The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-11-12

| lie. 1t WnlteWaSneS the outside but
leaves the inside In a foul condition. 1t
lacks the sense OF forgiveness. 1t lacks
In short spirituality.
On account of this lack in morality a
great many people have stumbled.
When you compare the life Of a man
who is outwardly moral with that OF the
man who Is outwardly immoral, the
| moral man Is so much better that he
merits more In the next world than the
immoral man. At least you are not
going to send them to the same place.
Granting that the moral man Is bet
ter. granting that the destiny Of the two
may be radically different, is 1t not also
true that a mans life on the outside
may be very good and yet he be subject
to the most malign passions and .eel-
ings? A man may have 4 beautiful ex-
terror but be deceitful. lustful, profane,
malicious on the interior.
| Did you ever stop to note that the
woes Christ pronounced upon the Phasl-
sees and scribes we're more severe than
those he pronounced upon the publlcans
and the sinners. The .Pharisaes were
rlgldly moral. They were the most re-
llglous people OF their time: but inward
ly they were magazine OF mallgn feel.
Ing. And when they were exposed,
when their life opened rs a book and
read. they were found to be worse than
those who made no pretenslons to
Diety
The Value Of Moral Qualities.
do not undcr-rate the value of moral
qualities. They have their value. They
are worth something Just what they
are worth cannot say. They are aux
Hilary TO religion. In yonder vineyard
there stands a strong, vigorous, healthy
grape vine. One morning the vine over
seer awoke and discovered that during
the night mildew had struck 1t. He sets
to work to assist the vine to throw Off
the disease. He digs around 1t. He
fertilizcs- He whips 1t UP and destroys
the insects that light upon 1t. It yields
to his treatment. BY and by 1t brings
forth great broad palm-like leaves.
They cover the vine from top to bottom.
But Is the growth Of leaves the object
of the vine-dresser Nay. nay. he -tlocs
his work and waits for the luscious
grapes to appear.
Man Is like that grapevine. He has
been struck by the disease of SIM. Nor
ality. Is good enough for the outside.
1t will answer for q time. 1t satisfies
the demands of society. It is better
than immortality, but It is not final. 1t
does not go far enough. God requires
the fruit. the righteousness which is by
faith.
Now this whole problem Of morality
and religion is solved by what we call
the new birth. That Is final. 1t settles
the question for time and eternity.
We have reached a point in the Gull
ture and education Of the human FAM
lily where we believe that all true great
ness is born in men. Education does.
not give man any new faculties. Elk
perience does not add a. single new
power to mans natural gifts, Great
poets. great statesmen, great generals
are born. II 4 man is 10 succeed In busi-
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