. Platform echoes: or, Living truths for head and heart . — TheAlarm <inn — Launching the Lifeboat — I Will Go ; Who Will FollowMe — Lulling for Life — Saved at Last — The .Moderate Drinker— TheNegro and His Potato Patch — A Disastrous Invasion — Old Tomsligs — Daddy Moses — Imparting Strength to ANY of us are too much inthe habit of Looking at theduties of a Christian as con-fined to mere religious ordi-nances, and forget, of losesight of, the fact that man isa social being, and that his S^(i religion docs not render him less ^ff^p^ I the Bible, duties, commendations,^^-T^p^rj
. Platform echoes: or, Living truths for head and heart . — TheAlarm <inn — Launching the Lifeboat — I Will Go ; Who Will FollowMe — Lulling for Life — Saved at Last — The .Moderate Drinker— TheNegro and His Potato Patch — A Disastrous Invasion — Old Tomsligs — Daddy Moses — Imparting Strength to ANY of us are too much inthe habit of Looking at theduties of a Christian as con-fined to mere religious ordi-nances, and forget, of losesight of, the fact that man isa social being, and that his S^(i religion docs not render him less ^ff^p^ I the Bible, duties, commendations,^^-T^p^rj ,* \^ promises constantly refer to the so-W\\S cial hie, walking with God and be- fore God, as having to live with andbefore men in all the necessary associations of life, familyrelations, business relations, the social compact, in which theChristian is not to be a mere cipher, but to bring into societya new clement, a power, leaven, salt. Ye are the salt o\ theearth. As Christian men. we are hound to make our religion •Ms. FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH. 549 the active, governing principle of life, carrying it with us inthe workshop, in the daily employment, in the social circle,in our politics, wherever we are called in the providence ofGod to move or act, being diligent in business, fervent inspirit, serving the Lord. I remember hearing that, on the Lake of Geneva, a bellwas placed on the surface of the lake, close to the watersedge, for some experiment: and at every stroke of the bellthere was a ripple and a vibration on the other side of thelake. Just so it is with you. There is a moral electricityconnecting heart with heart, as the electric wire connectsisland with island. You cannot make a motion withoutexerting an influence. It is not the noisiest of us, nor thosewho are the most prominent, who exert the most influence;there have been silent, quiet influences that have told morethan all the force and power that could be put forth. Thereare young men
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