Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1902-06-19

| the week for recreation and lectures ana
| it is the opinion of this distinguished busi-
| ness man that the average sermon VIII ne
n stimulus to his intellect. Remember, 1t
is not so much what you hear as the i'm
preston it makes upon you and the after
| Effects upon your life. Men may have forget.
! ten the Greek they learned in college, and
the principles of the higher mathematics,
| but no man could pass through college
without coming out stronger and better
| in every way if he were true to his educa-
| ton, and the effect of a serml rightly
heard and received is to make the ife
purer, the mind clearer, the character
stronger
Fourth-The example of church going af.
fords an important means of promoting
| the good order of the community. The re-
| Aex influence upon oneself is of the very
best, and the influence upon others is con.
| ducive to regular habits and good order.
! Fifth The idea of recreation in church
/ attendance is one of the most important
reasons for faithfulness in this regard.
"Surely," writes distinguished man,
"church going will afford this" a change
| of occupation is rest and working man
who feels that he must sleep through the
| hours of the morning because he has
| toilcd faithfully through the days of the
week, will find that he is beginning his
week duler than if he had been true to
| God; while the business man who reads
| through most of the hours Of the day be.
| cause he feels that to attend church would
] be sense of WEAKNESS would find that lie
begins the week more weary than if he
| had been loyal to Christ. w
| Sixth-Another writes, I'VE ought to
| attend church in order to become ac-
| ouainted with the saving power of Jesus
| Christ; men ought to attend church to he
good, and then they will be good for some
thing,
| There are certain facts which we must
| remember in our efforts to reach aud to
| help others.
First--Therc is a worshipng faculty, in
| man. and it is the climax OF all his other
| faculties. For the exercise of his voice
| man has the air, for his feet he has the
| Garth. for hunger he has food, for thirst
| he has water but for his soul he must
have God. John Stuart Mills was one of
| the greatest men. and he had ono OF the
greatest minds we have known in these
latter days; but his early life. his father
| blood and his education had drawn him
away from the church. He tried to kill all
| faith. and vet he could not kill the de-
mand for something to worship. He eulo-
| liacd his wife until he worshiped her. and
the seven and a half years they lived to-
| gethcr were the happcst years of his life.
| When she died the light of his life went
out There never was a sadder closing to
mortal life than his.
Second 49, Men have misunderstood the
| spirit of the church. Criticism has been
mode that the church is class institution
existing for the favored few, but this is
| thoiomcw Mission House in this city,
| ,,larn pponl, nv tho thpu san1S have bpcn
reached aud blessed; the presence of the
| Madison Square Church House, so recently
| dedicated to the glory of God and the
| helping of all classes OF people is an argu'
| ment which directly meets this disposition
on the part of the unchurched. Not long
| ago man went about through the
churches cad as a poor man, plainly
| by no one and welcomed by nearly all,
| The church is the greatest factor in the
| world. but it's work is first and foremost
| with the soul and its needs. Men have
| been disposed to censurc us because we do
| no do what the club does nor what the
| lodge does. but it should be remembered
| that the church is not charity institution,
| nor an educational institutions; it is a
| Place for regeneration, conversion and ctcr:
| nal salvation The church has a social
| mission, it is true. but first of all it has a
| saving mission. We must keep first things
| ,ir5t, The lodge may have its place in the
| ranks of men. but woe be to that man who
| allows it to usurp the place of the church
| in his life.
| After Rossin had rendered william
| Tell for the five hundrcdth time a com
| pany of musicians came under his window
| in Paris and seranaded him. They put
| upon his brow a cold crown, and in the
| midst of the cheers Rossni turned to a
/ 4. IL &C |,
| Just for a day of youth and love- and
| there is many an old man in New York
| who has passed his Sundays in the house
| of God who knows more of real JOY be
| cause of this than the man whose name is
| famous throughout the world and counts
| his money by millions.
| In the Yellowstone Park there is IA
nous point where on one of the peaks oil
| the Rocky Mountains the falling waters
| seem to hesitate for a moment as If to say,
| (Which way shall ] go?" This point Is
the Continental Divide, and gust OF wind
| determines whether the water shall flow
| east to the Atlantic or west to the Pa
| Cfic. | doubt not bat some one is reaching
| a decision as to what his true relations to
| the church may be, and if he decides
| against the church he is to be pitied
| while if his decision is i'll favor of the
| church all will be well
i
strengthened he will meet temptation.
| but overcome it; he will meet trial and
| rejoice in it; he will have the approval OF
| his own conscience, and this always makes
| Il man courageous.
| Second-His social life will feel the i'm.
| pctus of his decision. Mems lives count
| for evil. DR.. Munhall, the celebrated evan.
| gelst, says that before he became min.
!ster he went one evening to the theatre
| just to Please a visiting friend, and the
| next day met upon the streets young
man whom he asked again as he had asked
| him frequently to be IA Christian, The
nan looked at him and said, Il never want
| you to speak to me on the subject again.
| ! saw you i'll the theatre last night, and |
| have little confidence in a man who pro.
| tesses to be Christian and wa. found in
4 questionable place of amusement" Il
never won him. said DR.. Munhall "He
gradually drifted away from the church
| and from Christ, and | met him in the
West hopeless wreck" If a mans inhu.
| enCe may count for evil then who can cst-
mate what would be accomplished among
| men ii we were true to Christ and true to
| the church and lived out the principles of
| both in our business life.
| Third-1he home life would feel the i'm
petus. Mr.. Moody used to tell the story
| OF the father who came to his home, found
| weeks and months. The little fellow said,
| Lift me up" and he raised him from his
bed, and then he said, Lift me higher"
| and then he held him up for a moment as
| high as his arms could reach, and when he
| took him down he was dead. "He had
lifted him." said Mr. Moody, into the
very arms CT Christ" This is possible for
every man who lives as he ought to live
and works as he ought to work; is true to
| Christ and faithful to the church. May
God help us all to be lust this.
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The residence of Hiram Fulton OF
| Hartranft. Montgomery county, Pa,