The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, January 07, 1904, Image 2
IVIgdom'* TVIiUper?.
It Is not well to take chances when
R oman's force of character comes in.
Tell a man he is looking bad and .he
t once imagines he is ill.
A woman's nerve stands by her when
ate is giving the "social bluff" to another
woman.
When a man is In love he wants to
? make the fact known, but is afraid of
rppearing foolish.
The girl who is in love likes her girl
friends to be inade aware of the fact.
Some men go on the principle that
whatever they do is sure to be right.
Women often are deceived by th?
way a man hows to their opinions.
Men are inclined to look upon life
as a struggle without much in the way
of compensation.
The woman who sounds her own
praises overlooks the good qualities of
other women.?Philadelphia Bulletin.
A Velvet Wardrobe.
'J Ills year me enure niuuivuv iu?.i j
fashioned of velvet. Fashion won't i
prohibit if the purse iloes not.
For the street there is the coat and
skirt costume of navy blue velvet in
walking length.
A long-skirted black velvet gown
trimmed with bands of fur is the i
thing for calling and day occasions.
More elaboration is possible in the
lighter velvets. A dove gray trimmed
with yellow lace and bands of sable
makes a most artistic combination for
?kirt. coat and waist.
Even the evening gown Is built of
velvet, in exquisite new whites, rose
pinks, blues and greens, against which
point lace and jewels make a dazzling
display.
Pats and cloaks are of velvet, too.
L fact, a woman can have almost
every garment in her wardrobe made
? ??.' velvet and not suffer from monotony
fto varied are the shades, colors anu
styles. .. " "
The Revival of the Garnet.
Garnets, after a long relapse, have
come Into fashion with a rush, and
girls are ransacking their mothers' Jewel
boxes for ancient garnet necklaces,
buckles, and brooches worn by grandmamma
in the fifties, and handed down
to descendants who proved rather un ppreclative
of the blessing.
These semi-precious stones are ex- i
qulsitely becoming for evening wear, j
when they shine with a brilliant crimson
glow most flattering to the skin
of the wearer. Brunettf 5 particular
ly look extremely well in ;hese stones, i
and nothing can be more becoming ]
thau one of the old garnet tiaras still |
to be found here and there worn in a |
mass of waved dark, locks. For day \
wear they are rather disappointing. s
being somewhat jetty in effect.
Carbuncles are the uncut variety of t
the same stone, large specimens being i
a ground and polished cabochon fashion, j
% "The resulting gem is handsomer than c
y ^ the cut garnet, and dearer. It is not, i
However, so fashionable as the masses (
|^r of small, brilliant cut stones which one
generally sees. Garnet buckles are l
sometimes used in black millinery
with excellent effect.
Care
of tho K?m. V
- When reading or working, where
-eyes are used constantly, rest them
now and then for a few minutes. Look
-aw*y out of a window at the green
.grass, or far away objects.
/ $e\er lie down and read.
Have the light falling upon the book
from orer the left shoulder, if possible.
Never sit facing the light, and
?-^jwjILjJowii the curtains when retiring
so that a strong light will not glare
rnon you in the morning.
1 Katbe inflamed eyes with warm water.
not cold.
If-a cinder gets in your efce. do not
rnb the eye. or pull the lids apart
roughly. Take a tiny camel's-liair
brush, dip in sweet oil. draw gently
across the eyeball where the intruder ?'
Is to be se: n. !
t Lose no time in consulting an oca- 1
tief vour eves begin to trouble 1
you. The eyes are good and faithful
.servants. Do not abuse them. I
If overworked, rest them. If ailing,
give them medicine. If crippled, give '
them crutches. J
Good eyeglasses arj wonderful helps
to the general health. Backaches, nervousness,
indigestion, and general debility
are sometimes the result of eye
strain.?Philadelphia Evening Telegraph.
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Qni?litie? of an Kntertainrr.
A flurried hostess or nervous host
wjiose countenance but badly conceals
the worry felt, can do more toward
making the guests uncomfortable tbnn
if the soar was stone cold and the salart
dressing ^as ruined by a too bountiful
quantity of vinegar.
An imperturbable calm and a ready
tact are the two important factors in
the making of a model hostess. Secure
these and you need never fear for
i.ie success of any of your entertainments.
