The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-06-15
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By a CLERGYMAN.

the universe. He always works In nature,
and in human nature by cause and effect.
Therefore, when we discover a cause We
can at once foretell its effect, relying upon
the immutable and irresistible law. If
this were not so human reason and con-
duct would be utterly confused. Suppose,
as a famous author has suggested, that
Rravitation sometimes acted In one wav
and sometimes in another, 80 that stones
rose at one moment and fell At another.
that the equator occasionally travelled
towards the north pole and then turned
about and invaded the south pole, so that
ehe seasons danced up and down like a
couple in a waltz; that we could never
tell whether we would stand on our feet
or on our head; that we never knew
whether hot water would burn
or cold water would freeze us
that we could place no reliance upon the
sun, the atmosphere, nor on any of the
forces of nature-why, there would be
speedy end 10 all order and the only con-
ISOLATION of our miserable lives would be
that they would soon disappear in the
general chaos.
As things are we can depend with abso-
lutte assurance upon the steady operations
of nature From the cause we reason
with unfailing logic to the effect which
will issue out OF it. II We SOW wheat, We
reap wheat-and not q harvest of sle-
plants. II We build house, We have q
house-and not meadow floored With
daisies A given cause will always pro-
duce given effect.
This law holds In morals. Here, too,
Whatsoever q man soweth, that shall be
also reap" Reason rs well a. scripture
assures us that "he that soweth to the
flesh, shall of the flesh reap
corruption, but be that soweth 10 the
spirit shall of the spirit reap life everlast-
ing"
ANY man Of average intelligence should
know the danger Of putting himself into
temptation. When the temptation to
drink, to gamble. to indulge the passions
unlawfully first accosts him that is the
moment for action. Then he holdsi the
cause in his hand. Then he can control
the effect. II be yields, he soUs the wind
and shall reap the whirlwind.
Just so in spiritual relations. This life
Is a GAUGE. The future life is an effect.
There is nothing arbitrary about future
fetribution. It's as natural, as inevitable
As IL - IOr DuTn 10 Toouib IIOHh
a flame. It we set in motion righteous
causes these will produce righteous effects.
II we set in motion unrighteous causes
lhese will produce sin and sor-
row, remorse and death. Any
pther conclusion is as irrational
as il would be to imagine
that a good tree would bring forth evil
ruit and that a corrupt tree would bring
rood fruit. NO" says Jesus, "a good
jree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither
Fan q corrupt tree Dring forth good fruit.
Wherefore by their fruits We shall know
Them"
In country like ours every citizen is
bound to be interested in politics. He is
a sovereign whose scepter is the ballot. An
intelligent acquaintance with public men
and measures is demanded of him--as
state craft is of a king. Ignorance is
disgrace. Indifference is the unpardon-
able political sin.
The pulpit should emphasize this SUI
preme truth. It's not the function of the
church to dictate regarding specific men
and measures; but il ought TO insist
that the people shall always and every
where be intelligent enough and inter
ested enough to join one party or another.
q mans politics and his religion be like
divorced couple-unmaried?
Reader, if your voice is in harmony
with the grand orchestra of brave souls,
join with Oliver Wendell Holiness in
singing:
God give usmen. time like this demands
Great hearts, strong minds true faith and willing
hands;
Men whom the lust Of Office docs not kill;
Men whom the spoils of Office cannot buy;
Men who possess opinions and will;
Men who have honor; men who will not lie.
For while the rabbe. with their thumb-worn cresds
wrangls in selfish strife-loi freedom wesps,
Wrong rules the land and waiting justice sleeps.
Plato's philosophy is that of deduction :;
Aristotle's is that of induction; Berkley's
Is that of idealism. The philosophy of
Jesus is that of personal character
Thought is nothing, save that as it affects
character; words are nothing-the life is
Everything. Heaven is a state as we'll as
y place. If we would be in heaven here
after we must have heaven in US here.
Hence, while PHILOSOPHERS are outside,
Christ's philosophy is inside. What We
do shows what we are.
The captain of one of the great ocean
cleaners, says the Ledger, gives it as his
experience that "clergymen usually have
the best intentions. lawyers the best use
of their minds, and soldiers and COM
mercial travellers the best tempers."
The first and second facts in tho cap
tain's statement are obvious. IT'S not sur
prising that elergymen should be men OF
pure heart and that lawyers should DOS
sess trained minds. But how does he ex-
plain the third class? His reply is Simply
because these men are compelled to jostle
against their fellows. Peculiarities are
rubbed of by constant friction" They
soon learn the value of good bumor and
the injury of ''crsnkiness.'
Max O'Rell Saws that the next time he
is born he hopes it may be as an Amer
lean woman. By the way. Ru3yard Ksp-
hng badly needs to be "born again."
A quarterly review has just been started
In Boston. the home of isms, In the In
terest of liberalism. It's entitled the Neu
World. One of the writers has an article
on The New Orthodoxy" in which he
pats ON the back Munger, Bascom, Glad.
den and the Andoyer men, but asks why
they welcome the results OF old testament
criticism, and yet show such distrust oil
the criticism of the ueW2 Thev accani