The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-05-07
What Consistency" Leads To.

bU VIII nOl lOll II fHNTCn because ~ III
consistent church members! Consistency,
then. is the word you wish 20 emphasize.
Very well, replies Rev. Newell Dwight Hill
lis. Here is the world oi trade and com
meree. Tomorrow. merchants will adul
terate their goods traders will tamper
with their weights. miikmcn will water
their milk draDers will sell cotton for silk
clerks will steal money from the bank, and
the whole Kingdom of trade stands for hy'
pocrisies and lies. Stree you do not care
To associate with hypocrtes withdraw
from business, and pledge yourself never
again to enter the kingdom of commerce
IT inconsistent members keep YOU out OF
keep you out of business Here is tho
kingdom of law. Tomorrow lawyers will
be tricksters. They viii suborn witnesses
They will conceal evidence They will deal
in ,ubteriuges. But because some lawyers
are unprofessional will that compel you to
stand aloof from the study of jurspru.
dencc: Here is the kingdom OF love and
marriage. Tomorrow some man will play
false TO his marriage VOW and some WON.
an will proIane the hottest sanctties, and
those who have so'emniy pledged them.
selves to the law of love will stand forth
clothed with hypocrisy as with garment
But does their inconsistency mean that yot
can never found your home. and that you
can never stand at Il marriage altar, and
never swear ieaity in the name of an eter.
nal friendship? Why. there are spots on
the sun, but We need the sun for harvest
10 be consistent you must give up the
Venus de Milo because there is a flaw in
the marble. We must pull down the Par.
thenon because there are black stains on
the columns. Now something is wrong in
the man who refuses allegiance to the
church because OF inconsistency. but turns
around and gives allegiance to hundred
other institutions. in the very face OF
greater Inconsistencies.
The time has gone forever for men to
plead the bigotry and bad lives OF tine un'
worthy disciples of Master who confess.
cdly is worthy. Peter and Judas were not
Christian and misrepresented their Master.
But in tbaC hour OF misrepre sentation they
ceased to be disciples and became hypo.
critics. Let all those who dislike hypocrisy
leave immediately the. company. of Judas
and Peter with his dcnia. and join the
ranks OF the other ten. We grant that
there are men outside OF the church who
are better than some in the church. Now
and then a youth appears in the realm of
art who Is blessed with such native genius
that instinctive,y he understands the laws
Of drawing and perspective and the laws of
him is another youth who for years has
been in the school under great artist.
master, and after long drill can scarcely
equal his brother, who is seli-taught. But
snail TINS glfted youth who has received
so much from his parents and his God DC.
claim against his father, or despise the
schoo of arr!
There are many poor pupils in schools
and colleges. but when you find some
youth who is far from being the ideal
scholar, do not rail against the college aud
the university. The poorer the schola: the
more necessary the maintenance of the
school in which ne studies. Not otherwise,
if men in the church are sinful and weak
and full of error. it is the more necessary
to strengthen the church. that manhood
later may become strengthened. Uncon-
scious,v he who urges the inconsstency of
Christians and rails against their errors
has forged weapon that turns against
himself
How ungenerouS are all these excuses. as
well as how wicked. We live in Gods
world. He hath lifted up this world house
rs no prince hath ever fitted nm the halls
oi palace. We breathe His air. are
warmed by His summers. we iced upon
His harvests. We are pilgrims who stoop
and drink at His fountains. The angel OF
His providence goes before us to prepare
life 5 way; the angel of His mercy follows
after Us to recover us from our transgres.
sions And how shall men meet such ove.'
flowing generosity save with instant obe.
dienee? What mark across the page OF
memory 50 back Gs the mark of ingrati
-ude?