woman.
When Prince Edward came to this country
few years ago, his coming was announced by
cable, and he met at the harbor IN New
York by an American delegation. They took his
hand and welcomed him as Prince Edward. son
ofQueen Victoria of England, and they said to
1im in substance: I'VE greet you as the son of
The royal household OF Europe, and we bid you
Welcome to America; but you the son of
9nsen, you are prince; you must behave like
.srince. and talk like a prince, and act like
prince. and go where prince should go,
and stay away from where prince ought not
to co." and everywhere he went he heard it, al
most every word that he said was copied into the
papers, and when he shook hands with us and
Dad as good bye and left for his England home,
the verdict of America was, He has behaved
himself like prince of England, like the son of
q royal household" Brother, am not the son
Of Queen Victoria; am not heir apparent to the
crown of England, but am the son of the Lord
God Almighty, and l am heir apparent to all
things. And when I step out before the world
and make profession like that you expect
something of me. And so it is with YOU We
expect you to live like prince, to act like a
prince, to go where prince ought to 60, and to
stay away from where prince ought not to go.
uyou make a profession like that this world ex-
pscts something of you, and, thank God,
IL has got a right to expect something
OF you. Everywhere you 60 and in everything
you do you are to uphold the dignity of child of
God, and If You do not. this world criticises you
and 1 am glad it does. am glad it does
know how it is lived out of the church twenty
four years. recol1ect how used to criticize
professional Christians when saw them in the
bar rooms, and ball rooms, and eard-rooms. /
never saw one of them in my life in one of those
places that had the least particle of confidence
IN AS God is my judge, that is true. And
never saw ono of them there that did not criti |
else him to his face and say to him, "Are you
not nice Christianl Are you not nice pro- |
fessor of religion! This is our concern here |
This belongs to the world, the flesh and the |
devil. What part have you got in this matters" |
Am declare TO you I never mad respect |
for any n.sn who would belle his profess |
sion enough to 20 to these places and make |
himself at home there. princey man. A |
princely woman. When l proclaim myself a |
Christian, then this world has got right to ex- |
pect something of me. And | will say to you |
another thing When.I do thing that. els be- |
meath the dignity of my profession this world |
ought to critcise me. / am glad you do. hope |
you will give every protesting Christian no rest |
or peace until wa amend our lives and do like |
we profess to d.
OF all tho SID plights that the immortal soul
ever found Itself in, the greatest was at last
when it iesped from the heights OF profession
:. nd fell into the depths of damnation. A man
rom the church of God doomed and damned!
tier Your professions, and after your oath OF
allegiance to God, then to turn around and serve
Il and serve the world, and serve the devil!
: Q not only bring reproach upon the cause OF
esus Christ but stultify ourselves, and adj
yertise ourselves as false to God and false to our
selves. The highest ambition of my life is to
live to see the day when every man who names
the name of Christ will be careful to depart from
l0iquity, and say that my life in Christ shall be
hid and shall live Ills life over again among the
children of men.
Brother If religion is ANYTHING it is every
thing II heaven is anything it is everything.
If my profession is anything it is everything.
And need not beg you in the name of all that
our religion processes TO teach: let us. you and
i, give ourselves wholly to it. Let us live by
eur professions. or let us walk out OF the church
and say that the date of my hypocrisy ceased
when withdrew my name and my place from
among the people of God. Everybody despses
a liar in the church. Everybody despises man
who Processes one thing and lives another. And
these people that you see living that
way are the very ones that don't
want to be criticised. You take a
horse when he has got unsound spots him,
walk up 10 him, and he sees you with the curry
comb in your hand. and he will
commence kicking before you get up
to him. Have you not seen thate What
is the matterf He has got unsound spots on him.
But If the horse is sound all over from head 20
foot he will lean UP to the currycomb; he likes
1.-THE likes it. lLaughter.l | never did like
these sensitive Christians. Always getting
their feelings hurt. They go about with their
feelings stuck out like porcupine quilts. And If
you go within ten feet of them you will hurt
their feelings Now let me tell you il your feel
tngs are not hurt, and you don't improve your
life. there Ia CLINE towards which You ara fend.