The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-04-18

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And vet these are the great afdrna-
tons OF Jesus There Us nothing more
positive In all the realms OF religious
thought. 4 s NJ n
Principle is Of Grcat Value.
IN all our practical work for men
this principle or positiVeness Is OF the
greatest value. We mus remember
thatsmen are Fintolerant OF repression.
They chafe under restric tions They.
kick against nFohi hilton can ter,
this feeling MIS- project Ill lis.
natural We we're no vi sent aintn this
world to- live in hnrlLlcuf Rs Cur min
istering angels are not iaiIers. over
against the evils that wrong the hearts
of metl.. we must Settle correspond
ing virtues. When we stlirge mnfen to
leavezpa paths ofssin. sM must guild e sthe EN-
to a better way and show tl1nrnEhow
ito walk I'm il. Every mai uraL desire
and appetite. every native energy, or
bent#of Esonl, " i'll IN ork; will find some
object will express itself Religion
does not pull nature mp: BY the roots;
It trains the vine IN a nesFd direction.
Those qualitie 5W hich make men wig
orous sinners, when turned into the
service OF God, make them VI gorous
Christians. So often We8st seem to
preach a gospel Of repression urging
men 10 throw themselves into some
kind of press and to sqlee out
certain parts of their nature.=zIt can
not be done so one can getFrla OF
his anger his pride, his daring IN or
are these qualities necessa rilYf stimuli
None Of the Fundamental things in
human ature. ply steal or mental&are
inherent wrong. Dne cannot pluck
them out and throw them away; ana
SO long as he simpl tries tot get rid
of them and pray them down. sfhey
will give him endless troub lie.
They were put into us for aspur-
pose. III eyt are TO be guided and
guarded. but not extirpated This IL
lustration Will show what mean:
There goes down by mans door
a laundering brook and he thinks to
himself. That continually rafting,
that forever bubb1ing. that lazy, roll
licking brook! l will take 1t out OF
the way. Well. LET him take it out
of the, Way,rif he can He may take
his bucket, and work night and day
and scoop UP bucketful after bucket
full and carry5tit@ away and yet that
brook will be undiminished. SO long
as the mountain cloude dissolve and
feed its sources But that man. in. a
better mood, says. II will throw a
little dam across that brook and will
make it work for me-, That lie can
do. So he builds his mill sets his
Wheel. and the wheel works to the
pressure Of the brook and industry
goes on within He could not -sub-
due the brook, but he could make it
work for him. "A man cannot subdue
his Indignation faculty, but he can
say what direction it shall take. More
than once. we are told. Jesus was
moved with Indignation" The trad
ers in the temple did not speedily
CAL THREE POSITIVE .s..
forget the scourge Of cords with which
he drove them forth, nor the money
changers their overturned tables.
Goodness must be capable Of flaming
against injustice and cruelty and in
iquity. Few. indeed, would be the
evils of society removed, were they
not burned out BY the fires Of moral
.indignatio
One who can look 4upefl meanness
Or cruelty ithout coming angry.
needs only the. opportunity 10 do a.
mean or cruel thing himself P5 So with
all the rest of those great basilarg
forces that are II u.s. h
Instead Of trEing ITO get rid OF his
pride. let: a sman turn it away from.
petty and Insignificant ea things and
set himself at work to live so that he
can think well Eof himself.
Let him.4try to5 excel in eve rYfhing
that is lovely and of good. report So
With com bativeness. If a. MAN lis
born belligerent, let him stop praying
for the opposite disposition, and hurl
himself in battle against the iniQuit-
les which abound a Let. him put on
the armor Of God and fight for God.
As q writer says. There are other
ways to fight than by so1dierv and
battleships. We need anger. butA ans
ger against wrong doing right at hand
against those in our cities who oppose
Justice; against those who Cypress
the poor; against men who place bus
mess above honor and country; and
against those who spread disease and
vice" HI
! Life that is Christian.
A man says. - anl trying to live
Ia Christian life; but i do not succeed
Very Well!'.
How are you trying? II have stop
ped all my evil ways, and / am try
ing to break of my evil habits. Il
- " = y II y anu
and a great many other things Well.
Lii you are simply getting rid Of your
odd habits, you are living but half a
life. In ceasins to do evil. have you
learned to do we'll? 1f$yoL have SIM
ply stopped. YOU will begin the old
things again.
you have simply turned out tile
Iold OCCUPANTS, hey will be back in
greater force. VA
The devil who was turned out will
bring seven Others worse than him
|self Live an earnest positive. Christ
like life. ..s
Throw yourself into the worlds
work Do something for others. Do
something aggressive Instead or TAX
ling a torch and trying to spread the.
sacred fire. 100 many Christians are
III. ffine a5xay.at tlle snlnllld ari u = Goals