Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-08-15

AS the sails OF snip carry u into
haTbor so prayer carries us TO the throne
and bosom Of God but as sails caunOt,
OF themselves, speed the progress Of the
vessel, unless filled with a favorable
breeze, 50 the Holy Spirit must breathe
upon our hearts, or our prayers will be
motiOnless aud useless.
You must flud your religious life to
consist in deep religious feeling, animal
ing every part Of your ordinary life.
There is no such thing as secular life
as distinguished from & religious life.
Religious life is the whole life imbued
with all the feelings. 1t is the perfect
man presented to God
The peaches redden on the wall,
Hiding in hollow cells of green,
Where plated leaves hang thick about,
And scarce permit them to be seen
And So in Truth good deeds should be
Concealed in sweet humility.
Strictly speaking, a revival OF reli-
gion can take place only in the hearts OF
Christians. When such au increase of
religion is manifest among the people Of
God, then their prayers and influence
result in the conversion of sinners, and
we call the total results & revival of re-
lgion, though with the converts it is q
beginning of experimental religion. Do
you really desire q revival I.mean re-
vival 10 Your own heart2 You Ike to
see persons brought into the church, TO
add to its numbers and power, but would
you like an increase of that piety in
your own heart more heavenly mind
edness more o. the very spirit Of
Christ? To desire is to have it; If this
desire leads to prayers, aud tears, aud
efforts, that will bring the blessing.
There is nothing that people are so
greedy and so sliDgy Of as paise. Hun
gering and thirstng for appreciation and
admiration themselves, they bestow it
upon Others in the most begrud2ing,
parsimonious way. They want show
er Of applause but will give only a drop.
We're we as ready to commend Others as
to criticise them we should find more TO
commend and less to CritiCise in them,
and they would be more likely tOdO JUS
tice to US. Men do not want complaint
and tiattery, but kindly recognition
and notice at the hands of their fellows.
To give these is but justice, but 1t is a
Justice which will sweeten many Il Bit
ter experience, heal many heart-wOund
and make many sad and lonely life
happy.
If you give yourselves up to the in
fuenCe of the feelings Of love merely,
YOU will have real lntOXicatiOn for Il
short time, and that will be the end of it.
You must understand that Il feeling, to
last long, must develop itself in the line
AF m lSf q N
the hilarity of disclosive feelings, you
must understand that it cannot be long
lived unless it enters the judgment and
fancy, and fills the whole moral being
and the whole life, and works fol
the object loved ia thousand ways
Then it is immortal. 1t is the very
blood of your life. You cannot weed /,
out, or rub it out,
The religious man, after all, is The
only radically moral man. He Is thu
only man who feels the ground swell o
Duty, and-policy or no pol!cy,-Will Sc
the right first. To hiR there is no cor
pOTate morality, no morality of trade o
party, apart from the morality OF person
al conscience-no morality OF the worl(
altering with the morality OF God
There is but one morality, comprehend
ing all life, whose claims strike into tn
heart OF society-lnto banks and store
as we'll as homes and churches. Tn
wheels Of traffic are bound about wit
the Eternal Law, and the presence c
God hens every transaction. The Etel
nal ear is close to his whispering prom
Use, and exery advantage he may gain
such as he dares to reconsider In To
loneliness of his chamber, and coun
upon his death-bed.