The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1894-08-09

eopIe are 70 bs persuaded
y. ely religion, 1t will bs because
sSs lie up their minds it Is a happy
u ley don't like morbid Chris
& zsSs ow thAre are morbi,! noapIo wNo
;SsS heral. They come early to seethn
Ike /" we OF the CORPSE andthey steal
20 the cemetery. hut all healthy people
wedding betterthau they do burial.
you make the religion of Christ
&spulchral and hearselike, and YOU
= make it repulsive. say plant the rose O!
sharon along the church walks and
:olumblne TO Chamber over the church wall,
and have smile on the lip. and have the
mouth filled with holy laughter. There is
40 man IN the worli, except the Christian,
that has right to feela an untrammeled Gee
De Is promised everything is to be for the
best here. and he is on the way to delight
Ehlcn Will take all the PROFESSIONS with palm
branches and all the orchestras harped AMI
eymbaled and trumpeted to express. "Oh."
you say. 81 have so much trouble. 49, -
you more trouble than Paul had? What does
re say? ''sorrowful, yet ALWAYS rejoicing.
Poor, vet making many rich. Having moth
Ing. yet possessing all things" The merriest
laugh think have ev-r heard has been in
the sicGroom OF Gods dear children. When
Theodosius was pat upon the rack, he su!-
Tered very great torture at the hrst.
Somebody asked him how he endured all
hat pain on the rack. He replied: "When
! was first put on the rack, suffered great
Zeal. but very soon young man in white
tood by my side, and With soft and com
ortable handkerchief he wiped the sweat
rom my brow. and my pains were relieved.
It was a punishment for me to get from the
| :ack, because when the pain was all gone
he angel was gone" Oh. rejoice evernorA!
4. You know how il Is in the army-an army in
ancampment. II to-day news comes that
our side has had defeat, and tomorrow
another portion OF the tidines comes, say
.nS We have had another defeat, 1t demoral-
lzes all the host But if the news comes OF
victory to-day and victory tomorrow the
whole army is impassionel for the contest.
Now, in the kingdom OF our Lord Jesus
Christ report fewer defeats tells US the VIC
:ories-victory over sir and death and he'll.
Rejoice evecmore, AMI again say rejoice.
believe there IS more religion in laugh
han in groan. Anybody can croan, but
% laugh in the midst Of banishment and
persecution and indesoribable trial, that re-
1uired David, Daniel. Paul, q modern
heroine.
The next laughter mentioned in the Bible
that l shall speak OF is the FOOLS laughter, or
he expression OF sinful merriment. Solomon
was Very quick at simile. When he makes
.OIuptTlSOu, We III CATCH IL. Nudt IS llo
laughter Of fool like? He says. at Is the
cracking OF thorns under pot" The ket-
tie is swung, bunch Of brambles is put UNI
der it, and the torch is applied to It, and
there is great noise, and Il big blaze, and
sputter and n quick extinguishment. Then
Ii is darker than it WAS before. FOOLS laugh
ter. The most miserable thing on earth is a
bad mans fun. There they are-ten men in
barroom. They have at home wives,
mothers, daughters. Tue impure jest starts
At one corner OF the barroom, and crackle,
,rackie. crackle it goes all around. In 500
Iuch outlaws there is not one item OF happ:-
hess. Tney all feel bemeaned II they have
,ny conscience left. Have nothing to do
With men or women who tell immoral stories.
have no confidence either in their Chris
ian character or their morality.
So all merriment that springs out Of the
lefects of others-caricature Of lame foot,
>r a curved spine, or a blind eye or deaf
.ar-will be met with the ju lgment OF God,
either upon you or upon your children.
iess Of neighbor. NJ = - Wi y