St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1861-03-14

L EVE III the lime OF trOuDlo lie snail maze me
In His pavilion; in the secret Of His taberna-
cle shall he hide me, He shall set my feet up
upon rock. 4
The new life, the life after regeneration,
Is "hsa with Christ in God" The new
name given "to him that overcometh,"
mo man kuoweth save him that receiveth
it." To them it is given to eat of "the
hidden MAMMA" In matters pertaining
to this world, sensible man keeps all his
most sacred feelings to himself, for the
heart knoweth its own bitterness and
stranger intermeddleth not with his joys.
The only way mentioned in Scripture by
which faith is to be made manifest to 9TH
ers, is by ,corks 1t is not by professions;
not by saying Lord, Lord, but by "1oing
the will Of my Father. which is in heaven"
Then, as to helping the Lord, we Ger
tainly believe that every man and woman
is ce-worker with Him; and that every
one ought to work intelligently and con.
scientiously with Him,-should work in
obedience to His laws to advance his own
good, and the good of his race; but the
Lord does not want any one to help Him
make ugly faces and loud Professions
This is not His work.
Meroz is cursed bitterly in Jud. 5, q,
because they "came not out to the help of
the Lord against the mighty" 1t was
honest, hard, patriotic work that Meroz
shrinked. The people did not turn out to
help Deborah, the female captain of the
hosts Of Israel, to fight the battles of their
country, and deliver it from the power of
oppressors. If Meroz had been called up
on for aoords, we have no doubt they could
and would have furnished whole bataliops;
but it was soldiers and provisions that were
wanted.
Let any one study a religious meeting
where the people all talk Of themselves
their feelings-thelr conversion-their
purposes and plans, and say, honestly, if it
is those who are doing the Lords work
who have the most to say about it, Do
you not each and every one know, by a
rule that is not their own account Of them
selves, those who are on the Lords side,
and those who are trying to get little
self-glori6cation. Look, even in our Saint
Cloud churches, is it the men who have
talked prcttiest in Church Meetings, who
have done most to advance Christianity?
I trow not. We believe there are humble
true christians who say, in words, that they
are not ashamed of Jesus. But the most
flippant seeker after moments notorietY;
tho most pompous pretender who patron
ICES the church by his presence, can say
that as easily as any of them; and the hab-
it Of calling out such declarations is calcu-
lated to break down the barrier between
the good and the true, and the vain and
shallow. Nay, even to put the balance in
favor of the latter.
It is all false assumption that it re-
quires humility to acknowledge the Savior
at this day. He Is no longer, in His own
person, the bufeted, the spit upon, the
malefactor between two thieves; but to
the whole Christian world, the acknowl-
edged Lord of Glory. No one runs any
risk of life, property or responsibility by
acknowledging Him as he is acknowledged
by our churches. The term christian, is
no longer one Of reproach. On the contra
ry it is the highest need Of praise which
can be conferred !; and so is acknowledged
to be by ninety nine out of a hundred in
all Christian countries. Even the empty
procession of christianity helps mans bu-
siness, and adds to his responsibility. Why,
therefore should any one assume airs of
humility in making profession which he
knows in his soul is the proudest boast he
could possibly make? Laying claim to an
earthly crown is nothing to setting up a
title to that Heavenly inheritance reserved
for those who fear Him. ..
Lastly, we object to the term ''Revival
Of Religionp' It is not used in the Bible
no such word as ''revivaP' there; and
"religion" is only named twice, as applied
to the doctrines taught by Christ. This is
in James l; e6, 81, and is in connection
with "doer Of the work." with visiting
the widows and fatherless, not with making
professions Of conversion. The word Of
God says nothing about "gettimg religion"