CHURCH NOTES.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 7 October 1901, Page 4

CHURCH NOTES.

Obscene Language.

(By Amicus.)

If there is one man who more than lumber .doerves the on spoken contempt and opp sitiou of every honest soul, it is the man who delights in filling the minds of younger men and hoys with the foulness of which he is an abundant reservoir. Such a person with his immoral jests, his foul stories, and his uncleanly suggestive looks and words, is devoid ot the vital element of manhood, which is a sense of chivalry and self-respect. He is more like that other tempter, the master whom he serves, Satan himself, than perhaps any other class of wrongdoers. It is well fer the manhood or a hoy or young man to cultivate the courage to toll such a creature to his face what he is and what he deserves.

The heart hides deepest what it holds dearest. Religiosity is not the same thing as real religion. Tor faith has its abode —it may fare forth at need, but it lias its abiding place —in the deep silences of the soul. The person nho can talk about,-the eternal verities as lightly as he would talk about the weather, has something to learn concerning vital religion. How few cultivate a taste for the beautiful! We become so constantly associated with material things that wo fail to see the glories that are present with them. The sun may set, the flowers bloom,, the trees blossom and all nature look gay and yet our sluggish souls are not moved at the beauty that surrounds. One pleasing feature in the character or the late M’Kinley was the taste he had for the beautiful. When he lay dying and the blinds were to be drawn, he exclaimed: “Dont draw the blinds, let me see the trees.” It is evident that he had long cultivated a taste for the beauties around him. How many people can understand that passion that prompted him to make such a request . He had learned how to make use of his opportunities for the cultivation of his finer nature. To miss such opportunities affoided us in acquiring a taste for the beautiful is to rub to the soul of one ot its grand -it birth-rights. . Spring has come, the uvw* of. som, the grass and foliage reflect the beauty of their nature and all unde to awaken within us a love for the glories of earth than when a transition comes we may not be strangers to the superb grandeur of another clime.

Excellent services in Holy Trinity Church .yesterday ! Large congregations good music and good sermons It is pleasing to note the inorea.se in attendance, and it is hoped it will continue. An excellent item in the evening service was* a violin solo by Mr Apted which was clayed m a most artistic manner. Mrs. G. York played a spl ndid accompany ment, The rendition •* Lo He Comes was listened to with great pleasure.

We were sorry to learn that the Eev. G. S, Thompson, of Kumara, met with a nasty accident a week ago. In falling, the result of bicycle accident, he very badly’sprained his arm. We trust he will soon recover.