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

nRf"uss we tcndeucy - N cuUuoe elm -
proportion ~ 10 IL mAmnoth- Eve
John Milton la his "Par~diss LosAs
while no condemns Satan, g,vca each =
grand description Of him you have hss8
work "a suppress your admiration. o..
this straining cut Of small sins Ike
rnst-. aud this gulping down Rrsss
iniquitiea like casneis.
The subject does not give the picture
"f one err two persons. but Ia . gallery
In which thousands OF persons may sss
Their hkenca@cs. For instance all those
pcoplc who. while they would nos rot
their neighbour Of n fsrthinR, appropri-
ate the money and trcasurs of the pub
lie. A man has house Ia sell, and he
tells his customer II In worth ca. 900.
Next day the a~.cssor comes around anA
tho owner says n worth els, 900.
The government 81 the United States
took OF the tax from personal incosns.
among other reasons because - few
pcopl. would tell tho truth. and nsnys
man with nm income of hundreds OF dsl-
lars day mndc statements which
sccuncd ~ imply no VIVA about 70 -
handed over To- the ovcracer Of tho poor.
Careful to pay their passage from LAvss-
pool To- New York. yet smuggling In
their Saratoga trunk t.n ailk dresses
from Paris, and half dozen watches
from Geneva. Switzerland, telling the
custom.houar officer on Ia. wharf.
There II nothing In that trunk hue
wearing apparel" and putting nvo-
dollar gold piece In his hand 10 punets-
ate the statement
Dcsoribcd Ina the text are all thoSe
who arr particular never 10 break tho
law OF grammar. aud who want all
Their Language an elegant specimen Of
syntaS. strninipR out all IN. inaocura-
oics OF speech with ino siov. ~ liter
AIRY criticism. while through their con-
vcrsatlon To Islander and innucndo ana
profanity and fslschood larger than q
whole caravan 81 cnmclA. when they
might better fracture every law 81 the
language and shock their intellectual
taste, and better let every verb scois In
vain for It's nominntivc, oand every noun
for Ia government, and every prcpoaL
tion lose its way In tho sentence, and.
ndjcctivcs and participie. and prunouns
get into grand riot worthy OF th.
Fourth ward election day than commits
moral inaccurscy. letter swallow
1000 gnnt- than camel
Such persons are al-o describcd In tho
text who are very much alarmed about
the small faults &c othcrh, aud have no
alarm about their own great tranagres-
sions. There are In every community,
and In every church. wstch-dogs who
feel called upon IN keep their eyes ON
others and growl. They arr full OF sus-
picionS. They wonder 10 TINT man In
not dishonest, n that man In moi un-
clean. IN there N not something wrong
about the other man. They are always
the first Ia hear Of anything wrong.
Vulturcs are always the first W smsli
carrion. They are sslf-appointed de-
tectivca.
lay this down M n rule without any
exception. that those people who have
the most faults themselves are most
mcrciless In their watching others.
From scalp of head 10 sole ~ foot they
are full 81 j.alousics and hypcrcritie.
Is'ns. They spend their lives Ia hunt
ing for Rocky mountain eagles, always
for something mean instead Of some
thing grand. They look nj their neigh
bors' iinpcrfectioDs through microscope
and look at their own inn
Projections through . telescope
scope upside down. Twenty faults ~
their own do not hurt them half 40
much as ono fault Of soneba,ly else.
Their ncighbors' impcrfections are like
gDats, and they strain them out; their
own imperfcctions are like camels and
they swallow them.
But lest any might think they escape
the scrutiny Of the text. I have 81 tell
yoUt that we all come under the Divine
satire when we make the questions %
time more prominent than the questions
Of eternity. Come now, let ns ali 20 in
W the confessional. Are mt all tempt
ed W make the question, where shall
I live now2 greater than the question.
Where shall I live fDrevcr2 How shall
get more dollars hcre2 greater than the
question. How shall lay sp treasurrs
Ira Heaven? The question. How shall I
pay my debts % man7 greater than the
question, How shall meet my obi
cations % GOd7 the auestl0n.
How shall I gain the uOrid7 great
er than the question. what IL 4
iOse my soul3 the question, Why did
God let sim come into the ~Osid7 greater
than the question. How shall get ID
extirpated from my nasure? the cues
tion. What shall do with the twenty
or forty or seventy years ~ my sublap
mar existeDcs7 greater than the quea-
tiOB, what shall do Nbth thc millions
Of cycles u my pos,~tsrressrfaI exisa.
isteDcef Time. how small IL IA,
Eternity, ho~ vasa ~ isi Tns
former more insignificant In cotnpari-
son with the latter than gnst IL iasis.
nifieant when cOupased with camel.
We lodged the text We said, That
dossn't mean H@. and that doesn't mean
me" and with q raJooos benevolenos
ve are giving The ~koAe sermon sx1y.
But let us All ssrreBsser ~ the charge.
What an ADD sbost things here. What
poor prePsratiOs tor great etsrnity.
As though a nsifnOYv were larger thar
bchcmoth. "A though a swallows took
wider circuis slsan an aibatrs@s, ~
though = nefsie were taller than Tseha-
non esdar. ~ tAs.sgh gnst were greases
than a carmel. ~ though a minute wero
longer thNa = o~ntnry. IS lhOueA tirae
were higher. deeper broader DAN esssr-
nifty - th~ text which fnahed With
lightning a via a. Christ uttered Il. h
followed ~ ths crashing thundess a
awful catssssupbs h. those $40 as<s