The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-05-01
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s,akpess should teach 10 what . vain thing
tAs world ID, what vile thing sin 70. WA.
Door thing man b. asd What precious 'a'"s
IN intsrsst In Christ =.
Will. -. Iowa ali that Is good and beautiful
.rounI our daily path, Let Us not put our uas.
In thsn bat rather in those things us.uo No.
.ss,ishSu uaing. They can be more truly our
In y;ohss or fame; and when the voice
hssri 10 which oil must listen. II We possess ,ne
imperishabls We can withouta 'nurmsr
an 10 have collected with % much t"I nm
trouble. and 60 willingly nttn INV. INV, az lie.
known, strong In our trust that th" way "s'
the heaven to which We aspire.
Kyou love, love more. IL you hMe nMe
LEA Lilo h to short too spend IN Mains Say
one. why var against Q mortal Who IS Song
ths ..ms rosd with US. Why not expand the
dover Of lie and happiness BY lsarn,n; To love,
nv tssohine those who are near and dear the
hs.ntifui iss,oof Your hands may be hard,
hn, vour Mari need not Be. Your forms may
h hsut or ucly, but do you not know that the
most beautiful flowers often grow In the most
ruexed, unsheltered places The palace nr
care. the cottage for love. Not that there u
no love In the man,'on; out somshou, We
Are not very careful. business will crowd all
there 10 Of beauty out Of the heart. This is
Why God has given Us Sabbsths anil Saturday
nights, that We may leave business IN the ONCE
and have heart-cleaning.
rux BOOK or CosxoS PRArn Perhaps no
devotional manual has 90 SUCCESSFULLY avoided
the effasioo OF mere religious sentiment. anil at
the same time embodied the manly tendencies
Of the deep religious heart. Unlike the bre-
WARES litanies and manuals Of France. Italy
and Spain, a. we'll - Of English Roman Catho-
lieism, which address themselves chiefly 10 the
emotions. and onsn minister to that which 10
morbid In feeling and repalsive In taste. on the
ground that they are designed for the ignorant
masses Of the people. the Book OF Common
Prayer Is a. noble In thought - II 10 stimulate
ing In feeling. II satisfies the taste Of the most
cultured, while II 10 perfectly simple 10 the most
ignorant. Like the old Latin hymns, Il Is ma
jestio and undemoostrstive. and works It's spell
upon the vorshippers by the simple force Of
Ito statements, and the calm intensity ofits ear
nestness. II has none Of the seusuousness and
sentimentality that eharacterise many prayers
and hymns. and yet u Is instinct with Devotion
nj feeling. IL ministers TO ROBUSTNESS IS we'll
~ tenderness Of religious lifs, and Is Q wonder
ful expression ofreligious characteristics Of the
English nation; although to more sensuous ma
tions like the French and Spanish, IL would
seem cold. distant and rigid. Very precious
are many OF lis prayers, and could the dubious
saceriotalsm and the polemics With which they
have really nothing to do. DO discharged from
them. their severe simplicity, their spiritual
wisdom. their compressed meanings, their
ohAstened reverence. and their deep and solemn
pathos, would commend them to all religious
hearts.
Every Christian quality, every single spirit
has In u majesty and power for which Ne
have no terms Of measurement. and OF which
men have mostly no conceDtion. A man that
under contunely Is able to be sweetly patient
Q man that under provocstion does not wish to
rstaliate, but Who returns good for evil; man
who, BY his daily life and practice, makes ev-
cry one that knows him land those that know
him most Intimately sure that his life !, upon
different scale and on higher level than that
which obtains among other men; that man
great power he has; the reality Of the thing II
self gives him power over his fellows.
