North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1867-11-06

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Of this union. 1t is not that people are
tired Of orthodox theology and want Uni
tartan and Universalist dogmas. They
want no dogmas of any sect. They de-
mand entire freedom of thought, so that
each man, poised upon his responsibility
to God and his fellow-man, may determine
these questions for himself. See how diff
ferent is our position from that of the or
thodox. They say You must believe in
certain cardinal doctrines, such as the d.
vinity of Christ and eternal punishment,
before we will fellowship with you" We
say in reply I: We concede your right to
hold those doctrines, and if you are good
men have no doubt Of your Lhristian char
acter. Will you concede as much to us p
They answer: :" No - 1t is not that our
lives are bad, but that our opinions are
wrong hence it is prescription for opin-
ions sake, for conclusions Of the intellect,
over which man has no more control than
over the clouds which throw their shadow
at our feet. g.-affss r.E .r. a.eH a.e
They say to us: J." You may be very
good men, estimable neighbors, and inval-
liable members of society. We can 20
through life with you, doing many good
works, forming many sweet ties, but when
we together come at the end of the jour-
ney we part company, you take this way,
and we that Some, to be sure, say that
with God all things are possible but that
is with Him, and not these gentlemen who
consider our case bad enough. -. a...E
Mr.. Moody, the head of the Yourg Mems s
Christian Association,-a gentleman, let
me say. who seems to believe his theology
and apply it whenever he gets a, chance
at union prayer meeting few days since
one of his Oldest Sunday school scholars
had died. As he entered the house he felt
as one dumb. The mother looked at him
for word of sympathy and encourage
ment, but as he did not speak, she cried
out: Oh, Mr.. Moody, hayn't you word
of comfort for me in this dark hour p
Don't you think my dear child was a
Christian Hasn't she gone to Heaven p
There was no word of comfort to speak,
for, though-she had been, in the Sunday
school eight years, she had never given her
heart to the Savior" '-
How did he-how could he know that
fact? He also says: /" He felt, as he came
away from the scene, that he could weep
over the lost as the Saviour wept over Je-
rusalem."
Estimate the confidence of that man who
can adjudge a fellow-creature to eternal
doom. A man, mortal as the rest of us,
with no knowledge of the Infinite purpose,
tottering in weakness and darkness on his
short way to dusty death, attempts to fix
the belongings of an infinite soul The
girl had been in the Sunday school for
eight years was probably good girl
She was that mothers darling; she was
dead. The light of the home had gone out.
The music of the home was hushed. In
the agony of that hour she turned to her
teacher in religion, and he led that mother
to the brink Of the abyss beyond which
there is no hope, and said !" There is
your daughter II Oh what a terrible
thing to say A man should have felt
himself driven by an angel from Heaven
to do such deed. .. .z
Forgive thy creature when he takes, o., .+
For the all-perfect love thou art '"
Some grim creation Of his heart" a.fE fsss
Believing that every man settles matters
of doctrine for himself, what is it that, as
a society, we propose to do ? Just this
Establish headquarters with a reading
room, a place where we can meet and ex-
change views. Our intellectual work will
be to enforce, build up, and spread the
principle of universal toleration. Our
practical work--and this is the greater
is to aid in carrying on a general relief so
ciety for the distribution OF food and cloth
ing to the poor, disconnected utterly from
any religious instruction, evangelical OF
unevangelical. When persons apply fol
relief they are to be asked nothing about
their belief in fnture punishment or the
trinity, but simply if they believe they are
hungry. Laug ghter. In this part of oul
effort we hope to have all unite, with a
fair representation of all interests and all
sides, orthodox and dissenters. All will
unite unless they care more for their sect
or creed than they do for the poor. Creeds
may be important, but they never fed q
hungry man-they never clothed naked
one. .1sfg @ s3 l#7t'7ea
Charity is an Act-not a sentiment
How tritiing are questions Of doctrine. IN
comparison with the demands Of charity
How controversy becomes dwarfed in the
presence of actual misery. A practical
charity like this is sufficient for any man
we may be satisfied if we can 30 no far.
ther.t AS our hands become hardened in
this work, our hearts will become soft and
warm, until, in trying to save the poor
they will save rs. In trying to love our
fellow-lnaH wfFvsiwe have seen, we shall
reach the Great Anthos of love whom we
have not seen Who holds US of all ma
tons and sects in the hollow Of His hand
who, because He is perfect being, made
US with q perfect purpose to q perfect end
.Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe ircrease) es
Awoke night froI. deep dream Of peace,
And saw within the moonlight in his room,
Making it rich and like . lily in bloom,
An angel writing in a book Of gold '+'
Exceeding peace had made Ben AdAem bold
And to the presencein in the room he said:
sWhat writest thou !" The vision raised its head,
Aud with q look made, all OF sweet accord. ,E-
Answered, sThe names Of those who love tho Lord
And ia niine one ? said Abou. NAY. not so, $3.50
Replied the angel. Abou spoke more low.
Write % me as one one who who loves his fsiiow-men.'
The angel wrote, and vanished. The neat night q
1t came again with great awakening light, -,
Aud showed the names whom love OF God had.
And 10! Ben Adhem's name led all tho rest"
CoNNEcrlcur.-The town meetings were
held in Connecticut last Monday. One
hundred towns have been heard from, the
Democrats carrying seventy, and the Re-
publicans thirty. The Democrats gain
twenty-three and lose none. The New
Haven Register says: 'e'''H'
These twenty-three towns elect 80 mem
bers Of the Legislature. Of these, the
lemncrats had in the last Lerislature IL