The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-11-05
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f"1's 'sib' u "hese world OF which il
y not worth II good honest round o
c laughter. From such II hollow seen,
IN the tortured guest ~retires a. the clos.
y Oh the evening, assuring the host tina
IL Ut mas enjoyed himself. Society /.
become So contorted aud deforlnrd ia
T. TINS respect that a mountain cabin
70 where 'he rusties gather at u quitting
OF an a~ppie-partng, has in it more good
u cheer than all the frescocd retriper.
n ators of the metropolis.
u pass on to speak of ecclesiastical
c lies those which are told of the adj.
9 ~'aheenent or retarding of Il church or
sect IL is hardly worth your while to
ask an extreme Calyinist what AN Ar
L uleheah believes. lIa will tell you that
an ArmiAian believes that man can
> save hihaself. An Arminian believes
r no such thing. 1t is hardly worth
I Il wn!le to ask an extreme Armiuiau
what II Ca!vlnist believes. He will
: teIl you tina a Calyiuist believes that
| ood made some men Just to damn
them. a CaIvinist believes no such
thing. 1t is hardly worth YOUR while
10 ask u Baptist what a I,aptis,
oelleVes. lie will tell you IA ~laptis,
peileVes ina immersion is necc ssarv
ior salvation. A Baptist does not
oelleVe any such thing, 1t is hard,
~ worth your while 10 ask n man,
VINO very much hates Prcsbyteriops
what a Presbyterian believes. lie will
Tell you that a Presbyterian believes
that lhere are infants in hell a span
4ohg' ana that very phraseoloyy has
come down from generation to gene.
ration III the Christian church. There
never was "A Presbyterian who believed
that. "Oh," you say, Il heard soma
presbyterian minister % Years apo sav
So" You did not, There never a man
who believed that. There never viii
be u man who will believe that, And
YET from boyhood, | have heard that
particular SANDER against a Christian
church going down through the COM
munity.
Then, how often is it that there ara
misrepresentation on the part If i,di-
'io'al churches in regard to other
elurches~~especially if Il church comes
70 great prosperity. AS long as a
ehurcii Is III poverty, and the singiur
IS poor, aud all the SURROUNDINGS ore
decreplt, md the congregation are so
hardly bested in life that their pastor
goes with elbows out, then there will
Always De Christian people in churches
VINO say: What a pity! what a pity,"
nut iet the day OF prosperity come to a
ohflsllan church and let the music be
triumphant, ami let there be vast as-
senoia3es, and then there will he
even ministers of the Gospel critical
ana denunciatory and full of misren-
and Justification, giving
ehe Impression to the outside world
mat They do not like the corn because
~ Is not ground i'll their mill. Oh, NV
flends' let us in all departments of
NE stand back from deception.
bot some one says: The deception
mat practice is sosmail that it don't
AMOUNT to anything" All, my friends {
u ooes amount to a great deal. You d
say: when deceive, it is only about Y
! case OF needles, or a box of buttons.
n a row OF pins" But the article NAV +,
'e 80 small you can put ii in your vest h
'ochet, puC the sin is as big as ths q
pyramids, and the echo OF yolr hi.. !,
lonor Will reverbcrate tbrouyh tina ~
fountains oieternity, There is no such f,
hlhg as a small sin. They are all +,
ast ana s~tupendOus, because they .i
VIII all nave to come undsy. in =,
pectloh In the day Of Judgment. .,
gu may boast yourself of HAVING =,
Il hhe bargaln-a sharp bargain, o.,
GU may carry out what the Bible saws -,
regard to that man who went in 10 NJ
'ahe a purchase and deprecated the r.
aiue Of the goods, and thea after h. :,
got away boosted of the splendid II,
arRain he had made. 1T is nauvht 80
Is naught,. saith the buyer; but when ~
Is gone ms way, then he boasteth.n -,
may seem to the world a sbarn har- ="
lin, but the recording angel wrots ~
III Vile ponderous tones of eter- '
w 'Mr. So-ahd-So, doing business ~
pennsylvania avenue, or Broadway. "'
CHESTNUT street, or State street, told At
e lie." We
May tod extirpate from society All
o eccieSIastical lies, and all the social :ro
IS, and all the mechanical lies ,nI bri
the commercial }i.s n,d IT. - the
ricultural lies, and to make ava". out
IN to speak the truth of his pniyh. =
+. MY friends, let us make our II, sal
respond TO what we are. Let na an
ilsh all deception from our he.
'iof. Let us remember that the time hSi
mes when God will demonstrate Ia Siol
e an assembled universe mat wha, boa
are The secret will come ont. OF {
may ma 1T while we live, but we he
hothide 1t when we die. 10 many cvai
~ a masquerade ball. As at such day
gentlemen and ladies sun
'ear IN garb of kings or queens. q, MOI
lntain bandits, or clowns. and tho, and
he close of the dance pat off thar hold
Euise so many all through life are in viii
X The masquerade bail goes on. walls
semmed hands clasp genmed lect'
q, ana dancing feet esDon IN the
eng feet, and cleaning brow bends out
iea'hing brow, aud the masquerade stea
goes praveiy on But after a junt
lie languor comes and blurs sail
sight. Lights lower. Floor thou
ow with scpulchral echo. Music of o
en4 4H'o Il wall. Lights lower, Cubs
the masquerade is hardly seen. Dem
fragrance is exchanged for the
'ning odor Of garlands that have Ar
a long while in the damp of Nj
lchers. Lights lower Nil on TEEN
Dom. The scarf drops from tn. just
lder OF beauty, a stroud. Lights i'll m
r. Torn leaves and withar.d ailme
lnds now hardly cover up the ul- in he
1 feet Stencil of lampwicks al age.
quenched. Choking dumpnesx idly &
mess. Feet still. Hands folded Rod
shut. Voice hushed. Lights ont time,
Of re