Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1897-06-09


OF English grammar, and IL ne left any
law unfracturcd he would complete
the work Of lingual devastation in the
prayer with which he followed it
But | would rather have him pray for
me N L was sick or in trouble than any
Christian man | know of, and in that
church all the people preferred him in
eNhortation and prayers TO all others
why? Because ne was SO thoroughly
pious and had such power with God he
was irresistible, and as he went on in
his prayer sinners repented and saints
shouted for joy, and the bsreavec
seemed TO get back their dead in celes
tial companionship. And when ne had
stopped praying and as soon as could
wipe out of my eyes enough tears 70
see the closing hymn | ended tn.
meeting, fearful that some long wind
cd prayer meeting bore would pull ui
down from the seventh heaven.
Not word have i to say against &C.
curacy OF speech or fine elocution or
high mental culture. Get all these you
can. But do say to those who were
brought up in the day of poor school.
houses and ignorant school masters and
az - l'a NhAAaN ou ma nave 50 UluCn
OF good in your soul and so much of
Heaven in your everyday life that you
will bc mighticr for good than any
who went through the curriculum of
Harvard or Yale or oxford, vet never
graduated in the school of Christ.
When you get up TO the gate of Heav.
en-, no one will ask you whether Won
can parse the first chapter of Genesis
but whether you have learned the fear
of the Lord, which is the beginning, of
wisdom, nor whether you know how
to square the circle, but whether Won
have lived a square life in n round
world. Mount Zion is higher than
Mount Parnassus
But what other multitudes there are
under other disadvantages, Here is a
Christian woman whose husband
thinks religion sham, and while the
wife prays the children one way the
husband swears them another. or
here IS Christian man who is trying
to do his best for God and the church.
and his wife holds him back and saws
on the way home from PRAYER meet.
ing, where he gave testimony for
Christ: What fool YOU make Of
yourself! hope hereafter you will
keep still" And when he would
be benevolent and give $50 she criti.
cises him for not giving 30 cents. |
must do justice and publicly thank
God that / never proposed at home to
give anything FOR any cause of human
lty or religion but the other partner
in the domestic firm approved il. and
when IT seemed beyond nv ability and
faith in God was necessary She had
threc-fourths the faith But know
men who, when they contribute to
charitable objects, are afraid that the
wife shall find it out What a wither.
ing curse such woman must be TO q
good man!
Then there are others under the
great disadvantage of poverty. Who
ought to get things cheapest? You
say those who have little means. But
they pay more. You buy coal by the
ton; they buy it by the bucket. Yo,
buy flour by the barrel; they buy it bv
the pound. You get apparel cheap be.
cause you pay cash; they pay dear be.
cause they have TO get trusted. And
the bible was right when it said. The
destruction of the poor is thcis pov-
erty."
Then, there are those who made q
mistake in early life. and that over.
shadows all their days. DO Won not
know that that man was once in pri,.
on?' Is whispered Or. do Won know
that that man once ATTEMPTED sui
cide?' Or, ado you known that that
man once absconded?" Or. ID, Won
know that that man was once dis.
for dishonestv?" Perhans
there was only one wrong deed in the
mans life, and that one act haunts the
subsequent half century of his ex.
stence.
Others have unfortunate predomi.
nance of some mental faculty. ana
their rashness throws them into wild
Enterprises or their trepidation makes
them decline great opportunity. or
there is vein Of melancholy in their
disposition that defeats them. Or they
have an endowment or overmirth that
causes the impression of insinceritv.
Others have a mighty obstacle in
their personal appearance. for which
hey are not responsible The force.
hat God fashioned their features and
heir complexion and their stature. the /
we OF their nose and mouth and hands
md feet, and gave them their GAIT and
heir general appearance. and they for.
ret that much OF the wOrld's best work
ma the church's best work has been
lone by homciy people. and that Paul
The Apostle is said 20 have been hump-
backed and his eycsight weakened by
ophthalmia, while many Of the finest
IN appearance have passed their time
before Gathering looking glasses or in
studying killing attitudes and in dis
PLAYING the richness OF wardrobes-
not one ribbon or vest or sack or
glove or button or shoestrinr OF which
they have had brains 20 earn for them.
selves.
Others had wrong proclivitics from
the start They were born wrong. and
that sticks 20 one even after he &, born
again. They have "a natural crank.
ness that is 21j years old. II cana
over with their great granifathers
from Scotland. or Wales. or Franco
u was born ON the banks OF tgs
j hamee. or the Clyde. or the Tihcr or
the Rhine, and has survived all tbo
plaques and cpidewics OF many gene
era'iJu-. and Us living to-day op Ola.
banks off the Potomac or tu. Hudson.
or tho hndro-covgin or th. savannah.
or the La Plata And wrrn % -.a,
tries to stop 'a4 evil ancestral r.....,..
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rapids Of Niagara. holding ou ..ta.
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