Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-05-03

ringing. are you thinking who | am?
And of my praises singing?
Yet we can not but admit but what
we have kaisers in possessing such
faults in most all other nationalitles,
only the opportunity of manifesting the
real self.
Once in a conversation with most
plous, most learned converted Jewish
Rabbi who spoke all languages fluent
ly. and realizing him so capable in as
socistions, of all, asked. who were
the best people in the world? And his
reply was, THE middle German. the
high German. no, as politics and cor
ruption and love Of grandeur he almost
lost his soul unfortunately. but the
depth of feeling, honor. sincerely, in
tegrity, love of his God and country,
could not be excelled in the Middle
German, truly the great common peo-
pie. Did not the whole of Kentucky
mourn the assassination of our great
Goebel, and his legacy: BE brave. be
true to the great common people"
The following are some extracts
from a sermon preached in Paris many
years ago, by the famous Able Nc.
Carthy, from the text: "All The Glory
of the Kings Daughter is Within.
Psalms XIIV:l4. There is no doubt
in every man and woman a desire of
serving God but is shut up in the quiet
chamber of the heart II it is renew
ed every morning it avails to gain the
merits attached to those works which
are done in conformity with the Divine
law. There are 80 many ugly thinking
people in the world, we must first Of
all, learn that beauty works out from
the inside. that the object, is but the
image Of the thought and if We all
could think beautifully everything
would be beautiful instead of striking
out" to join the crazy throng which
has forgotten the beautiful in the
chase of something"-it really has
paused to think-What? How many
idle thoughts and words. how much
fruitless fretting. how many desires
and regrets which terminate in crea.
lures which are therefore Stones cast
into homeless space. Wn,i waste
Of vital energy.
How often our Visions are bound by
the horison of the immediate, and lsay.
ing US shut out from the sight of the
last end. which should always be held
in view. EAen the great Augustine
lsmehts that he was too often caught
in the snare which are bsited with the
deceitful attractions Of creatures. rht
u.ceitful heart i. always before our
uriOin,G vision tempting us on ana on
The thousand pitfalls set for our dis
iuction. mat snen we are once IN.
Trapped ur naru earned gains may be.
O. ms all easy prey, and when we are
slfOi z enough to save the deliberate
aft. ctiuns Of the will. we often ind
that the thoughts of the mind and the
objections Of the heart have been cut
ningly drawn away from God. There
comes the inevitable result of uneasi-
ness and los, Of strength Uueasin-ss
because we are made for that Uuion.
and where once the end vi derisivn has
begun to sprout aud TO grow in our
souls we must naturally experience IN.
rest and discomfort and loss Of strength
because. just in proportion as our
spiritual and senitive ,power. Our in
teAect odd our viii al keep to strength
en- one another, when they tend to-
ward q common end. so they contra.
Dict, neutrslize and consequently weak.
en- one another when they are drawn
away in different directions. Only
those who have reached the highest
point Of perfection in this life. may
hope to escape the danger, and to at.
tend to the multiplied duties Of a Mar.
tina without loosing anything OF that
singleness Of intention and purpose of
the peace Of mind which is the privi-
ledge Of only tho christian.