The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-02-15

I senf,mentat,sts nronounce rms ON
fogyisb. and inveiob npajnsf IFS cruelty
but Won will notice that t,1e homes in
which disobcdience has become nsso
| ciated with punishment. and disobp.
| dience with reward send forth into The
| world the manifest sons ana most
| vomanlv daughters. To refuse 10 nd.
minister loving chastisemrnt TO n child
| is to train him In life of dsobedlencc
| that will unfit him for cltlzershIn IN
| the State or usefulness In tle church.
Let there be no anger. for anger only
/ provokes anger. Love can administer
| chastlsement with regret and fears
| but II must not shrink from the duty.
"Keep thy heart with All diligence.
| for out of IL are the issues of life" This
proverb expresses the teaching of Jesus
| Christ The heart Is the source of good
| or evil, and IL 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 ii
needed no argument to prove its truth.
On the walls of every store should be
hung the words: "a false weight is
abominatiOn to the Lord, but a lust
weight is His delight" Our God be-
lieves in fair dealing. The man who
gives good measure pleases Him, and
we need to know that honesty in trade
Is rs holy thing as prayer.
And when you hear anyone laughing
ut an oath, vulgar remark. or Il
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 II lightly.
If you are tempted to surrender your
convictions In order that you may
further your interests. social or flnan-
cial. recall the words; Buy the truth
and sell 1t not" They will give stiff.
ness to your moral backbone and STAN.
ina TO your character. No man can
afford TO hold the truth for sale. 1t is
the most priceless thing that he can
possess, and whatever the father of
lies may offer him for it. he should
scorn the price with contempt
There are so many of these that
barely TO mention them would take the
time of sermon. "A merry heart
doeth good like a medicine" If, there
fore, you would save the Doctors bill.
be merry in heart, and IL you have true
heart merrlment. let Christ the Lord
Of joy reign there. Link with this
proverb its opposite: 'He that loveth
pleasure shall be n poor man" The
plensure-seeking spirit brings poverty
Of soul and purse. The man and
woman whose sole object in life is TO
have Il good time rarely have n merry
heart. Their laughter Is hollow, he.
cause their very pleasures have be.
come burden. "The fear of the Lord
prolongeth days" IT,, therefore. you
wish to live to ripe old age, cultivate
the fear of God. which will cast out all
other fear. HE that walketh uprlghtly
walketh surely" The position OF sta
bility Is not in prostratlng yourself. or
crawling. or creeping after the worlds
fashion. but in the upright walk of a
manly, conscientious life.
The man who has wandered from
God needs only TO hear the words:
"The backslider in heart shall be filed
with his own ways" TO realize that
they apply to him. Gods way is the
way of light. peace and joy. Our way
without God is the way OF darkness,
turmoil and despair. The backsllder
who has turned from Gods ways to his
own ways is truly to be pitied. When
our hearts seem unprepared and our
tongues are not right for service, let