There is 110 quality more to be desired
to make a woman a social success
than that o.' t?o\ Its possessor
knows the right thing to do and 'lie
right time for doing it. and thus gains
a reputation for cleverness aud for
virtues which a tactless woman would
never win from her circle of acquaintances.
no matter how excellent her
qualities of both heart and head.
The tactful woman is not only a patient
listener, but she is a thorough1
ly good one. She knows no weariness
even when she has heard the same
story more than once from the samp
person, and she smiles In the right
place, and appears to enjoy hearing
Jokes as much as her companion enrii's
telling them. Tact is a weapon
1 P
tlons aud feminine wiles by the wise {
woman, and it is only the wise who {
possess it.?Cooking Club. . ;
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A Feminine Peculiarly. j
Woman's inexplicable aversion to be
giuning on the first page of a sheet of
letteilHaper and following the pages
in thWr natural order is well known, J
says an exchange. Men find it dis- t
traeting, and even women correspond- S
ents confess that?in others?it is an eccentric
practice not calculated to meTTS.j
t ttion and prayer. Beyond this no one 1
dreamed of going until this feminine ]
peculiarity served actually to invalid- i
nto : wnmnn's will. The late Isabella i
Andrews, of Brooklyn, N. Y., it seems, i
was one of the women who delight to i
treat the tbvjdtfage of a sheet of writ- t
Jug paper as if it were the second, the
fourth as if it were the third, and the 1
second as if it were the fourth. She 1
made her will that way, too. Starting ]
on the first page, she jumped the pro- *
visions of the will over to the third <
page, which she marked two, and <
wound up by subscribing and attesting 1
the document on the second png?, 1
which she marked three. She used a 1
printed formula, which was intended to 1
b? attested on the reverse side of the 1
first page?what in ordinary corre- <
spondenee paper one would call the 1
fourth page. The will was rejected. 1
and the Supreme Court, to which re- 1
course was had. upheld the rejection, i
on the ground that a will to be local 1
must be signed at the end. not in the <
middle, as the Andrews will was.
Even Tempered Women. (
There is a charni about the woman of t
even temper which we especially ap- ]
preciate, says the Chicago Journal. In <
fact, we arc disposed to assert that no i
more charming woman than the even- ^
tempered one can be found at any time <
of the year. (
How depressing, in contradistinction, l
is the society of that other woman who \
is in high spirits one day and has the ;
blues the next. It is usual for such an i
Individual to plead the weather as an l
excuse. And that reminds us: i
There was once a little girl, who, on i
a certain day, when suffering from i
what polite people term mental mias- s
mus, but what in reality is peevish- t
ness, said with emphasis: i
"Rainy days are just hateful! I al- 1
way3 feel gloomy when the sky is so r
dark, and the rain just keeps pouring, i
I hate bad weather." r
It was her father, sensible man. who t
made answer quietly: i
"If you give way to that sort of r
thing you will make yourself and other i:
people very unhappy, and you will have r
very few friends." )i
He said it in the decisive way iu o
which some individuals know how to 1
say tilings, and it made an impression, h
How much discomfort was saved the v
friends and relatives of that little girl,
;iot to speak of her future husband, by r
that short speech, it would be impos- v
dble to estimate. r
How foolish it is, when one comes J<
o think of it, this fretting because the
veather isn't all we would like it to li
" 4e if thorn tvnre anv Dossibility of t
ontrolling it. or as if any good purpose ?
ivere served by making ourselves tl
lisagreeable. a
The even-tempered woman seldom R
lotiees the weather, unless it be to de- I
ide whether to take along an timbrel- b
a. She is unaffected by variations of
emperature. Her society is rest and *
elief. P
We think this weather test f* the ii
rery best that young men could apply "
o the young women they think of as s
uture wives. Many a tpau has found ii
o his cost that the girl wooed and won p
in a fair summer day seemed other
han she turned out to be on succeed- a
ng days of November fog and Febra- p
iry sleet. a
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Yellow lace scarfs are wound twice J,
tround the neck and fastened with a
*old Din at the throat. Any of these ^
ighten cloth or flannel waists wonder- _
'clly. a
A great deal of gold braid is used on .
