evils that poor mortal man and sought to remove them but it often happens that a form is held up after its spirit has departed and a name while the re which bore this name is gone forever just as they keep at the crown and sword of a giant king though for some centuries no head has been found large enough to wear the crown no hand of strength to the sword and their present owner is both and so it was in this case the subsequent races of cherished the form after the spirit had left it clinging all the closer because they knew there was nothing in it and feared if they relaxed their hold it would through its or blow away and be lost leaving them to the justice of god and the vengeance of men they had at and insulted in christ s time the professed to reverence the law of moses but contrived to escape its excellent spirit he loved the letter but he the law he could pay of his july and which the law of moses did not ask for and omit mercy justice and truth which both that and the law of god demanded he could not a fire nor pluck an ear of corn on the sabbath though so cold and hungry that he thought of nothing but his pains and looked for the day to end he could not eat bread without going through the ceremony of he pray long and loud where he was sure to be heard at the corners of the streets and give in the public places to gain the name of devout charitable or while he devoured widow s houses or the inheritance of in private and his inward part was full of and wickedness there are two things which pass for religion in two places the first is the love of what is right good and lovely the love of man the love of god this is the religion of the new testament of christ it leads to a divine life and passes for religion before the pure eyes of that father of all who made us and the stars over our heads the other is a mere belief in certain doctrines which may be true or false a compliance certain forms either beautiful or ludicrous it does not demand a love of what is right good and lovely a love of man or god still less does it ask for a life in with such sentiments this passes for religion in the world in king s courts and in of the church from the council at nice to the at the first is a vital religion a religion of life the other is a religion a religion of death or rather it is no religion at all all of religion but religion itself it often gets into the place of religion just as the may get into the place of the lion when he is out and no doubt sets up to be lion for the time and attempts a roar the one is the religion of men and the best men that have ever lived in all ages and countries the other is the religion of and the worst men in all ages and in all countries race of men it has been said is not yet exhausted they are as numerous as in john the s time and quite as troublesome now as then they prefer the praise of men to the praise of god which means they would rather seem good at small cost than take the pains to be l the good they oppose all as they opposed the they the best of men especially such as are true to conscience and live out their thought they men sent on god s high errand of mercy and love which of the have they not they build the of deceased whom they would and destroy were they now and at work they can wear a cross of gold on their bosom which jews might kiss and but had they lived in the days of they would have nailed the son of god to a cross of wood and now him afresh and put him to an open shame these may be found in all ranks of life in the front and the rear among the and the the rich and the poor though the are the same in nature only they may yet be conveniently divided into several classes following some prominent features the of the fireside he is the man who at home to do all for the comfort and convenience of his family his wife his children his friends yet at the same time does all for his own and convenience he hired his servants only to keep them from the he works them hard lest they have too much spare time and grow indolent he for them lest they contract extravagant habits whatever gratification he gives himself he does entirely for others does he go to a neighboring place to do some important errands for himself and a trifle for his friend the journey was undertaken solely on his friend s account is he a husband he is always talking of the sacrifice he makes for his wife who yet never knows when it is made and if he had love there would be no sacrifice is he a father he tells his children of his self denial for their sake while they find the self denial is all on their side and if he loved them self denial would be a pleasure he speaks of his great for them which if he felt it would show itself and never need be spoken of he tells of the heavy burdens borne for their sake while if they were thus borne they would not be accounted burdens nor felt as heavy but this kind of though more 