Milford chronicle., 1902-04-18
Aunt Fannie's Department.
OUR SET.

Some one has written, Think Of
the poor exclusives Of this lower sphere
carrying their petty measures, which
limit their sympathies on earth, into
the other world; setting up their little
lotteries to cut Peter because he was a
fisherman and did not belong to their
set, or exclude some spirit if he were
not born quite high enough to suit their
fancy Ali the one and only unmis-
taxable mark Of vulgarity is narrow
ness of mind and insensibility Of heart
stupid prejudice and inhunan sell
fishness."
Verify, the keen blade Of sarcasm is
here sheathed in common sense. When
those who profess christianity, become
un-christianlike enough to talk about,
or think of, any child Of God however
humble, as unfit for association, not of
their "set," how blinded are their spir-
itual and mental eyes.
Does Jesus Christ belong to yOsr
''set ?" And do these people belong
to him? If 50, you can have no higher
honor and they have the same. Where
does exclusiveness come in? We are
all united by the Spirit into one body.
All debtors to His grace for redemp-
ton. for deliverance from eternal death;
where is boasting?
Nothing is so convincing to sinners
as to see the leveling of all race or class
barriers and distinctions. It proves a
divinity; a something beyond their
comprehension. And they are led to
long for such power. Yes, power, for
the humility Of Christ is powerful.
The ''our seti sinfulness Of feeling,
is not confined to those rich in earthly
treasures. There are persons in very
moderate circumstances, who through
eHvious pride, would be strictly exelu-
sive in "their set, and as unwilling to
associate with the upper ten" or" four
hundred,n as they could be toward
them. One is as "deep in the mud" as
the other is 'in the mire."
doubt, if any where upon the earth
can be found the 'I'm better than
thou" in any more disgusting form
than here. Over the water, ones birth
right, shows "who is Who while here
in ambition for the honors, people re-
semble in point Of behavior nest OF
spuirming puppies. The different in
dividuals are constantly striving fOI
the best positions, only to be rooted Out
by stronger son or daughter of aspir.
alton. What goes with these honors
when you lay down under the sod
You are forever done with their glory
SO far as joy goes.
In Gods sight, is Cecil Rhoads bet
ter than a poor reflector Of Christ?
fear not Nor do / imagine Kind Ed
ward is, either. But far more respon
sible. envy him not. What really
forms the demarcation surrounding
these sets2 OF your 'set ?n
1t isn't money: for we find there
some ''pOOr and proud" Not educa
ton or culture, as you've some Eicl
ones with you, who surely cannot boas
of either. Not wisdom, for some an
rather decidedly more unwise, thar
otherwise. Lack Of wit and honor j
no barrier. Nor is an especially il
temper or meanness Of disposition. ]
isn't the possession or lack Of beauty
Nor of assurability or its opposite.
Not congeniality or agreeability, fo
Z ruptures in "our set" are not mfr,
quent. Although it is true, that i
your OWE circle, you overlook even t
conformation, mistakes you abhor in th
: so-called clover classes.n Sin seem
pardonable, if the sinner is one Of eor
: SET"
Fame is not the password, for SON
: are of little note. While others are il
famous. Before God or man it ism
4 real worth. Worth which would be,
sitting. There is ''wickedness in hig
10 places as well as low ones. All Il
q way back to Cain you will find "blaC
sheep" somewhere within the foe
n The ''old Adamic nature is everywhe
- apparent. There has been no improv
/, ment since Cain killed Able, nor c.
,,e there be. Some Of us by the eviden
q of family tree, or printed genealog
trace our ancestry a long way back +
'blue blood" Alas they write l
the doings Of the Abels, passing soft
by the Gains. They are there, howevs
81 and we may as well see and own Il
'Oi truth. Isn't it wicked to pay homa
40 to ''Our set, /" as christians +? and weak
silly as wordlings2 1t is one Of t
}" giant shams of Satan's kingdom.
blood counts with God but that of |
h Son, Jesus Christ. And it is upon 70
", upon nae, either for deliverance or CO
domination.
Satan has no better assistants tn
weak christians, with the outward
moral wording, and the hypOcrites
false professors, Of Christ. These TIL
will find their ''setD might minis
worldly pleasures to them upon adea
bed. Might follow in solemn pomp
the grave; but in the day Of Go
i. Judgment upon them, they will find {
power Of ''oursetp had been earth spe
Look upl and reaching down, dr.
,. others upward.
lost What encouragement has tour s
md from God9 None at all. The ca
fire yields up her treasures, as readily
ind the poor mans pick as to the pick "
tin the millionaire to back it. Vegetat
my springs sorth in abundance for
the The breeze that fans your check, n
have famed that of a beggar a nom
3. before. The sun beams upon the p
tenant as eheerily as upon the Opul
en- landlord. The Indian canoe dance
meEEilY ever the wave, sa the pleas