tints, so much, in fact, that its use ^
will probably be abandoned after a
short time. It has already begun to ^
appear rather cheap. ^
It is now considered the worst possi- t
ble taste to wear elaborately trimmed s
picture hats on the street, and they ?
are not to be tolerated in the country r
or for outdoor sports. f
The once shapeless and dowdy sweat- T
er has given way to a neatly fitting i
r.ul stylish garment, very becoming, '
and most useful for golf, or for coun: s
try walking or driving. t
Any woolen waist, and especially (
colored ones, are made twice as attrac- *
tive if. instead of tight linen collars,
airy lace or embroidered linen or lawn i ?
ties are worn with them.
Feathers are useu in loveiy wuiumu- j
tions of colors on dress hats. A hat (
of pale violet heaver with a long, silky (
nap has a low crown, scooped out in
the mdidle, and a wide curving brim,
quite high in the back.
Xo woman not as young and fair as '
she will ever bp should yield to the 1
temptation of an ermine hat. For that *
fur is for youth and beauty. A wide <
tat of ermine, trimmed with applica- r
tions of heavy white lace, is charm- 1
ing for the woman who can wear it 4
well. Two long, white ostrich feathers 1
and a scarf of white tulle complete the (
trimming. 1
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A London buyer has been in the '
Chicago market engaged in executing
an order for artillery horses for the
British Government. For these horses 1
from ?125 to $150 per head is paid, and
their weights run from 1200 to 1300
pounds.
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ltlYrrs and ITarbor* and Good Road*. So'
HE bill for National aid to
( ___ road improvement which
) I O Mr. Brownlow, of Tennes|
p see, proposes to reintroduce *
"WOW in CongjH^^his winter,
popular measure. So gu
'ar it has met with verj-little opposition, tal
n fact, the advocates of the measure fiei
?> Iaho *a /Iat-aIaa enmn nr*tivA on
lie tlllAlUUO 1 \r UV t v ivw ? ?...?. -r
losition, as this will help them to set ]
he subject before the people, and give abi
hem an opportunity to show the un
... ma
strength of their case. mr
One of the strongest arguments In wh
'avor of the measure is that based on ?
:he river and harbor appropriations. ^
Legislation cf this kind rests on a half bu
:onturv of precedents, and no one seri- pei
>usly thinks of objecting to it. The ^
>nly questions seriously discussed aJ.^
when a river and harbor bill comes ur
,ip in Congress, are. the amount vk
to be voted and for what particular b 1
aorks of improvement the money shall ep,
)e spent. The general policy is thor- tri
-""' l" Cnnnros! line Vrtfpfl foi
jufeiii,* I'aiuwnouvu. . .
Tor Improvements of this kind during ^
dip past fifty years more than four h,
jundred millions of dollars, and now Th
in annual appropriation of twenty mil- ^
ions would be looked upon as quite un
conservative. in;
The advocates of National aid to road 'ri;l
Improvement elaim that much more )
\an be said in favor of tlieir scheme
ban in favor of river and harbor legis- tei
lation. and much less against it. Both th
'oine under the general class of "inter- ^
lal improvements," about which there in
vas so much heated discussion in the de
nrly days of the republic. The gen- 1
>ral arguments in favor of river and
larbor improvements may be summed i lai
ip as follows: (1). They promote the j in/
tenernl welfare. (2). The improve-1
nents entail an expense too heavy to j
le borne by the people of the localities j th
nost directly interested, and hence,! wi
vould never be made if the Govern-'
nent refused to foot the bills. The *v,
ame arguments apply with equal force J b?
o the improvement of the public high-;
vays. Certainly no kind of Internal an
mprovement would do more to pro-1 n
note tiie prosperity and the moral and i
ntellectual improvement of the t()
nasses. It Is also equally certain that nj|
his great work of internal improve-j m<
nent will remain undone, to a great i thl
xtont, if (he whole burden of expense j '*1
s left to be carried by the people of, ^
urnl neighborhoods. A century of ex- i
irrience in most of the older States 1
.wrl.f ? 1w? minuc'i tn (lpmnnslmfp I 1
his. In fact, no general progress Ij# <
ieing made except In a few States
rhicli have adopted the State aid plan.
