The Newtown bee., 1894-12-28

ana eApcCClUS SoUu HdIVCsb. DuG bucIc are other laws of His besides these. plain and simple laws of seasons. These, too, are laws of God-laws of worship, rever- ence, love, health, temperance, honesty, purity, contentment, statesmanship; laws which are thus simply summed up: "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, with all thy soul, and with all thy strength and with all thy mind. and thy neighbor as myself" What "hearts" should the people of this coun- hearts brave enough to bring them far from home to labor upon virgin soil !! What hearts the men and women of this country have shown themselves to have in the patient struggle against difficult ties, invincible in the patient struggle against difficulties, invincible in their perseverance, conquering as it were ssbe- cause of their importantly !" What hearts to fight against oppression, enduring all things for the righteousness of their cause. What "souls" they have! I'm mortal souls, for which Christ died!
 What strength to work the liveloDg day; what strength, when 'sthe fear of them and the dread of them is upon every
 beast of the earth, to govern and control them at their will. What 'sminds," to | meet their necessities with the inventions
 which tighten their labor! What an of- tering of "hearts," ard ''souls" and | sstrength" and mind has every strong
 man and woman who labors in any way | to give to the love of God and of his
 neighbor, his brother whom God has
 made and redeemed. And will any of
 you, Gods laborer's, dare to use these
 kingly strength, these fertile minds, to
 break Gods laws? Shall the strength of
 your heart and mind and soul be given
 deliberately to fight against Gods will.
 There is many a worker in Gods world
 depending absolutely for his very life
 upon the due ordering by God of the
 forces and laws of nature, and yet the
 name of God and His wondrous myster-
 ies seems never in his heart, and only on
 his lips in blasphemy! He will over-tax
 his 'sheart," his "soul," his tstrength, :"
 his ''mind,' by neglecting Gods Rest
 day !? His seeming good will and love for
 his neighbor is only a profession, pre-
 tence, that he may thereby the better
 oyerreach him. God forbid that the
 fruitful land" in which we dwell should
 have such self-appointed stewards. If
 the providence of God is to order His
 laws of nature for our prosperity, we, | His working men, must in our turn bend
 our heart and mind and soul to keep His
 other laws of worship, reverence, love,
 health, temperance, honesty, purity and
 contenment, etc. If otherwise, we know
 what we may expect, IA fruitful land rmaketh He barren for the wickedness of
 them that dwell therein."
 But have wronged you so far. have
 been appealing mostly to your self-inter-
 est, to your longing for prosperity and
 for temporal and eternal happiness. l
 have spoken as if there were to be a kind
 of bargain between God and you: You
 to keep His moral laws, He in return to
 order the laws of nature to your liking.
 That we challenge God to disturb the due
 order of natures laws by breaking His
 moral law must be true, but there are many of you who, without the motive of
 hope or fear,-nay, even though the loss seems hitherto greater than the gain gain or loss, yet will
 | "Do the work that's nearest,
 | Tho it's dull at whiles,''
 with single heart and aim, with grave
 thoughts and deep sense of present re. sponsibility. As Gods laborers, you
 have a great, noble responsibility a , precious s'talent,'' for which you must give account. What responsibility to , be Gods laborers, stewards of part however small of the work of His world , to call part of your fruitful land youl [ own. What grave fear, lest your swick , edness, or that of your neighbor, should cause Gods heritage, the fruitful land. ? to become ssbarren.''
 r There will be those among you who g without looking for reward, but only fol g the ssfree gift' which God may give you will realize what noble work you have l as Gods labOrers; what sacred trust il
 is to be allowed to ssimprove" what Goo g has made. These will seek Gods grace g to enable them to be worthy of thei trust. They will show how they value v their commission in Gods service bJ 7 standing out as strong and faithful sol diers of Christ; they will preach to oth CTS by the bright example of g Godly, 2 } manly, an honest life-thcir standard anG , measure not the low standard and meas , ure of the world, but the manliness O1
 Jesus Christ. They will seek for helI , from God even in the smallest details o1 life, in prayer; they will come fol strength to the means of grace. Sundays will be precious to them, as the days when the fountains of 'sliving water play freely in the garden of the world, The church services will bring to them , the spiritual food of the body and blood of Christi God sends us in Connecticut many laborers such as this, working men
 and women of Jesus. History is now
 giving to this country g glorious name. Such citizens alone can make it forever glorious, with a record not only in sthe Ipages of history, hut in the ssbook of life.'
 Il Some there are whose call is to SOW for the harvest of souls. But such men as
 have described are also workers for the glory of Christ and the spread of His Kingdom. Their straight lives testify of Christ; they preach Him by their lives