The Newtown bee., 1902-01-24
can't stand it. If vile they are either attracted to Him for healing or they despise and hate Him.

attracted to Him for healing or they despise and hate Him.
 The same is true of every life. Any man may live such life of unseltish- ness and godly fear as to help another to better living, or it may be a perpet- ua1 annoyance to one who is selfish and vile and has no desire for holy things. No one feels the necessity of fighting selfish feelings as he stands before selfish person, still often one sees what miserable life one leads
 who is selfish and it urges him on- | ward to better life of unselfishnesS. One evil man in community can
 often do more harm to hls fellow men
 than a dozen professed Christian men for good. And for obvious reasons.
 Among many may be mentioned the
 fact that the ungodly man is usually
 active in his destructive work. Misery
 likes company and sin is contagious
 and deathly.
 f Again he often holds sway over pro
 fessed Christians to such an extent as
 to influence them for evil, rather than
 their influencing him for good. Now
 where this is the case, think of the
 fearful responsibility of that professed
 follower of the Lord who permits
 himself to become the tool of Christ
 less man! Christ's command is "Let
 your light so shine before men that
 they seeing your good works may
 glorify your Father which is in hea
 ven." "Ye are the salt of the earth. ,
 Now, if the believer is to be light an6
 salt think of the false light cast ani
 the supposed salt which has lost it.
 goodness and power
 DOING EVIL RATHER THAN GOOD.
 Men think of the false light cas- over the church of Christ by such fals. followers of the Christ. Their infiu
 ence which should always be cast fo
 the welfare of the church and fo righteousness is cast over men fo : evil and the church becomes laugh ing stock to them, and Christianity a
 worthless which has been so ill-glori , ously represented.
 The ungodly man is always alert fo evil, and, like his master he zoe about as roaring lion seeking whom he may devour. How true the sayinI . of Christ that ''the children of thi world are wiser in their generation than the children of light" The never weary in evil doing, when W . become tired of we'll doing! And s soon! If the church of Jesus Chris was as alive and alert for the glory o Christ, as the wicked are to perpetrat . their goddess deeds the world woul l soon become again a veritable garde - of Eden.
 ] This much can truthfully be saiC J that though the influence of wicke person is great, the influence of s Christian church if rightly exertet
 would shortly overshadow and ove a balance the influence of a thoughtles! r Goddess man. But on the other han( |, when direful influences of wicked me d are augmented by the harmful inf, = ences of professed Christians, then tn o church becomes impotent and it's Got t given mission is blighted and destro, n ed. These conditions flow on and o e and through years following their il $ fluence is felt by all. It is said ths j. on the summit of hill in a Wester + state is court house. It is SO situ; e ted, that the rain drops that fall c '- one side of the roof descend into Lax
 Erie and from thence through the $ 2 Lawrence and into the Atlanti
 While the drops on the other sic
 trickle down from rivulet Ito rive q until they reach the Ohio and Mis- d issippi and enter the ocean by u e gulf of Mexico. A faint breath ,e wind determines the destination D. these rain drops for three thousar
 miles. So a single act often dete v mines a
 d HUMAN DESTINY FOR ALL TIME AN le ETERNITY.
 r" Death did not first strike Adar s. the first sinful man; nor Cain, the fir u hypocrite; but Abel, the innocent ar e, righteous. Now the first soul tn; y met with death overcame death, u C. first soul that parted from earth wei 'h to heaven. Death does not argue di rs pleasure, because he whom God love i'd best died first; while the murder of suffered while living and when dead. is You remember the account of u ly ten spies sent over into the Promise y Land. They differed in their repo