The policy of voting Federal aid to rP]
oad improvement has three great ad- thi
antages over that of voting fnnds for
iver and harbor improvements, as fol- j(,T
)ws: rH
First?While the money voted for the *n
itter purpose is collected from the J*
rbole people by taxation it is neces- rui
arily expended in limited localities,
li^^habitants of which receive tlie ^
0Kpr part of the benefits. In fact, a
rent majority of the people of the rig
'nited States receive no direct and lin
ut little jndireet benefit from these ^
nprovemeDts. On the other hand, a Tr
'ederal appropriation for road I'm- do
rovement would be available for use )
1 any section. Every State and al
lost every county and township could rr
hare in the direct benefits, while large ?ai
idirect benefits would come to the 'Jj'
eople of all cities and towns. nl('
Second?The benefits flowing from an to
ppropriation for river and harbor imrovement
are strictly limited to the
mount of money voted, as no help is w
pquired from the local communities. ?
tut the plan embodied fn the Brown>w
bill merely contemplates that the m<
lovernment shall help the people who wa
re willing to help themselves. >*o Th
omrannity could enjoy the Govern- ^
lent aid until it had voted to raise a f01
irge share of the expense by local to
Fixation. Thus a Federal appronrfaion
for this purpose would produce #e<
eneflts far beyond the limits of the thi
mount voted.
Third?One bad feature of the river
ml harbor legislation is the "lop-roll- th?
ag" Indulged iu by legislators who are yei
nxious to secure funds for Improve- *
ucnts in their districts or States. *
'his often injuriously affects Iegi?!a- giv
ion of all kinds, for many members ?i
ubordinate everything else to this. ^
National aid to road improvement as
iow advocated would be wholly free of
roni this had feature. For the funds J
could be equitably distributed accord- ^
ng to a general plan. The Govern- ^
uont would simply make avaiiamc a io?.
um of money, an equitable share of fil*
vhich could be secured by any State or jy
ounty complying with certain speci- eel
ied conditions. trc
When the question has been fully n
>resented and discussed in Congress it ter
s difficult iO see how any member can abi
ogically vote for a river and harbor
>ill and refuse to support an appropriaion
to aid In improving the highways h
>f the country. **}
Pli
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Good Bond* Benefit Farmer*.
It costs the farmers of the United ^j
States nearly three times more to get otr
heir crops to market than it docs the Ms
'armors of Europe on an equal tonnage a{?f
>f farm products. This is because the "a
oads of Europe are three times as good no
ts tho roads of this country on an avmage.
The enormous cost of traGssorting
crops to market can be reduced ho
>n!y by improving the highways over Bir
which they are hauled. The better the tj,(
roads the less the cost?Leavenworth nu
Times.
hg
A statue of Cervantes is to be erect- }
ei in Paris as a nark of gratitude to- to*
ward the Spanish admirers of Victor 1 atl
Hugo, who erected a statue to him tn Fwe
Madrid. ^ .U,,
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SERMON FOll SUNDAY
3EAUT.FUL DISCCURSE BY THE REV.
DR. C. L COODELU
l>Jert: A Snro Method With Don1)l?D#
Not Be Impatient "With It, On1., Continue
to More Towsnl the T.ifjht You
Do See?Truth "Will i"i>e Yon.
iROOKLYN'. X. Y.?Sunday morninfr. in
: Hanson Place M. E. Church, the Rev.
. Charles L. Oiodell preached on "A
re Method With Doubt." The text was
jcn from Daniel v: It!. "'And I have
ird of thee that thou canst make inter;tations
and dissolve doubts." Dr
odell said:
f Daniel were alive to-day, with his
iiit.v tq dissolve doubts unimpaired and
impeached, he would be the busiest
in of his time. And vet ours is no
re an age of doubt than any other
lich preceded it. There was infidelity
hundred years ago in our universities
d a flippant skepticism among educatpeople
which is now quite outgrown,
t it will alwavs remain true that every
aeration must settle its own doubts,
e generation is made up of the indilual
and the great questions of the soul
: personal questions. They must be
ought out for the most part by indilual
stress and struggle. There are
ases of doubt that receive greater emasis
than others at a given time. In one
aeration a deistie philosophy seems to
umph in another agnosticism is at the
e. The generation now passing ha?
ighi out the great battles of evolution
d we may fairly say that its theory is
no way a menace to the Christian faith.
iere have bpen hot battles on the field
biblical criticism. Positions once held
the two great forces have been proven
tenable and the orthodox party by giv:
up what sould not be defended has
ide its position stronger than ever be e.
