Montgomery County sentinel., 1891-07-10
Good and Evil Suita bly, Rewarded,


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The Great Law Book states with unerring
distinctness the difference between the two
classes which divide the race. Correspond
ent to character is adjusted proper compen-
sation. Out of evil only evil can come, till
taken in hand by the Supreme Ruler, and
destruction the evil-doer. 1t is doctrinal
teaching, confirmed by all experience, that
special, heavenly recognition and favor are
given those who revere God and practice
holiness. Without statement the eternal
necessity of the fact is perceived. If there
be any where in this universe fo rec oper-
ating in favor of good morals, purity, be-
nevolence, and all the attributes which dis
tingnish celestial brings, its whole tendency
and intention must be to attract toward it
and foster, and develop, and multiply kin
kred, even if ever so feeble, moral agents.
God is only the short name for good. That
He espouses, directs, and champions the
cause of good men is therefore stated not as
a poetization, but as a fact demonstrable,
and worthy to influence the lite.
The divine judgments are not governed
by, but accord with, the law of cause and
effect. The happiness of the just man is in
an important sense procured by himself.
does not require the adoption of that false
dogma attributing to the human creation
liberty which amounts to license; but the
granting of that restricted freedom which,
while not producing automatons leaves God
sovereign. 1t violates no inspired utter
ances TO say that with limited freedom man
may plant tree whose fruit may slay him
self and children nor that the same liberty
may be used to rear grateful shade under
which they all may rest There is moral
sequence as natural. LaZiness brings pov-
erty and rags; industry yields competence
and comfort. Drinking leads to drunken
ness, and drunkenness to woe; abstinence
saves health, morals, character, manhood,
and brings health and happiness to heart and
hearthstone. Till the whole frame of natural
law experience revision, the man must be
less than natural who thinks he can SOW
the wind and not reap the whirlwind.
The special and gracious provision for
just men is far reaching, ,comprehending the
present and the future; Close relationship
with the Author of oil goodness ensures all
the interest and the exercise Of requisite en-
ergy to effectuate the pre- determined end.
In the present they are mysteriously but
none the less maniiestly and happily guided.
Consciousness of the truth may oftenest be
absent; experiences and their sum confirm
beyond all question. Where known and
appreciated IL becomes the source of highest
happness-perhaps of all real happiness
men enjoy. For, if the guidance be divine,
no mistake can occur in the way so chosen.
The human ignorance, The perverted choice,
which result in disappointment and ruin,
are substituted by omniscience operating
through love. Nothing is harder to under
stand than the paradox of blessed abtSction
yet it is reconciled by estimating all the
issues If the man comes out of the trial
every way bettered, If his affections are
purer, his aspirations higher, his purposes
nobler, his benevolence larger, his vision
clearer, his conceptions truer, his wishes
worthier, his spirit humber, his devotion
greater, could any commissioned angel have
brought him from the treasury of heaven a
richer gift than that disguised in suffering.
The secret is not In possession but in use;
not whatare the means but what will be the
end. The resolution of much difficulty lies in
accumulated knowledge What multitudes
have acknowledged with ever augmenting
gratitude the goodness and kindness of God
in Mooarting some of their darling hopes,
their cherished plans How many have
blessed him on their knees that they did not
win the woman whose favor was once
thought utterly indispensable to happiness,
if not to life How many that a ruined for
tune turned from the lustful pursuit of
riches--that whirlpoolinto whose engulfng
vortex thousands have been lured-and di-
rected their attention to the laying up of
treasure beyond the reach OF thieves and
corrosion. How many that shattered health
gave pause, and led TO contemplation, re-
lifting in soul health, and final life of soul
and body With q thousand other cases.
sfNf tor alu
composition necessitates unlikeness In bless
ings. Only the minor part of life is spent
in the present; therefore equality of rewards
depends upon futurty. The gateway to
the rewards in reversion is esteemed by
most TO be terrible. When Cr9sus, the
richest of kings, exhibiting the treasures Of
his royal palace TO Scion had expected him
to pronounce their possessor the happest of
mortals, he was amazed at the reply that
"no man can be considered happy till after
DEATH" But the Sage of Greece would not
deny him to be the happiest of men who,
when the shadows piling mark the bound
ary of life, has nothing to do but to die.
Let 1t be remembered, however, that the re-
wards of conscientious well doing are not all
deferred. 1t is often given man here TO
see and rejoice in the resul Is of manly and
heroic striving. Interruptions to his peace
must needs come through weak understand
ings and currupted hearts; but as the muddy
creeks tinge only the borders of the majestic
river, and lose their own foulness in the
washings Of the pure and constant flow, his
own enduring rightness will finally subdue
the wrong.
In like manner, and Obeying the same
fixed law, evil is sure of its present and
eternal dues. Lille has no genuine pleasure
To the evil doer. Bravado cannet SUCCESS
fully conceal the unrest, the conscious guilt,
the anticipation of retribution. The boy
whistles In the graveyard at midnight not
because be is courageous but because he
lacks courage. With true bravery noise
were supernuous. Plentiful policy may
hide deep deviltry; studied polish cover
brutality the smiling deceiver prejudice
against the outraged man Of openness and
honesty i1still, the wrong-doer is not happy
Roses Will turn TO ashes on his lips. The
troubled sea, to which his life is likened,
ceases not TO cast up mire and dirt: Justice,
at last, is done, and the reckoning and retr-
button come in the same hour The evil
and the good must have suitable reward
One of the grandest pic MICS of the season
will be held in Mrs. Hilton's grove, Damas-
Gus, on Saturday, July the 18th, 1891, com
mencing at 10 A. NJ, proceeds to be used in
improving the streets In said town. Plenty
Of goods music, vocal and Instrumental. Ad-
dresses by prominent speakers, also game
Of base ball in the evening for the cham
pionship of the 18th district and Spauldng's
ball and bat as prize. Refreshments served
by the ladies' All are invited.
Chance for a Gold Watch.