The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-04-08

| comes not hack again; wisely improve
| the present, it is thine, and 90 forth into
the future with manly heart and with
| out fear.-AnOn.
Truth is not salad, is it, that you must
dress it with vinegar?-W William IL. Pun
ShOn.
Clemens Alexandrinus observes of the
hsretics of the day that they would quote
the scriptures, indeed, but not In the
sense which the context required but
would take word here and word there,
and so fortify their own private opinions,
thus abusing the isolated word and put
ting what meaning they pleased into it.
The same may be observed of many in our
day.-BiShOp BeUeridge.
Swearing is a superfuity of naughtiness
and can only be considered as a sort of
pepper rent in acknowledgment of the
DEVILS right of superiority Hall.
IT'S singular fact that the words self
ish" and ''selfshness" should be of COM
paratively recent introduction into the
English language They are little more
than 200 years old and were quite I'M
known to Shakespeare and the writers of
his time. They first make their appear
ance in the writings of some of the puri-
tan divines toward the middle of the sew
enteenth century and were remarked on,
sometimes condemned as novelties when
first employed. l say it is a sigular fact
that the words should be so new, seeing
that the thing is so old. - Archbishop
French.
The weakness of the social affections
and the strength of the private desires
constitute Macintosh.
Answer me this question: Is it not as
easy for the sea TO carry the bulkiest ship
as the sea weed or foam it filings on the
Ic for affl
and effulgent sun to bathe a mountain as
mOle-hill in light? Is it not as easy for
this vast earth to carry on its back an alp
as grain OF sand? Just so, believer, it is
as easy for God to supply thy greatest as
thy smallest need even as it was as much
within his power to form a system as an
atomic create blazing sun as TO kindle
a fire fy's lamp.-Gutbrie.
This is fanaticism-when, by thinking
too much of the other world, a man be-
comes unfit to live in this.-BOree.
The best way to reach the masses is to
reach the individuals who compose the
massss. Personalize in this matter. Let
eacn Christian take one non-church-goer.
Prey for the one Beiriend this one
Help this one. Make it plain that his
are such from Indifference on their part
and neglect on ours. By repairing the
neglect we can warm the indifference into
interest. IT'S the force OF habit, and some
times an evil environment that keeps peo-
pie from church. And many are simply
irresolute. AS tho ivy twines around the
oak, SO they need some one who is rooted
and grounded" on whom to lean, that
their growth may be upward.
The failure to reach the masses is due to
the selhshness OF Christians We reach
the carpenter, or doctor, or merchant when
we want him. The contractor reaches the
laborer. The politician reaches the voter
When we are urgent after the souls of
men we shall have no difficulty in reach
ing them. But for this self-denlal is re-
quired-which is the essence of Chris
tianity.
Let preachers remember today that
there is vital difference between a gospel
OF sound and sound gospel.
1t has been well said that the idea of
marriage which some women hold is that
it is simply greater opportunity for self
indulgence. They board because servants
are so much trouble and they themselves
loathe homework. Thus they deprive
themselves and their husbands OF the
sanctities and restraints OF home. They
refuse to bear children because these
would interfere with their freedom OF
movement. They give little time and a.
tention 10 service work or TO charity, be-
cause this would prevent them from travel
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banjo or petting a poodle. Such an
animated doll, made up OF sawdust and
flounces, is a miserable apology for a wife.
The husband OF such an one has our SYM
patty.
Preachers ought to preach what they
believe Even when wrong in it, be
strong in it. When right in it, put might
in it.
A bright writer calls attention to the
value of genuine humor. IT'S a source OF
endless enjoyment to its possessor, while
at the same time it contributes largely 10
social advantage and pleasure. Nor is it
an isolated gift, but indicates rich sensi-
bil:ty of nature, whose diverse is pathos
as broad as it is bright. Mr.. Beecher
presence and absence of humor by the
difference between riding in a wagon
with or without springs.
But desirable as the fine sense and
proper expression of it may be, the con-
slant effort to be funny is another thing.
Condiments have their place on the dinner
table but are are not desirable as the piece
de resistance. Those whose conversation is
made up of perpetual banter and hilarious
effervescence remind one of what WAS SAID
of the restaurants in Paris during the
| Franco-Prussian war-'There were forty
| pots o. mustard to every ounce of meat"
The devil doesn't care how solemn
man looks if he forgets his religion when
trading horses.
In that old-fashioned book, Paley's
Evidences of Natural Theology" re-
marks the Congregationalist, the author
says Engagement is the secret of happi-
ness" He might have added Of health
also. According to an eminent physician,
four-ffths OF the patients in our large
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