The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-06-14

citizenship IN heaven. Look at tile
free institutions TO be maintained and
perfected. Education in its broadcast
and best sense, to the widest extent and
In the highest possible degree, 10 be
made the possession OF all. Great moral:
problems bequeathed by the past, or
starting up anew along the lines OF pro-
gress, TO he met and settled on the only
true eternal basis of Christian ethics
Relations OF national aud international
character and Importance to he founded
upon the principle OF the Golden Rule
and conducted on the policy OF Peace
on earth and GLORY to God in the
highest Whatsoever thy hand
tindeth to do do it then, with thy
might. The length OF your life signis
hes nothing, but what use you make OF
the life you have, whether long or short
Time and space are but names of ab
stractions. Deeds are realities the
immortal sonI is the supreme fact Aim
then, so to live, that each day WILDE
an eternity each hour an epoch, each
moment crisis, each opportunity m
open gateway into the kingdom Of God
The third thought suggested by this
question Is thatot Great Responsibility
ty, Mordecai would remind his cousin
Queen that as she stood in such near
relations to the King, and held suctl.a
place OF power and influence at Court.
her responsibility wasintiniteiy increase
ed; 1t she proved unequal TO the occi.
sion, and failed iii the performance Of
her duty, her condemnation would be
all the more severe MS the result Of her
disloyulty to duty, and her Sinking 81
responsibility. There she stood the
favorite Queen o. the realm, placed
there OF God, for what For a mere
pet and plaything, for easy times and
idle hours, for fashion and dress. and
mere frivolous display. God forbid
Her position was one OF tremendous ri
sponsinility. Who could intercede SO
successfully before the King, or exert
such powerful influence az Court as
the Queen OF Queens in all the realm y
As delicate and frail as may have been
this yo mug aud lnexperienee bride, her
shoulders were weighted with the desti-
ny OF d kingdom, and the Responsibilities
of nation s,doom or REDEMPTION. This
thought of responsibility is ons OF great
solemnity. tell you, we can no more
escape responsibility than we can es-
cape the atmosphere. No life was ever
made to hang suspended in mid.air
without relations and connections,
without dependencies and resp onsibili-
ties, A thousand relationships link us
TO our fellowmen. to home, 10 church,
TO country, totruth. to God, to humani-
ty, to duty, aud each one 81 these con-
nections entails its own responsibility.
nc IS said that III 4 quarry NJ Baalhec.
lies tbs largest hewu stone in the woElf,
i:tllnost dstlched aud ready fOr trans
portation, and, In the ruined Temple 81.
the Sun near by, is place still empty
and waiting for that stone, after forty
centuries OF time. SO large, so grand,
yet it was failure. because it never
filled the place for which it was design.
ed. Oh ! who can tell how many hu.
man lives lie among the waste and ruins
OF life which God intended to fill great
and grand places. They folded their
talents away and buried them, and
there they will lie forever in the quar-.
ries of unfinished possibilities. pale
ghosts OF glorious might have beenS,"
while the inches i'll Gods great temple
OF living stones, which they were meant
to I'LL and alorn, will remain forever
empty. | tell you, it is II fearful thing
to shrink, to FILTER, TO tluctuate, and
then fold up the talent and hide it away;
it is fearful thing to take faculty,
given us OF God wherewith to bless
world, and use 1t i'll such way us TO
clusc blight and woe aud curse, instead
OF blessing 1t is fearful. thing for
man to be fluent i'll speaking ut the
counter, or eloquent at the bar, or on
the Judges bench. and then to have his
tongue cleaye to the roof of his mouth
when it comes to the subject OF prayer,
or the salvation OF souls; it is ieartuI
thing for ladies to exercise their con.
versatlonal powers with such wondrous
grace, and winning earnestness in Gle
gaut parlors and social circles. and then
10 be as dumb and cold US tombstones
when it comes to sitting beside an auNi.
Gus inquirer to try to guide n soul to
Christ, or to read or pray III a sick room
where their gentle voice and tender
sympathy might cause rejoicing among
the angels of God over n repented souls
return.
Finally, this question suggests to usa
thought or two as to the Condition OF
Success" We look back into the his.
tory oil that time and see that single
central figure OF Persla's patriot Queen,
u sweet brave creature, with the glow ul
enthusiasm kindling on her cheek. the
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