The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-06-05

N'tiiN pl Ilptltt. IL you want 10 .'t'
happy You must not care for trillcS
DO not be too minute in your inSpcc
ton OF the treatment YOU receive
from others. Who cares whether
Mordccui bows when you plHS. or
stands erect and stiff us cedar! That
woodman would not make much
clearing in the forest, who should
stop to bind up every little bruiSc
and scratch he received in the thick,
ct; nor will that man accomplish
much for the world or the church,
who is too watchful and apprcciativc
of petty mnuyanccS. Thcrcarcn nul
titudcs of people in the world, con
stantly narrowed because they pass
their lives not in searching out those
things which arc attractive and dc
serving, but in spying out with all
their powers OF vision to SEQ whether
they cannot find II Mordrcai.
Again, | learn from the life of the
man undCr our notice that worldly
vanity and SIN are very anxious to
have plcty bow before them. fln,
man was Il fair emblem Of entire worlu-
!lnrsa, MlIt Alurdccu! the representa-.
tive cf umriimciriu~ HodIincss. Such
WUr" thi USl~pS Of society ia ancient
t'nn"S t'!at. had this !srarlit" Bowed
to tn" nr!mr minister. ii Wouid ltvr
been Hn acknowledgment OF respect
Cor his character and nation. Nor,
d"cni would, therefore. have sinnrd
against his religion had h" made amy
on"i%;ln"r0r dropped his chin half an
IMrh bct"r" Hannah. When, there
fore, pr0ui lI;unau attempted to
compel Hn homage which WAS not
'rlt, nc only did what the worlI ever
| since has tried to lo, when it would
force our holy religion in any way
TO ylcld to It's dictates. Daniel,
II h" h;ld been Il man of religious
| compromises. would never have been
thrown into the den OF lions. Ito
might have made some arrangement
with klng Darius whereby nc could
have retained part of his form of re-
liGlon without making himself SO
completely ohnoXi0uStot the idolatcrS.
Paul might have retained the favor of
his rulers and escaped mariyrlom if
IL" h"d only been willing to mix up
his Christian faith with u few errors
ltls unbrndin% Christian character
WaS taken rs an iuSult.
FA%ot and rack and halter in all
ages HAY" been only the different
ways il, which tnc world has dcm;m.
uCd OhriSancc. 1t WAS once. away up
ON the top OF the temple. that Satan
commanded the Holy One OF Naza-
rcth TO knccl before him. But it is
not Row SO much on the top Of
churches rs down in the aisle and the
pew and the pulpit that Satan tcmpts
the CSpolScrS of the Christiun faith to
kncvl before linn. Why WAS it that
tn" Platonic philosophers of early
times, ls we'll as Tolanl, Spinoza,
amI BolinGbrokc OF later days, were
:" mAdly opposed to Christianity?
Certainly not because it favored I'M
mnlHlltlvS. or arrested civilization,
nr dwarlrd the intellect The scu
u!nr reason, whether admitted ornot,
Was because tn" religion of Christ
raid II" respect to their intellectual
vanltirS. llolmt and Boyle, and the
host of intidcls hatchcu out by the
vile reign of Charles tho Second, as
| reptiles crawl out of marsh of slime,
could not keep their patience, he.
cause, as they passed along, there
] Wcrc sitting in the gate Of Tie church
such men rs Matthew, and Mark. and
Iukr, mdJolm, who would not bend
IN inch in respect to their philoso-
pliics.
Satan told our first parents that
they would become as gods if they
Would onl v reach up and fake taste
of the fruit. They tried it and failed
but their descendants are not vet
satisfied with the experiment.. We
have NOW many desiring to be us
gods, reaching up after yet another
apple. Human reason. Scolnful of
God $ word, may foam and strut with
the proud wrath of Hamna. and at
tempt to compel the hOLsHgr Of the
gods. but in the rrcsrnce of men
and angels it shaN be confouudcd.
";inI shall smitr thee. tEu, whitcI
W"N. M'%'G >ricuc" began to make
lis hrlliG.li discoveries there were
facts brought To light that seemed to
overthrow ia" truth of the Bible.
I:!c 1rr|;rn!oEist With his cr0wbar,
anal the GrOlOSiSt with his hammer,
"nN the chemist with his batteries
| charged uGon the Bible. Mosrssac-
count OF the creation seemed denied
bv the very structure of the Garth
Ihr astronomer wheeled round his
telescope until the heavenly bodice;
seemed tomarshal themselves against
the Bible. rs the stars in their cOur,
Sos fought against Siscra ObScrva-
tories and universities rcjoiccd ut
what they considered the extinction
of Christianity. They gathered rcw
courage at what they considered. past
victory, and pressed on their con
quest into the Kingdom Of nature un
till, alas for them! they discovered
too much. Gods word had only been
lying in ambuS!& that, in some ua
guarded mrlucnt> with Il sudden
bound, ii mi&ht tear inlilclity 50
pieces.
It was nS when Joshu" attacked
&hc city of ri. Io selected thirty
thousand mon. and concealed most
of them; then with II Few mon he oS
sailed the city, which poured out its
numbers and strength upon Joshua =
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