The Somerset reporter., 1886-01-13


blood Of the cruciled one, will be nccdee
to keep the balance between tie present
and the future, 30 that we may be kept in
mind. that however prosperous the pres.
ent, the future must no; be neglected
Not by loud dcnunciation, nor in pirit
that savors Of Il am better than thou
can this be done but'in simplicity and
Cody sincerity-in the spirit OF him who
was meek and WY In heard Rcmem-
bering always that we owe all we are Ia
grace and grace alone, we are to win our
dear friends into the narrow WAY by the
quiet, silent eloquence of holy liycs-by
an enthusiasm borne Of and inspired by
the glowing realities Of tie life Of heaF-
en-. Our business as christians is not To
dig into the mysteries of redemption but
to apply what we know of it and feel OF
it, TO the common life around us. To
plead lovingly and in simplicity with the
reluctance of those who have not yei
found what a blessed thing ii is to be a
christian. We are not b ind to the fact
that there Is in human nature an aversion
to spiritual things, that the heart unit
brought to see its highest good in accept
ing Christ is not iacined to the control Of
the spirit and that because the gospe
seeks self-denial The will must be lee
to submit and the knee to bend in prayer
The child-spirit must come back and thu
life must be conformcd to the spirit oil
the text.
The Christian power which the world
needs, is the silent, all peruasiye power
of holy lives. No words could present
this more concscly than the words OF
this text. simplicity and Cody SINGER
ity.' The RELIGION that blesscs the
world is not AN abstract thing-nut an
angelic thing but a human tbinS-tba+ IL
II mist be lodred in human hearts aud
lived ont In human livos II must WORK
In harmony with tho host bumap force.
eynlrienccs
while II is divine in its orioin. i, my.
erthcless works il. wov in society nv
humou means Tho Kind of rely;an
wanted in this agc csnrcially is thai
which permcatcs the whole man. No
sham no sbohhv. but sincere true
simnle C,odlv LEI vour will when II i.
in finn operatiou semi ont inferior goods
and how lone will II stand the test of the
honest and Gcnuine
Apnlv this to religion and life how
soon men will detcct the rrol from the
unrrol Gen,,inr i whole in every mart
II is woven into the trytnrr of every day
life II sbonos the outward n corrc :
nond with tho inward some kinds of
cloth have outward yloss which ia tho
eve annears strong and durable bnt the
real wear is not there Rut when Won
500 tho oonuino christian in bis outyarl
life Won see him in,vardlv as we'll lie
acts not simnlv 9TH roference to What
his fello,ymcn may sre but nv n certain
,nontanooue ond ;rr.ui.tohla ;,nnnl.,n n,,J
l.<1,
the stream flows from the living spring.
Religion IS not Il supplement to his
manhood to be shown on occasions, but
infused all through it and animating it,
His religion is not taken on but is an in
born principle whose finest texture is Siri-
plicity and Cody sincerity. This Cody
sincerity never Processes more faith than
there really is: often not SO much 1t
need not profess any because the life is
So transparent that it is seen and read of
all men. Loud profession without the re-
atty is only the semblancc where the life
has gone out.
1t is to the credit of human nature that
it rcpels what is not true and real, that
its keen insight detects the hollowness of
pretense where the life does not cores
pond. For we find it true in every de-
partment of human life, that the soul re-
tains some traits of its origin; that it
will knowingly trust none bnt true men.
No other can build up true social spirit
ual brotherhood, no other has kept for
generations the gospel lerc Diversity
or variety there may be and wisely is bat
each in his or her sphere builds and mods
some part of the soc II and spiritual
structure.
yo,, ,ro ,nour ro rc.r , h,,n.iful huild.
;nu for business nurnoses oue th,t will
he comedy To tba nye md useful tn tho
nconln To do this rnuuircs n great Va
rictv of ,yo kmcn aud of different abili-
ties Old thinps Won must remove that
have h,d for veorS no ornamental hnontv
Won mist law foundations firm md
stronu Won must mace nhstrurtious in
thn woy Of the sweenino aoods so that
Won can ntilize them Ia noblcr ends 10
10 I'll this rpuurcs skin natirucr toll
all for future good and progt' Ynu mnst
br Lonest in ali Won do. for ~. always
re.nnct n man WHO assumes amy nositinn
in business ar in onvthino else who
fa;thfulIv meets his obliontions
And so In n truer and hiphcr sense to
hu;ld nm a manly character mnch must he
dono tn ron,,o ,,bat stands in thn WY
of that heautiful life which the Sovionr
livnI Old things must mass AWAY and
al thipgs hoco,nn Nov Chri.t and his
GRACE Is tbe rocl-iliI,n vour lndgn herr1
On which to buiId ono of the most hnani;.
fn, christian communities 10 hiss th,
con,ing ,annrotions ynur old wnrkmrn
t,;nd mi trnn viii soon ms. av,v likn
Wn MI, civ, even in nj. Uttle cntcrnrise
ihov havo mot and ovnrcons ohsticlr. nn-
,,.r,ntI,, ,nsur,mnnnta,J, NOT nnl,. fr,n
rr;tbnn; hnt snmo,im,S from HOS of
thnir l,,,., raols hut m ma tbn r,pl.
Win trno man and vomn, If like snirit
and tho com;n,, finn. viii win more ,;cta-
r;es 70 tho RnGennnr than rvrr the INST
hos donn Tbnro nu.t hn nm occasion of
frosh material to thrsc christian church.
-. ~, tho, must 1oclinc md dnrav. hn,
mi. will mot Inc In H., .sat> and thr,,
dwellings, nrnnpl n, ,-r hearts who in
rhri.t's nrrnosn and ,rracc arc ne, +, h.
noli.hed stones in thr sniritu,i t,mn,a
Icsus said NOT fno,y1 of his fnld
These mnst also brine with mo aud
there shall, hc ouc fold and one Shnnhrr.l
Those Who arc To All nm these drnl.fea
ranks viii vat come Inv rho ALL nf tn,
divine shirt ,Jrre rnutinc If service
viii NOT do if onx morr than mnl,inlyinu
numns in a dry well hrinu water There
must he what hus be,n in the nl.t - liv-
in,, hearts tilled with thc life and In,a of
Christ No outward ceremony ever Va.
has bern or can he n substitute for holy