Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-03-12

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81 TIE nhipWreck Paul Was going N
Rome to sbe tried tor his life, but on
the pea = storm ragged for two WaelIs
\ III TIE darkness 81 the dead o. night
not knowing wiiers they were, the
sailors On watch heard the sound 81
water breaking on the rocks and they
took soundings. And again they
took their soundings and fnding that
the water was shallower. they threw
out four anchors aand Wi1hed fol
the day We do not have to be sails
aors to know the value Of these A1.,
chors to the storm assailed men on
that ship. They held them to their
anchorage until light came and they
could see their way.
NY purpose this morning Is to con.
slider briefly the anchors of righteous.
ness that we need In our daily living.
The simplest analysis Of our present
day life, OF one weeks experience,
would show that there are q dozen
Influences outside ourselves and two
dozen temptations within us that are
storming our righteousness. We are.
surrounded ON all sides by dificulties.
Our, honor, our justice, Our sympa.
thies, our religion, all are assailed,
and we have got to protect ourselves
and our fellow men. Take the first
day OF the working week and look at
the experiences we meet with In that
day. We 60 to business, and funda-
mentally the principle to-day upon
which business seemed to be based
Is that of dishonor. It Is not honor
all men, It is not trust all men,
but 1t is distrust your fellow man;
put him under bonds" Only the
other day In the Sunday schoolI said
to the young men and women there:
BE honest; tell the truth" and one
member came to me and said: How
can we be honest? We have to lie."
There Is tendency In the life OF men
to-day to get ahead, no matter what
happens to the other man. or on
Tuesday we read In the paper that
some bankers to whom the funds OF
the people had been entrusted, and
on which the stability of business
men depends, and to whom the mon
ey of widows and children has been
entrusted, have been dishonest and
Epeculated In the stock market to In
crease their own incomes, and have
failed. Our confidence Is assailed.
and we say: Whom can we trust!"
On Wednesday, perhaps, we go to
magistrates court and We watch the
man who is elected to dispense JUS
tice in your name, and we see case at
ter case where the politicians influ-
ence is at work or where the petty
bride is at work, and men and boys
that have broken our law, and who
should be put In our prisons until
they learn what 1t is to live among
their fellow men in Righteousness,
are discharged and go free. Our
sense Of justice Is shocked. Or per-
haps 1t Is some man in higher rank
of life who takes the life of another,
who comes into our courts, and under
the plea of insanity he is declared not
guilty of his crime: while some poor
man, with the feelings OF poverty and
want, steals loaf of bread from the
corner grocery, and he Is sent to jail
for three months. Our sense of JUS
tice Is rightly shocked. Perhaps on
Thursday at o'clock we are coming
home and we are at the New York
end of the Brooklyn Bridge, and we
see mad rush to get into the cars.
There is no sympathy shown. Each
man tries to get himself In and
pushes women and children aside.
and we say: What are men that
they will do this?" And 80 our SYM
pathies with our fellow men are be-
ing shocked. And so it is through
the rest of the week. And Sunday
comes; Sunday, the day set aside
when we try to commune with God
and learn little bit of what it means
to be righteous, to do Gods will.
Sunday comes, and few of US, here
and there, attend services; but there
are the 80 called sacred concerts,
poolrooms and saloons, all thrown
open. Men say liberty" but this Is
not liberty, but license to degrade
themselves. And we permit 1t, and
our religion is assailed, and our cul-
ture, and the development of our cul-
ture to worship God is assaulted.
Temptations and conditions out
side ourselves and temptations arising
within cause us to face danger daily.
We hear of the cruelty of the factory
that allows the little boy and girl of
ten to work twelve hours day until
they get the great white plague"
We hear Of the evils OF the stock
yard, of the great railroads, and so
ON. We hear of these things SO Of
ten that we are growing hardened
to them. Familiarity with evil dulls
It's power to affect us, and dulls our
eyes to it's ugliness, and we go on our
way rejoicing in our prosperity; and
we are unmindful when we do not
work with all our hearts to over
come these things. These things are
affecting our lives. We have to have
good anchors to hold us to the right.
The right. friends. is our life: moth
ing else in life. Right In everything
not onIv IN fho narsonal snhore