The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1915-07-29

that unruly member and keep it quiet,
it would be better for all concerned.
1t can shoot off enough dirty gossip.
vile SANDER, and cruel insinuation to
keep anv community in a turmoil.
Envy leads to discomfort which is
great disadvantage, but contentment
with goodness is great gain. Why am
| born as l am, asks one. | don't
know, but | do know that you can
bettes your condition if YOU will No
envorment can hold one who is de-
termined to make something of him
self or to succeed.
1t sold Joseph into Egypt, it will sell
the best friend of any man who will
yield to it. Rotteness to the bonesl
How stealthily it creeps into the hearts
of even church members. You would
think it ought to have no place there,
but often it does; He leads them to
speak against other churches, ard
christians because they do not believe
first as the envious person does. What
fools it makes of US. The old proverb
says IAN envious man throws away
mutton because his neighbor has ven1-
son. "
1t shoots at others, but hits itself.
The envious man is his own tormen-
ter. He feeds and cherishes a viper,
which preys upon his own soul. He
has to bear both his personal disasters
and calamities, and the pain of witnes-
sing the success and comforts enjoyed
by his neighbors.
If envy was small poX, all the hos
pitfalls in the universe wouldn't hold
half the patients.
1t is said that nothing sharpens
sight like envy" 1t can see the small
est fault, but can't seq anything that
might excuse it.
1t can see evil in the hottest man
living. Though the envious die-and
they must-envy lives.
Can it be cured? Yes, by learning to
love excellence for its own sake. Let
the world be made better if possible,
even by better talents than your own
and let the Lord have all the glory.
Count your many mercies, for the en-
vious always compare themselves with
the more fortunate. though many are
less fortunate than you think. Go into
the almshouse or an asylum and if you
have health and few dollars you can t
help feeling rich
II redeemed how can we be envious?
Having Christ we have all things.
Our mouth should be filled with
laughter and our tongue with praise
all the day long. We should rejoice
with those who rejoice and weep with
those who weep. This is victory over
envy.
Another is appetite. There are three
appetites in the flesh of man, There is
hunger, which is natural and must be
satisfied on pain of death 1t is the
main spring of the watch, the thing
that keeps the machine gong.
Thirst is more imperative. The
abuse of eating is the sin of gluttony.
Savages fill themselves up like boa
constructor, so do gluttoas and then lie
around as stupid as an ass. Their God
is their belly. Drunkenness is yielding
to appetite for strong drink. 1t de-
faces the divine image, dethrones rea-
son and trails his glory in the dust.
1t leads to many other sins. 1t gives
the beastly part of mans nature the
control, it has no control over chastity
or temper. but leads to all kinds of
crime and to death.
If drunkenness is a sin, to give strong
drink to our nelghbor is q greater sin,
but to make him drunk that we NAV
rejoice in his shame and take advan-
tage OF him is gross sin, which should
conslgn the perpetrator to infamy. A
a third form of appetite is sensucal in
its nature. The appetite for sex. That
which is natural, and pure and good in
itself if controlled, when allowed to
run to excess, or when unrestrained and
uncontrolled works havoc in US. Sen
suality will destroy the better and truer
nature of man. it will weaken him NOR
ally, spiritually, intellectually. 1t will
destroy self respect and manhood and
womanhood and virtue quicker perhaps
than any other one sin.
The old saw puts it thus, "a hog is
always thinking of wash" 1t other
words lowminded persons think of
nothing but their base pursuits and
sordid gains. Another form of the
proverb is 'The little pig is thinking
of eating and drinking. -
JOHANNES.