The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1916-03-16

/ TIC SdhS VI OlIGTS WHO Will De luJuTSu
by them, we should give them up. The
magnanimiity of self denial should
prompt US TO this course. If we are
imbued with the spirit of Christ we
will not hesitate to do this.
The chief aim and object of this life
should be to seek and serve Christ, to
be prepared for judgment and eternity.
So long as we refuse to do this we are
not fulfilling the mission for which our
Creator designed US.
There are great possibilities in every
one and if they are not destroyed or
turned in wrong direction, you may
be benefactors of the world. What Is
the use OF living to do those things
which in after life we will regret and
that we shall then see were of no bene-
fit to US or the world. God intends US
to be blessings to the world, then let
US live as those who must give account.
We hold life as a gift, but presently
we must give it back. We may be call
ed suddenly. We too may be called at
our work or on the street. The Lord
has spoken to US quite often.
We say how sad to be taken without
moments preparation. as il few
moments at the end of life, when the
body Is wrecked with pain and the mind
is distracted and sudden fear has seized
upon US, were enough to give to the
proper preparation to meet our God.
Nay, nay, lifetime is given US, in
which to prepare and if we waste our
opportunities, disregard our warnings
and reject the Invitations of love and
despise the Saviour S offers of mercy our
doom will be fixed, our guilt will be
great and it will rest upon ourselves.
We alone are at fault and must bear
the guilt. AS the old adage puts it,
IF we make our own beds we must
sleep in them" We may be called to
go without moment in which to lift
up prayer for mercy, or we may be
called after long and painful illness.
No matter which, but if we are pre-
pared, then sudden death is a blessing,
for it means sudden glory. You are
making an investment. Your deeds
are laid up for the future as money is
in bank. You expect your money
back with interest. Our lives are in
vestments for the future. Each day
and hour we are adding to the original
sum, through our thoughts, words and
deeds, but on the day of final account
We shall receive again what we have
deposited in the eternal treasury with
interest. We may gain a hundred fold
for the life to come. This ought to
stir every soul. Consider how greatly
we may sin against ourselves by CON
tinuing in rejection of Christ.
You are not laying up treasures in
heaven, tut on the contrary you are
storing up treasures Of wrath. You
have committed many sins that have
passed from your memory, but taking
only those which you remember, now
can you meet them at the judgment.
If the Son of God Is your advocate. you
will be forgiven, and His blood will
wipe out the record of past guilt.
Blotted out! that is. as if it had never
been. Every hour of delay diminishes
your time for laying up treasures in
heaven. Every hour you remain i'm
penltent dminishes the amount you
might have had.
What shall our investment be, my
friend?
Every sin committed, and every good
done for the Master, adds to your in
vestment. Either good or bad.
Every act of kindness, or self-denial
for others, will appear in beautiful
form. 1t will be a profitable invest
ment. Your works shall follow you.
Let it be our aim to increase the good
deeds of life that they and the joys
they bring may be multiplied in the
world to come.
''Rouse to some work of high and holy
love,
And thou an angels happiness shall
know,
Shall bless the earth, while in the
world above:
The good begun by thee shall onward
flow
In many branching stream, and wider
grow;
The seed that in these few and fleet
ing hours,
Thy hands unsparing and unwearied
sow,
Shall deck thy grave with amaranthin
flowers,
And yield thee fruit divine in heavens
immortal bowers.
JOANNES.
The Liquor Question, The Legisla-
ture and the Whiskey Influence
in Maryland,
(The following communication was
written and forwarded to the Baltimore
Sun by prominent business man of
Oakland while the Prohibition Amend