Die doubts to wbich T wish to refer and
?ich I would be glad to scatter as spec's
of the night are not so much of the
coretical es of the practical sort. They
? the kind which make stout men weak,
lich paralyze great upward movements
society, and cut the nerve of personal
voi ion.
[t is not strange or unreasonable that
! should have doubt?. We begin I?T#?
owing nothing. We journey in Mm
>d of the unknown at every ctep. We
re?ti<?ate and eTneriment and ouestion.
ttle bv little with material brought f-om
a >spknown we bui'd the structure
lich "ve call knowledre. and in doine
' * we form a habit whirl) masters us. it
11 not let us rest. Life has become a
*at interrogation point, a-d our jourv
a voyage of diseovc-y. We sail into
pry beckoning bay. One is a fair harr
an'' nothine b?vond: another a stretch
sandbar and shoal and we are fortule
if we are able to nutacain to sea; while
other proves to be the mouth of a
?at river un whose tide wp go to e'oris
discoveries in a delectable eonntrv.
>e man who thinks cannot ston hi?
inking. Often he is mocked by it and
ilesslr punished. 1'ke some adventurous
nintain e'imber. but elimb lie must
rnizh he fail in b's quest.
"hat low mm seek? a little thing to do.
Sees it and does it:
his hizh man with a great thing to
pursue
Dies ere he knows it."
f- is no wonder, then, that we are drivto
doubt, for life is too short to know
ft is not to be wondered at that onr
ubts concern themselves chief)v with
igious truth. In the very nature of
ings relizions truth is supernatural It
not so much contrary to. as beyond, our
ises. Its nrincinles are not like the arms
of mathematics. The who'e field of
igion is bevond the realm of the senses
d of scientific rules; therefore, it. is to
wondered at least of all when we find
it in this field speculation and doubt
n riot.
rhere is another faet to be considered
tich Horace Bushnell states ndmirablv:
lur facultv is itself in disorder. A brok
or bent telescone will not see anything
;htly. So a mind wrenched from its true
es of action, discolored and rmirched
evP. will not see truly, but will nnt a
irred, misshapen look on everything.
uCha wil! ?nly be as flood u tncn and
nbt* aa natural a? they."
In view of all this, let us hare done
th abusing those who doubt. Doubt
onerly pursued is only knowledge in the
a*. and Dr. Parks was right when he
d: "Infidelity is the ultimate result of
ecking the desire for expanded knowlge."
Let us frankly tell our young peos
that doubt is not a final condition save
a dishonest mind. Through the doubt
to-day they will come to the knowledge
to-morrow, and let us also remind them
at what they hold as the truth to-morw
should hare great expansive power,
that coming days will give more light
fl add to the proportions of the truth
'I have heard of thee that thou canst
iks interpretations and dissolve doubts,"
m the King's greeting to the Hebrew,
lis same Daniel had stood before the
ng*s father when he, too, w?s aore burned
with mystery. He did not claim
' his own unaided wisdom the power
settle doubts, but stoutly and honestly
ned the source of his power, saying:
i. ? - _ c
nere ia n uuu 111 uca?cu ma, >???
:rets." It may be said truthfully that
? only aure method for the solution
life'e problems and the dissolving of its
ubts ia by entering into right relations
th Him. If it is objected that dne of
> great doubts of life relates to His
ry existanee the answer is. Every man
conscious of the great ethical imperae,
I ought. This relates him to some
;at law, end hence to some great law
er. It would not seem to be e very
sited prayer, "Oh God. if there be a
id, enlighten my soul, if I have a soul,"
d yet even a prayer like that, with an
nest purpose to follow each faintest ray
light, would not be unavailing,
in the matter of dissolving religious
ubts, the ultimate purpose is everything,
i man ever comes to the truth by being
nplv curious. Speculation for specuion's
sake leads nowhere. The mind is
ed with conflicting arguments. It is a
or cause which has not something plause
about it. and ao the mind eliases iff
from sophistry to sophistry, from coniversy
to controversy, darkening counand
ning out nowhere,
rhe first thing for an honest seeker af
truth to do is te pledge himself to
ide by the truth as he finds it. To play
t and loose with one s convictions is tne
it and second death. To fail to use
i light we have to refuse to live up to
lat we know is light, is to put one's
f into the darkness of eternal doubt,
ito was right when he said: '"Atheism
a disease of the soul before it becomes
error of the understanding." French
leism was a foregone conclusion when
e considers the condition of French mor.
