Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1888-10-12
GOD Is love and NOTHING ELSE
PRAISE The LORD.
LETTER FROM GEoRGEo. BARNES


a tuft OF the top leaves Of the original
sapling; poles for Cleveland, poles Tor
Harrison: a vcritable Pole-land; spikey
as Mr.. Cruncher's head Of hair; and
brea thing defiance to rnr OTHER fELLows'
Fer politics, like religion, resents any
difference of opinion and rufiics it, icati'
ers ,,oiemical (pun purely accidcnsaD on
the least appearance OF an opposing
thought.
saw. not long ago, a beautiful dehni-
ton Of christian Liberty" which lhave
since tried to put practice, with more
or less success. As generally accepted,
&C. L." is supposed to be that desirable
freedom OF thinking m one pleases, on
any subject limited, OF course. by
wrong and right But the G. l.. We all
need more than that IL Ia allow the ori-
ER rELlow 10 think as HE pleases. We
all need to get as far away from Lord
Derby's definition OF an agreeable per
son" as possible. His apprehension OF
an Agreeable" being is zone who agrees
with me-" Alas. the Widow Bedott
was right-"we are all pore
The Presbyterian preacher, whom We
all went TO hear sunday morning. as a
sort Of return CALI for his politencss In
hearing the whole OF my first sermon,
and small fragment OF the third, as
serted his right TO {. L., very vigorously,
bv a terrific onslaught ON nay theology.
lie assailed what hc had heard himself,
AMI more that lac had heard lrom others:
and he was fully up 10 the 9TH PROOF
oiipn hcologicum standard, IN both the
style ahd tenor OF his remarks. He is n
young man. not long ont OF the Semina'
~; aud quite reminded me Of what was
over 20 years ago, when thought that
suc,essful examination before Presbytery
endowed inc with the wisdom needful to
cope with every form oicrror--past pres
ent and future. As listened. with the
above definition Of {. l.. well 10 the
front, I could not but pity this fine,
brainy young man. who had 80 many
painful lessons yet to learn. Apparently,
he has chosen 10 learn them on the rough
road oi experience" where ] learned
mine. Nor the best road. nor the best
teacher" ss men assert; but better learn
there than die In ignorance. No dis
missed my fiery young theologuc with
the gently-sighed remark OF the old col
ored woman, under similar circumstanc-
es-"Poor creetur, he I.awd amt teach
ell him vet" This, with ieryent pray
or that he might lie willing 10 be taught,
and We came away from the scene OF cas-
tigation. We shall. probably, not 20
back unless he pays us another visit;
which Is not likely. as he has gone over
the whole ground. and has nothing more
20 learn. He thinks our sweet gospel the
galvanized corpse" of quite number OF
old, dead, exploded heresies, and its
plausible antics" only the ''grotesque
motions" Of the aforesaid corpus under
the battery Of an unbridled fancy, and
a passion for novelties. That is the way
youth generally sums up age. have
long thought the old proverb ought to
I've reversed. II runs: young people
THINK old ones fools; but old ones KNOW
that young ones are" | don't think
that is fair to us old fogies; for, nova
davs. at least, the assurance is all on the
Juvenile side. Perhaps the saw is Q
very old one, true when first circulated
by now out OF date. We are fast gene
ration and may have out-trotted some Of
these antiquated VISIONS.
The Methodist minister isaway at Con
ference. Let us give him the benefit o
Clergy" and hope he would have beer
lees severe, had he been here. There il
a small Christian church here, besides
the Methodist and Presbyterian. The
Romap Catholics are in the ascendency
in franklin county. On the whole,
think our gospel is as badly needed here
as in any place have struck for lonG
time. We find here, as elsewhere, that
fringe OF hungry souls, that refuse to e
70 church because their burning ques
tons are never answered by the preach
ers, who don't want to drift into unbe
lief, hut can't well help it.. Is orthodox
doctrine goes; and who look one through
and through, NJ door Of hope seems Il
he opened in @. 1. l.. A. N. +. How wei
know that famished look; and tina
CLEAN Of returning hope, too, thank God
Our eyes were gladdened last ssturda,
by the sight Of four friends from the ci
~. Bro. Will Ferguson and Sister May
and Bros. Lay and Savage all put In Al
appearance, in company with our dea
doctor, who was returning irons visi
to cancer patient in Athens, o.. width
er he had been summoned for consults
ton by telegraph. Frank went back Il
the afternoon, as there are no Sunda
trains to or from Brookville, and he ha'
to be in the city Monday morning. Tn
rest remained over Sabbath, to our grea
JOY. -,
l forgot in my Dayton letter to tel