Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-04-12

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light of divine truth, would disap-
prove? II human laws declare Ger.
tain acts TO be sinful, is he who
breaks these laws a loyal citizen !?
The commandments were given by
God to man, and if the evil passion
unsubdued by the authority of God
lead man into sin shall he excuse
himself by saying that God has i'm
planted in his nature inc.inations to
do wrong aud on that ground feel
justified? Has not God created man
with power to resist evil? IF not,
then he is justified. If Eve could
not refrain from taking the forbid
den fruit from his satanic majesty
then she was not to blame; but
when told that if she partook she
should surely die upon whom must
the curse fall? And Adam was no
less guilty because he received it
second handed. Alas for the mod
ern Adams and Ewes!
Divine revelation declares that
Jesus Christ the Son of God came
into the world to save sinners; not
that all would be saved, but all that
believed in Him might be saved.
To believe on Christ implies faith
in Him as Saviour, also acceptance
of his laws aud devotion to His
cause. The atheist in defiance of
all natures proofs declares there is
no God. Many sharp Intelligent
men who might be power for good
in the world lack sufficient moral
courage to stand for truth and right,
hiding their talents behind some
Ism which will allow them to take
the name of God in vain; TO violate
the Sabbath day and desecrate the
other six; to covet their neighbours
wife-if they won't steal his wood
pile; to allow the sale of liquor to
go on i'll such close proximity to
their olfactories that they are con-
stantly reminded of its presence,
while their ears are salutel with the
hilarity of its participants; placing
their sons under the influence of un.
godly men, who, when they lack
employment will trot them from
house to house with drugs to sell.
Fortunately for Island Pond there
are too many eminent NJ. DIS. to
allow its inhabitants to be largely
imposed upon. Ignoring those
whose classic lore must be viewed
from the lofty eminence of scientific
egotism, there would be no hesitancy
in listening to those whose re.
searches for wisdom have rendered
them profoundly brilliant, aud
whose profundity of knowledge
promises to deluge all coming gen
erations with resplendent glory.
If man was created a little lower
than the angels, how deplorable the
fact that SO many have fallen to
such depths of iniquity! Surely
man is the nobleSt work of Gods
creative power, possessing a soul,
which is a jewel polished or uupol
ished, with all the possibilities
worthy the conception of infinite
wisdom before him. The human
soul is a jewel of rare and transcen-
dent mold, invested with exquisite
faculties, and susceptible of mar
Vicious development, and is so poised
in the scale of being that eternal
destiny hinges upon its choice. The
great crime Of the masses is in al
lowing their minds to habitually
trail in the dust with their bodies.
Created for high and ever expand
ing contemplations they feed their
minds SO persistently on the dust of
their daily drudgery that they
gather little else, and are never pre-
pared for any but an inferior place
among their own craft, subjecting
themselves intellectually to become
buried diamonds, though they might
shine perhaps among the jewels Of
the world.
But il is a crime to bury ones
mind in wilful ignorance, or ones
moral power in corruption aud sin.
The intellect is as manifestly for de.
velopment as the muscles. The Great
or seeks to lift the thoughts of His
creatures to His works and himself.
Gcd pronounces fearful "woe" OH
those that seek feshly qualification,
and who "regard not the works of
the Lord, neither consider the oper-
ations of his hands" The value of
diamond does not consist in the
style of its setting. SO the value