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Some Remarks on Silent Worship, or Devotion
seriously recommended 10 Mankind mi
vtTaiiy for their most weighiy cOnSidcra
ti0n.
IRON the London Review OF December, 1891.
Devotion, considered simply in itself,
IS an intercourse between God and us !:
sbetween the supreme, sell-existent. in
conceivable Spirit which formed and pre-
serves The universe, and that partic ular
spirit, with which, for awful reasons.
he has animated a portion of matter
upon earth, that we call man. 1t is a
silent act, in which the soul divests it.
self OF outward things, flies into heaven
ana pours forth all its wants, wishes
hopes, Tears, guilt or pleasure, into the
bosom oil an Almighty Friend. Though
tins devotion, in lis first stages, may be
weaIlsome or III insipid exercise. vet
TINS arises mere y from the depravity of
nature and OF our passions. A little
habit Will overcome this reluctance.-I
When you have fairly entered uponl
your journey, the ways of this wisdom
VIII be ways of pleasantness, and all lis
paths peace. True devotion doubtless
requires considerable degree of alb
stractIon from the world. Hence mod !
ern Christians treat it as n vision-hence
many modern writer's have little of its
JUNCTION but it glows in the scriptures
1t warns us in the faihers-it burned
IN an Austin, and many others Of the
prosecuted martyrs, who now are with
1od. That we hear little of it. is notlI
wonderful. 1t makes no noise in the
circle OF the learned, or of the elegant. II
Under heap ofworldly care, we smoth-
er the lovely infant, and will not let il /
breathe Vanity, ambition, pleasure,
avarlce, quench the celestial fire. and
these, alas are too much the god ofmor-
tails ever since the world began, wri-
ters have been amusing us only with
shadows OF this piety, instead of giving
US It's soul and substance. SupersttionI
has placed it in opinions, ceremonies.
austeritles, pilgrimages, an august tenn
pie or splendid imagery, which has lit
tle connection with sentiment or spirit. II
Enthusiasm has swelled with unnatural
conceptions, and obtruded n spurious |
N' '"N OF lnlSII
engaging child of reason and truth I;
whilst The lukewarm have rested in a II ,
lew outward duties, which have had mol ,
,Igonr aud, as thoy spring not from
he heart, never entered the temple oil
he Most High.
Zeal piety is Of a very different and
u much more animated nature it'll
ooks mp To Gnd-sees, hears. feels him
u every evenl-in every vici.situde-ln y
n all places--in all seasons-and upon
u occasions. 1t is theory, verified b, "
NPcrience IT Is faith substanfiated by
lenfal enjoyment il is heaven trans II ~
lhhtod IN the human bosom il is the y,
1dIance Of the divinity warming and VI
ncncl'ng man IL is a spiritual sense ".
ratified BY spiritual sensations with ="
III this all ceremonies are notifications II
'oks, prayers, sacramcnis and mcdita. 70
'ns, are but n body without n soul or ;"
statue without animation. That man
capable "f such an intercourse with ~
= Maker, there are mnny living wit ~
'~sest to- prove, without having recoursr '''
The visions of fanatics. or the dream. w
enthusiasts ., may be proved t. =" "