The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-07-17

~, hvnocrit tie looks awfully solemn, WINES
when he prays and during his pupilc 90.
votion shows a great deal of the whites Oh
his eyes. He never laughs or, II ne e'oes
laugh. he seems sorry for 1t alter""fu' a.
troHoh he had committed some great III
a.s"retion The first time he gets chance
he nrays 20 minutes in public, ana when
no exhorts he seems to imply that al .ne
race are sinners with one eHceptloh' ms
,nodestv forbidding the stating VINO In"'
ono is There are Il great many CD ulcnIS
that have two or three ecclcslas'lc"l oi"A
Keeps. -
wbo, tho fox begins to pray, LOOK ouV
for vorr chickens. The more genuine re-
;n;on !, man las the more comfortable ne
viii he. but you may know rellglous III
nostor by th" fact that he prldes h!aseAt
nn Ecing uncomfortable. A man OF 'ne'
kind ia Of immense damage TO the chui'-n
of Christ \ ship may outrlde hunufeu
storms and ,ctn handful OF worms AZ
tie ,l;,nls ;:y sink 1t TO inc no''o'n. ~
church Of God is not so much III oahse. y.
tIn cyclones Of trouble and persecution
tL,, cor.c uuon it as of the verm1n OF
hvnoc-is: that infcst it. Wolves are OF no
! dn,,,,,r to the field Of God unless they iooA
| Ii,., ehrcr. Arnold was Of more damage
| RI I he army than CORVALLIS and his hos's'
| OH we cannot deceive God with chul'n
/ CnpfiflcatG, oAAO
| wcll AS before the curtain; he sees every
| thing inside out. A man may, through
nolicv. hide his rea' character, but 1oo
will after awhile tear open the whlteo sep
nlcher and expose the putrefact1on sun
dav faces cannot save him; long prayers
oannot save him; psalm singing anu ~
ohurchgoing cannot save him. goa WIZ
!, exnose him just as thoroughly as though
| he branded upon his forehead the woro
MIIvnocrite. He may think he has been
, successful In the deception, but at the
| most unfortunate moment the sheep Will
bleat and the oxen will below.
II One of the cruel bishops of olden time
a was going to excommunicate one OF 'h'
martvrs. and he began in the usual form
HIn the name of Sod, amen" StopF
q avs the martyr. Don't say In the name
= ~ Godl'" Yet how many outrages ar
r nraoticed under the garb of religion ant
4 sanctity! When, In synods and confer
ences. ministers of the gospel arc about I
sav something unbrotherly and unkln
about q member, they almost always Ut
y gin by being tremendously plous' 'ne We,
% heavenly favor of the prelude. Standln
10 there you would think they were read
"a To 90 right up Into glory, and that moth
"a ing kept them down but the weight G
IA their boots and ovcrccoat, when SUDDEN
an the sheep blen. and the oxen below
40 oh, my dear friends, let us cultivat
Id simplicity of Christian character! jest
IN Christ said, "Unless you become as tn
nj Nttls child, You cannot enter the klngdoi
n of God" We may play hpyocritc success
m fully now, but the Lord God will ait'
n awhile expose our true character. 1o
he must know the incident mentioned IN II
10, history Of Ottacas, who was asked
lie kncel in the presence of Randolphus
IL and when before him he refused to do
Va but after awhile he agreed to come In pl
i'd yate when there was nobody in the king
all tent, and then he would kneel down befo
IN him and worship, but the servants OF Z
ars king had arranged it so that by drawn
p" a cord the tent would suddenly drop. I
hes tacas after awhile came in, and, supposi
ul! he was in entire privacy, knelt beft
Elf, Randolphus. The servants pulled the col
the the tent dropped and two armies surrour
hey Ing looked down on Ottacas kneeling
, to fore Randolphus. If we are really kne
uel ing to the world while we profess to