St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1858-06-24
MISCEI1LA NEOUS.


LII Selections
Shall he No pcurs out his fsill heart Of love
and gratitude upon his Infinite Creator and
Benefactor, and devOtes all his powers TO uni
versal well being, be looked upon with con-
tempt by him who worships the stupid things
of sense. and knows no higher motive Of action
than supreme selfishncss? Do you call piety
superstition It is true philosophy. Adora-
ton meanncss? It is the highest employment
Of man! Says great writer, "No nobler feel
ing than chs of alteration for one higher than
himself dwells in the breast of man." Man
was made TO love, and to love the lovely, and
10 love supremacy the infinitely Lovely and
this alone is manly. Christianity degrading to
humanity Look at facts. Who is it that
now challenged the gratitude and arbitration
Of the civilized world for his unparalleled mil
itary heroism in avenging violated and slaugh-
tered innocence, and in protecting and defend
ing the helpless? Who is the avenging hero
Of bloody CawnpOre, and the angel Of salvation
10 beSieged aud distressed Lucknow? Who
wrought those miracles Of bravery in that six
days march of blood and death from one to the
other? The brave, the beloved Havelock, the
Baptist exorter. He it was who when Colonel,
baptized the soldiers of his own regiment; and
charges against him for dsorderly and unsol-
dier-like conduct in the thing, pronounced his
regiment the most ORDERLY and we'll behaved !;
and sending him his res, ecti ordered him to
baptize the whole army fas Christianity de-
graded that self-sacrifcing hero? What else
made him equal to the exigency and carried
him trinmphantly through those overwhelming
scenes
Did Puritan Christianity render the soldiers
Of Cromwell inferior as mcE ?-Bdssett.
Love to our fellow man is essential to a manly
character. The duties Of Justice between man
and man and the spirit Of universal brother
hood, are manifest dictates of the human con-
stitution and when man violates these princi-
pies. he so far forth ceases to be human, and
approaches the character of spirits and beasts
Of prey. The relation Of mutual dependence
and essential equality, which ekaracterizcs the
race, stamps its destiny in this respect; "No
man liveth to HIMSELF" and obcys the laws of
= his being and he who lives a life of supreme
sclfshness. lives in violation of the laws that
are written upon his constitution, and he ex-
perienceS all the melancholy consequences of
transgTesSion. His heart is withered, his mo-
raj sense LIunted, and his whole spiritual ma
tnre vitiated Look at the selfish world Man
rioting upon the blood and bones of his fellow!
Is this manly? Is THE dictate of human con-
Stitution Is man really beast Of prey p
Has God furnished him with the mean selfish
ness of the Welt? the sly deception and trick
cry of the fox and the fatal poison of the ad-
der, that he should go about as roaring lion,
seeking whom he may devour? Whence this
divine sense of justice, and those celestial
promptings Of benevolence and generosity p
All ! man was made to be the brother. and not
the tyrant and robber Of his fellow man. Those
fraternal promptings of his unsoplisticated ma
turs are rnmistakable. They utter plainly the
voice Of natures God.--BasseK
Learn 10 be working Christians. ''Be We doors
Of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving
your own selves" 1t is very striking to see
the usefulness of many Christians. Are there
none Of yon who know what It is to be selfish
in your Christianity You have seen selfish
child 90 into a secret place To enjoy some deli
cious moFSel undisturbca by his companions.
So IL Is with some Christians They feed upon
Christ and forgiveness but il is alone and all
for themselves. Are there not some of you
who can enjoy being Christian, while your
dearest friend Is not, and yet will not speak of
him? See, here you have got work to d.
When Christ found you, he said, &C., work in
my VINEYARD" What were you hired for, is
it was not 10 spread salvation? What blessed
fer? o, my Christian friends J. how little you
live as though you@ssers the servants Of Christi
How much idle tinis and idle talk yOu have I
This il not like a good seryant. How many
things you have TO do for yourselfi how few
for CHRIST aud his people. This Is NOT like a
servans. &c ckeme, ga5fs,
.r rasetf reF !. 1850. F
Death still lays us in the grave, but it can
not chain rs there 70 everlasting forgetfulntSs
il puts iis cold hand on every one of us, but a
power higher than death viii lift it of, and
these forms be again terminated with all the
warmth of life and sentiment. The church
yard has been called the land Of silence, land
silent It Is indeed to them who occupy III the
Sabbath hell Is no longer heard, nor yet the
tread Of the living population above thcm; bus
though remote from the hearing OF every Garth
II sound, yet shall the sound Of the last trnm-
pet enter the loneliness Of their dwelling, and
be heard through earth's remosest caverns.-
Chatwas. - ! g IT, .8s5.. ~ NEtH
20 The first and Only danger Of institutions i
materializatiou. Men form institutions by Civ
ing to principle body, that It may walk o.
work among men. Once incarnated, the soul
Oa7tne PtinGaPtS7Ab apt ~ 20 neAs<SASAs anu -
body snpremely cared for. Churches are in
stitutiOns designed 70 bring the spirit of Teli-
Rion to bear upon human life. Once created
they arc perverted when the safety Ut the or:
ganizatjun ismOre ihonght Of than the power
Of 10 central principle Christ may be inipris-
Oned IN Christian ehurcles. There Is deaff
when the sqnl dies and sie fOrm only is left.-
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