Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1867-03-14
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A HYMS

Or throned on foods Of beamy day,
symphonious in his presence play.
Loud is the song--the heavenly plain
Is shaken with the choral strain
And dying echoes, floating far,
Draw music from each floating star.
But amid your choirs shall shine,
And all your knowledge shall be mine;
Ye on your harps must lean 10 hear
A secret chord that mine will bear.
He who is at war with his neighbor
cannot be at peace with himself
The religion that is always search
ing for "a hope" is a hopeless religion.
He that loves himself has only one
joy; he that loves his neighbors, many.
Religion means supreme love TO the
Supreme, and love to his creatures for
his sake.
When worthy men fall out, only one
of them may be guilty at first but il
such strifes continue long, commonly
both become guilty But thus Gods
diamonds often cut one another, and
good men cause Affections to good men
Time is the seed Of eternity. At the
judgment the question which will de-
eide our destiny will be no other than
this. How have you used your time
And the less there remains of this pre-
cious article the more valuable it
should appear.
The man who prays well must and
does feel well. His desire for fellow
ship with God and his habitual indul-
gence Of that desire, must needs as
similate him more and more to the
Blessed Being-dear God who made
and loveth all
1t seems to every thinker of our
time that the desire for amusement is
becoming the controlling desire of the
people, especially Of the upper classes;
and that the persistent rejection of
thought, and of subjects of occupation
requiring thought, is fast depriving
the people of thought
Those who lower the rule Of faith
commonly lower the standard of prac.
tice. They are exceedingly '1iberal"
towards the theatre, the card.table,
the social wine glass, and the frivolous
extravaganza of the day. The sancity
of the Sabbath and distinct non-con-
formity to the world they pronounce
"Puritanical."
Religion comprehends all the hu-
man virtues as founded on the Divine
perfections, and growing out of these
and deriving their supreme value
therefrom. Religion in its full pro-
portions cannot exist apart from NOR
ality. The sweep of practical morals
here required, comprehends the entire
circumference of human thought and
life.
A church organized with commit
tees sufficient for all inside and outside
operations, and yet without religion
enough to furnish motive power, is
cucumber of the ground and ought
TO be torn down, or blown up. or in
some way committed TO the everlast.
ing condemnation. 1t must, before il
can be n minister of salvation TO its
place, be organized with direct refer.
ence TO this local work. The best
way to live, is to work for that which
giveth life.
1t is related that the Earl of Chat
ham had promised that his son should
be present at the demolishing Of wall
about the estate, but through acci-
dent it was pulled down in his alb
sence. His Lordship felt the impor.
tance Of his word being kept sacred.
so he ordered the wall to be rebuilt
that his son might be present when il
was again demolished, as be had pro,
missed 1t was not that child's wbim
might be humored but that his faith
in his fathers word might be un-
shaken,
Jesus was pre-eminently sympa-
thetic with all around him. lie
touched human life at every point
lofty and lowly. lie was not afraid
TO confront ruler, nor ashamed 10
pity and heal a beggar. He did not
draw back his foot when a sinful wo-
mans warm tears trickled unon it.nor
did he refuse pubican's invitation 10
go and be his guest. This man re-
eeiveth sinners" was the sneer leveled
at him by the blind and bigoted Phari.
sees. 1t is a bastard Christianity
which "snubs' honest worth in n
coarse coat, or refuses to pity and
shelter harlot because she has made
herself vile. Jesus was separate from
sinners" in that he possessed an un-
spotted holiness, an unworldly aim.
and unblemishcd life. lie was temnt-
cd, and yet without sin.
The GOSPEL NOT PREACHED TO THE
MAssEs.-Doubtless churches will in
crease according to the demand for
them, and the statistics of our cities
indicate that at the present time the
large majority do not care to hear the
gospel. How to reach the non-wor.
Shipping masses is the great praeti.
cal question Of the day. The stats.
tics that follow are believed 10 be sinh.
stantially correct The population of
Boston is $4,000. There are one
hundred places Of worship, allowing
six hundred seats for each church
and 10000 only get into IN,
churches, leaving 1872, 900 ont of church
on Sunday. There are $50 chapels
and churches in New York city. many
OF them very small allowing that
there arc sittings for 700 person in
each upon an average, tho churches
will accora modate 250,000 people
There arc. probablv. inclnding stror