Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-04-26
PRIDE OF THE WORLD.
Chrlsts Living Rebuke TO a Great aud
Productive Sin.

in the New testament, butlt IS IN very /
bad company where it does occur. The /
Saviour saws: out Of the heart OF 4
men proceed evil thoughts. adulteries, |
murders. thefts. covetousness, wicked /
ness. deceit. lascivieusness. an evil eye /
blasphemy, pride. foolishness. Paul, !
using the adjective, says: ''Men shall I
be lovers of their own selves, covetous- |
boosters, proud, blasphemous, DISC
bedient to parents unthankful, UNI
holy. without natural affection, truce !
breakers, false accusers, monument !
fierce, des2isers Of those that are good, |
traitors, heady, lovers Of pleasure
more than lovers of God having a
form of godliness but denying the
power thereof" And John puts to-
rether ethe lust Of the flesh, the lust
Of the eyes and the pride Of life. "
No affection or sin could be in worse
company. II is IN a nest Of vipers 1t
is itself whole brood Of vipers. For
/ the receptions, frauds, shams. Jeal-
/ ousies. envyings, strifes, resentments,
bitterness and hatreds Of life generally
1 belong to it. 1t is as many-headed as
/ the Lernean serpent that Hercules was
/ set to kin. and it is just as hard tokill
I Men are proud when they are pulled
up by success. and they are proud when
] thev are put down by disappointment,
\ The man at the top of the ladder looks
down at the man at the foot of the lad
\ der with pride and contempt, and the
man al the bottom looks up at the man
at the top with pride and hate. This
is the principal difference between
the upper classes and the lower
classes When they ch nge places
their pride remains and hate is
turned to contempt. The woman who
rides in splendid equipage may be
vain. The woman who looks at her
from the sidewalk may be envious;
both are proud. The one is pride on
wheels. the other pride on foot No
doubt some people go to church TO dis
play their fine clothes, but many more
STAY at home because they do not have
fine clothes
Pride makes most Of our wants. 1t
does not take much TO keep out the
cold, but it does take much to keep up
with the fashions. We could probably
keep Just as warm in mud or sod
houses as in palatial stone fronts; and
the little old-fashioned windows would
let in as much light as now gets in
through three thicknesses of shades
and lace curtains. but then it would not
be so gratifying to pride. 1t does not
take much to feed our bodies, but it
does take much to feed our pride. II
has "A great mouth, hungry eyes and an
appetite which grows on what it feeds
upon. The wife of man who was
many times millionaire went abroad
and in two Of the worlds great capitals
lived in splendor which eclipsed royal
tv. But it was not enough. She must
have title for her daughter, and SO n
man with a great title, a small soul
and bad record was found and the girl
and the money went for the bauble.
And now the daughter has fled to her
native country to escape her marital
misery. This is an extreme case, but
human pride runs that way. 1t is
never satisfied as long as there is any
thing above or beyond it, Give it the
power and it would dethrone God Him
self
II also makes much of our trouble
and sorrow. 1t is not often that the
body gets a blow which hurts, but our
pride gets hit and hurt everyday. Peo-
pie are more miserable because they
have not realized their proud ambi.
tions ana kept up with somebody else
than because they are hungry or sick
But what is worse, pride spoils ou
goodness. We do not like the humble
way OF doing good. We like state oc-
casions. to be on important commit
, tees. and better still to be at the head
! of them. and ito come to the front
when anything unusual is going on.
A great sweeping movement will
plenty of prominence and eclat is what
suits MS best. 'Slum work." from
house 10 housed Deliver us! FIVE ge
crossed and our plans are no
carried out, then there is trouble. Mos
Of the church difficulties and griev
ances are due to the fact that all car
aot have their own way. Offended
members, members with sores anC
grievances, if hunted right dowr
to an honest acknowledgment of theii
.eal trouble would have to admit in
I majority of cases, that wounded prid,
at the bottom of it all.
And these things are 50, because Chris
tians do not consider how sinful prid'
is. God resisteh the proud, it is said
There is no sin against which God ha
set Himself with more severity. Pub
licans and sinners could readily fnt
access to the Saviour. But the prid
of the Pharisee stirred the wrath ever
! Of the Lamb.
1t is the less exeusable also becaus
the Saviour has done SO much through
example, teaching and eDduement t