Show GODLINESS PAYS I Last Sunday morning a preacher in Portland uttered a great truth in the statement that Godliness pays pas Of course the statement Is not wholly new and also of ot course the thc 1 I Ither Portland preacher said a good man nanny many other ther helpful things In the course cours of his sermon But in that one statement there is an assertion which men are very vry r likely to forget II lAnd And And yet If It Godliness d does cs not pay th the churches are the cruellest elest cl-elest fraud frauel kno known in all al the tho world If I there Is not better pay I In n this world and In the thc things that are desired bythe bythe by the judgment of thIs world than in wickedness edne s then Ihen religion Is a rank and anc utter failure The Tho whole scheme of C Christianity Isa is isa isa a mistake unless in the average right conduct condu t is IH profitable It I l Is not necessary necessary necessary sary to that miracles will wH In Intervene In- In for or the ving saving having and the profiling profit profil ing lag of oC those who ho choose e a religious life Miracles do not happen now now now- whatever mn may have been the case In another era era of ot the tho worlds world's history There Is a n big bib law of ot cause and effect a big rule rulo of oC that will vill wH have to lo take its course courso Those who measure their Ic live by right actions will wH now and then thon suffer Huffer and there will wH be ho no noWay noway noway way of or preventing I It But nut th there thiro Ie certainly eel must be a big balance to the credit of those who are ale good over the edit credit of those who are aro ar bad or bad or orthe the scheme Is 13 a delusion and a a snare If I sin pa pays better betler beter than righteousness In iii this world then the tho Supreme is servant r and they do well vell wel who ho worship worship worship wor wor- ship Lucifer If I a n good g man can not get more happiness and benefit out of this world worM than a bad man can cab can then we have In place of God a phantom nothing with a phantom name But it I docs does pay to do right Honesty lion Hon lon lon- sty esty is 18 the best policy policy here here poley-here here and now That Godliness which is simply another another another an an- other r name ame for tor Goodness does docs pay payIn payIn payin In In this life There Is no profit in fn wickedness There is no safety in sin There is no victory In vice Honesty I 5 I. I w 5 i gentleness truth luth bravery braver modesty these tire ore lO virtues vitues that thai bring their own reward And if there I Is a fl sure reward revard In after aUN life how better betler beleI I Is tho the course of right living All Al that to which the soul looks hooks forward as the crown o of everlasting ever ever- lasting Joy Is clear gala gain For Godliness certainly pays In this world and amI the of sin ln Is death a wages cs |