Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-08-28
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.Of the four or five members OF the Z ioisy WY
ave hurried off il may not become W 10 speaA W
,ow They know their duty. Perha, ps this Is
lot the time TO indulge in vtuperatsoi !; pr Al ,
houph the disease is not as bad as rePofu ~, Oous
,hastenug hand is upon us. Our stores are n1m-
" all closed. "-.Nortolk Argus E al n
Ii is a great pleasure in this world Shs re near jo
" every one is governed by selfish motive to see
dsinterested consistency showing itself IN the p
carrying out OF beart principles in the life at the il
sacrifice Of personal comfort and personal advance Il
ment 1t is true that examples of this kind are h
like angels visits, few and far between; thai all
forgetful of those around them, seek only theT
own safety; and when disease, the enemy ailke I
of the rich and the poor stalks about the Streets
marking the noble and the ignoble, the wise ana d
the ignorant, kept out neither from the palace a
nor the abode of want-wlen some terrible epi- b
demic thus sweeps through our midst, the rich
leave the scenes of desolation and distress, while
the poor are left alone, without comforts and
without aid. r rk
| In looking around, however, there Is a class q
| every community and every society, who, by
their professions, are expected to act diercntiy.
| Followers of Him, whose chief delight was to do
GOOD; whose footsteps and comforting yoicesounr.
ed oftener in the abode Of distress than IN n .
palace of the great; to them We are acc ate mad
to look at such time for consistent, di air a.,.a
4 devotion to the cause of sufferir % bn,n,n;,,
Probably loud in their professio as of attachment,
to their Masters cause, and yio,en, /, ,be;r de-
nuncations at every mira sticn of duty in others.
we have right TO eHpe ct that when the storm of
! adversely lowers uIcy will be found ready to
carry out the pre- ;epts of Him whom they follow
: We know no aI.iegory more touching in its sim
plicity, than that given by our Saviour in answer
i to the question. Who is my neighbori" Who
# is he whom i am to love as myself And the
good. Samaritan, who kindly cared for the wants
OF his suffering enemy, after he had been disre-
garded by his friends and natural protectors, has
come down to the men of this generation
by-word for charity; an example given by their
great leader, by which to be governed in their in
10 tercourse with their fellow-man, teaching them
that their neighbor is every one who needs their
assistance, however poor or destitute he may be.
~ There are two classes Of men from among pro-
ed essed Christians whose duty especially is to re-
he main wherever they can do good, and particular
IL y when disease is scourging any place, Nor
= folk and Portsmouth now being afflicted.
10 The first the physicians, men who more than
any Others hold in their hands the balances of life
n. and death, and who are more able to give bodily
- comfort; and we pay but merited tribute to that
IS noble profession, when we acknowledge that but
We few, # any, are ever found flying from disease;
ne bravely and nobly they remain, bearing the
M chances of death, that they may afford aid and
Ter comfort to others
"a The other class is the Christian Ministry. We
nj have strangely misunderstood the duties and OBJ
lis ects Of the ministry of Christ, if to relieve the
'he cessities, comfort the Affections, and smooth the
pillows of the DYING not the great end Of their
ler mission. Death lays his hand upon one who has
st long lived regardless of the great end for which he
was created, and in those last, lingering hours Of
le his soul possibly yearns for some one to point
,ey him to the hope in DEATH the aged saint, who
Of has long lived, looking to his pastor for comfort
and support, as he finds his hold upon life loosen
ing under the power Of terrible disease, earnest
ly desires his presence, that his faith may b
red strengthened by him in that last conflict. How
sad the commentary upon that minister's profes
sons of sacrificing devotion 10 the interests
up his Saviour and the souls Of his fellow-nen, who
as soon as the alarm of disease has SPREAD leave
=, his home, his parish, and his flock, to lind a
'ne ASYLUM of safety for himself, regardless of tn
- consequences to his charge
We are by birth, education, and preference
,o Protes,ants; yet would be guilty of bgotry,
~; which we would blush, did we fail to acknowede
,r,, that devotion which generally characterzes Il
i Priesthood of the Romish Church. We bele'
NJ we may say, they never leave when duty cal
from them TO remain; they ready to 60 alike amor
Ac all classes, giving comfort where it can be give
ties relieving temporal necessities, and attending
lie of the spiritual wants Of their members and the
,.,e churches al every hazard, in the way their co
sciences dictate. No fear of disease, fatigue,
The trouble, ever deters them from their duty; tn
A.. live consistently devoted to what they have u
4. d.r,aLen To do and we are much mistaken if thu
ro.;- commission to preach would be long continue
ldred did they prove uniathui 70 'neir saoie'
meri- These remarks have been called forth by
} the announcement in the Norfolk papers that We
and many Christian professors had left, and, abe
10 in all that several of the Ministers of the Cos
olicy had gone to place themselves beyond the reach
which contagion. We know not who they rewho Ia
lmers left, nor who have remained; we have no des
fifty n know the former for unless there is some
l;a,ion for their conduct, we could derive nett
Measure nor profit from their acquaintan
!. There may be reason why each OF them
y the individuals, was obliged to 60; any preyi
lard" disease which rendered them more than proba
Argus liable TO an attack of yellow fever would cert'
,mark " he an excuse for them; bat if in the enjcym
of good health they have left their parishoner
re- seek place Of safety for themselves, we have
Demo- terms in which TO express our adherence OF
as the conduct II is quaint saying OF some old Ch
party ian saint in the seventeenth century "Do
and duty and let God take care OF the consequence
-ay, SO no less true than striking, and we cannot
This view il as a mournful distrust OF Provide'
b Of a when they leave their duties, and seek 10
is the care Of themselves. Their duty was among
,phant members Of their own churches, and the cit
Of their own town; better be absent at any
ateria time than now the sick, the dying, and the