The dying girl Who triumphantiy bears wit
ness to God. brings tears TO eyes unsecustomed
to weep; while the stalwart man shall preach
the truths which she exemplines, and yet IND
them fall pouerless from his lips. II is the hu-
mity. Il 10 the love that hls the soul; Il Is the
rneekuess, the gentlepess. The long suffering; Il
Is the preferring Of one another In honor, rs-
Their than contests for honor TO the displacing
of each other; u 10 the actual faith Of the soul
In the redemption Of the Lord Jesus Christ; u
Is the fer,or, the intensity that comes to the
soul that believes that gives the soul its inau.
snee and power. How mighty Is that word
4" belief!" IL Is like the apocalyptic vision.
when the heavens were rolled together like Q
scroll. Believe, then, In the God that rules all
things. Believe In the Saviour that redeems
all. Believe In the Holy Ghost that inspires all.
Believe In the eternity Of the world Of glory. |
The soul that believes until u Is incandescent,
until Il scntillstes, has In itself inherent power
and 10 the source Of true power among men.
IL is not the height Of worldly eminence ct.
tanned; Il II not how much wealth; II 10 not
how much sweetness Of voice; u Is not how
much positive knowledge Of human nature that
q maa possesses that determine his power.
These are accessories these are incidental
powen; but u 10 how much you have OF the
power Of the Holy Ghost In the soul. that de.
tsrninss what yoar real influence viii De; And
ne had better 20 down into battle without
sword or armor, than - Christian man at
tempt TO 20 down into the conflicts VI life with
out preparing himself Nth this armor Of God,
without clothing himself with the power VI the
Holy Spirit.-H. W. Beecher.
God catches up every man out Of the radiance
Of the day, and says TO him, my son, IT. Is not =
good for thee to dwell in perpetual. sunlight"
lie passes his hand Of forgctfulness upon him.
and he becomes as one dead, and God lays him
aside FIR eight hours, to rest. Then he sends
his morning stars 10 call him forth again to
work. Death has made him strong again Tor
life; and 30 out Of sleep We come fitted for
wakefulness and for life. Il should be ~ in the
soul life. We need sometimes 10 be put back
into the cave Of darkness. We need To have
some Of that soporiety, some OF that refresh.
ment which comes FROM meditation. We need
to spend more time In the closet And just iu
proportion as men are obliged to be active, jus,
In that direction they mus, prepare themselves
for activity BY inward culture. lie Who Is tru
ly inspired by the Holy Ghost will do more In
little time than other men will do In fourioli
the time. II is this quality % making much In
the lower elements that u given ~ Ms by the in
dwelling God and the augmented power Of
soul thu. sancti6ed by his presence cannot be
measured.
Young men, a. you 60 forth TO speak to the
aiming, to cheer the discouraged, to call the
listless, to make company for the stranger, to
persuade 20 reformation the lapsed AMI the
fallen and ., you open your rooms, spread
with food for intellectual repast. remember that
these things ought you to have done; but there
10 something that you ought not to have len
uodone. For - at midnight the hill Is clothed
with forests - much - at midday, and oil the
valley 10 filled Just a. full Of twining y,nes and
sweet flowers In their glory as at midday, but
are not seen, and - are utterly lost until day
light brings them into sight, 80 u Is With Gods
economy: IL Is that rs'ela'ory power which,
coming from God. brings out the trait, the
form, the fragrance, the beauty, the admira-
bl-ness; Il 10 that which gives you your effect
ivsnsss. :.
Go forth. then. In that revealing power, and
make known Christ by word, bot far moro BY
spirit. Make known mems wants by word. but
far more by deed. BE that which you would
have others be, and when you preach Christ,
let II be the Christ that is IN you, that shall be
more efhcseious than the Christ which sits Gu
throned In heaven. We usdsfttand that God
himself 70 with Ne; that Emmanuel isour King.
May Tod make you wise and strong, and when
you stand before God. nav God give every one
Of you the power Of turning TO some little band.
and saying: Here On I. and here are those
whom thou hast given mel" and then vho shall
spsak Of the rapture Of that moment when the
disclosed hce, al oesming upsn you. shall say: