The Newtown bee., 1895-03-29
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 Baksr PM O.. Bango,, Me. in the game of life. A wrong move means the loss of an opportunity which can never come again. Other oppOrtun- ities may be granted and may be wisely used; but the final result can never be quite so good as if the first had not been thrown away. At the very best there re- mains flaw in the crystal. How many, many lives we know that were started all wrong: like that of the poet-philos opher Voltaire who, when boy of five, learned an inffdel poem, the effect of which was felt upon his whole future life, for he spent his days az spider spends the summer in spinning webs to trap the unwary; like that of the Eng fish historian Home who, entering the University of Edinburgh at 15, wrote sceptical thesis which made him the fore- most sceptic of his day.
 And so with Judas. He was not with out ability. It is inconceivable that Christ would have made him an Apostle, had there not been at one time a touch of noble enthusiasm in him and some at- tachment to himself. He had sufficient for practical business and organization to make him purse-bearer of the apos- tolic company. The small sums which Jesus receives from His friends for the necessities of the band and for distribu- tion among the poor with whom He is daily mingling pass into Judas's hands. The views of the other apostles were perhaps as worldly as his own at the start. But the history of their inter- course with their Master is entirely diff ferent. Theirs was a continual rising into higher and higher and higher ideals, their old desires for worldly honor grad ually dwindling away, until, after Christ's ascension, we behold them en-
 tirelv changed men, counting it all joy to suffer for Christ and esteeming earthly preferment and wealth as but dung, if, by any means, they may win souls.
 But Judas's life is a continual descent
 into grosser and grosser views. Preach ing becomes to him an insufferable bore, healing the sick mere waste of time upon unappreciative and worthless folk.
 The purity of Jesus and His lofty con captions exasperate Judas. The story 1 of his life is the steady evolution of possible Apostle into an actual Satan. No surer is the rush of Niagara to it's fearful plunge than the fall of one who HIS lllc GO Udu
 cause and allows the fangs of an evil
 passion to fasten themselves upon him. The last lesson you have doubtless al- ready fereseen. The truth it contains is plain, and it is fearful because of it's ruth. It may be stated thus good in- fuences alone will not save us; we may use the very best only for our greater condemnation. What is it that shocks us in the life of Judas? IT IS NOT THE PASSION
 itself that drove him to his crime, for avarice is common vice among men i; but it is the fact that he could sin against such a character, whose beauty and loveliness were such that it has been en. riching and blessing the world for all time. Children often sing the simple hymn:
 "I think when read that sweet story of old When Jesus was here among men,
 How He took little children as lambs to His told, .-> should like to ave been with Him then" Yes, how many times we have thought, that had we been on earth when Jesus lived, how gladly we should have fallen
 at His feet, and we think the men not human who could not believe on Him,
 when He spoke so graciously; and, as for the action of Judas, it is wholly be- yond our comprehension. But, before | we let our hasty judgements fall, let us ask ourselves how we are using the good influences that we have; the church, Gods place of meeting with us; the prayer meeting, where we bow around the tone common mercy seat;" the
 home, whose sacred shelter no harsh word or unkind look should ever defile.
 Mir Beecher used to say that many men ;SSr aI at. ozf fk1<xy o,SIl o1xx ov,fo fife insurance policy, to ensure their safe arrival in Heaven. In other words, they used Gods holy house in much the same way that they would use their bank ac- count, to get good for themselves. It is a sacred privilege that is ours, hearing the name of Christ. The little company of 12 has grown into mighty host that embraces you and me. We are disciples as well as they. Shall we use these best things God can give as steps by which
 we shall mount to heavenly heights, or about our necks to drag us down into the disgrace of ruined life?
 "More and more,'' Mir Beecher used to say, in his last year, ssI prize the congre. gation of two, the preacher and the
 listener, where there is no danger of the nearer passing the message along to his neighbor, saying. "Thou art the man. Let me, then, in closing, imagine myself before each ore of you and putting to you the question Judas betrayed Christ 19 centuries ago, but have there been no betrayals since? Have you never be- trayed the cause you have publicly pro fessed to love? The thousand ways in I which this may be done would come to us, one by one, if we reflected. Do you never bring sorrow to the heart of Jesus | by unkind words, by that sin which is to-day
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 in this world, uncharitable judgements | of others, or by unchristian living and | selfish acts9 Even the beloved apostle | hesitated not to inquire, when Christ spoke of the one that should betray Him, Lord, is it P and may we, as we leave Gods house this morning. ask our heart of hearts for answer, in reference to be- trayal of His cause and shaming Ais dear name, ssLord, can it be ?''
 FAST SHIPPERS.
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