The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-23

But that excuse will not answer. There Is
a voice OF thunder rolling among the drills
aud planes and shoe las;s and shears, which
says: "All liars shall have their part IN
the lake that burneth with fire and brln~
st ne.n
next notice ecclesiastical lies; that Is,
falsehoods told for the purpose OF advanc-
ing CHURCHES and sectS, OF for the purpose
of depicting them. There is no US IN ASK
/ Ing many Il Calvinist what an Arminian
believes, for he will BE- apt to tell you that
the Arminian believes that man can con-
| vert himself: or to ask the Arminlan what
the Calvinist believes for he will tell you
that the Calvin st believes that God made
some nel just to damn them There Is no
need of asdng p8do-Bsp what Bap-
fist believes, for he will be apt 70 say that
the Bapts5 believes immersion to be posi-
lively necessary to salvation. It is aim st
impossible for one denomination OF chris
| tians without rejIdice or misrepresenta-
ton, to state the sentiment of an opposing
sect. If man hates Presby terians, and YOU
ask him what PresbyterIans believe, he will
tell you that there are infants IN hell span
long!
1t is strange also how individual churches
will sometimes make missta ements about
! other individual churches. 1t is especially
| so in regard TO falsehoods told with refer
ence tn prosperous enterprises. As long as
a church is feeble, and the singing is dis
cordant, and the minister, thr ugh tue pow
| erty OF the church, must go with thread.
bare coat, and here and there worshiper
sits in the end Of a pew, having all the seat
| to himself, religious sympathizers of other
churches will say, "What apityln But, let
great day If prosperity come, and even
ministers of the gospel. who ought to be
! reioiced at the largeness aud extent of the
work. denounce, and misrepresent and fall
sify, starting the suspicion in regard to
themselves, that the reason they do not
like the corn is because it is not ground in
their own mill. How long befor we snail
10 arm to De fair in our religious criticisms
The keenest jealousies on earth are church
jealouses. The field of Christ an work is
so large that there is no need that our hoe
handles hit
Next, l speak OF social lies. This evil
makes much of society insincere. You
know not what to believe. When people
ask you to come, you do not know whether
or not they want you to come. When they
send their regards, you do not know
whether it is an expression of their heart,
or an external civility. We have learned
to take almost everything at a discou t.
Word IL sent, Not at home," when they
are only too lazy t. dress themselves. They
say, The furnace has just Q ne out" when
in truth they have mad no fire in it all win
ter. They apologize for the unusual
barrenness of their table, when they never
live any better They decry their mos
luxurious tertainmeuts. TO win
shower of approval. They apologize for
their appearance, as though it we're IN
usual, when always at home they look just
so. They would make you believe that
some nice sketch on the wall was the work
of master painter. at was an heirl ON,
and once hung on the walls of a castle; and
duke gave 1t to their grandfather When
the fact Is that painting was made by
Aadnwn ar az n ia 10
it look old, aud sold with others for $40
dozen. People who will lie about nothing
else will lie about picture. On small in
come we must make the world believe that
we are atfiuent, and our life becomes a
cheat, counterfeit and a sham.
Few persons are really natural When l
say this do not mean to slur cultured man.
ners 1t is right hat we should have more
admiration for the sculptured marble than
for the unknown block of the quarry. From
| many circles in life lnslncerity has driven
out vivacity and enthusiasm. A frozen
| dignity instead floats about the room, and
iceberg grinds against iceberg. You must
not laugh outright; it is vulgar. You must
smile. You must not dash rapidly across
the room; you must glide. There is round
of bows, and grins. and batteries, and oh'si
and abs! aud simpering, aud nambypamby-
| ism-a world OF which is not worth one
good, round, honest peal of laughter. From
such a hollow round the tortured guest re-
til es at the close Of the evening and assures
his host that he has enjoyed HIMSELF
What a rouni of insincerities many peo-
pie run in order to win the favor of the
/ world. Their life is a sham and their death
| an unspeakable sadness. Alas for the poor
butterflies when the frost stri les theml
Compare the life aud death of such one
with that of some christian aunt who was
once blessing TO your household. do
| nn knnvu hat ha off, the nj
in marriage. She lived single, that I'M
trammeled she might be evorybody's bless>
ing. Whenever the sick were to DO visited
or the poor to be provided with
bread, she went with blessing.
She could pray or sing Brock OF
Ages" for any sick pauper who asked her.
AS she got older, there were DAYS
when she was little sharp, but for the
most part auntie was a sunbeam-just the
one for Christmas Eve. She Knew better
than any one else how to fix things. Her
every prayer. as God heard it, was full of
everybody who had trouble. The brightest
things in all the house dropped from her
| fingers. She had peculiar notions, but the
| grandest notion she ever had was to make
you happy. She dressed well-auntle
always dressed we'll; but her highest adorn-
ment was that OF a meek and quiet spirit,
| which, in the sight of God, is of great price,
| When she died you all gathered lovingly
| about her; and as you carrledher out to rest,
the Sunday school class almost covered the
coffin with japonicas, and the poor people
stood at the end of the alley, with their
apron to their eyes, sobbing bitterly;
aud the man of the world said, With Solo
mon. Her price was above rubieS - and
Jesus, as unto the maidel in Judea, COM
manded, II say unto thee, arisep
But to many through insincerity this life
is a masquerade ball. AS at such enter
ments gentlemen and ladies appear in the
dress of kings and queens, mountain bandits
or clowns. and at the end of the dance
throw off their disguise, so, in this dissi-
pated life. all unclean passions move in
mask. Across the floor they trip merrily.
The lights sparkle along the wall or drop
from the ceiiing-a cohort of frel The
music charms. rhe diamonds glitter The
feet bound. Gemmed hands stretched out,
clasped gemmed hands Dancing feet re-
spond to dancing feet. Cleaning bro "
bends to cleaning brow. On with the
dance! Flash and rustic, and laughter. and
unreasonable merry-makiugl But the
laIguor Of death comes over the
limbs, and blurs the sight. Lights
lower Floor hollow with sepulchral echo
Music saddens into a wall. Lights lower !
The maskers can hardly now be seen.
Flowers exchange their fragrance for a
sickening odor, such as comes from gar
| lands that have lain in vaults of cametaries