The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-04-11

founded on the growth Of the town ON ac-
count of its public improvements.
Here, it seems to Us, is the opportunity
of a lifetime. 'But," says some, "where
is the need of this outlay for waterworks?
We have to keep our property insured all
the same" True, but who ever gets back
through insurance all his losses in case of
total destruction by fire. Are not all in
surance policies SO worded that the insur-
ance companies are only liable for actual
value of building. They do not propose to
pay for loss of business during rebuilding
or the Inconvenience of the loss of home.
Fire, where there is full insurance, is to be
deplored. Without some effort on the
part of the town to protect itself against
fire one thing is morally certain, and that
is ii we ever have an extensive fire, entail
ing considerable loss to insurance com
panies, the rate of insurance in this town
will be considerably increased, entailing
an additional cost for insurance more than
sufficient to pay the rental of w~aterworks.
The cost of waterworks to the Borough for
street and fire purposes would be about IL
cents to the 500 per annum. That is, a
person owning property with a taxable
valuation of So, 900 would have his taxes
increased on account of w~aterworks about
Sc. so a year. Who among US is so short
sighted and penurious that they will, for
the saving of such a sum, discount the
possibility Of some day sitting in the ashes
of his former home. We hope to have
more to say on this matter ia the near
future.
1t was our privilege last Sabbath MORN
ing week to sit under the preaching Of Rev.
A. Fl. Eberhardt, pastor of the M. T..
church Of this place. The discourse was
based on a part Of the 27-3 of the Acts,
and was full of scriptural truth and prae-
ticai good sense, His earnestness in pre-
senting the truths Of the Gospel leads one
TO the conviction that he, as an ambassador
of God, is not uumindful of the scripture
injunction as expressed in Paul's letter to
Timothy. While he is full of words of en-
conragement for those who endeavor to
square their lives by the gospel rule. he is
at all times short on whitewash when it
comes to covering up the sins of his flock.
With him the Christian life evidently
means a warfare against sthe world, tie
flesh and the devil and he lays more
stress OF hard fighting than on regimental
dress-parade. The nominal Christian who
regards the church as a kind of spiritual
camp in which to wear dress uniform and
draw rations out of the Lords commissary,
gets but little encouragement from his
preaching. He assured his church on the
day in question that he expected the re-
vival spirit kindled during the winter to
run through the whole year. He evidently
means to fight the devil in this place as
Jephthah fought the Ephraimites, and that
there shall be no pitching of tents or kin
ding of camp-fires so long as there is one
of his stragglers left that can not frame to
pronounce the gospel ''shibboleth." His
exhortation to the Young converts to be
faithful in attendance on all the appointed
means of grace was practical and to the
point. He assured them they would find
the devil a willy adversary, and that it
would require all the aid of church associ-
alton and fellowship to keep him at bay.
And we doubt not many OF them will
find it so to be before another year rolls
round. The devil is a hardened old sinner
and hasn't got a great deal of principle.
His six thousand years of '.going to and
fro in the earth aud walking up and down
in it has given him a good deal of praeti.
cal knowledge. He is pretty sure to find
the weak places in our spiritual harness,
and in single combat the odds are against
us. Paul undoubtedly understood this
" hen he commanded us not 10 forsake
''the assembling of ourselves together
The devil gets in his best work outside the
church. When the sons of God came to
present themselves before the Lord in Jobs
day and Satan came also among them, it
was with a show of innocence and respect
ability. 1t was when he had Job alone
that he SO wrought upon him that he drove
him to question the wisdom and justice of
the Almighty. We rave heard old soldiers
of the late war say their fear was not so
much of the open enemy when in the ranks
as of the ''bushwacker'' when alone on
duty. The devil is a bushwacker and
fights under cover. He hangs around the
outskirts OF the church and picks off its
members. Many of these young converts,
We doubt not, will find him before this
year is ont lurking under a pine knot when
they strike it with the jack-plane, or under
a stump when they hit it with the pillow, or
in the stoyepipe when house cleaning day
comes round. The safest place for the
young convert. especially, is those places
the devil doesn't like. The devil hates a
church. JOSIAH.