The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-12-16
PRlNCIPLE-WHAT 1T is.
Excellent Article Written for the NEWS
by Prof. Geo. w. Ashton.

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knave, the preacher hypocrite,
and the talkative individual tat.
tier and slanderer.
But what is principle? 1t is
manliness pervading all thought
and action. 1t is the love of truth
for the truths sake, without con.
Germ about personal advantage.
1t is clean, straightforward, can
did dealing whether in relation to
friend or foe. 1t is not double.
tongued and time-serving. What
ever is guilty of this, it is clear is
not principle but the very oppos.
ite.
Principle is that lnimitable
quality in men which Is capabl
OF forming and main tanning en-
during friendships with such as
are worthy. The man whom no.
body trusts fully and heartily, Is
always the man without princi-
pie. The poor man of principle
has credit, while the rich man
without principle is distrusted.
The politician without principle
like the weather vane-always
turns to the grateful breeze. The
religionlst without principle, self
deceived, revels in the dellrium
of fanaticism, and is always seen
in a bog. There is no healthy
growth because the soil Is bad
To raise wheat there must he
strength of soil, and to raise men
there must be manhood. You
can not raise a beautiful building
without a foundation, neither can
you produce a high type of Christ
ian manhood from an unprinci.
pied dwarf, capable Of nothing
but deceit and SANDER, with
hand full of falsity and foul
thoughts.
Religion does a great deal for
US, but the elements OF manhood
usually existed before conversion
in the noted Christian characters
adorning the annals of history.
Saul was a blasphemer, but he
had manhood. When his ignor-
ance was swept away his manli.
ness was made manifest, and he
never betrayed his divine Master.
Moses was man, and he excel.
ed in the elements of manhood
even before called to his RESPONSE
BILE life work.
The hypocritical sympathy of
Judas with the poor was seen in
his gushing rebuke of the poor
woman because he was thief.
He was pious for consideration.
He lacked principle, and every
pious juggler and religious harle-
quin is acting on the same line
The love for truth and hatred of
everything that is false should be
implanted in the childish heart.
Candor, honesty and reverence
for the aged should likewise be
insisted upon in the earlier years
of life. Parents should see to it
that they themselves are not
guilty of that which they con-
denim in their children. If they
do not do this they exhibit lack
of principle themselves, and can
not reasonably expect their chill
dren to improve on the example
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else men have, if they are lacking
in principle the world would be
better without them.
But principle is practical not
theoretical. This fact James
and John emphatlcally affirm
(James 9: Is, 16. l. John 3 ~
We cannot make an outcast of one
of Gods creatures bearing his
image and then consistently claim
acceptance with him ourselves.
The professedly pious who pray
long and sing with vehemence,
"Rescue the perishiug," Lift up
the fallen," Duty demands it,"
and, when the first opportunity
comes to put lin practice the senti-
ment Of their song, exclude from
their homes and drive from their
doors the homeless and helpless,
the destitute and dependent, the
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