Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-08-15

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aad say: .Hsts yoq kept those ten thousand
d6la. ntely that ] lodged With Yoa,5 but
asking no Qnestion about intsresf or about
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malne far more sinportart invest-
ment than tan thousand dollars We
invef our soul Is u ace1mulatfTei
Are Ve growing IN graoai Are We gatting
better4 Are ve getting worSei God do
elapes many dividends, but we do not collect
them. we DO not ask about them. We do not
want than Oh that in this matter Of uccu-
m1lafon We are as wise in the matters Of ths
soul as'ws arc IN tia matters Of the worldi ;
How little common sonse In the reading Of
the S11ptTesL We get any other book and
weopdn it and we say; "Now, what does this
book mann 10 teach InsP It Is q book on as
tronoMy; It viii teach me astronomy. It Is
beck ON political economy; it win
teach me political economy Talzinn
up tAe biblA do we ask ourselves what
1t means to teaehf 1t means to do Just
one thing; get the world converted and get
US Oh 10 hsaven That Is what It tproposes To
do. But instead Of that, we 90 into the
Bihleas botanists to pick flowers. or we po as
pugilsts to get something TO flpht Other
ChrsRanswtth, or we 60 os logicinas trying
to 6halpen our mental faculties for a better
argument and We do not Ike this about the
Bible and we do not like that, and we do
not kke the Other thing. What wou3d you
has has corse 80 ID down: @ y h. csn1os L ina ds bis
Aay home and be sees lisft in @ nou1,bain
caf1n: be goes to IL he knocks az the door:
the mOuntsineer comes out and finds the
trayeier and SAYS: 'rWell. hsre have a lar.
tenn: Won cNa take ft and it win guide yo,
on tie way hoana;" and suppose that man
should say: '.I don't like that lantorn, bdnnst
ike Tie handlc Of e. there are ton or fifteen
tiaiues about Il don't IKE; II you can't give
mea better lantern than that ! wort have
any" =
Nov. God says talis Bible Is to DO o lamp TO
our feet and lantern to our path, 10 guido
us tlRoush the mi6nigh4 Of MS wmjkto. the
gatssNf ehe celestial city. We take hold Of
Il IN AasD criticism. and deCeecate tkiGIax1d
depreeate that. Oh, how much wiser VIC
would be II by It's holy LIGHT we found our
way TO our everlasting hotnei
Them we do not read the Bihls as we read
other books. Weread it perhaps four or five
minutes just before We retire at night We
are weary and sleepy, so somnolent we hardly
our eye, perhaps on the story Of Se1npson
and tie foIes, or upon some genealogicAl tahl e
important tn ite place. but stirring no more
religious emotion than the announcement
thnt somebody begat somebody else,
md he begat somebody else, Instead
Of opening the book and saying: "Now
mnst read for my immortal hfe. Ny yeternal
destiny Is involved in this book" =.
How little we use common sense in
praJTi We say: 'Oh, Lord, give me
this" and "Oh Lord, give me that" and
do not expect to get it, or getting it,
we do not know we have II. We have
no anxiety about It. We do not watch
and wait for It's coming.
As merchant Won teleeranh or Won wriaA
20 sonIe other CITY Cor a I'm of Goods. You
saw, ttSend ne by s,ch express or by such a
steamer, or bv such rail train" The day ar
riyes, You send Your wap,on to the depot or
to tie wharf, The goods DO not come. You
Immediately Telegraph: ''What is the matter
With those goodsS We haven't received them.
Sotd thein rieIit away. Wewant them now.
or We don't want them at all.n And YOU keen
writing andyou keep telegraphing. and YOU
keepsendinG your wagon to the depot, or to
the.express Office. or to the wharf until YOU
ret,the goods.
;Inniatters Of religion we are not so wise
as that. We ask certain things to be sent
from heaven. We do not know whether
they, come or not We have not any special
anxiety as to whether they come or not.
We may got them and may not get them.
Instead Of at o'clock in the morning
saying: "Have got that blessing F'
at 10 O'Clock MONDAY, asking: 'Have
got that blessing?' at o'clock in
Ehe evening saying: 'tHave ! received that
blesSingP' and not getting it pleading,
pleading begging, begging asking, asking
until you get. Now, my brethren, is not
that common sense? II we ask thing from
God who has swOrn hv His etarnaI fhrone