Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-02-27
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"Who shall dwell in Thy holy hillr'
" He that walketh uprigntly and workoth
Righteousness and speaketh the truth In his
heart
AMI SO on through the lesson. Mr. Jones
IN th9 beginning, remarked: II know OF no
letter way of proceeding than ID discuss
this psalm you have just read. | ike that
good, old-fashioned, everyday practical re-
ligion 1.-The kind OF religion that you can
carry home with you or to your shop or
Office the religion that will make me O good
father or good merchant. When your pas
tor told me that he would like to proceed ip
the reg ular way with the church service this
morning | REM ark I'd: Brother Reed, you
worship by the discipline. Do you live by
itP That's the question. If we don't, Just
that far are we disloyal to God. The Meth
odlst church Is only a few practical rules
tor living. II you think its discipline too
hard on you let's take up this psalm. It's a
hundred times stricter on us poor fellows.
When you go away you can't say was dis
cussing theological dogmas 10 which you are
not interested. The first verse OF that
psalm contains two questions and the others
that follow the answers. Who shall abide
| IN Thy tabarnaclei Who shall dwell in Thy
holy hillF Literally translated that means.
Lord, wno's tit TO be- in the church, and
who will ultimately get TO heayenf You've
heard OF young men studying law and
heard people say, He's not fit to be q
lawyer. He might make a good merchant
or farmer, but he has not the characteristic s.
or acquired resources to make an attorney. y
Or young man reads medicine, and it Is
said OF him, He might do for a blacksmith,
but he'll never make DOCTOR How Often
DO you hear the remark, He's not fit for
church.. A man may be a frst-class
card player, first-class on beer, but he
doesn't fit tbs qualifications of a
church member at all. Aud | tell
You when man says of you, YOU'RE not
fit Tor church., he's said a pretty rough
thing on you, and you'd better LOOK out. I
ion'J know who's fit. Your pastor doesn't
know. David went to the Lord-went to
headquarters--when he asked Lord, who
shall abide in Thy tabernaclep | might
surmise and guess. / might say that that
brother there who has been a steward In the
Methodist church for years would be lost
There's many a preacher and steward in
hell. You ask me how knowl Tine Lord
says: Many, many, in that day will say
10 NJ: Did L not preach in thy nameP
aud yet they will be cast out 1t isn't how
long you have been in the church that will
ave you, but What sort of fellow you have
been while you were there. Let's see what
the Lord says about it,
"'Ha that walketh uprightly, he that
worketh righteousness, AMI he that speaketh
truth from his hear5' A man can never
walk uprightly until he can stand uprightly.
You take Gods old spirit level and set it up
and down your Life A man who will vio-
late the s Sabbath. is not upright. A man
who will drin teer or wine is not upright,
TOR the book says. Don't drink, or even look
at it, A man who plays cards is not up
right, for the bible says, Avoid the appear
anco Of evil Whenever Methodists drink,
play cards and go to the theater they are
| living lie. No Metho list can do these
things without ing. He couldn't get into
tae church wi ,hout yowiny to forsake all
thCss evils
Listen 10 that, will your broke In Rev.
Mr.. Reed, passionately.
There is no USE in your going about ask
| ing il there is any harm in this or that
What did you come into the church fort
Why didn't you stay out, AMI run on your
own scheduls. N man that il false to God
cannot be- true to man. God save Method
Eism, if men must be damned. Negative
goodness and positive Righteousness make
powerful combination, and you will never
have power until your whole natures are
thus surcharged
II want to be good to begin with; to quit
his meanness, and then get to WORK. for God.
Suppose God would pay you to-day for all
chs work you ever did for Him at the rats
You who wouldn't get enough in the settle
ment to pay his car fare. You say, 4 go to-
church every Sunday morning. Well, the
devil is ahead of you He's here at night.
end he comes out to Wednesday evening
prayer meetings, too. The Lord have mercy
on the poor, miserable man who thinks
he's accommodating the Lord and favor
"You can discern the difference between
head ard heart religion When q mans
head and heart are both wrong, he'll say of
O. prea cher why, he's Insulting. He uses
slang and says hell too often He goes
away mad. You elegant people can stop
your ears while the common people hear
this, Mock righteousness Suppose O
mother had ten children, who vera aged all
the way from thirty down to six, and not
one of them had been developed. Two or
three were in the trundle bed, few in the
cradle and some in arms Wouldn't you
oity that poor mother? ST. Pauls church,
under God, is mother. How many little
fellows you have here among your member
shipl Half your space is filled up with
'trundle- bed trash who do nothing at all
for God A good many Of them are sucking
bottles at that and that's the best sign of a
baby on earth. You'll never know the
secret of a Christian life until you get to
work Get to thinking of it some morning
when your head is clear. Say, Sup
pose everybody paid as little to the
church as do Suppose no ono went to
prayer meeting oftener than d. Suppose
every churca member was as mo account
as ( am You'll fall out of bed on your
knees, praving, God be merciful to me, a
sinner What are your sort good for,
brooherl Imagine a steamer full OF people
has struck a pier of one Of your bridges over
the river The boat would SINK and the
water be covered with victims Your sort
would stand on the bank with their hands
in their pockets and crv olt: Swim right
to the shore hers and we'll savs YOU God
wants men who will rush to the rescue Of
sinners Soma of you are good people
You don't do any harm and yol
don't do any good That chair = i
negative goodness is rsligion--is the best
thing in Brother Reels church. 1t never
cursed or did bad thing. Anlan Is known
by the compiny he keeps. II you are goot
and want to be bal, go with bad pe0ple
A young man with s20,0l0 or S3o,00p can
|. 1--we the most vicious life during tina week
AMI that same man can come into your par
lor and associate wibd your pure, innocen
daughter. You want Soma father Il
meet that you1y buck at the from
door and kick MIN clear int
ths stress Train up a caild in tbs
sure it will not depart from it, pv
seen SO ne psopls take more interest in
pointer pup than in their children. I'm no
gong to father children for damnation, ant
as long as they eat bread and meat at RAJ
table they will not go TO balls, parties anC
progressive euchre occasions. / dAspise
man who WON'T pay his debts. but the mean
est man on earth is that usurer who loan
, you S3,0)1 on 5000 farm He don't ex