Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-03-23

BRICKS i2it. that harness szsod. tAxs door
grsiRes. IAa- spout axSl or that w.naew
glazed ~ Satar1ay, knowing ts-&s you
woai4 asither - Aels - d II yourself ler
get any oOe else u Do itf Then. brso-e
God sAad man you are . liar loa mag say
thai II makes 40 particular difference an
thA. 4 yva Lad told gae truth yea q
have lest { ne job, aad tsSE people exp<scs
= Oe disappointed bat th2s excuse VIII
not answer. There IS Voice Of thunder
roIitag among the drills @a3 planes aad
shoe lasts ard shears which says, -A!i h4rs
shall have their part IN the lake thai bera-
EN- vita IRE and birthstone
EclEsIAsrIcAL LIES.
! next notice ecclesiastical lies-thet is,
faIsehoods told for the pErpose % a1vane-
in caarOhes and sects, OF for the parpoSe
Of deplesing them There is no use in
asking MANY /. Calyinist " at al Arminlsn
believes, for he will De apt 70 tell You that
the Arrainisn believes that MAJ can con
vert himself; or 70 ask the Arminisn what
the Caiyiaist believes for he viii tel you
that the Cslyinist believes tina: God made
some men just 10 damn them. There is no
need in asking paedo Baptist what Dap
tist believes. for he will be apt 70 SAY that
the Baptist believes immersion 10 DC posi-
lively necessary 20 salvation. IL IS almost
impossible fo- one denomination Of Chris
tiaas, without prejudice or misrepresenta-
tioa 10 state the sentiment of an opposing
sect. IL nan hates presbyteriSns, and
YOU ask him what Presbyterians believe,
he VIII tell you that they believe that there
are infants in hell a span longi
IL Is strange, also. how indiy ldual
churches will sometimes make misstate-
Inents about other individual churches j,
is especially so in regard To falsehoods told
with reference to prosperous enterprises
AS long Is church is feeble. aud the sing
Ing is discordant. and the minister, through
the poverty c, the church, must 20 with a
threadbarc coat, and here and there a vor-
slipper sits IN the end OF pew, having all
the seat TO himself. religious synpathizers
of other churches viii say, What a pity"
But let a great day OF prosperity come, and
even ministers of the Gospel. who ought to
be rcjoiced at the largeDess and extent Of
the work, denounce and misrepresent and
falsify. starting the suspicion ia regard TO
themselves that the reason they do not
like the corn is because it is not ground in
their own nill How long before we shall
learn TO be fair in our religious criticismsl
The keenest iealousies on earth are church
so large that there is no need that our hoe
handles hit.
SOCIAL LIES.
Next I 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 ut 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 discount.
Word is sent Not at home" when they
are only too lazy To dress themselves.
They say, ''The furnace has just gone out"
when in truth they have had no fire in it
all winter. They apologize for the I'M
usual barrennoss of their table when they
never live any better. They decry their
most luxurious entcrt ailments TO win a
shower of approval. They apologize for
their appearance, as though it were TN
usual, when always ut home they look
Just So They would make you believe that
some nice sketch on the wall was the work
of a master inter-. 1T WIS an heirloom,
and once hung on the walls Of 9 castle,
and n duke gave il 10 their grandfather"
When the fact is that painting was made
by a man down east" and baked 80 as
to mako il look old and sold with others
for ten dollars a dozen. People who will
lie about nothing else will lie about pict-
rre On a small income we must make
the world believe that we are afluent, and
our life becomes cheat, counterfeit and
sham.
Few persons are really natural When
say this L do not mean to slur cultured
manners. II is right that we should have
more admiration Tor the sculptured marble
than for thc lsnkn blocl, of the quarry.
Frcm many circles in life insiRceri.y has
driven out vivacity and enthusiasm. A
frozen dignity instead floats about the
room, and iceberg grinds against iceberg.
You riuss not laugh outright: 1t is vulgar.
You must smile. You must hot dash rapid
ly across the room; you must glide. There
is a round of bows and grins and batteries
and obs. and ahsl and simpering and
nam world of which is not
worth one good, round, honest peal OF
laughter. From such hollow round the
tortured guest rctires at the close of the
evening and assures his host that he has
enjoyed HIMSELF
What a round of insincerities many peo-
pie run in order TO win the favor of the
worlds Thei- life is q sham and their dealt
IN unspeakable sadness. Alas for the poor
butterflies when the frost strikes theml
A COMPARISON OF LIVES
Compare the life and death of such one
with that of some Christian aunt who was
once n blessing 10 your household. / do
not know that she was ever offered the
hand in msrrisge. She lived single. that
! untr.mmeled shc might be cverybodys
blessing Whenever the sick were to bc
visited, or the poor 10 bc provided with
bread, sho went with blessing. She
could pray. or sing Rock OF Ages" for any
sick pauper who asked her. As she got
older there were days when she was a lit
tie sharp, but for the most part auntic was
n sunbeam-just The one for Christmas
eve. She knew better than any one else
how 70 fix things. Her every prayer. "a
God heard it, was fun OF everybody who
had trouble. Inc brightest things In all
the house dropped from her fingers She
had peculiar notions, bat the grandcst no
ton she ever had was TO make you happy.
She dressed well-aun;ie always dressed
well: bat her highest atornment was that
OF meek and quiet spirit. wlssrh. in the
sight Of Uoi is OF great price. When she
died you all gathered lovingly about her,
and ~ yon carried her cut TO rest the Sun
day school class almost covered the coffin
with iapcuicaS, and the poor people stood
81 the snd 81 the alley, with their aprons
TO their eyes. soosiRg bitterly; and the
nan Of the world said. with solomon,
"Ier price wns above rabies" end Jesus.
ne unto the masien in Judea Commanded,
II say unto thee, arsser'
But TO many, through insincerity, this
life il a masquerade hall AS at ssch en-
tertaism.nts r-rflerner and ladies appear
in the dr>~s II kings OF queens. mon stain