The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-01-04
TH0UGHTSDo
AOfI&
MORAlSE MANNERS
~ A CLERGYMAN.

a conscience void of offense toward God
and toward men"
This is the SUNDAY for good resolutions
made to be broken. The drunkard re-
solves to reform, and then treats his resolu
ton. The miser resolves to unclinch his
fist, and then instinctively tightens his
grip on the silver dollar in his hand until
the eagle on il f1utters its wings in pain.
The sensualist resolves to quit his debas-
ing indulgence, and then goes to
take one last peep into Cyprian
chambers. The grocer resolves
to sell unadulterated commodities, and
then, from sheer force of habit, says:
John, sand the sugar and come IN to
prayers" The sheep In many a religious
pasture resolve not to act 80 strangely
like goats, but deny their nature in vain.
In truth, as Bobby Burns says
Mankind are unco' weak.
And little to be trusted;
IL self the waving balance shake
It's rarely right adjusted.
Recognizing this common weakness of
our nature let us, dear readers, reinforce
ourselves by touching on to the everlast-
ing strength. Forewarned should be fore
armed. Life, which is too short for pleas
ure-seeking. too brief for money-grabbing.
too uncertain for am bition, is long enough
for probation.
Love and duty are the grandest words in
the human vocabulary. Make the first
the motive, make the second the practice
of life, and then as time passes lift David's
prayer: $50 teach us TO number our days
that We may apply our hearts unto
wisdom"
nh RI LAT a
Bitter Cry OF 0utcast London" appeared
a few years ago. public attention was
called to state of affairs in the modern
Babylon which few suspected. Remedial
measures were promptly instituted.
Among others who went into the desolate
confines of darkest London was Hugh
Price Hughes. AS the months have
passed benefactions have sprouted in
this mans footsteps. Aseries of buildings
called the West London mission supplies
a nucleus for his work. In one OF these
on Sunday mornings there is preaching.
while in the afternoons Mr.. Hughes holds
conferences" on the great specific sins of
the age-drunkenness, the social evil,
gambling. and on any and all evils, such
as pauperism, disease, ignorance, war.
On Sunday nights the services take an
envangelistic turn. and sub-meetings are
held for hand-to-hand contact. Lincoln
house, another of these buildings. is
place where philanthropy is made
study. At Wiely house, young men re-
side at Katherine house is domiciled an
order OF Sisters OF the People" at whose
head is Mr. Hughes. At proper intervals
and In appropriate places refreshments
are served and sociaOility prevails.
sTol~o Co. ell ell ha
mission is a wonderful thing. Considering
its youth five years., It's we'll nigh
miraculous.
The Hindoo divines ordain four modes
of life, which are thus denominated:
Brama-charga, Graha-stha, Vana- prastha
and Saunyasa. The followers of the first
mode live in society, but are forbidden its
pleasures. Those of the second are the
housekeepers, who are enjoined to be hos
pitable and to practice every social duty
The third mode is hermitage, and the
fourth a total iorsaking of ali worldly
things-the baldest asceticism. Those
who prefer the latter mode are for the
most part wanderers In the Dharama-
Sastra of Manoo the particular duties of
each class are very flu lv described. Hin
dooism is no jOke-to the Hindoos.
We are entitled neither to honor nor dis
praise by virtue Of our birth. The dispraise
or honor is due to the life we lead Why,
Pope knew this away back IN the reign OF
Queen Anne. and sang:
Honor aud shame from no condition rise
Act well your par, there all honories.
It's difficult TO diagnose a natural pro-
pensity. IL dog were made king would
he not gnaw his shoe straps
A young wife. pretty and extravagant.
was presented on Christmas with q neat
little account-book by her husband, to-
0ether with a sum ofmoney. My dear"
quoth be, now enter on this page all the
money you receive, and on this all your
expenditures" On Saturday he exam
ined the book He found on one page
this concise statement: Received from
Algy Sl00." and on the opposite page this:
spent il all"
Tobacco. says an authority land we
quote his words for the reinsurance of
smokers), has none OF the seductions and
dangers OF either choral, alcohol, hasheesh
VI OpihSI. II AOOo hOb puh W hltODs Dub
it calms and moliies the sensibilltv OF
the organs. Il causes an agreeable torpor,
during which thought continues lucid
and theyeapacity for work is undimin-
ishea. The is its attraction, especially to
thinkers and scholars.
Excessive smoking tends to vitiate the
nervous system--tbere is no donbt about
! that. It's one Of the causes of the new
national disease called Americanitis. All
excessive smokers are dyspeptIcs, unless
We except those who live mostly out of
doors. And the habit. like all habits OF
the kind, tends to excess. The man who
can be moderate is paragon-unless be
! has phegmstic temperament We say
TO ali smokers: Count your cigars.
! If any bfpur readers are looking for
| literary vocation and have any gift In that
| lire, we advise them to devote themselves
10 the production OF devotional reading.
| This is the most needy aud the most open
| field in letters. The number OF writer's in
! any generation, or for that matter in all
the generations, who have done anything
notable in this department are so few
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