The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-09-09

Heaven" said the swan. 'have yoa never
heard OF heaven" And then the beautiful
bird went on to describe the grandeur of
the. eternal city. She told of streets OF
gold, of gates OF pearl and walls of jasper
and the river of life, "clear as crystal"
In eloquent language the swan sought to
portray the hosts who live in the heavenly
world, but without erousing the slightest
interest. Finally the crane asked, ."Are
there any snails there" "Snails!" re.
! peated the swan; mo! of course not"
Then" said the crane, as il continued its
search along the Shiny margin OF the pool.
| you can have your heaven. | want
snails." There are thousands of people to.
lay who are meeting the appeals OF the
church of Jesus Christ, il not with the
snaiPs answer, at least with the sEail's
attitude. You can nave your heaven. |
want snails." And why Because they
have yielded to the mind of the flesh and
| allowed the lusts OF the tlcsn to atrophizc
the spiritual nature, "Bc not deceived;
God is not mocked; for whatsoever man
soweth to his flesh shall Of the flesh reap
corruption" Fancy may figure the wick
ed as borne aloft in charots Of the SUM-"
says the Rev. w. J.. Watkinson, but a
| ray OF daylight reduces the pretentious
things TO the monstrous forks Of the police.
| mans stretcher, the workhouse ambulance
| the prison van, the hearsc that hears men
to the grave ere they have lived out hall
their days"
On the other hand, "tho mind of the
spirit is lie and peace" Christianity
comes to men telling. them OF a divine
that we might have life and have it more
spirit Of li;e,3 which eSerts t u it. 81 power ;,r
| among men. Jehovah is spoken of as the
living God" and the Holy Spirit as His
living agent by thy. spirit God hath
forth thy spirit; they are created. In 50
far as testimony and observation 90 life
springs from life The Spirit OF God is
manifest in AL His methods and works.
This same spirit, whose activity is oSerted
IN creation and the sustaining of life, is
wisdom and grace. The Spirit. OF God
'renews the face. of the earth" turning
winter into spring, calling forth life,
beauty, fragrance and song. The same
SPIRIT transforms the human soul The
Spirit ot God touches our hearts; the
great transaction is done. Behold a new
creature in Christ Jesus. We pass from
dea,h uato life. We are alive unto God
through Jesus Christ our Lord, and the
things which are all in all to the sensuous
wording are OF value to lis only as they are
connected with and minister to the king
dom OF Jesus Christ, OF which we are
citizens.
IL ypu hNNS pI5sCu from uCaIn unto lie
you are not piece OF moral tinkering aud
ethical cobblins. Regeneration is a live
IIirc. 1t is permanent miracle. You are
not only new man. but live man. The
dictionary defines a top as a ''gyroscopc."
a gyroscope may be made to spin. But it
Is a dead thing. nevertheless. 1t won't go
without string, or spring attached to it
and maninuiated by the hand OF the spin.
ner. II You have been regenerated you
/ are mora than a gyroscope. You will not
run down" like top. You will not be
subject to moods and modes. You will
tachcd to you. The love oil the Christ will
.constran you and RESTRAIN you" In
the workshop, in the store, behind the
counter and in the Office your associates
will know that you have been with Jesus
and received life. ''The mind of the flesh"
on his casket, "The mind of the spirit
lives and speaks through the kindling eye,
the ouiyering lip and the softened and
sanctiied heart. The grazing grounds OF
the flesh.y-minded are the lotus meadows
Of pleasure and case. The grazing grounds
of the spiritually minded are the green
pastures" beside the ''still waters" led
and fed and satisfied by the Shepherd of
Life. The difference between the carnally
minded and the spiritually minded is the
difference between the stall fed OK COM
placently chewing his cud and the Great
urc created in the image Of God aconizing
to be worthy of wearing the white stone
and bearing the new name.
With lie comes also the gift OF peace.
| Peace be unto you," said the Saviour to
| the disciples. My peace leave with you;
My peace [ give unto you; not as the
world givcth, give l unto you" What is
i yon are longing, for this morning?
Home? You have that. Business? You
have more than you can attend to. AL.
ready you are worried nearly to death
| over business. Tomorrow mornings mail
| will bring you q large bundle of letters.
Perhaps some OF them will read, "Please
remit" Head over heels in business.
| Pleasure? Aren't you surfeited with pleas
ure? Aren't you at it every afternoon and
evening, by the seashore, in the noun.
tains, at the club? One continuous round
| OF pleasure. Society? Don't you go in for
it? Don't You have your teas, your card
parties, your games and chit chats? What
peace of conscience. And You will never
get it until You get life-the life that
throttles and binds and sets its. heel upon
! this miserable carnal creature that whines
and frets and burns with an abnormal
thirst that nothing can satisfy! And why
do you get peace when you get eternal
life? Because. you have anchored to do
something within the vale, and wind and
wave and tempest shock cannot disturb
the calm and constant peace OF the mind
| and heart that wait upon the Lord. You
get peace because under the strenuous up-
lift of this new life you live a simple lie
nobly. which is the erandcst thino any OF
us can do. He who follows ''the mind OF
the spirit" will find the deepest satisfac.
tion, for he has "in him n well of water
sprlnging up into everlasting lie"
The other night George Primrose, the
| minstrel, was amusing IN audience at the
Masonic Tempe Roof Garden in Chicago
In RESPONSE to an encore he came out and
sang MY Watermelon Qreen" When he
came to the line in the chorus, "She's all
the world to me-" he broke down, turned
and walked into the wings, to the surprise
Of the audience Just before he walked
20 the foollghts he received 4 telegram say
ing that his wife was dead in their home in
Buffalo. And when he came to that line
which touched the deepest chord in his
soul footlights and faces. all save one
were forgotten. Love yearned to ciasp
love- The supreme grace that was born
in heaven and which hris "its waverng
image here" swayed the heart of he great
comedian. The sorrow in the soul stihed
the song on the nps. So it is when the
mind Of the spirit o'erma sters the mind OF
the flesh. The STACEY manuerisms of so
ciety, the baubts. the triul;ets. the Bac
chanaiian banqrets, are forgotten, or they
cease to allure. The soul turns away from
the hollow handciapping and the vulgar
throng into the wings to live with Him
who sis all the world to me-"