West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-12-16

fortSSie crowding. and he goes TO no houSe
ot Got, but would go IL YOU accompanied
NJ N. then your first duty i 90 change Your
place OF Worship. Take homo your hvmn.
book to-day, say goodbye 10 those who are
near You in tho pcwS and YOU go to aiiy o,l6
OF hundred evangelical churches with your
husband until his soul IS saved aud he joins
you on the march 20 Heaven. That ring on
the third tuger of thu left hand l. not OF 80
much importance rs that Cod vow Heavenly
tatner sheuiu IN the salvaton OF your nus.
band say in reyarl e. him i'm the words 0f
the old parable: "Put the ring on hl, hand. -
lhere rever was a letter ~ moro i'm.
portaute that came 20 tho great city
OF Corinth-that city situated ON what
was called brid % ~ the sea- gliSteniny
with sculbtur5 andsEntcl with STYLE OF
nrass so magnificent that the following ACE,
nave not bern able successfully 20 iufita,e ~
oyershadowe ihy tho AcrNcNrinthus n fortress,
OF rock ',oO) feet high-I say no lettor of
creator importance ever came TO that great
city OF Corinth than tho letter i'm which Paul
Put theSe two startling questions: "Hdw
knowoSt thou. Oh. wife but thoii
shalt save thy husband How know
est thou. oh husband. hut thon shalt
save thy wiieN ANY sacrifice You r,ake is
cheap for salvation. Better 60 to thesmal st
church. the weakest church. tho most inSiy :
hlhcant chnIch on earth. AMI 10 co.pOrtners
In eternal bliss than that you shonid dttcni
the most rgeously att tive chuf n aud
one ofyou perish outside evangelical adVlu-
tHgeS. Better that the drown 'ng be saved
WIN SVoW OF nhloop, than that he or she
should go down uh 10 Won aail mast I'm the
Eastern ''''
Remark tho second: II both or the mar.
re couple are Christian, but one Is 80 nat.
uraliy constr ctei as Z, be severcl, so.,a.
ran an could not be happv In nnother than
lha one church or denomination prc erred
then ~ Is your duty. YOU who are the less SO !,
tartan an tho moro liberal, b so with tho ono
who IS very pa q ular As for myself frol
ABOUT mu In nC homo in ouo 1,,, -,
a. another. l havo sometimes said
think must have been horn pcar.
the limo: like tho so'emn roll OF
the Episcopal liturgy, and | lke tho
spontaDeity OF the Methodi,ts. aud like the
importance given 10 baptiS ~ by tho Baptistsl
an like tho freedom OF the Conyre tionl
n niis.s 3 and like tn, goyernn ent aud the sub.
limo doctrines Of tho Pre,bytcrians aud /
like a score OF other denominations inst ne
good rs those have mentioned, and could
i've hnppHy IN any one OF tho n, aud preach
nnd die happily aud from tho sacred doors
Do carried out TO my last restiny placa RnI
some persons are born with "A st5ut nnd nm
bending preference FOR some church or soma
denomination, and il would be torture 10 thsn
TO be anywhere else. From tho very starting
IL was indicatal what they were Ia loo AMI
what was % be The style o. theft s,cteiosu
cisn; it was written on the side OF their
cradle. IL father and mother hal eycsigbt
Keen enough t. see IT.. When they cried i'm
their infancy they could not be silencod untii
they had for plaything Westminster Cate.
Ism or the Thirty nino Arti les Now. IL
would bo n torture and n misery for stich
person IL be in any denomination that was
outside Of tho one preferred But Won cnn
AFFORD 20 surrouder your pFaf-
erencoS h you hRyo not bseh born
with ths same spi it OF 80 'fariauistn It
Is the duty OF tho grapevine to follow tho
sinuosities OF the oak and tho hick-
Dry. II Abraham has larger dock OF
ui,tn Snristlan gIaees than lot who is built on
say 10 Lot: Let there be no strife between
us, or between my herdsmen aud yonr herds
men, is not the whole land before theop' III
you can bo happy anywhere, aud your hus-
oand or your wife cannot be happy ex opt in
one place, surrender your preferences, and
surrender tn jin without discuss on.
