The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-20

| her brow is wound fillet in white, in
scribea Law Her right hand rests on
| the head of Slavery He is a criminal,
| face dull hands nanaclc6. feet in letters.
| Her left hand rests upon License; her
face Is eager. her eye atiame. her express
sion ambitious; strong passions swell her
heaTing bosom: she is ROBBED in scarlet.
Liberty thus holds Slavery and License
beneath the touch of her hands, but her
white sandalea feet are pressed hard upon
The neck of the dark form of Sin Il will
walk at Liberty. for l keep thy law
There Is no life so blessed. none so
sweet and heroic and secure as the life
bound up in the law of Gods boundless
love. A comet. one of those Migrants of
the skies, has liberty to roam, and what
does it make OF it? Il plunges away into
the depth of darkness, but if 1t came with
in the attraction of some great blazing
sun and subsidized into a planet, it would
lose none of its liberty. And so with you
or me. AS long as We make ourselves
the sinful center of our rebel persons so
long will we subject ourselves to attrac
tons OF temperature almost too great to
bear But let us come to Christ and lei
Him be the star around whom we may
revolve. His constrainng love will be a
law to keep our feet in paths of peace and
we shah be able to sing, Thy statutes
have been my song in the house of my
pilgrimage
This experience may mean SO much or
so little. Conversion does not usually
cause us to give up our place or occupa-
ton, but hroadens and deepens our work.
It gives a new meaning to our business
and sheds new light upon our calling. The
mother training her child continues to
do So the mechanic works on still with
plane and saw; the doctor continues his
beneficent practice; the merchant buys
and sells; the lawyer is faithful to his
client; the teacher teaches and the pupil
studies on. But now the mother trains
her child for Chrst's sake. sees in it a
child of God. The physician practices for
his love of the profession. but now he is
a minister of mercy The teacher to train
the mind, but now to train 1t to take hold
of God. What we do we do now for the
glory of God.
"Our experience in trying to overcome
our faults is illustrated by the text. Ev-
eryone seems to have a peculiar or beset-
ting sin. strong passion, quick temper,
hasty speech. Statutes say thou shalt
not; the penalty is severe. We wish at
first the law were different, but oheying
the law, liberty comes and we are fee.
1.-The growth Of this song element IN our
appreciation of Gods law makes the
growth and development of our Christian
character. We come to love God in ODE
dence to the statutes: Thou shalt love
the Lord, thy God etc. This is better
than disobedence; yet there is not much
love here But this little love begets
Knowledge and knowledge more love, and
soon we love God without thinking of the
command. Duty becomes right, right
becomes a privilege and privilege a joy
To do a noble deed because you ought
when you do not want to deserves COM
mendation. 1t shows character. To do it
because you wish is far better. This
shows the noble aspiration of character
The ancient church sang its creeds. 1t is
an indication of their liberty. This same
element marks the growth of society.
Perfect society would be free from law,
Society as it now is needs statutes. The
murderer and thief need punishment to
protect society.
Let our good laws stay on our statute
books and yield never to license to do
that which is wrong however much the
state may be benefited in dollars and
cents. A quaint poem by quaint man
given years ago, is in point here, and that
which refers to drink may properly refer
to gambling and other things vile: J
For so much gold we license thee.
So say our laws, the draught to sell