The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-02-17

or out of it for liar and hypo-
critic.
There are all kinds of lies and
liars in the world. Big lies and lit
tie lies. Great. black lies and little
white lies. There are some lies that
We Gala mistake. | was coming
in from the smelter the other morn
ing. II had stormed heavily during
the night, and looking out of The car
window across a. long field of snow,
| saw a couple of wretched looking
coyotes Looping up the railroad branch
that stretches toward the foot hills
lining the valley. | said to a friend
day or two afterward: What do
you suppose coyote was made for.
anyhow? And my friends reply
was: L can only give you Sioux
Indians explanation. He says that
when God made coyote, he made
a mistake. That's the way ii Is
when we tell lie. 1t is such hid
eous. repusive creature of our own
/ that We don't want TO claim Ii. So
We say, we made a mistake. There
is the lie that masquerades under
the name of an excuse. We start an
organization. We try to find officers.
Everybody declines to serve--begin 10
Everybody declines to serve-begn 10
make excuses. They haven't got
time. etc. These are but polite lies.
Down in their hearts. they know they
don't want to serve. \ new preacher
comes into the community He goes
around, and calls on everybody. and
invites them TO be present at the
IL, IL
day arrived, and the preacher faces
empty seats. Nobody comes. He
makes the rounds again, to see what
was the matter. My. the lies that
were told-pardon: I mean the ex-
euses that were offered. May be IL
showed, or maybe it rained, or maybe
il neither showed or rained, but it
was too dry. and there was too much /
dust flying. Down in their hearts
they knew that they didn't want to
come. Snow, one of the greatest I
pleasures of life is in wading the +
snow. How the cold. nipping air I
makes the blood Jingle, and how I
CHEEKY the church looks when we
have walked a mile through the /
beautiful. If it YVES case of taking I
a sleigh ride we wouldn't have hesi- I
tated moment Rain. There's /
nothing like getting soaked in a +
rainstorm. What delightful impress
sions sweep in upon you. Why. you
can come into the house. and sit
down and write a poem on your ex-
periences. A great poet once stood
in the heart of storm, and as the
floods poured down his back. and the
lightning played tag with his hair,
he found the materials for a pro-
found utterance on the powers of the
elements. Dust, What's the use of
complaining about a little dust?
After while, We won't he anything
but heap of dust. Lets not object
to a bit of ii while We are living.
May be the real reason why the
people didn't want to come to church.
was that they didn't like the looks of
heard of young preacher of some
and perhaps you missed blessing
You cant tell what a preacher can do
by simply looking at him. any more
than you can tell how far a frog will
jump by looking at him. heard
Thomas Sturgeon deliver a lecture
recently on the life of his distinguish
ed relative, the Rev. Charles Spur
geon There was big church in
London needing pastor. and they
heard of young preacher of some
ability over in a small town. They
invited him to come and fill the
pulpit. on trial. One of the deacons
went down to the railway station TO
meet him and when the deacon was
greeted by a plain, ordinary, rustic
/ looking fellow, who introduced him.
self in awkward fashion as Charles
/ Spurgeon. the deacon's heart went
down into his boots. Il shall never
engage any one again to speak in our
church." he said TO himself. until
f see what he looks like" But the
next Sunday morning. when the
young country preacher stood up in
the pulpit of a great London church,
and spoke the gospel as the people
there had never heard it before. lift
ing the congregation to the very
throne of God. the deacon, at the
close of the sermon. rushed down the
church aisle. and grabbed young
Spurgeon by the hands, and cried ::
My boy, | want you TO forgive me
for the thoughts | entertained to-
ward you, when | met you the other
day
Let us all lay aside. our little lies.
our little excuses. our lack of interest
in one another: let us have COM
munity. where We shall all be of one
heart and one soul. where the teach
ings of Jesus Christ shall take root,
and where. although lying lips are
an abomination to the Lord. we shall
learn the better lesson that they that
deal truly are His delight"