The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-04-30


performed no heroic deeds, who have left
no inspiring examples? Are they to be
blotted out, punished for not having what
was never given them. for not having what
they could not possibly get? Is immor
tality thus reward only for the distin
guished, the gifted jew? No, it is u false
theory: 1t is pathetic and surprising that
men of parm should have stopped to con
sole and hatter themselves in this fashion.
Fame alone, be it as great as that OF Peri
cles or Luther, is not by itself a sufficient
and satisfying. return for the labor its win
ming entails; 1t certainly is not pay enough
Tor man 8 extinction. Fame is something
left behind anyway. and those Of lis who
have no fame are like the drop of water
that dries up after IL has fallen. This sub
stitute is puerile, wanting in dignity
The desire for immortality is too appar
ent to be open to dispute. The savage and
the civilized, the lliterate peasant and the
profoundest thinker alike want it to be so.
Even when some have lost hope they desire
it fondly as ever. Even when a man has
lost all hope of living again he cannot rid
himself of desire for it. That is ineradica.
bic. Now here Is the sound and legitimate
conclusion. A desire so universal and per
sistent is the planting of the creative power
responsible for our existence. II is man
ifest prophecy of what shall be- The ex.
istencc of an organ implies the existence OF
field for its operation-this is an axiom
of science. There would be no fins ii there
were no water to swim in, no wings ii
there were no air to fly in, no feet if there
were no earth to walk on. Now here is
another sound and legitimate conclusion
what God promises He performs. His char.
acter is perfect. To hold any other
idea of Him would be b,asphemous or pre-.
sumptuous. To implant this desire and
provide no means for its qualification would
be cruel deception. To make this prom
lse and not carry it out would be breach
Of trust as base as the squandering on sell
hsh pleasure of the property the widow OF
the orphan con6des to an attorneys man.
agement. God has not dealt so in any
other case. He is the rewarder OF those
who put their trust in Him.
II a man die, shall he live again? As a
Christian | answer yes Do you ask why
Because he has a right to do so. Because
God is just. Righteous art Thou in all
Thy way, the psalmist sings. Some incline
to the view that as regards Gods dealings
with man, the latter can have no right
that man is in the position of a beggar,
glad to receive anything, but without any
legitimate claim. He must call upon God
not because of any virtue in His character
but because Ne is all powerful. He made
us, we are His creatures; therefore, He
may act toward us and do with us as He
pleases. We are duty bound to obey Him.
to be kindly disposed toward Him. but lie
is under no sort of obligation to deal gen
orously or justly toward us. Al such the
cries and interpretations arc misrepresen
tations of the divine character, actual
SANDERS upon Gods goodness. God is a
father. and no father is at liberty to neg
lect, i'll treat, degrade a child simply be-
cause he is his own. Indeed. this very
fact is the strongest sort of reason that
he will do just the reverse. We all recog
nize and respect the obligations of parent
hlooJ To cara for thp chi'd's bOdV- fo
train its mind, to instill moral principle
into its nature is incumbent upon every
parent. Some deny Themselves the high
privilege for fear of an inheritance OF
weakness or disease, and thereby making
the life OF a loved one miserable. 1t is the
veriest sophistry it is cruel misrepresenta.
ton, to my mind it is unthnkable, that
imperfect man is of kndlier nature toward
his child than the perfect God toward His,
that the finite is under compulsion to dc
right but the Infinite is not On the con
trary. every rise in the scale of being de
mands a corresponding $50 rise IN the sca,e the
of obligation. The wiser, the greater. the
better off the parent. the happier his child
is expected to be. The greater his ability
to do. the more l., ought to do. This Is
the lesson of the parable of the talents
To one five, to another two, to another
one to every man according to his severa!
abilities In proportion to the gift sc
ought the return to be. Tle who has little
of him little is demanded. He who has
much of him much is required. This Is
an immutable law of universal application
We are not mere obiects-stones sticks.
shels-but animate, intelligent beings. lnto
whom God breathes and builds something
that identifies us with Him and His nature
The difference between God and man is
more in degree than in kind. The two are
of the same spiritual essence. There are
faculties the two have i'll common: Reason,
conscience, WILL are specifications in port.
Man is endowed with them and the consti'
tuition and course of nature reveal their eX'
istence in the workings OF God BY resem'
are proven Gods children. And will God
! kill His own children? kill us before we
have fully realized what the life He has
| given is? We long for happiness and yet
we get comparatively little of it here. We
cherish an ideal of perfection and yet we
never attain it on earth. We are but be,
ginning to understand what grand and
noble thing life NAV be when We have to
| lie down and die. We are just on the point
of reaching the rewards for which we have
waited and toiled when the end comes. and
! if we are ever to enjoy them it must be III
| another world. Now is God in all this and
all the while deceiving, us! When we de- &c
sire the bread OF everlasting life viii He
| give us the stone of everlasting death! At
ter we have prayed to Him, trusted in
| Him, lifted up our hearts to Him, tried
| His works to do. loved Him and longed to
be with Him during our residence on earth
will He welcome us when at last we come
to Him with annihlation? If so He is
not good. If so He is not God. If so there
is M God. If so on the throne of the uni
verse is seated not loving father but a
ieeriug fiend taunting us for our helpless
ness and delighting in our misery. Right
sousness, eternal Righteousness is against