Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-04-07

| there Is not an AGED man here who has eve
read Pilgrims Progress" who does no
remember that while reading il he smiles
as often as be wept. Chrysostom. Georg
Herbert, Robert South, John Wesley
George WLitefield, Jeremy Taylor, Pow
land Hill, Nettleton, George q. Finney
and all the men of the past who great,
advanced the Kingdom of God consecrateC
their wit and their humor to the cause Of
Christ.
So il has been in all the ages, and say
to these young theological students, who
fluster In these services Sabbath by Sab
bath. sharpen your wits as keen as scimi-
tiers and then take them into this holy
war. 1t is very short bridge between a
smile and tear, a suspension bridge from
eye to lip. and it is soon crossed over. and
smile is sometimes just as sacred as a
tear There is MS much religion, and ]
think IA little more, in spring morning
than in starless midnight
Religious work without any humor OF
wit in it is banquet with side of beef,
and that raw, and no condiments and no
dessert succeeding. People will not sit
down at such "A banquet. BY all means re-
move all friyolity and all pathos and all
lightness and all vulgarity-strain them
out through the sieve A holy discrimina.
ton: but, on the other Land, beware OF that
monster which overshadows the Christian
church today, eonventionally, coming up
from the Great Sahara Desert of Ecclesi-
asticism, having on its back hump of
sanctimonious gloom-and vehemently re
fuse to swallow that camel
MAMMOTH CRIMES IN TRADE.
oh, how particular great many people
are about the iniinitesimals while they are
quite reckless about the magnitudes
What did Christ sayy Did he not excori-
ate the people IN his time who were so
careful to wash their hands before meal,
but did not wash their hearts, 1t is bad
thing to have unclean hands, it is Il worse
thing 10 have an unclean heart How
many people there are in our time who are
very anxious that after their death they
shall be buried with their feet toward the
east, and nor at all anxious that during
their whole life they should face in the
right direction so that they shall come up
in the resurrection Of the just whichever
way they are buried How many there
are chiefly anxious that minister of the
Gospel shall come in the line of apostolic
succession, not caring 50 much whether he
comes from Apostle Paul or Apostle Judas
They have a way of measuring gnat un
til it is larger than camel
Again, my subject photographs all those
who are abhorrent Of small sins while
they are reckless in regard to magnificent
thefts You will find many merchant
who, while he IS so careful that he would
not take yard of cloth or spool of cor.
ton from the counter without paying for
it, and who II Il bank cashier should make
a mistake and send in roll of bills five
dollars too much would dispatch mes
senger in hot haste to return the surplus,
yet who will 20 into q stock company
in which after awhile he gets control OF
the stock and then waters the stock and
makes 100000 appear like 100000 He
stole only 100000 by the operation Many
Of the men Of fortune made their wealth in
that way.
One of those men engaged in such I'M
righteous acts that evening, the evening
of the very day when he watered the stock
will find a wharf rat stealing an even ne
newspaper from the basement doorway,
and will go out and catch the urchin by
the collar and twist the collar SO tightly !
the poor fellow cannot say that it was |
thirst for knowledge that led him to the |
dishonest net, but grip the collar tighter |
and tighter, saying: II have been looking |
for you long while. You stole my paper |
four or FIVE times, haven't youy You mis- |
cradle wretch And then the old stock |
gambler, with !; voice they can hear three /
blocks, win cry out. Police, policer
That same man, the evening of the day |
on which he watered the stock, viii kneel |
with his family in prayer and thank God /
for the prosperity of the day, then kiss his
children good night with an air which |
seems to say, II hope you will all grow up /
10 be as good as your fatherl" Prisons for
sins insectile IN size, but palaces for crimes
No mercy for sins animal
Guile in proportion, but great leniency for
iniquity.
COLOSSAL LIES ABOUT THE CROPS.
IL is time that we learn in America that
sin is not eXcusable in proportion as it lie
clares large dividends and has outriders in
equipage. Many a man is riding to perdi
ton position ahead and lackey behind
To steal a dollar is a gnat to steal many
thousands of dollars is a camel There is
many fruit dealer who would not consent