The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1897-11-12

wards was exiled on a small island. The
man of intellect may become an imbe-
cile. The man of strength as helpless az
little child. The man of activity strick-
en- with paralysis. The sweet singer
voiceless, the famous orator dumb. In
these ways the outer glory may be gone
but not the real glory Of the person.
There are even great powers for good
left when some faculty is lost:
1t was the blind Milton who still wrote
his wonderful poetry. 1t was the blind
Prescott wko still pursur his historical
research. 1t was when beethoven
was deaf that he composed some of his
best music.
But apart from these instances 1t is
sure and unavoidable that we must all
come sooner or later to that great hour
when our earthly faculties will be lost
one by one and we become stripped of
our outward earthly glory as we come
to the ford by which we cross and
each must cross alone to the other side
of the river where
THE GLORY rs FADELEss AND ETERNAL
Then, oh, then, let US see that as we
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the glory which is truly real.
AS the body weakens let the soul be
strong, as the mind becomes impaired
let the character be found ennobled, az
the outward man decays let us be so
much the more strengthened and re-
newed in the inner man.
When it becomes true that the out
ward, visible, apparent glory is depart
ed let it become equally true that the
real, lasting, enduring glory of purity of
heart and nobleness Of char
acter and Righteousness of
life has not departed. 1t is this
distinction which makes the contrast
between human lives as wide as the sea.
Contrast these two apostles Of the Lord.
Judas Iscariot and James the brother of
John. Judas in despair and remorse
goes out and hangs himself. He had
been chosen disciple, companion,
Apostle Of His Lord bat In the autumn
Of his life the glory was indeed departed
and he died death of ignominy and
shame.
James. the brother of John was slain
by Herod's cruel sword but though his
death was violent yet his glory was not
departed. His character was pure and
He was faithful to his Lord. Contrast
the murderer guilty of death and the
martyr dying for conscience sake. The
glory of the one is wholly departed, but
OF the other the glory shines more
bright than ever.
Think Of the man prominent among
his fellows, renowned. famous, but OF
impure life and hollow living. He dies
and his glory, all the outward glory,
and that is all there was, has departed.
BUT THE NOBLE CHRISTIAN,
the true saint of God, when he dies,
enters glorious into better land.
St Stephens face shined with heaven
" glory even while the hostile Jews
stoned him to the death. And st Paul
Is glorious even In his dungeon and
bound with Roman chains. And above
all, the ainless Christ hanging on the
cruel cross, was glorious even in the
midst OF physical suffering and human
wickedness and natures darkness.
Light from heaven and ifs eternal
truth shines down upon the earthly soc
of the crucified and OF every saint who
is crucified with Christ, and trana-
figures, as it were, with celestial light
the countenance Of the pure and be-
lieying one. Then, the glory 10 not de-
parted. The soul has entered ini D
greater glory than eye hath ever seen or
ear hath ever heard, and to that soul
death becomes privilege and D blessing.
Like the tree which lives through the