Year: 1874

stand up for the rights Of God Men are vcry SEN
stive OF their regulations. L. not God more 40
Him = He cannot endure to be slandered. see
how warmly He rosents II IN the eighteenth and
where in the Bible. Read these chapters. ana tell
me II they could be uttered by a person Who had
no care what men Thought Of him. the whole or
scheme OF redemption Ia vlndtcation OF tue char.
acter OF God. In very many places in the Bloie
GOD shows how much he loves to be praised. IL Is
ciatc Him and express their appreciation. He
demands it, as In the first chapter OF Matachi Goa
loves Himself and loves us. aud therefore taxes


First. because II is que Him. The sense OF right
and justice which we inherit rom our Father GoG:
Of Of His Sc government Whatever comes 70
sns Lora Shs vii ng see q That snat 8, Beng @ aet t. viii
take all the Universe to make It good ana thc
cycles OF eternity In which to do 1T. No man
shall fail OF aii the honor and praise due HIM Tor
anything. The Lord will see to that. Ihis u Is
that gives HIN pleasure whsn men TenSsr tbS 20 % re
Gods" 1t gratides HB sense OF right.


Again, the Lord Knows that it is profitable TO &c
praiser Is more benefited than the one who Is
praised. Flattery Is not praise: It's FOOLS hook
which catches only foolish dsn, Praise Is tue honest
expression OF lair appreciation OF good deed II
Is means OF grace to praise every good thing ~
ssp sse5y yon man To- SPEAK well % that Is


will cultivate in you the love OF the truth IL wili
cultivate the love OF the good. II Will cultivate


Moreover, it 10 a pleasure to both parties. You
know how you feel when you nave spent years In
ana all al once, when II has been neglected by
thousand beholders. thore comes one who has the
the wise, intelligent, hearty praise cheers When
you yourself discover the good there is in man
speak the eulogyl When we speak well or God
both parties are rendered happier.


But you cannot honestly and heartily speak well
of any one OF whom you 40 not think well. II is
when our minds are full OF admiring thoughts and
our hearts full Of loving sentiments towards any any
We should keep before our minds the Infinite low
ingness and oveiiness OF GOd


The remainder OF the sermon was occupied in
showing the particulars, or, as the Doctor SAID,
'in giving you texts for your little praise SER


speak well OF the character Of Jehovah. To hear
Christians in their loose talk one might fancy
tnat God was the great prototype OF All the liars
collenco in any human being-nothng to be
chldrea-wnich does not come from the Lord and
does not exist IN infinite measure in HIN.


Speak well or His general government lou can
not comprehend the management OF the universe,
but when you see among its vast facts that God so
for the purpose or reconciling man unto HIMSELF
you are bOuud to believe that the spirit of that
government Is the spirit or love-:


Speak well OF His dealing with you personally.
Sometimes you are petnlant, aud you think 1t very
brave and witty to talk saaclly OF God. nave
them say THE Lord don't care anything for me,
or else He would never have let al these mlsiOr-
tunes befall me and never have left me to live IN
garret and work all day and half the night to get q
poor and insufficient livelihood for myself and
Children stop. DO you deserve anything OF
GodY DO you believe He will cheat your viii God
rob man ? Will king OF boundless wealth steal
the filthy rags of o blind beggars How would you
feel II your child spoke OF you as you speak OF
the Great Fatherf Speak well OF God for
giving you your children and daylight and
strength to work. YOu have brought your mis-
fortunes on yourself. or other men have brought
them, or God has. II you brought :hem did you
intend to hurt yOurselfs Hyou did. blame your
sell, not God Did others bring them II they did
perhaps 1t was without fault: II 1t was their fault
don't blame the Lord. III He brought them You
know that He knows jast what Is best. speak
Wen Of Him. You will not improve your condition
by telling lies on the Lord your heavenly Father:
speak well OF God's Word in which the grossly
just treatment which the Bible receives at the
hands OF men was exposed and speak wei or
the system OF grace shown in the Bible, In which
it was insisted that there is no scheme Of human
salvation known among men as rational as this
system set forth in the New Testament. In con-
cuyion the advantages OF discharging the duty OIL
speaking we'll OF God were shown to be manifold,
but the preacher mentioned only two. One was
that 1t gave men greater enjoyment OF all the
things, material, Intellectual and spiritual, by
gratefully associating them with God; and the
other wass that we grow like that which we most
admire and praise ana the men who most ne
quentiy, inteiiigently and heartily speak we'll Of
God are the men who most rapidly grow In all
moral beauty, sweetness and power.