Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1860-04-14


step. There are no great swoops made BY
little, we drive ouf our evils and BY little and
little, we introduce the principles Of wisdom
and goodness into the whole texture Of cur
conduct.
Many, very many, have no objection TO the
head or the breast being in the church, hut the
feet they imagine may be quite otherwise en-
gagged. But the true disciple Of our Saviour
adopts the language Of our Psalmist, "our feet
shall stand within thy gates, o Jerusalem. =
Ps. cxxii O. He is particularly watchful oven
his feet, or his daily practice. If in his mo-
ments Of weakness he waivers, he looks up 10
the Saviour, the source Of strength, and prays
"Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my foot.
steps slip not.n-Ps. xvii. 3. Often, will wt
have to confess, But as for me, my feet wert
almost gone my steps had well nigh slipped.
Pa. ixxiii g. Yet will he find invisible hand
have borne himup, for his eyer-watchfnl Fathe
has given his angels charge concerning him
lest he dash his foot against stone.-Ps. xci
IL, IL. And again will he find occasion CRATE
fully to cxclaim, 40 bless our God, We people
and make the voice Of bis praise to be heard
who hoideth our sole in life and suAereth no
our feet TO be moved .'-Ps. Xxi. 8, 3. If lik,
Peter, at first, he thinks it quite beneath hi
Masters dignity, to purify the lower concern
Of life, and declares, Thon shalt never wAshe
feet; when be 10 better informed, and be ,bo,
Sayiour's words, sfIf | wash thce,ro sniri,
hast no part in me- he, with aPoo, NV foe,
ofself-deyotion exclaims, III head John
only, but also my hands, o.
xiii. 8, 9. ~. ,ha a.ona ~
This religion of Z Without that, our Sab
cessity OF the welt an organized hypocrisy
bath Worship, that we may be able TO prac-
We shouldn't as is the deyout worship Of the
tice. BE sweet as ia devotional piety and
sanctalting as are hymns Of gratitude they
sobnly the unsubstantial beauty Of dream,
.hless they are brought down to give direction,
purity, and strength to daily life Let there
then be a fringe for the borders Of your gar
ment, throughout all your generation.
1t is for want Of this descent Of religion into
daily life, that its blessings are often very faint
ly felt. The sweetness of the knowledge of the
Lord is only experienced when religion has
become living hourly series OF virtues with
us. II is said Of the disciples who were going
TO Emmausi though the Lord walked with them
and they felt the holy glow Of his presence
when he talked with Them on the way. He
only became known to them in "the breaking
Of the bread" It's so with His disciples in all
ages. So long as the i'bread Of life il re-
ceived in mass remains thus, the blessing Of
conjunction with the Divine Being Is unknown.
He is with them, but as stranger But let
them break the bread let them at home and
abroad in the counting house and OH change,
in the work shop and at market, in their plea
sures and in all their family duties, break the
bread Of heaven, and apply il to every work
and word, and they will then know the Lord.
HThen shall we know If We follow on TO know
the Lord his going forth is prepared as the
morning, and He shall come unto us as the
rain; as the latter and former rain upon the
earth"
We are, however, not only commanded 10
have fringe TO our garments, but to have upon
the fringe ribband of blue, And this leads
rs to consider the correspondence OF colors.
Natural colors, we know, originate rs natural
light. They are the separation Of the beauties
which are bound up in the sunbeam, and their
reflection to the human eye. There is Il trini-
ity Of fundamental colors, red blue, and yell
low. From the blending of these in varied
proportions all Others are made. Blue and
yellow form green.
Bearing in mind that the Lord is the Sun Of
the eternal world and that essential truth
shines as a spiritual light from Him, the three
essential coors into which light divides itself,
will represent the three essential features of
divine truth in its application 10 man. There
are truths Of love, which apply to our aiiec-
tions truths of faith which apply TO thoughts,
and truths Of life. Red, the color of fire, is the
symbol Of the truths ofoye, the fire Of tbe soul
Blue, the color Of the azure depths Of the sky,
is symbolc Of the deep things Of the spirit Of
God, on which faith delights TO gaze. Yellow,
is the hue OF truth which applies TO outward
life, and in combination with blue il makes
green, which corresponds TO truth in the letter
OF the Word, made simple to the common eye
Of mankind
Blue gives n sense Of clcarncss and depth in
which ii snrpasses all other hnes When we
gaze into the blue depths Of the sky, far above
the changes Of the clouds, their tranquil gran
deur, arching in peaceful majesty far over the
turmols Of the world, strikngly images those
depths Of heavenly wisdom from which The
good man draws strength and peace,
Though round his breast the rolling clouds are sprclI
Eternal sunshine settles OH his head
Blue, then, is the color which represents the
spirit of the Holy Word, the depths Of heaven
ly wisdom.
There is, however, cold blue, as il has more
OF white in il, and warm blue, as ii derives II
certain hue from red. There has also been
shade meant by Techeleth, the Hebrew name
for this color. But from full consideration
of the subject we are satisfied 1t was the name
for blues tingled with red, from violet to pur-
pie. And this very strikingly brings out the
divine lesson by correspondence While the
blue indicates that in our dcmeanor in life we |
should be correct in harmony with the spirit |
of truth, the red hue indicates that all our
truth ought to be soitened and warmed by |
love. HSpeak the truth in love, said the |
apostle, and TO remind them Of this duty God |
commanded the Fibband Of warm blue 10 he |
worn upon tho fringe Of their garments, hy /
the sons Of Israel
Truth without love is cold hard and unpty- |
ing, and therefore repulsyc, Truth with an
ger is scalding hot, and like medicine, impos- /
sibe to be taken, useless or injurious hut |
truth coming from loving heart firm but |
gentle and sweet like the warm sunbeam is |
welcome TO all.
The loving blue Of the eye, which reveals
the sweet impulses Of soft and gentle heart,
is like the color of the ribbnnd before us; il /
speaks Of the purity and the warmth OF the
spirt within. Let there, then, be upOn all
your demcanor this color Of heavenly lovr.
Seen in the view We have now arrived A.
this commandment increases in practical i'm
portance, the more We contemplate il. Per-
haps the neglect of il Is the cansc Of more fail
nres in the delivery of well -Meant advice. than
any other circumstance We proceed to cor
rect with the rough, stern hand Of truth alone
and we encounter resistance We are sure We
are right and we proceed to reproach and in
yective. Quarres ensuc, instead Of amend
ment. We brood over our failure, and wonder
at the perversity of mankind, not rejecting