The Penn's Grove record., 1894-10-12
PENIS GROVE. N. J.. FRIDAY. OCTOBER u 1894.
down discouraged and almost wish you wer.

-AANS OSAhS " hlC
puts the tinge on the roses cheek, and tn
whtteness into the lily, and the CLEAN on th
wave, n that puts color in the cheek an,
sparkle in the eye, and majesty In the fore
head, and symmetry into the form, am
gracefulness into the gait, but many
through the cry charm of their persona
appearance, have been DESTROYED. What
simperings and affectations and impert.
inences have often been the result
OF that which God has sent as
b'essingl Japonlcas, and he'll
iotropes never a at the beaut,
which God planted in their very leaf, sepai
axil n stamen. There are many flower
that bow down so modestly you cannot SEE
the color In their cheek until YOU lift nj
their head, putting your hand under theii
round chin. Indeed any kind OF person.
attractions, whether they be those OF tn,
body, the mind or the ,.eart, NAV becom,
temptations to pride and drbitrariness nm,
foolish assumption. The NEUROLOGICAL stor,
OF man who, seeing himself mirrored in =;
Stream, became so enamorei of his appear
ance that he died of the effects illustrates
the fatalities under which thousands OF both
sexes have fallen by the view of their own
superiority. Extraordinary capacities cause
extraordinary temptations. Men who have
good moral nealth down In the valley on the
top OF the mountain are seized OF consump.
ton.
Monimta, the wife of Mithrldates, was
btrangled With her own dia1em. While the
most OF Is will not have the same kind Of
temptation that Hadassah must have felt
from her attractiveness OF personal appear
Rnce, there may be some to whom il will 10
an advantage to hold up the character ofths
beautiful captive who sacrificed not her hui
miliiy and earnpsiness Of disposition to the
worlds admiration and fiattery. The chief
secret OF the beauty of the violet is that,
away down in the grass, from one weeks
end to another. it never mistrusts that 1t Is
a violet.
Again, our subject exhibits what religion
may be under bad domestic influences,
Hadassah was snatched from the cody
home into which she had been adopted and
introduced into the abominable associations
OF which wicked Ahasuerus was the center.
What a whirl of blasphemy and drunken
ness n Righteousness! No altar, no pray
er, no Sabbath. no God! II this captive girl
can be q Christian there. then 1t is possible
to be a Christian anywhere. There are
many of the best people Of the worl1 who are
obliged to contend with the most adverse
domestic influences, children who have
grown up into the love Of God under the
frown of parents, and under the discourage
ment of bad example. Some sister OF the
family having professed the faith of Jesus
Is the subject of ~unbounded satire inflicted
by brothers and sisters. Yea, HaAassah
was not the only Christian who had "a queer
husband 1t is no easy matter TO maintain
correct Christian principles when there js a
companion disposed 10 SCOT st them n to
ascribe every imperirc,ion Of character to
hypocrisy. What a hare thing Tor one mem
Der of the family to rightly EGop the Sabbath
when others are disposed e make it a day of
revelry. or to inculcate prcp-iety of speech
In the minds of childrs8 when there are
others to Offset the instructions by loose or
~profane utterances, or TO be regularly In at
tendance upon church when there is more
household work demanded for the Lords
lay than for any secular day. Do l speak to
any laboring under these blighting disad-
vantages? My subject is full Of encourage.
ment. Vast responsibilities rest upon you.
Be faithful, though you stand as much
alone as did Lot in Sodom, or Jeremiah in
Jerusalem, or Jonah In Nineveh, or Hadas
sab in the court of A~hasuerus. There are
trees which grow the best when their roots
slutch among the Jagged rocks, and you yer
[y have but poor soil in which to develop,
but grace is a thorough h~usbandman and
san raise a crop anywhere. Glassware Is
nodded over the fire, and in the SAME way
you are to be fitted as a vessel Of mercy. The
best timber must have on 1t saw and gouge
and beetle. The foundation stone Of yours
and every other house came out only under
crowbar and blast. Files and wrenches and
hammers belong to the church. The Chris
tian victory will be bright just in proportion
as the battle is hot. Never despair being a
thorough Christian in any household which
Is not worse than the court Of Ahasuerus.
Finally our subject illustrates what re-
ligion may be in high worldly position.
The last we see in the Bible Of Hadassah is
that she has become tho queen Of Persia.
Prepare now to see the departure of her
humility and seif-sacritice and religious
principle. As she goes up you may expect
grace 10 go down. 1t is easier to be humble
in the obscure house of her adopted father
than on a throne of dominion. But you
misiudge this noble woman. What she was
before she Is now-the myrtle. hpplaudeo
for her beauty and her crown, she forgets
not the cause of her suffering people, and
with all simplicity of heart still remains a
worshiper of the God of heaven
Noble example followed only by a very
few, l address some who, throughthe good
ness Of God, have risen TO positions OF in
nuence in the community where you live In
law, in merchandise, in medicine, In me-
chanics and in other useful occupations ana
professions. You hold an influence Tor good
Or for evil. Let us see whether, like hadas-
,ah. you can stand elevation. Have you as
much simplicity of character as once you
evidenced? Do you feel as much depend
ence upon God, as much your " weak
ness, as much your accountability for talents
ntrusted, or are you proud n overde-
handing and ungrateful n unsympa-
thetic and worldly and sensual and dev-
ilish? Then you have been spoiled Dy
your success, and you shall not SIT on
this throne with the heroine OF my text. In
the day when Hadassah shall come to the
grander coronation, In the presence OF
Christ and the hammered hosts of the re-
deemed, YOU will be poor indeed. Oh, there
are thousands of men who can easily endure
10 be knocked down OF misfortune who are
utterly destroyed II lifted up OF success.
Satan takes them to the top OF the pinnacle
of the temple and shoves them on. Thelr
head begins to whirl, and they lose their
balance and down they go.
While last autumn all through the forests
there were luxuriant trees, with moderate
out branch and moderate height pretending
but little, there were foliage shafts thai shoI
far up, looking down with contempt on the
whole forest, clapping their hands In the
breeze and shouting, "Aha, do you not WISE
you were as high up as we areT' But last
week a blast let loose from the north CANT
rushing along, and graphing the boosting
oaks hurledthem TO the ground, m as they
went down an old tree that haC
been singing psalms with the thun
der a hundred summers cried out, 'Prid'
soeth before distinction and a naughty spiri
before a fall" And humble hickory ant
pine and chestnut that had never said thei
prayers before bowed their heads as much a
TO say, "Amenr
My friends, "Good resisteth the proud
but giveth grace to humble" Take fror
my subject encouragement. Attempt tn
service OF God whatever your disadvantages
and whatever our lot let US seek that grac
which outshone all the splendors OF the pal
aces OF Shusham.