Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1906-08-09

responsibility and his sonship. Four
nftns OF the inndelity of today is in
ndeiity OF the heart. not of The head
Inc man must be clean. You know
what that means. When you hear
men say so and Sos a fine clean
chap. what does such praise mean
10 you! Doesn't 1t mean that he's
not a ffbertiHe, -drunkard. a thief
IN fact that he's whole-souled. hon
| and love?
A man ought to be cheerful "a be
goes through life Wearing a long
race Is not token of virtue. nor a
badge OF the kingdom of heaven.
Leave the long faces to the "cloistered
sisters and brothers" God made men
LOT happiness. Be true to him and no
as happy as you can be. III Won are
trce to the best that is in You. Won
ought to be cheerful. you have a God
gwen right to be cheerful The cheer
Iul man Is seldom the thief and plct-
Ter: the man who sings and laughs
ana smiles and keeps a cheerful coun.
,enance Is a man who-other things
DehS equai-can do the most good. be
the best-liked, and receive in return
the most affection. God doesn,t care
Tor long faces and sad ones. The
] cheerful doctor is better in the home
| other things being equal. than the
| iong-faced one. The CHEEKY man is
welcomed everywhere. especially IL his
cheer is based on the principle thar
God is the ruler of all. that he is in
mite love. and that all the storms
OF SIN and s:Trow can never defeat
MIN In his determined plan to give
lie and all its gifts to all his chill
aren' somewhere, some time, some
now BE cheerful. young man; culti-
Vate II; not the boisterous cheer which
one sometimes sees. but the cheer
which Is strong To keep you hopeful
and joyful and Strengthening you to
strengthen others.
BE helpful. The self-seeker is al
| ways hateful. He is always humping
| into you with his Importance. If
there is an honor of any sort in the
neighborhood he wants Ii. oh. he's a
hateful creature: men despise him.
avoid him. won't help him except
through fear or favor" and never can
depend on him. Be helpful. II you
nave the means. help. Help anyway.
means or no means: you have the
power to help. to cheer. to make a
fellow feel that the world is not all
grasping. greedy. selfish thing. but
that there Is desire. a love. and a
power to help. In helping others you
are most like God. Did you ever hear
the words. BE We perfect as your
Father In heaven is perfect?" The
person who spoke these words spoke
| them to you and me. Isn't IL a noble
standard. the very noblest. the stand
ard OF Gods life-and that's the meas
ure OF mans greatness, Help.
brother! Be helpful, and help i'm love.
in pity. in confidence. What IL at
will use reasonable prudence. You
will not involve yourself and family
to help others. That would not be ex-
pected from you. But as long as you
have power on earth to- mitigate sin
and sorrow, do so. Both these are Of
mans making, not Gods ordering. and
man can be a great help to his fell
lows
Who are the most helpful men you
know? They are the clean men who
love their fellows NEST.
There Is sin and sorrow, and the
young man soon finds IL out. Indeed.
he will find virtue so often despised,
and sin and all its devil-troop so hon
ored today. that he will at times be
strongly tempted to- strive for success
as the seeming successful ones esti-
mate IL today.
Let the young man look around to-
day. What does he see? He sees men
grown rich by every abominable IN
just and fraudulent scheme. He sees
these men honored and esteemed by
multitudes. He sees the corruption I'm
public life. The plea Is they all do
IL, and I must do IL for protection of
myself and my interests" A devilish
plea that. No one can have any rights
or interests that are against the well
NrE L.. IL.
son. the law Of conscience and OF God.
Young man. don't be led astray. Stick
to your principle The curse OF uni
yersal justice. Of universal compass
will fall on them and on their wealth.
OF the men who have gathered II dis
honestly. The execration OF mankind
will fall on them and on their wealth
IL not on their families. Don't think.
my brother. that virtue Is a sham. truth
fiction. God an invention OF priests.
Don't forget that the greatest law
givers were not priests but laymen.
Don't forget that not one OF the great
tribunes OF Israel. Of Greece. OF Rome.
was priest: they were all Iaymen.
Who have been the great tribunes
since those early days? The greatest
Of all. Jesus Christ. was not a priest
az Israel counted priests. He was n
layman. workIngman. despised anu
rejected OF men. See how he kept
himself clean. though tempted. In all
things like as we arei See how he kept
his soul glad with the Joy he gave
his followers See how he helped!
See how he loved! Who Is like him
Of all the children OF menu Thank
God for Jesus Christi The manifest
man that ever breathed. the bravest.
strongest soul that ever felt and fought
and conquered What has he done
AGAINST you. my brother? The priests
didn't invent him. They couldn't:
they didn't have the power Of omnipo-
tent. infinite thought and love. The
priests plotted hts death. They killed