Why should a man believe in God
len his life was one lonjr rebelling
linst Him? Why should ne not cry
Iter us the deluge" when conscious that
thing but an amfatbomable sea could
rer tne putrefaction of his lifa? When
nan has made up his mind to give himf
to the sensual and the material, it is
llov mockery for him to profess a dee
to know the truth. # The truth abides
th no man who will not use it. and, on
? other hand, if he be, like Romanes,
re of heart hnd purpose, he will think
i way. out of the darkness into the full
nt of revealed religion and pillow his
ing head upon a certain faith. Know5
the life of Shelly we would expect him
be proud to write himself down "an
leist;" knowing the life of Wordsworth,
would expect the epitanh in Grasstre
Church to read as it does, "To the
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$h=?=
. M^^fcjVilliam Wordsworth. a trtfe
?,:#! P<*L who. by a special
he disodB^k.0^ -Alciiichty God. whether
, JKJ uian or nature, failed noc
2.t5 3T\rt to holy things, tired
i Tfc the cause of the poor
and simp.en^r W jn p^rjjong times was
raised up t^kl- :ef minister, not ou!v
truth " % \0f hi*h and Mcred
further for the dissolving
ot your agj. Vv,urge]f bon.
estly the question- .<An^ j unaltcnbIy
S? the Vo?ct'glli.fe?-'
?h STT\ <,?7Cdr?-'" ??'
though it shou.d toss v., j
bring bitter losses?" V purp0ies and
It will be easy to bei.ev,. immortaiitv
when w> trv to live a lit* *;.? . ???,i
enough to last forever. >, . m ?" ,.
doubt the fatherhood of Gh wUpn we
give ourselves to the practice brot[j.
erhood of man.
Our doubts trouble 'is and ther?y prove
that doubt is not a state of enn'*sTjum.
we must move on toward the light. Wj0p
is the nanaoea for doubt. If any mfic -n
do God's will he shall know His doc^p
Do you doubt the nower of prayerrV^
whom do you think the reality of tty
matter is revealed? Certain!** not the may
who never nrays. Put yourself as best*
you can in the attitude of prayer and listen.
You will then be able to know whether
God talks back. You have sat in the
pew for years and you have heard sermons
without number on the great frnda mentals
of the Christian faith. To some of them
you have given intellectual assent, and yet
you find yourself in doubt and uncertainly.
Why is it thus with you? 1 here can
be but one answer. You have thrown
vourself in holy surrender at the feet of
t* e truth vou have known. It costs something
to do that. I pity the man who had
no Bethel in his life: no place where he
has faced God and dut*r and said: "I
will" to the divine "you ought." Paul
had his Damascus. Luther his Erfurt. Wesley
his Aldersgate, and B'shnell, lecturing
to the students of Yale, said: "There
is a storv lodged in the litrlc bedroom of
e-'.e of thc?c dormitories which I or God
His recording angel may note, allowing it
n?vor lr> be lost."
T)o rot be impatient with your doubt,
only be 9ure that you are moving toward
the lich 1 you do see. Xof what we are.
but what we are becon.'ng: not where
stand, but whence we come and whither
we go -these are the great things about
wh:eh we ?hon'd be concerned.
The fruit of the tree of faith may be
plucked too soon and it is then vn'ucles?.
Tt takes a full season to ripen the best of
nature's product" and there are some
things in faith whieh only years and frost
and storm will brine to maturity.
