Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-08-15

slate all tha past weeks inconsistencies. You
have no more right to take such n mans life
as n specimen Of religion than you have to
take the twisted irons AMI split ttmber5 that
men Of an American ship. 1t is time that We
| drew line brtween religion an the fraii-
tics o. those wio profess II.
| Ae1;n. ther- may be some OF you who, In
| the r,te:npt a.ter n Christian life, Will nave
10 run az inst powerful pissions anu ap-
pe;i, =. Perhaps it is n disposition 10 anger
thai yol have to conten | n ,i'n,t. an per-
haps. wnile in n very s"r.ous moo ', yon
hear o. 80 net h.n, t1ar III ,S''s you feel that
YOU must swear or di. 1 snoS o. \ Cir.s-
iian man who was once so "xlSp'r y" that
he said TO Il mean customer. 81 ciniJ' swear
nt you mysei, for an member OF tho
church, but ii you viii 70 down stairs my
partner in bu -iness l. swear at yo1." All
your COOL reso'u Lions herstotor, nave been
torn to TAFT r, by explosions OF temper.
Now, there Is no hlr II in getting mad II you
only g-t mn1 ut sin. You neei to bride
ami sad lie these hot breathe pisS:or5. an
with them ride down iniuStic, an wrong.
Thrre are a thousand thing in the world
that we ought to be NAL at. There is no
harm in getting reihot IL you only briAS to
the forge that which needs hammerins.
man who has no power Of righteous in iis-
nation is an iinbecie. But be sure 1t IS \
righteous indignation and not petulancy
that Uiurs and unravels ani dep!etes IL,
soul.
There Is a large class OF persons in midlife
who have still in them appetites that were
aroused in early manhood, at Il time wn"n
they prilei themselves on being 4 "Iiit,e
fast, thigh livers, ''Iree IN easy" mail
fellows well met They are now paying in
compound interest for troubles they collect
ell twenty ysEirs ago. Some OF you are try
ing 20 escape. ani you will, yet very mar.
rowy, "as with the skin of your teetn.
Go IN your own soul only know what tie
struggle Ia. OuniPotent grace LAS Puii.i
out many soul that was deeper IN tls
-,t-" .ha, Won rr'. v '.'r WV ''H'''
~. v, III" r,t, w'n" - ''Hs r'-s
.u,I --,.r 500 -" - sr'~i.ia h''' &c. l
rou ,nis 10y ,,I-r y"'i- 49,; on IN" wron!
and si # mn v GDi vii ""'n v"r. On, the
y.asrr..a ~ la r"r h"!p! H"n " syn
r,tbjz.. or :, w:,i" IN ten 'urn You of.
n you .rsS tor th.;r -,rr I'm. tH''v VIII give
y an I say trav W. try vnI r:iir I'M. fail.
NJ AWAY ,,,rin ~ '"r -. p v.r o t'mHtl-
TON. t,rv ca-t "or ~ fnc'v". "a Go
ror..ve. s"v nv TINS S-v'r-r'. seven
hun Ire t.rns-r''. ton - th'S 'rt Ten
thousan II, tim. ", - moro rarn"s.. more
svmp,tictir, mora r-lU'ul thiI last time thin
when yoG took your first 'n'sIt"n.
I.v-t!, all thu in'urn - fivHr1'ih Tor
ri hi life. nnn makn 60 nlnv mistakes, how
much har Ter il is wha,. for inS'1n'H. some
onn.tita thrrs.s i,s iron crlppla into the
zoos or the ror.-u- an | p1is man down
win han Is o. .iasiru.t;or' II un trr u.h
circurst an.es ne break away. th'r' Will be
no sport in the m lsrt trkinS, no hoit tay en-
ioymcnt but struggle in winch tho wres-
tiers move from side TO side an Den an
twist AMI wntci for An opportunity 10 get IN
n heavier strote until. with ono final effort,
in which the muscles are disteniei, and tho
veins start out, AMI the blood starts. the
swarthy habit falls IN Ter the knee OF the
yictor-escape at last rs with the SKIN OF MS
teeth.
In the last day It will be foua1 that Hugh
Latimer and John Knox and Huss and hid.
lev were not the greatest martyrs. but Chris
tian men who went up incorrupt from tho
communications anl perplexities OF wall
street. Water street, Pearl street. Broad
street State street, Thrill street, Lombard
street and the bourse. On earth they wera
called brokers or 81 took iobbers or retailers or
importers, but in heaven Christian heroes.
No fagots were heaped about their leet, no
inuuisition demanded from them recanta-
tion, no soldier aimed spike at their heart,
but they had mental tortures, compared
vii which all physical consuming is aS the
breath OF n spring morning
find in the community large class OF
men who have been 50 cheated, so lied abouf,
so outrageously wronGed that they nave 1851
faith in everything. Ina world where every
thing seems so topsy turvy they do not see
how there can be any God. They are con-
founded and frenziei and misanthropic.
Elaborate argument to provo to them tne
truth Of Christianity or thetruth OF anything
else touches them nowhere Hear me- All
such men l preach to you no roundei
periods, no ornamental discourse, but put
nv hand on your shoulder AMI invite you
into the peace of the gospel. Here ls rock
on which you may stand firm, though the
waves dash against 1t harder than the At
Iantic, pitching its surf clear above Eddy-
st one lighthouse. DO not charge upon God
al, these troubles of the world. As long as
the world stuck to God, God stuck to the
world. but the earth seeded from His gov
e, nment, and hence all these outraSes and
all these woes God Is good. For many
hundreds Of years He has been coaxing the
! world TO come back to Him. but the more he
has coaxed the more violent have men oeen
! i'm their resistance, and they have stepped
back and stepped bacS until 'hey h"'e
dropped into ruin.
Try this God, ye who have had the b.ood-
hounds after you, and who have thought
that God had forgotten you. Try HIM and
see if He will not help. Try Him and see II
Hewili not pardon. Try Him and see II He
will not save. The flowers OF spring have
no bloom so sweet as the Towering oil Christs
affections The sun hath no warmth com
pared with tho glow OF His heart. Inc
waters have no refreshment IKE tue ioun-
| tain that will s,ase the thirst OF thy soul. AT
| the moment the reindeer stands with ms up
| and nos,r ril thrust into the cool mountain tor
| rent the hunter may be coming through the
thicket Without cracking STICK unuer
| his foot he comes close by the stag, aims his
| gun. draws the trigger, and the poor thinS
rears in its death agony and falls backward,
its antlers crashing on the rocks, but the
n,ntiny heart that drinks from the water
brooks OF Coils promise shall never be fa
| tally wounded and shall never die.