Another remark: Ii both of the married
couple are luaily strolg in their secfarian-
Ism ana theW preferences, then go TO the
churches that please You best YoI are not
bound o go @ The same church. Cod does
not demand that you DO so Rel gioh h some
thing between your conscierc &C aud your God
IL, therefore, ON sunday morning you came
out from the front door Of your house 10.
gether, and one goes one way aud the
other goes the other way heartily wish
eech other n gUct sermon aud an hour OF
profitable DEVOTION and when vol meet nt
the monday repast, let it b, evident each TO
ea n and 10 tlo children aud to the hire
heln teat you both have been on the Mount
OF Transf2ur0t'o1. though you wont up bv
different paths aud that you have heen both
fed with the bread or lifn though ia ygers
kneode1 in different trays an baked in dif.
| ferent ovcns
But am often ke for am not dis us.
sing TINS morn NJ Al abstraction i an
often asked by ia ents: "Wbnt a ont the
ch lden.' Ny e)ly is: Let tho ch I1ren
| make their choice j have sometimes
thought that Rt ten years of ACC n chill
knows more OF religion than IN 80 who have
come on - forty. fifty si .fy or sQ4ettv years
w q q a nj 3
betogged with epticis NJ, and we hear 50
many OF the disussiOns Of uubelief, an our
Ite gels so fun Of imperfe tion aud 50 full OF
sin that have thought l.tu, hidden may
know more religion than some Of US. VINO
! nave got olier At any rate, give yoI tho
advice, let children choose for themselves
lhey VIII probably grow up wi b n rover
ence Ior both den 1minations repre- cntod by
you, the fathe- and mother. Aud n yon,
the father, 1.-Two tho holy life they will have
! more reverence for yOur denomination anl
/ X you, the mother, live the holy lite. they
VIII have more regeronee FOR your denoml-
nation; and some day you will botli DO found
gong 70 the same church aud the same SER
vice, and the neighbOrs will look ont OF the
windows aud they will say: why, ! won.
der what's the matter with our neighbors,
the husband and wife going arm and arm 20
the same churChf ! nevor tbought tuav
| would 30 @ the same church 4 wonder
what's the mnttorf ] will tell you what
Is the matter. Something very impor-
Nt"e lifiH Ait " tiiN T. auHL NnEs tho
son OF that family Is nnuoun ing himself a
| Christian. That day the SON Of that bous.,
hold is standing In tho ais o to take tho Vows.
he had been somewhat waywa d and had
given his father and mother a good deal OF
nnXiety; bat their prayers have besr an.
sWeret IN hissal lyatiOn. aud now. NJ he stands
ln the church ai .Ie ard the minister of relip
ION says 20 him. "DO you tnSe the God
who mode you and the God who re.
deemol you Tor your eternal portionl
and 90 sou promise % serve Him al the
days or your iife" " and the yOun ma1. with
= manly voice. says: Il do n Thee Is an
April shower in the pew whore father and
mother sit, and rainbow ~ Joy overarchiug
everything that makes the difference oil
crsods inhnftegsimal Ave on tnat very
day, tho daughter of tho fa uily may pus
her lifo on the alter Of con socration. aud
the sunlight coming through ths church
window, falling on her brow and check
may make her look lite the Othgr daught n
whose face took on the brightn ,s5 Of another
world when Col took her into His Heavenly
keeping years ago. Aye, j should not wo +
der N those parents spent the evening of
their days In the samo church. oil tnoir
church preforences oycrwh slmed in th3 10Y
of worshiping IA the plo % where their sons
and thoir da ighter8 were prepared fOr uee-
fulDess and for heaven.
But J. VIII give YOU n recipe FOR running
your children. Angrily Discus aud contend
IN your household about matters Of religion,
ana contend that your church is right and
nft obner cnurcnos are w-onz, egDoeiauv tns
church yOur companion ntfe ids 6rinx
snoer and caricature 20 .uphasizo vour opin.
tnrs, aud W0ur ehfl1rau will groay tfr ~, D..