The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-11-06

to-day put fUunu you absent every
time" Then this woman bethought
herself that she had had bargain
with her neighbo tina: when the long
protracted sickness was about to come
to an end, she would appear at her
bedside and take the secret that was to
be disclosed. And she had said she
was Not at home"
Social life is struck through with in
sincerity. They apologize for the fact
that the furnace is out; they have not
had any fire N it all winter. They
apologize for the fare on their table;
they never live any better. They de-
4 cry their most luxuriant entertaiumen nj
to win shower of approval from you.
They point to picture on the wall as
a work of one of the old masters They
say it is an heirloom in the family. 1t
hung on the wall of castle. A duke
gave it TO their grandfather! People
that will lie about nothing else will
lie about picture. On small in
come we want the world TO
believe we are aftluent, and society to-
day is struck through with cheat and
counterfeit and sham. How few peo-
pie are natural! Frigidity sails around,
iceberg grinding against iceberg. You
must not laugh outright; that is yul-
gar You must smile. You must not
dash quickly across the room, that is
vulgar. You must glide. Much of
society is round of bows and grins
and grimaces and obs and abs and he.
he, he's and simperings and mandy
| pamb yism, whole world Of which is
not worth one good honest round of
| laughter. From such hollow scene
the tortured guest retires at the close
OF the evening, assuring the host that
| he has enjoyed himself. Society is
become 50 contorted aud deforued in
this respect that mountain cabin
where the rustics gather at quitting
! or an apple-paring, has in it more good
cheer than all the frescoed refriger-
ators of the metropolis.
pass on TO speak of ecclesiastical
lies, those which are told of the add
vancement or retarding of church or
sect 1t is hardly worth your while 10
ask an extreme Ca.yinist what an Ar
menean believes. He will tell you that
an Arminian believes that man can
save himself An Arminiau believes
no such thing. 1t is hardly worth
your while to ask an extreme Armiuian
what 4 Calvinist believes lie viii
tell you that Calvinist believes that
God made some men just To damn
them. a Calyinist believes no such
thing. 1t is hardly worth your allie
TO ask Pedo- Baptist what Il Baptist
believes. He will tell you Baptist
believes that immersion is necessary
for salvation. \ Baptist does not
believe any such thing 1t is hard.
~ worth your while TO ask man,
who very much hates Presbyterians,
what a Presbyterian believes. lie will
tell you that Presbyterian believes
that there are infants in hell Il span
long, and that very phraseo. ogy has
come down from generation 10 gene
ration in the Christian church. There
never was Presby terrain who believed
that. Oh" you say, Il heard some
Presbyterian minister2 20 years ago say
50. You did not, There never was man
who believed that. There never viii
be a man who will believe that. Aud
yet, from boyhooi, | have heard that
particular SANDER against a Christian
church going down through the com
mun!ty.
that practice is 50 sm all that il don't
amount to anything" All, my friends,
J, does amount 10 a great deal. You
say: "N hen l deceive, il is on.y about
u case Of needles. or box Of buttons,
or row of pins But the article may
DC 50 small you can put it in your vest
pocket, but the sin is as big as the
pyramids, and the echo of your his
honor Will rever0erate through the
mountains oteternity. THERE'S no such
thing as a small sin, They are all
vast and stupendous, because they
Win al have 10 come under i1-
spection in the day of judgment.
You may boast yourself OF having
made fine bargain-a sharp bargain.
You may carry out what the Bible says
in regard 70 that man who went in 10
make a purchase aud deprecated the
value OF the gooi,. and then after he
had got away Doasted of the sp.eud.G
bargain he had made. 1T is uauEht,
II is naught, saith the buyer; but when
he is gone his way, then he boa.teth."
II may seem 70 the world sharp bar
gain, but the recording ange. wrote
down in the ponderou, tones :. ss.--
nifty: Mr.. So-and-So, doing business
on Pennsylvania avenue, or Broadway,
or Chestnut street, or State street, told
one lie."
May God extirpate from society al,
the ecc.esiastical lies. and all the social
lies. and all the mechanical lies. and
al the commercial lies, and all the
agricultural lies, and to make every
man 10 speak the truth of his neigh.
Dor. Ny friends. let Us make our life
correspond to what we are. Let US
Danish all deception from our be-
hayior. Let US remember that the time
comes when God will demonstrate be-
fore an assembled universe just wha.
we are. The secret will come out.
We may hide it while we live. but we
can not hide it when we die. 10 many
life is ID masquerade bali. AS at such
entertainment gentlemen aud ladies'