The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-03

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ion over every living thing hat NOV
eth upon the earth with the promise
that II we are faithful unto death we
shall receive a crown OF life. In re-
turn we can do no less than employ all
our reasoning faculties I'm His service.
We have no right to injure the mind
with bad novels. filthy conversation. or
evil thoughts. IL Is also a sin to curse
the mind with ignorance when n is
possible TO acquire knowledge and to
be endowed with wisdom In war great
generals study the movements and pos
20 conduct his own forces In order to
make victory sure. Napoleon often
planned all night. II was the wreck of
the Merrimac and the searchlight which
formed a double cork in the bot
tie. holding securely the Spanish
feet by night. % often the rebuke Is
d~eservedly given. the children of this
world are in their generation wiser
h the children of light what does
the Lord Jesus think of a professedly
Christian man or woman who II too
lazy to study the Bible. and too indif-
ferent to take an active part In the
prayer Of meetings. or the Sunday
school?
There is an old story about Jacob
Gay. who went to church one morning
and when he came home his wife was
anxious TO know how the church was
progressing with it's revival meeting.
She said to him. What was the text?'
He said. I'm sure don't know
What was the subject. them AS near
as ! can remember. IL was me- You
Jacob Cay Yes. mother. you think
II was a poor subject? I am sure 7
thought so, too Who preached. our
pastor?' No. he did not p~reach-not
to me. at any rate. II was a
a young woman. too why. Mr.. Gay.
Won don't mann ~ Cnya1u Those rynnn-
ans rights folks haven't got into our
pulpit" Well. not exactly. The min
lister preached from the pulpit. but I
could not listen. I was thinking about
my sermon. I will tell you about II.
You know that young woman at IN
postofice. Mrs. Hyde's niece. She and
] were the first ones at the meeting,
and we sat by the stove. warming. We
were talking about the meeting. She
was telling about this one and tina one
who had been converted. There was
quite a silence. and then she said. sort
of low and trembling in her voice. and
a little pink flush On her cheek. and the
tears Just a starting: oh. Mr.. Gay,
some of us were saying at the prayer
meeting last night that we did so want
you to be n Christian Her cheeks
Rushed redder. and the tears fell. 7
knew she felt Il and II was n cross for
her to say II. I never was so taken
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your soul. my child. I have been a
member Of the church 40 years MY
tears came then, and I guess my cheeks
would ave been redder than hers, II
they were not so tanned. She said. DO
excuse me-. Mr.. Gay. Excuse me for
hurting your feelings. but I did not
know you were a Christian. ! never
heard you say anything about Il. and
j never saw you at prayer meeting OF
sunday school. I I'm so sorry I hurt
your feelings I answered, There is
no harm done. 7 am glad you thought
about an old man. ! am a member.
but i have not worked at II much. 7
have been making but am
afraid the Lord will not accept them
The people began to come in and I took
my seat. but I did not hear much h
the preacher said. I was thinking
about the young people. who did not
know I was a member. and were pray
ing for my conversion. Before the
meeting closed. I said to myself. Jacob
Cay. you ave been a silent partner
long enough. II is time you woke and
worked for the Lord: time to let your
light shine so that the young folks can
see it
"If some message could be borne 10
the lukewarm members OF our
churches. which would arouse them as
old Jacob Gay was moved to take his
stand again at the post Of duty, our
pastors and those who have borne with
them the heat and burden Of the dav
would no longer be so discouraged and
feel so lonely. II Is scarcely necessary
10 refer to the pastor In his study. We
believe that as a class pastors are the
most devoted students I'm the land. The
pastor studies the instructions OF our
great Advocate as the lawyer studies
his Blackstone. He studies the Bible.
the text book of the great Physician.
nc tho AnatAr GNN1fAa HE -.zlsAal
science. He is also acquainted with
the public library OF social life. He has
probably mastered more volumes of
human nature. whether bound in sheen
or. goat. than any other person in his
community. Let us love with all the
mind our Savior and those for whom
He died. until we shal have also the
mind Of Christ.
"'And thou shalt love the Lord thy
God with all thy strength We often
wonder why 50 many among the labor
ing classes reject and ignore the claims
of the carpenter of Nazareth. The
Christian heart beats warmly for the
honest toiler who has no capital save
the labor of his strong hands. and he
cannot sell that to keep his family from
suffering. IL is with distress that we
look upon the picture Of the rich man
who sleeps on his velvet couch and
dreams of his silver n gold. and then
or that OF the poor man. already worn
with toll. in the midst OF a wretched
family. watching at the sepulcher of a
dead hope that may rise. Why
this running sore in the sinew Of our
body? Is IL because so many
are estranged from the best friend that
labor has ever known? Surely labor
hould not despise the divine author of
the golden rule. The One who came
down from a throne above and placed
His loving arms around the toiler and
through the years OF His earthly life
worked side by side with the common
people i'm the field OF labor. He has dig
nihed labor by His own life and through
the power OF His gospel the laborlng
man has exchanged the shackles and
lashes Of the slave for the sovereign
rights of a citizen In a free country.
There Is something akin TO inspiration
in the words OF the poet who sang:
There's glory in the shuttle's song