Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1905-02-16

but you will notice that the homes in
which disobedience HIS become asso-
clated with punishment. and disobe'
dience with reward, send forth into the
world the manifest sons and most
womanly daughters. 10 refuse to adj
minister loving chastisement to Child
is to train him in life of diSobedience
that will unfit him for citizenship in
the State or usefulness in the church.
Let there be no anger, for anger only
provokes anger. Love can administer
chastisement with regret and tears.
but It must not shrink from the duty.
keep thy heart with all diligence,
for out of 1t are the issues of life" This
prOverb expresses the teaching of Jesus
Christ The heart is the source of good
or evil, and if the heart is right the
life will be right. Let Jesus Christ
fully occupy the heart. and you may
be careless about everything else. over
the archway in the old Tombs prison
in New York were the words: The
way of transgressors is hard and
every criminal who passed beneath 1t
needed no argument to prove it's truth.
On the walls of every store should he
hung the words: "a false weight is
abomination to the Lord, but a just
weight is His delight" Our God be.
lieves in fair dealing. The man who
gives good measure pleasos Him, and
we need to know that honesty i'll trade
Is as holy n thing as prayer.
And when you hear anyone laughing
at an oath, vulgar remark. or
wicked deal, quietly repeat the words:
Fools make mock at sim The man
who plays with the poisonous adder is
wise compared with him who sports
with sin or treats it lightly.
If you are tempted to surrender your
convictions in order that You may
further your interests. social CT tinan-
,ial. recall the words: "Buy the truth
md sell it not" They will give stiff
ness to your moral backbone aud STAN
M to your character. No man can
lff0rd to hold the truth for sale. 1t is
he most priceless thing that he can
possess. and whatever the father of
les may offer him for it, he should
,corn the price with contempt.
There are so many Of these that
barely to mention them would take the
line Of sermon. "A merry heart
loeth good like a medicine If. there
fore, you would save the doctors bill,
ne merry in heart and if you have true
leart merriment, let Christ the LORD
If Joy reign there. Link with this
)roverb its opposite; He that loveth
pleasure shall be II poor man Tho
pleasure seeking spirit brings poverty
Vt soul and purse. The man and
woman whose sole object in life is to
1nve a good time rarely have Il merry
leart Their laughter is hollow, be-
,ausc their very pleasures have be-
,ome a burden. Tho fear Of the L02d
,rolongeth days If. therefore. you
wish to live to q ripe old age, cultivate
he fear Of God, which will east out all
,ther fear. "Hc that wHlketh uprightIy
walketh surely" The position of sta.
,ility is NOT in pr"Stratin" Yourself. or
'rawllng. or creeping after the worlds
fashion. but in the upright walk OF
manly. conscientious lfr.
The man who has wandered from
God needs only to hear the words
The hackSlider in heart shall be filed
with his own ways" to realize that
hey apply to him. Gods way IS the
Way of light. peace and JOY. Our way
without God is the way Of darkness.
.ItnDll anu ttSpHI. iIt IId'
who has turned from Gods ways to his
own ways is truly to he pitied. When
,tr hearts seem unprcpared and our
tongues are not right for service, let
Is recall the fact that "Thc preparation
If tho heart aud Oh" answer of the
tongue is from the Lord We Will
ien give the heart To the Lord that
He may prepare it. and surrender IL"
ongue to him that hn may use il.
And thrn We will experience the
ruth of the other provcrh, Whose
ruSteth in the Lord. happy is he" And
II hours of conscious weakness we VIII
-rppat with triumph. The name of III"
Lord is n strong tower, the righteous
runneth into it and is safe"
All these proverbs make n mosaic OF
rare beauty. They fern the parts of
IN oratorio, every note harmonizIn%
With every other note. and filing the
life with sweetest music And yet We
may be saved the trouble Of committing
hem all to memory and remembering
hem in emergencies, if We Will but
.calize that Jesus Cnrist, who is the
ruth. lives and Is with MS every Gay.
If we need wisdom. we ask Him and
tie gives literally. If we arc tempted,
Wc turn to Him for SucCor, If we are
weak. We rely upon Him for strength,
md after every conflict we can say,
Thanks he to God who Giveth us the
tictory through our Lord Jesus Christ