The Newtown bee., 1898-08-05

AOuA" HI euCA ptdCcsS 1et HI&u prlnclple, pure motives, true manhood be found in these high places-let citizens rouse them selves and insist that such changes shall be made and what shall we see? We shall see our political world turned upside down, as it ought to be.
 And the business world the same. Put honorable dealing, uprightness, honesty, truthfulness, fair representation, high Christian principle, in place of what is usually justified on the plea that ''busi- ness is business,' and what change, what transformation, what revolution we should have! Let us have that revo- lution if there is need for it. We well come that social or political or business revolution which will inaugurate the reign of honesty and uprightness of deal ing and purity of motive and nobility of character. Let the social, political, bus mess world be turned upside down. l Perhaps you have sometime turned over large stone and exposed the space beneath it to the light and air. What 8 commotion there is among the many forms of insect life!
 THEY HAVE TERMED BEST IN THE DARK ! NESS
 on account of their peculiar habits. They cannot bear the light and air. They have too long been used to the darkness.
 Is it not fair representation of what would take place in our social, political, business life, if all the hidden secrets and deeds of darkness were suddenly exposed to the light of moral and religious truth !, Verify it would be nothing short of the turning Of the world upside down.
 We tmight easily pursue this thought into our intellectual world, with it's false inferences, it's wrong theories, it's fallacious reason ings, and unfounded speculations, and show how the pure light of Divine Reve- lation clears up the intellectual atmos- phere as the thunder storm purifies the air. The means may seem violent but the end and result is worth it.
 Time must, however, be taken this morning, to view the work and teaching of our Lord Jesus Christ, in the light suggested by the text. We shall find that the Apostles were simply carrying out the principles of their Lords teach ing and following His example.
 We usually speak of the blessed work of Christ as constructive and upbuilding. ''He came not to destroy the law or the prophets but to fulfil" And yet the contrasts between His personal authori- tative teaching and the practices current in His day are very marked.
 The Journalism of the Pharisee was re- buked. In place of "the letter that kill eth' He put "the Spirit that giveth life." "The law was givensby Moses but grace and truth came by Jesus Christi
 For the rule of obedience was get the principle of love. The moral teaching of such parables as the Good Samaritan, the Prodigal Son, the Pharisee and the Pub lican, the discourses like that with the Samaritan woman, these are all the great reversal of all established ideas, verita- ble turning of the moral world upside down. So with the new and significant phrases and sayings which owe their ori- SAA So oSAtASe emu tU nlIl AtuuCs >Nlno meek shall inherit the earth" 'sHe that loveth his life shall lose it, and he that hateth his life in this world, shall keep it unto life eternal"
 HE THAT HUMBLETH HIMSELF SHALL BE
 EXALTED"
 The battle given no longer to the strong, the ancient and forgotten saying proved true through Christ, Mot by might Tor by power, but by my spirit.o Especial ly in the Sermon on the Mount, the new teaching of the Christ concerning alms- giving, prayer and fasting, is inculcated through the great and oft reiterated con- trasts, ''Ye have heard that 1t hath been said by them of old time," ssBut | say unto you,o "Whosoever is angry with his brother without cause,o ssWhoso- ever looketh upon woman to lust after her, ]. Swear not at all Y Resist not evil but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek turn to him the other also, ' Love your enemies, bless them that | curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despite fully use you and persecute yon.'' Our Lord taught of ssthe narrow way,o sthe few being saved, the sskingdom not Of this world" that ssthe world, would ''hate'' His childrens that those who are