Tt has hern said that one of the greatest
talents in religious discovery is the finding
how to hang up questions without being
anxious about tlmm. Look at them
now and then as they hang and by and by.
wlien von turn some corner of thought,
vou will he delighted and astonished to see
how quietly and easi'v they open their secret
and let you in. T know a g^eat teacher
of ma'hemat'cs who always kept some
hard problems by him. He would work
on one awhile and nut it back in his
pocket still incomplete. After weeks or
months the problem would be solved and
another take its place i" his thought.
There are man" who sr.y with easy assurance:
"Lord. I believe." but they have
never thought enough to .have anv doubts.
They have no sympathy with those who
die (j: a man or a cause. Thev could believe
anything that seemed to be necessary
" - a good position in society and a comfortable
.income. The man who is honest
must adjourn some of his questions and
not Ik? imnaticnt. I expect to carry some
of my questions with me into that larger
lif? toward which all men move, hut that
fa;t does not trouble rae. Some tilings j
have settled and others can wait until the
dav when all mysterv shall he made clear.
One of my parishioners some years aeo
taught me a peat lesson. She was a lady
of culture and refinement. She had been
at the head of a great school for many
years. Her eyesight at last failed her and
she became totally blind. I saw her at the
close of a service feeling her way up the
aisle from pew to pew. that she might
shake hand9 with me. The thought of her
great suffering and loss finally overwhelmed
me and I said with deep emotion
as I clasped her hand: "It will hie light up
yonder and vou will Know wnv uou na*
permitted this great affliction to enter
your life." She lifted a face transfigured
by ineffable peace and raid: "If I a in
happy as to get to heaven, I shall let bygones
be bygones and shall not trouble the
Lord for any explanations." If one hne a
spirit like that, whatever doubts he has
can wait.
Remember finally that there are but a
few thinge that are absolutely necessary to
Christian faith. Be sure that you hare
them, whatever the price demanded may
be. Do not try to make a bargain for a
safe and pleasant course. That is an awful
mocking of the truth. But having settled
the great problems be assured that
vou need not be greatly troubled about the
lesser ones. Men have set up standards
which God never ordained.
We have multiplied dogmas and doctrines
to the confusion of the mind and I
fear to the loss of the soul. Worse than
all men have forgotten that right Irving is
more important than right views. They
have burned heretics to get rfd of tbeir
heresy, and have banished good men because
they disagreed with them. Have patience
with other men that they may hava
patience with you. Let your life recommend
your creed. Right opinions will
avail tis no more than they avail the devil
and his angels unless we hold them in the
colden chalice of a pure and honest life.
The great truths of life are not simply intellectual
truths and the method by which
they are revealed are not chiefly intellectual.
With the heart man believeth unto
righteousness.
Doubt which is in moral earnest is a
servant of God to bring the truth. It baa
preceded all great reforms in the individual
and in the community. A faith which
has been forged out through the awful
heat of doubt is the only kind that becomes
an anchor to the soul. It is worth
?nm<T throu2h the fiery furnace to find
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"the form of the Fourth."
The conviction which honest doubt lead#
to is the conviction which has shaken the
world. Do not scorn any man, and least
of all the truth he holds. Keep the integrity
of your mind. Think honestly, think
seriously, for life's questions are solemn
questions.
Do not be obstinate and refuse to own a
new truth which contradicts some position
you once held. Above all things realize
that the truth is the only thing that will
free you from an evil life. The verdict of
the ages and the verdict of the facts is
that the truth is to be sought in a personality
and not in a theory, and no one has
arisen to dispute His words who said, "I
am the truth." It is to Him that I ask
you to come. Well may you say to Him:
"I have heard of Thee that Thou canst
make interpretations and dissolve doubts."
What Batter*
It is not, of course, the highest argument
for Christianity, but it is always well tot
ask one wr.o is refusing Christ what substitute
he has for Him. Upon what is he
relying to escape from his sins? What
sure comfort has he for his sorrows? What
evidence has he of immortality? Whence
has he earned certainty as to the character
of God? What upholds him in his
work in the world? Where ?.oes he find
power to conquer temptation? Often, it
. man can be made to see his poverty, he
will seek the true riches.
The Rudder of the Day.
The first hour of the morning is the
rudder the day. It is a blessed baptism
which gives the first waking thoughts into
the bosom of God.?Henry Ward Beecher.
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