Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-05-31

, trust? That trust alone, II American cit
fzenship conferred no other, demands tn,
| very highest sense of responsibility CT
| the part of those in wnom IL Is vested.
/ That his intelligence, moreover. should
/ be enlightened by the proper cultivation
! of all his faculties. mental and moral ac-
! cording to his advantages no one surely
| will dispute. In proportion as all his fac
| ulties of mind and body are properly de-
| veloped and directed, Will he become a
| blessing or curse to himself and the
| community in which he resides. But If
| it be true that the citizen in his various
walks of life should be self respecting
| rs well as law abiding is II no. equally
| true That he should be self sacrificing
| When q crown had been rendered to
| him who has been Justly termed the
| father Of lis country, he spurned It.
| Ambition could not tempt him. His mag
| ranimity and true sense or Righteousness
sprurg from this very principle of self
| renuEciation. Ii was the same that
caused him to submit with patience and
| resignation to the grave hardships which
| entered into every phase or his noble
| life. His name has become immortalized:
| his memory enshrined in the hearts of
| all. May the example of his self sacr-
! ticing spirit ever be an incentive to his;
| fellow countrymen.
| Whence came Washington's high sense
| of duty? Was it not from his profound
| respect for the divine majesty of the
! law? To him is accredited the trite but
| beautiful saying. that he VINO would
| command. must first learn how to obey
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Behold NV brethren how the words of
the inspired apostle shadow forth mans
immortal destiny Behold how beauti-
fully taey depict the Christians hope
How shall that sublime destiny be at
tanned? How shall that glorious hope
be realized? Shall man enter into his
immortal glory as a child comes into the
possession of an earthly inheritance or
must he do something on his part TO
merit it? God created man in the begin
ring without his cooperation. God
equally 50 redeemed him when he sent
His Only Beg0ttcn Son into the world to
cancel the handwriting that was against
him. But. Will God thus save him? WIN
man attain the end of his creation by
some blind, Irresistible fatality like the
inanimate world that is governed by
certain inflexb!e and Interchangeable laws:
or like the irrational animal that yields
implicit obedience to the blind laws that
are implanted in its very nature? To
suppose il for an Instant would he IN
insult TO the intelligence with which man
has been endowed and which distin-
gushes him from and renders him SUI
perior TO all such mechanical and ire
eponsible forces. To indulge in such vain
Illusions, would be to contradict the ten
commandments promulgated by God
from Mt Sinai amid the commissions of
the elements Nay, more such phan-
toms would set at naught the very life,
teaching and example of the crucitiot.
What then shall man do to attain his
final destiny and be saved? Behold the
answer in the very words of Him. who
came. not only to redeem man. but also
to become his model ST any man will
come after me- let him deny himself. take
up his cross and follow me-" Hence the
meaning OF the term Christian-a follow
er of Christ. That sacred and indclble
character is received and imprinted on
the soul in baptism Until that sacra-
ment is received. Wha teVer else a man.
may be. he is not Christian. "Unless,'
saws our Divine Saviour "a man be
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