Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1862-10-28
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In view Of the complaints that reach
the public ear, Of lulrewarmness in the
cause Of Christ, and the announcement Of
the necessity Of reyivals, to restore the in
duenoe which the church is losing over the
hearts of the people, it is important as
weIi as proper for the secular press to in
quire into the causes of this state Of things,
and to find out If possible the remedy.
II Is scarcely necessary to say that that
Gospel which proclaimed "peacc on earth
and good will to man is antagonistic to
the spirit of war. 1t was the Divine
Founder Of the Christian religion himself
who gave to the wOrld by his prccepts and
example these remarkable doctrines:
dResiat not evil but whosoever shall smite
thee Oh the right cheek turn to him the other
also "a aud If any man will sue thee at law and
take away thy coat, give him thy cloak also /;
Rnd whatsoever shall compel thee to go mile
90 With him twain; love your enemies bless
them that curse you do good TO them that
hate You, and pray for ihen which desplteinliy
use you and persc"gte you"
When the lawyer asked Jesus which
was thS great commandment IN the law,
he said unto him that the love of God was
the first and, great commandment, aud that
the second was like unto it thou shalt
.love Thy neighbor Us thyselfp 4Eaa|
In these doctrines is embraced the spirit
of all the apostolic writings, and of the
teachings of the early fathers of the
church. Paul says "all the law is full
filled in one word, even in this thou
shalt lave thy neighbor as thyself.'" John
says 6 this commandment have we from
him that he who lovcth God loveth his
brother also" When the Roman elem.
ent was called upon to compose the dis
,ssentiuns OF q the church of Corinth, hi
prayed ''that peace, long suffering, anC
patience might return unto them" "Wht
is there among you" says he, "that i
generous? who that is compassionate
who that has any charity? let him say
.sgf afs ssqiiOn, Ais eontention, thes'
schisms 9e upon my account lam ready &
depart, go Vhtkersoever ye please and dt
ftchatsoever ye shall command me. - Tht
esprit of love and forgiveness, and not thu
spirit Of hate and resentment, is that whicl
characterizes all the quotations from III,
apostolical fathers" not rendering" saiC
Polycarp, the disciple Of John, "evil 70
evil, or railing for railing, or striking 70
striking, or ctirsing for cursing be y
moderate, AND LOOK NOT UPON SUCH AS EN-
EMIEs, BUT CALI. THEM BACK AS SUFFERING
AND ERRINa MEMBERS THAT YE SAVE YOU
a WHOLE BODY "Be ye mild at their an
gsr,p says IgnAtius, "humble at thei
iboastings; to their blasphemies Ietur
your prayers to their error your frmnes
in the faith when they are cruel be y
a' gentle not endeavoring to initiate thei
''a ways, let us be their brethren in all kind
ness and moderation" .r..
s.-. .' 1t is scatcelyto be expected that thes
sublime doctrines should command the a.
sent and feghlate the CONDUCT of men WI
sls are unregcnerated by the purifying inar
ence of the gospel of Jesus Christ II
hAheroism Of Christ has not been Of tn
type that has most commanded the adm
Era.tion Humankind. The fierce passion
strong. .reseniments, the jealousy, ambitic
and envy of the world, have always a
fected TO look'downHpon the poor-spirite
y taae. astgpiBg apdkelI.accuaing dissip
b, Of the meek. and ioyly, Nazarene, Ne
ertheless, his eharactef Is, always h
g. been, and Of necessity always must |
that of the TRUE CHRISTIAN; and VIII
boy the anointed minister OF God, called, as
professes,t0 TO teach the gospel by divine SUI
mons, and regenerated by its influence, l
pudiates that charpcter in his teachin
breaches hate instead Of love, retaliat
sin, instead Of forgiveness, resentment inste
Of forbearance, i cannot be matter
surprise that the people should turn
a deaf ear to the voice Of the pulpit, al
that " theD cause of Christ should la
= guish.R "a sa5LUC-9- AlsL-A
eIeg But it is not the cause of Christ tll
languishes. The lukewarmness Of viii
S-,thelministers complain isbut the repudi
=, ion Of those who fail to teach the dc
a. /. =.