The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-02
"THINGS NOT
WORTH WHILE"

Rev. George III. Hspworth's sermon
on" Things Not Worth Whils," puhlished
In the New York Herald, is as follows:
Thou hast sinned against thy SOUL
Habskkuk. H., 10.
The objsct OF reli zion is to make life
sweet and satisfactory. When man has
done tLe best he could under the circum.
starcss he has done all that God re-
quires Of him. Heaven is not for those
who believe things but for those who do
things. Christ was working man In its
largest and mcst divine sense. while We
are all working men In small sense. he
worked for others, and was therefore
divine. we work for ourselves, ana ars
therefore pitifully human. His religion
tesches us to become part Of the life Of
those who neei cur hep;our tendency Is
to take from otbers for our owp ease and
comfort and to give as little as possible.
lie emphssi the value of the soul,
gives it o dignity and a grandeur. the gait
and he ring OF king; our philosophy of
life mininizes spiritual pleasures and
magnifiss what Ia sensuous.
Irev,r tire Of the New festameut, Ie-
capse 1t l. srch de Ierately ssnsnls book
ani tecauss it fatty ooptradicts t ne
i1eas which worldly society puts into my
almost startling. II the soul is what He
tells me 1t is. then must have a large
plan. II nm really little lower than tie
angels, then must oease to be childish,
and the oil cares of life must not he
allowed to casa and frat me-. In that
case saould look life In the fac, and
say to my soul that it must busy itself
about great things ana keep In mind
that petty things are not worthy of stten-
ticn.
For example,, 1t Is not worth while to
be impatient bccause what nsppeus IL not
to our likicg. We ara apt to make hot
reply when on ili-naturei remark is
made. Somebody else's bad mood exeites
a had mood In us. We catch the diseas,
instantly. ana tlea there ara two persons
In a bau mood Instead Of one. Passion is
heatc to the explooirg point, We give
rein to our tongue and pitched battle
Of words takes placs We loosen the
tonds Of n friendship. We wound the
heart Of affection, for what we say Ia
consuming FIRE II We had perfect con-
troll Of ourselves We should not bs gun
powder to any ones touch. A little
patie cs. very difficult 10 attain, 1 admit
wonli keep us from striking when we are
strrcs. IL Is noble to keep still, and TIE
rebuke Of silencs Is ike q Keen sword. 1t
IL not worth our while, not worth ths
SOULS wbils. To step down to lower
level because some ore addresses us from
that level. We should maintain our dig
nifty though others lose theirs.
Then, again 1t is not becoming In n
princsly suul TO allow tie habit Of fault
finding t1 get possession Of It. It renders
one uncomfortable, IL units one for tie
enioynents vhic, cross our path. it
dulls the edge of happiness, IL Is like eat
log lemon iostssd OF an orange. The
man who finds fault with others seldom
has time to find fault with himself, which
is his chief duty. Ins,esd Of being charit-
able he ~ censorioux Not even the Lord
can plesse him. and n he ever gets 10
heaven n will insist that things shall
be ,rtsnsed to suit his personal taste.
Fsult-flrdiug is simply self-conceit in a
subtle sruise. Such man hints that
tho uriv rse is wrong, but that he can
put 10 rieht. IL Is not worth while Tn
reer az the detects Of otpers ana to ignore
their virtues lt is letter to look for aood