Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1892-04-06

WIN nufnor NJ summer clouds with heat
lightning. John innynn's writings are
NJ full OF harnor as they an ~ saying
truth. and thew II not mn ngcd man
here who has ever read Pilgrims Prog
rs,s> who does not remember that while
reading n hc smiled IA often IA he wcpt.
Chrysc~tom. George Herbert. Robert
smith, John Wesley. George whit.ficid.
Jeremy Taylor. Rowland nm. Nettlc-
tom. George u. Finncy. and all the men
OF the past who grcatiy advanced the
Kingdom III God con~rcratcd their wit
and their humor 90 tho causc OF Christ.
80 II has been In all the agcs. and say
~ Theses young Theological students.
who cluster In these services Sabbath
by Sabbath. sharpen your wits as keen
"a scimvtnrs. and then take them into
this holy war II IN very abort bridg,
between smilc and q tear. sua-
pension bridge from eye 10 lip. and IL IL
soon crossed over and % smile IL some
times just N sacred a. t.,nr. There a
M much religion. and think lite
morc.in spring morning than n star-
icas midnight Religious work without
any humor or wit i'm "a " n banquet
with aide 81 beef, and that raw. and
no condiments and no dessert succeeding
People will not ait down mt snch % han.
puct By all means remove all frivolity
and all pathos. and oil llghtncaa. aud
all vulgarity- strain them on, through
the sieve fholy discrimination. hut. on
the other hand, beware 81 that monster
which ovcrrhndows the Christian church
to-day. conventionality. coming MP from
the Great sahara Desert of ccciesiasti-
cism. having on its back hump 81
sanctimonious gloom and vchemently
refuse to swallow the camel.
Oh. how particular n great many pco-
pie aro about the innnitcsimnls whiic
they arc quite reckless about the mag
nitudcs. What did Christ say9 hid lie
not cxcoriato the people In His timo vii
were 80 careful Ia wash their hands be-
fore meal. but did not waah their
hearts,
II Is n bad thing % have uncienn
hands, 4, IA n worse thing 60 have an
unclcan heart How many people there
are In our time who are very anxious
that after their death they shall hc bur
led with their feet toward tho east. and
not nj all anxious that during their
whole life they should face In the right
direction $50 that they shall come up In
way they nrc buried? How many there
are chiefly anxious that a minister 81
tho Gospel shall come In the line Of
apostolic succession, not caring so much
whether lao comes from Apostle Paul or
Apostle Judas? They have way 81
measuring gnat until II Is larger than
"a camel
Again: My subject photographs all
those who are nbhorrsnt Of small sins
while they are reckless In regard to
magnificent thcfts. You will find
many "A merchant, who. while he n ~
careful that he would not take "a yard
OF cloth or spool of cotton from the
counter without paying for n. and who.
" "a bank cashier should make n mistake
and scnd In roll OF bills five dollar.
too much, would dispatch n messenger
I'm hot haste 10 return the surplus, yet
who will 90 into stock company, an
which. after n while. lac gets control Of
the stock. and then waters the stock
and make 500. 900 appear like 1900, 600.
He only stole fiO0. 900 by the operation.
Many Of the men OF fortune made their
wealth that way. One Of those men.
engaged Ia such unrightcousncss that
evening, the evening OF the very day
when he wntcrcd the stock. will find a
wharf rat stealing an evening newspaper
from the basement doorway, and will %
out and catch the urchin by the collar
and twist the collar 80 tightly the poor
fellow can not say IL was thirst for
knowledge that led him % The dishon-
est act but grip the collar tighter and
tighter. saying ~ have been looking
for you long while; you stole my pa
per four or Eve times, haven't your
You miserable wretch" And then the
old stock gambler. with voice they
can hear three blocks, will cry out:
"Policei Policc!" That same man. the
evening 81 the day I'm which he watcred
his stock. will knccl with his family Ia
prayer and thank God for the prosper
ity OF the day, and then kiss his chill
dren good night with an air which
seems 10 say. II hope You will grow
mp 20 be as good as your fathcr!'' Pris-
ons for sins InsoctiIc In sire, but PAL
aces for crimes dromedsrian. No mercy
for sins aumalcule Ia proportion. but
great leuieucy for n mastOdOn iniquity
II ~ time that we learn in America
that sin Is not cxcusable In proportion
as ~ declares large dividends and has
PhAt hh'fH w f1hlDhKff Many 70 man ~
riding 20 perdition position ahead and
lackey behind. To steal dollar r. q
gnat; W steal many thousands
Of dollars Is a camel. There H. many a
fruit dealer who wouId not consent 70
steal a basket Of peaches from neigh
boris stall. but who would not scrupie
10 depress the fruit market; and a.
long as can remember We have heard
every summer the peach crop 81 Mary.
land - failure. and by the tune the
crop comes In the misrepresentation
makes difference IS millions 81 dol
lars.
man who would not steal one peach
basket steals 5000 peach baskets.
Any summer gs Down into the Mercan.
tile library. In the reading rooms. and
see tho rewspaper reports - the crops
from al parts 81 the cOsntry. and their
phrascolOgy j. very much the same. and
the same men wrote them. nethOdicaily
and UNANIMOUSLY carrying out the huge
lying about the grain crop from year ~
year and Tor score 81 year, After a
while there - CORNER iD the wheat
market. and men who had contempt
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