The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-12-24
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would aid a little to my previous re
marks and enquiries.
! Supreme love t? God, and univer
sal love to man, are evidently The fun
damental teachings Of Christ. Bu
what signs Of this NJ pervading Low
do we find in the creeds, confession
articles Of faith, catechis, and discip
lines subscribed to, u6tninally in thfis
tendon. Little enough, but rather
scholastic subtilities that for three
thousand years have employed the
talents Of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., and nj this
moment stand where they stood in
the day Of Plato and Socrates.
''I'ako heed lest my man spoil W.,
through win phylosophy'' was the car
pest caution Of faithful apostle, but
his al,nonitiou has loo often been dis
regarded The speculation of ancient
plj1oso phora fptrnI their way into the
erendF If ehria'ians. md tho I'ible has
been made tp prove now this, and
lhen tlat, till il has become the max
i'm Of sooflers, aud too IN counte
nancea hy profee ID believers, that by
The Bible we can prove anything.
Tic Bible was given to teach man
his duty. origin, and final destination.
lis simple majesty is evidence Of t.
truth. "Ibou shalt love the lord Thy
God viii, oil Thy heart, with al Thy
soul, md with al thy strength. This
is the first and great commandment,
and the second is like unto it. Thou
shalt love thy neighbor as thy self ;
and on these two hang ell the law and
tho prophe's. TO induce this love of
God we arc taught, that he is our
Heavenly Father, that he is good I'M
TO all--and that his mercy endureth
forever, that though l,e robuke and
ohastise us for orr sins, yot as low
ing, long folbearipg parent, he dos
it for our good--and therefore if we
will but sec him in bis true character,
we can do NO less than love him ST.
pfemely-and ms God loves oil his
children so we Us the children Of n
common father, are morally bound,
to love our brethren end as far as we
love tho father, VIC shall love all lis
children, at least SO far as to do them
no wrong. Romans Is, 10. Love wor-
keith no i'll TO his neighbor, therefore
love is the fulfilling of the Inv. 1l
Christian friends, will il make any
difference in the spirit world whether
we believe this Or That dogma No!
If wd are, like he good Samaritan, We
should be found administering tho oil
and the wine Of consolation to the
suffering sons and daughters Of ha-
mani'y even unto The Jew himself.
ENQUIRER.
lI'ho Methodist Episcopal Church in
the United States, as appears from the
returns ofthe various Conferences, en-
braces 679, 1882 members, and lO4 O7O
probationers, being an increase Of 30,
1872 members over the total Of the
year preyarious. There are 1894
travelling preachers, of whom ALL
are effective, and the rest spperannu-
ated. The local preachers number
64l0, and tho missionary contribution
for tho year amounted to S220,O50
The Quebcck papers state that il
Is known in that city that the story to
the effect that The remains of Sir John
Franklin had been discovered, IS u
sheer fabrication, without the shadow
Of truth.
It is stated in the Boston Travelar
that LITTLE BRowN 4 Co., Of Boston,
have paid familiar Of the lato Judge
Srony, &l50,OO0 for copyrights on the
various works written by the Judge.
His copyrights have sometimes yield
ed his family $4,000 per annum. OF
DANIEL WEBSTER writings the
same house has sold $4,000 volumes.
and Of BANoRorr's Uistuy Of lie
United .Stofes, 10000 copies have al
ready been sold. For one series Of
works, (the CamJnidyc Mathematical
they paid $4,000 for the copyright.
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