The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1898-08-19

upon Christianity. [ do not know why
it should be so, it is not strictly Just, and
therefore ought not so to be; we do not
go in every day matters; nobody con.
dennis the whole race of bankers because
one comes out short in his accounts no.
body refuses TO employ carpenter, be-
, cause at some time or other, one of them
has done poor job; we do not refuse to
travel on the railroad because there are
some careless or ignorant officials; we do
not condemn the whole system of public
schools because here and there we find
an inefficient teacher employed. In short
nobody condemns class for the short
cOmings of individual members of that
class. But the word is more exacting
in the case Of Christians, by demanding
that the life shall square with the pro-
fession, else they say Christianity as
, whole amounts to nothing.
THUS DOES THE WORLD
bear unwilling testimony to the vitalizing
power Of Christianity when it condemns
the unchristian lives of certain members
Of the body OF Christ, and 20 by implica-
ton brings the Masters Kingdom into
disrepute. However, we must take
things as we find them. The world
judges by the outward life. and hence
we must accept that judgement, and
show by our walk and conversation, that
there is something in Christianity after
all.
The world has right to demand from
all those who profess and call themselves
Christians higher walk and more cir
cumspect conversation, than it does from
the heather or those who make no pro-
tession at all. II one be q genuine
Christian his life is found to be beauti-
full, and so, attractive, for the Christian
life ia pure, honest, just and true hence
the world seeing this, must take know
leoge of him that he has been with Jesus.
The right living Christian has a stronger
and wider influence than he can possibly
know. have knowledge of man who
years ago was brought to fuller appre-
citation Of our holy religion by the con-
sistent life of his Christian son. The
father had always lived correct life.
but had never thought anything more
was necessary, but the sight of his boy,
going on day after day in the line Of his
duty, and because it was his duty, forced
from the old man the comics sion that
there must be something in religion that
could make such a good boy. With
him, confession was but the prelude to
further action, so he sought and found
that something and made it his own,
living thenceforward Christian
life, instead of merely correct life, and
finally dying sound in the faith of our
blessed Lord. AS one more instance OF
the wonderful influence of the Christian
gentleman, / have found in my reading
the story OF man who in the midst of O
Christian community was blatant un.
believer; he secuted the idea of God of q
: future life, of moral obligation. He had
no respect for the Lords Day, but kept
his mill running seven days in the week
In the same community was another
man who was noted among his neighbors
as a Christian gentleman. He made nc
loud professions, and did not show of
his piety for the public benefit, but his
fellows always knew where to find him
He was never known to do any thing in
CONSTANT with Christian profession
any more than the infidel was known OF
is expected to do anything which could
be construed into respect for Christi
anity. After while however the people
begansto notice that at certain time or
Sunday mornings the unbeliever's mil
would be stopped for few minutes anC
then starting would run for an hour o,
two when 1t would be stopped for few
minutes again. This was
A SORE PUZZLE TO THE COMMUNITY
until some one, bold enough, asked the
! reason, and received the following reply
He said, sMr So and So, naming the
] Cody man. goes by to church and returns
/ the same way on Sunday mornings, and
/ don't quite like to run my mill while be
Is going to Or coming from worship. =
! Verify strong witness 10 the power Of
q genuine Christian life. We have thus
far considered our subject in not very
i systematic way, but we will now note a
few OF the anlovely traits in otherwise
Christian characters, and by eliminating
these, try to learn what are the true
requisites OF q Christian gentleman. Id
this connection, Che frst that occurs to