The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1898-10-07

cOllege, saying sWnen some heavy mis-
fortune came to him: II cannot cry, for
all the tears were wrung out of me long
ago" [ pity the man who cannot weep.
The fountain OF laughter, they say, ia
next to the fountain Of tears; and /
pity the man with whom one or both OF
those fountains are dry. Man is the
only animal that laughs and weeps; and
it is privilege, God given privilege,
to weep as Jesus wept when standing be.
fore LaZarHs's tomb or when looking
from Oliyet's brow ON Jerusalem, the
city that had rejected its King, or as God
must weep when He beholds this world d
awful wickedness and sin. Look at the
faces In crowd; it is a worthy study
for any man. Look at them as you see
them in the motley, hurrying throng
that presses over the New York and
Brooklyn Bridge any week day evening
about six O'Clock. How much care is
written there! How many lines OF
suffering are traced, how many lines OF
encouragement! Do you wonder
that it has been often pointed
out that minor tone runs
through the worlds best literature.
What is the song that ascends from
earth, what is the cry that the angels
hear? Is it not largely wall? Look al
the faces of the Fresh Air children that
lately sat in this church. Read there the
story of their lives. See there the drunk.
ards home from which some Of them
came, read there curses and poverty and
shame. Can you make pure flower
grow from rotten tree? Sometimes,
but oh, how rarel Do you wonder that
encouragement comes as such children
face the future?
Disbursements come from trying to
take in the whole compass of life, trying
to think of all the ticks that the old clock
Of Time has to make instead of thinking
that they are made only one beat at 9
time. We lock at what we have to en-.
counter; we measure temptation, its
force. We see that the best men have
gone down under it's power. We see that
David, living so close to God that he was
called "a man after Gods own heart, y
was not proof against temptation in the
crisis hour. We see that Jesus Christ q
speak most reverently now acted like a
ow Of the Cross fell full upon Him in
Gethsemane's dark shade. We see that
the best men have fallen when subjected
to extra strain; and we ask ourselves.
Can we hope to prove more courageous
and strong? When DR. Lyman Abbott
came to our home on the occasion of his
first lecture here, / remember that he took
our little boy into his arms and showing
aim his watch said: ~ don't believe in
the old motto, Be good and you'll be
happy; my creed ia quite the reverse of
may be good" Well, whether we are
good to be happy Or happy to be good,
BEING GOOD is NOT AN EASY THING.
The more conscientious a man is, the
more enemies he will have. Some one
has said: cat conversion we throw
away the scabbard at death we lay do WE
the sword" Paul would have had far
more quiet time If he had been willing to
let the old Adam alone. Paul says, 81
keep my body under;'' hls understood
body furnished him constant battle
field. One of the sweetest-tem pered per.
sons l ever knew had a mcst unruly
temper to fight. Pride is a stubborn
enemy that ia continually showing it's
head. There is enough lust in any man
to keep him constantly on watch. Bad
habits to overcome, Satan to oppose, the
world to live right in, appetites to regu.
late and to make serve our highest pow
ers-so much on hand il one Ia honestly
purposing to lead Christian life, do
you wonder that encouragement comes
don't know how it ID with yeu, my
brother, you must look into your own
case; but have enough business on hand
10 trying to keep my lower self down to
keep me well occupied until nay dying
day.
But it ia hard to hold on, to hold fast
and to hold out; and that is just the
danger, that we will not hold out.
Heart-keeping, after all, Is good deal
like housekeeping. Dust will collect In
the corners and it must be swept out
you cannot do all the cleaning up once
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mould will gather and things will soon
begin to smell musty. We have con-
stantly to let the light through and the
air through and keep the cleansing pro-
cesses constantly at work. If when we
were once soundly converted ssthe pc.
sf verance of the saints" was assured, We
aid then discharge ELL the Christi IN
graces and give them long furlough