Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-01-30

H. natlaf a r. nldo lbe ueathef, eha
el,ce IA tbo ti8sa foins az 4 very late
bous ~ si,a host and boaiess md assufl
Ins Them fhat you have hnd . most de
Iiehlfui evening. and then passinF Gown
III me front sleps, The eiain n the doof
tl,s only satisfaction n the evening.
ceotar rms HSf eocfffg.
IN. eouna man. como ffoIn tho conn.
NV to ehend your days IN city life, wbefe
ara yon eoifg 70 epehd your eyeniiigsf
ia me TN yo5i while there nre many
oiarfa n innocent worldly anueemett,
i IA most wise for yvu 70 throw your
body. mind aud eoul into Christian soci-
etv. Come 10 me ~ the close Of hve
veata nud toil me what has been the re.
s,jt ~ thia advice. Bring with you the
vonne man who refused 10 take the nj.
e,ce ana who went into sinful amiise-
pnnt. fIe will como dissipated, shabby
i, at,nareI, indispofed 10 look any one IN
Inc eyes, moral character 30 per cent.
III. You win come with principle set.
tied. countenance frank, habits good. sonl
saved aud all The inhabitants OF heaven
from the lowest angel up to tho arch.
angel and clear past him 20 the Lord
God Almighty, your coadintors.
This Is not The advice of y misanthrope.
There Is no man In the house to whom
the world is brighter than II Is 10 me- II
IA not the advice Of n dyspoptic--my di.
gosiion is perfect. II is not the advice OF
man who cannot understand JOKE or
who prefers n funeral: II is not tho nd
viceof n wornout man. but the advice
of N man VINO can Gee this world In all
ia brightness. and, considering myself
competent In Judging what is good
cheer. tell the multitudes Of young men
IN this house this morning that there Is
nothing In worldly association so grand
and 40 beautiful and so exhilarant as In
Christian society.
| know there Is n great deal OF talk
about the self denials OF the Christian.
have TO tell you that where the Chris
iian has one self denial the man OF the
world has thousand self denials The
Christian 10 not commanded TO surrender
ANYTHING that il worth keeping. But
what docs a man deny himself who de-
MES himself the religion OF Christ lie
denies himself pardon of sin; he denies
himself peace OF conscience; he denies
himself the Joy Of the Holy Ghost; he
denies himself comfortable death pill
low: ho denies himself the glories OF
heaven. Do not talk to me about the
seIf denials of the Christian lifei Where
there Is one In the Christian life there
are n thousand in the life Of tho world.
"Her ways are ways Of pleasantness.
Again, | find a great deal of religious
sunshino in Christian and divine expla-
nation. To great many people life Is
IN inexplicabo tangle. Things turn out
differently from what was supposed.
There In u useless woman In perfect
health. There Is an Industrious and
consecrated woman complete invalid.
Explain that There il n bad man with
s30. 600 OF income. There Is good man
with $500 Of income, Why Is thati
There Is foe OF society who lives on,
doing all the damage be can, to seventy
Eve years OF age, aud here is Christian
father, faithful in every department OF
lifc. ut thirty-hve years taken away by
death, his family left helpless. Explain
that. Oh, there il no sentence that Of
toncr drops from your lips than this: 81
cannot understand II. cannot under
stand IT,"
THE JoYa OF RELIGION.
Well. now. religion comes in just at
that point with its illumination and its
explanation. There is business man
who has lost his entire fortune. The
week before he lost his fortune there
were twenty carriages that stopped at
the door of his mansion. The week after
he lost his fortune all the carriages you
could count on one finger The week he
fore financial trouble began people all
took off their hats to him as he passed
down the street. The week his financial
prospects, were under discussion people
Just touched their hats without anywise
bending the rim. The week that he was
pronounced insolvent people just jolted
their heads ms they passed, not tipping
their hats at all. and the week the sheriff
sold him out all his friends were looking
In the store windows as they went down
past him.
Now. while the world goes away from
man when no Ia In financial distress,
the religion of Christ comes TO him and
says, "You are sick and your sickness
is to be moral publication, you are be
reayed; God wanted In somc way "a
take your family to heaven, and he must
begin somewhere. and 80 hc took tho one
that was most beautiful and was most
ready TO go." do not say that religion
explains everything in this life, but do
say il lays down certain principles which
are grandly consolatory. You know
business men often telegraph In ciphers,
Tho merchant in San Francisco tele-
graphs 10 the merchant In New York
certain information in ciphers which nc
other man In that line OF business can
understand, but the merchant IN San
Francisco has the key 10 tho cipher, and
the merchant in New York has the key
10 tho cipher, and on that Information
transmitted there are enterprises inyolv'
ing hundreds Of thousands of dollars.
Now tho proyidences Of life sometimes
seem TO be a senseless riglnarole, a mys
terious cipher. hut God has a key TO that
cipher. and the Christian key to that
cipher. and, though he may hardly b,
able TO spell ont the meaning. he geti
enough Of the meaning 60 understand
tina, " is for the best. Now Is there no,
sunshine in THAR Is there not pleasur,
la thatl Far heyond laughter, II is near