The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-04-19
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MORALS % MANNERS
~ . CLERGYMAN

While IL Is true that ministers are only
men, human and fsllible like their fell
lows; and while il is true that Christians
do not pretend TO % saints. 1t is also true
that eleraymen, as types OF believers, are
under Obligation 10 cultivate a high and
holy pattern OF character.
Are they sent to call men to repentance
Then they should make it clear By their
own way oi living that they have them-
selves rspentsd. 10 thew summon others
20 q conseergted liie2 But who will hear
ard heed them Il they give no visible
proofs OF being consscratod2 When they
urge men 20 fellow Jesus. and emphasize
the duty OF doing go wha, shall be said II
these exhorters Of others 40 themselves
in the WAYS OF the world, the flesh, and
the devil
An Inconsistent and ungodly ministry
is 4 moral ueslitence. Brother preachere.
avoid vanity a hin we easily TALL into.
GIVE no last reason for charge Of l-1i-
ness. Re so far from self-indulgence that
YOU she!l be known for your selt-denial.
Set = guzrd at tha gates Of speech and
bavonet back any and every tendency 20
gossip. Have the courage OF your con
yictious and speak out. as the AMBASSADOR
of God should. whether men will hear or
forboaT. Paw your debts; carelessness In
nscuniary matters II n grieviOus fault
which hangs the ways OF Zion in mourn
ing. Discard such manners az shall cause
gentle hearers 20 say or think. no IL not
a nice man. An eminent authority an
msttors OF ministerial etiquette has we'll
said that an evidently worthless minister
Il. Il In T. ~
Gers others and brings sacred calling
into disreputs II be DO settled ne Is
worse than plague which kills It's quota
and is gone, Tor hs ,s a stationary curse IN
spiritual and eternal things. II he move
about he IL like one who carries with
him the worst conceivable injection.
The dean Of Armagh, IN sharp and
nervous sentence. paints tho creduhty Of
lnfdels. who 10 their denisl OF tbs truth
" tho new Testament, hold that liars pro-
.laimed messiah who came into the
world to bear witness 20 the truth; that
the nshlaas ami most spiritual OF ali
cresis was conceived and propaRated by
lOW-mindsd sHind ers, and that a group
of homsly men were gisd 10 suffer the loss
of all things. evOn life itself. IN order TO
glorifv a dead man by sscribing powers TO
him which they knew be had not pos
sessed."
The uuspeakabls Turk IS st il again
AdvIces from Constantinople show that il
IL a common occurrence Tor Turks psrtic-
ularlv IN Armenia. 20 kidnap Christian
girls and dispose Of them 20 tie ovrars OF
harems. When relatives or friends move
10 regais them they ere met and stopped
by the claim that the girls have become
NOLAN medans, and that 0nds u.
The existencs Of Turkey in Europe IS $
political suachrcnlsm. The sultan would
be driven out 81 C0nstent'nople tomorrow
before breakfast were IL not for the zeal.
ousy which the great European powers
feel toward one another, AND their
mutual dread OF the international cOmph-
cations which would follow ms departure.
But ou'ragss lie thego now being in
flicted upon an innocent Christian pOpu-
laton by the Turks, with the knowledge
and consent OF their government, will
hasten the exit OF these barbarIans. God
speed the day
The Rev. Dr. Lield. writing from Tan
giers. Morocco, to his paper. the Eropgdia.
describes visit which he nsdo 70 the
prison there blacker hole than the
historic black hole OF Calcutta The
description is 800 long 20 quote butt re-
yeals Q sort OF prison discipline which,
though very effective. cannot be recon-
mended for adoption anywhere outside OF
Africa. lis not by chains, nor logging,
nor the dar cell, nor solitary confinement.
that prisoners are subdued 10 Tangers
They employ something moro effectuRl
than any or all OF these; something that
soon brings the most hardened wretch
who ever lifted his hand aRsins. God or
man to bic Enees-sidrWfiJn' The prison
allows no food whatever Prisoners who
get It must rely on iriends beyond the
walls, or else must sarn il. They cauuos
earn half enough to feed them. Hence il
their friends fail them they literally stsrve
10 deatb-as thsy do, any how, if they are
refractory. ia which oaee al. allowances
are cut oil.
NJ Raoul Allior, professor in the Uni
vers,ty OF Paris. 10 recent article on the
late NJ. Renan, shows that he undermined
the morality Of the young men OF France
by removing the highest inducements &c
virtue In lS4S. at the time of the rup
tuYe with the church, Rsnsn expressed
this sentiment. with which he seems dur.
inc the rest of hIs life 20 have been con.
sistsnt: Il consider that for the future
the word moral will becomeim proper and
be replaced by another. For many years
| substituted the word 'esthetic. In
ookine at al action 1 ask whether il il
pesutiful or ugly, rather than whether II
good or bad"
The truth is that Renan was a resur
scted Greek OF she classic era. He hac
he Creek love OF form and color and phys