Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1897-11-03

tires ut the close Of the evening. assur.
ing the host that nc has enjoyed him
self. Society is become SO con torted
and dcformed in this respect that "A
mountain cabin. where the rustics
gather ut u quilting or an appla-par-
ing, has in ii more good cheer than all
the frescocd refrigerators of the me
tropolis.
l pass on to speak of ecclesiastical
lies, those which are told for the adj
vancement or rctarding of a church or
sect. 1t is hardly worth your while to
ask an extreme Calvinist what an Ar
minian believes. lie will tell YOU that
an Arminian believes that man can
save himself. An Arminian believes
no such thing. 1t is hardly worth
your while To ask an extreme Armin-
ian what = Calvinist believes. lie will
tell you that a Calviuist believes that
God made some men just to ,iamnthem \
Calvinist believes no such thing. II is
hardly worth your while TO ask Pedo-
Baptist what a Baptist believes. He
will tell you that Baptist believes
that immersion is necessary for saliva
ton. \ Baptist does not believe any
such thing. 1t is hardly worth Your
while TO ask n man who very much
hates Prcsbytcrians what Prcsby-
terrain believes. He will tell you
that q Presbyterian believes that
there are infants in hell a
span long, and that very phrase
ology has come down from generation
to generation in the Christian church.
There never was "A Presbyterian who
believed that oh" you say, Il heard
some Presby terrain minister 20 years
ago say so" You did not. There
never was II man who believed that.
there never win be man who will be-
lieve that. And yet from boyhood
have heard that particular SANDER
against a Christian church going down
through the community
Then, how often is il that there are
misreprescntat ions on the part of in
dividual chur hes in regard To other
churchcs-eSp 'cially if IA church comes
to great prosperity. As long as "a
church is in poverty, and the singing
is poor. and all the surroundings are
decrepit, and the aggregation are so
hardly bestcad in life that their pastor
goes with elbows out. then there
will always be Christian people
in churches who say: What "A
pity! what PITY But t the day
of prosperity come TO Christian
church, aud let the music be triumph.
ant. and let there be vast asscmblagcs,
and then there will be even ministers
of the Gospel critical and denuncia-
tory and full of misrepresentation and
Justification, giving the impression to
the outside world that they do not like
the corn because il is not ground in
their mill Oh, my friends. let us in all
departments Of life stand back from
deception.
But some one SAYS: 1.-The deception
that practice is so small that it don t
amount to anything" All my friends.
it does amount to great deal. You
say: When | deceive. it is only about
ease OF needles. or box of buttons.
or row of pins" But the article NAV
be so small you can put it in your vest
pocket. but the sin is a. big as the pyr-
amids, and the echo of your dishonor
will rcverberatc through the noun
tains of eternity. There is no such
thing a. small sin They are all vast
and stupendous, because they will all
have To come under inspection in the
Day of Judgment. You may boast YOUR
self of having made a fine bargain-a
sharp bargain. You may carry out what
the Bible says in regard to that man who
went in to make purchase and de.
preciated the value of the goods. and
then after ne had got away boosted
of the splendid bargain he had made.
1t Is naught. il is naught. saith tho
buyer: but when he is gone his wav.
then ne boasteth." 1t may seem To the
world sharp bargain, but the record
ing angel wrote down in the ponder
GUS tones of eternity, Mr. So-and-so,
doing business on Pennsylvania ave-
nue., or Broadway, or Chestnut street. or
State street, told one lie"
May God eNtirpatc from society all
the ecclesiastical lies. and all the social
lies. and all the mechanical lies. and
all the commercial lies, and all the az
ricultural lies. and make every man 10
speak the truth Of his neighbor. Nv
friends, let Us make our lives core.
spond to what we are. The secret will
come out. We may hide it while We
live, but we can not hide it when We
die.
SPAREows are the rabbits Of the
fcathcred world in point Of multiplica-
ton. frequently producing more than
20 young ones in season, three or
four urouiS OF six or seven each being
not unusual In six years the progeny
of one single pair OF sparrows will
amount to millions. as evidence the
alarming rapidity with which the
United states. New Zealand and Aus
traIiI arc uyt, infected tI. ,,,,,l...