The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-05-14

= actions mark out his path IN life. Ii
walks in the straight and narrow psf
of rectitude, he deceives nobody. h
, has reputation worldwide, the il
dex of what be is, and everybody es
Inmates him at his worth. The ric
of this world have gold and silye
glitter on the outside, but this last
only while they live. But the maj
with good character has gold sou
which will glitter in time and shin,
through all eternity. His mind is
kingdom to him, and furnishes hin
abundance of happiness and pleasure
for he sees beauty in everything. w,
have an abundance of external glitter
in this world. We have nominal
christians in the church with thi
outside glitter, who are properly
called liars and hypocrites, twin
brothers, the offspring of the devil
whose portion is hell. Trnthfulness
is the basis of all manly greatness
1t shows itself in the countenance Ct
man and he reflects it on society
around him. 1t is right, and it shines
out of every word spoken and deed
performed by its owner. Not day
passes without mark of good or
evil on each and every human char
acter. There is no act, let it be ever
so trivial, that has not it's train Of
consequences, fOr 'no hair is so small
that it does not cast a shadow" Man
is the architect of circumstances.
Good deeds act and react on the doers
Of them, and nothing can do them
harm but themselves, for they carry
the bane of evil, and the antidote for
the same in their own breast. Earn
and real desire of purpose
formed by the will power, are the
root of character and wisdom and
good common sense are the stem of
it. The man who possesses the high
est type of character commands the
highest ideal of manliness, and his
words live and become actions. The
nan of godly spirit converts all oc-
,urences into experience, between
which experience and his reason there
S marriage, and the progeny are his
actions. He moves by affection; he
owes glory; and truth is his goddess
md he even strives to please her.
70 the society in which he lives, he
S an exemplary man, sun revolving
n his orb OF influence, giving light
INTO those who are wandering in the
egion of darkness where the genial
ays Of Gods love and merry have
ever reached them, and where the
ideous cries of the subterranean
ends Of hell are heard continually.
Another precious gift is the Bible,
he book divine, for it originated
rom God. While it teaches us how
D live, it teaches us also how to die.
Words of the most precious promises
nd of the finest figures are strung on
le lines of its pages as nicely as ev- {
: the most skillful lady threaded +
eads upon string. This book
lows Us the way to salvation, and S
elineates the path to us that leads L
heaven. Take this gift, read it, t
1derstand it, believe it, and you will +
} the possessor of a richer legacy o
ian earth can ever give.
The last gift that God gaye the S
orld was the most precious. This S
# was Christ, and he is the Gift of t
| gifts. He was born into the world "
the immage OF mortal man, and e
velt upon the earth, and stood high fl
than all other men. But alas. Ii
e man has changed; the spiritual t.
image now exists in his stead. Af- 6
r he had fulfilled the mission for C
lich he was sent, his strong body, 5
ter the fashion of al men, was Ii
ally clasped in the iron vice of 81
ath. He was rejected by wicked tt
IN, suffered and died the most hor- 81
Die death that was ever witnessed by j
ortal eyes, and then arose from the al
ad aud ascended to his Father tt
om he had promised to give his VI
2 as a ransom for the world. He h
IS the originator of Christianity; tt
d he regarded 1t as an awful and III
blime reality instead Of mere osten- di
ion. But after he had risen from "
, grave and gone to his Father in Vi
lyen, he left his promise with us ST
1t he would draw all men to him to
f, that acknowledged him to be the er
e Son of God, and at his next COM m
|, when we shall see him descending OIL
III glory in cloud, he will take us an
his Fathers mansion where we ou
IL enjoy that higher and better life IN
which we have lived. On this W
mise stand all our hopes and fears, ch
ii the pedestal Of that promise he
'uld fail we sink beneath the veil wi
oblivion. "No other foundation vi
any man than Jesus Christ" The vi
ndation of this promise is God. sh