The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-07-31

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The KINGDOM OF Con FRsr.-The King.
dom Of God embraces God, the adorable
benefcence toward map; and His eternal
Bon, dying, rising, lnterceding, reigning In
the interest Of mans welfare. It embraces
mans rescue from woes, crushing and eter-
nal; his peace and purity, his highest hap
pincss, personal, domestic, social, civil, dur
Ing his earthly life, and glory and blessed
ness unspcakable In eternity. Over against
this Is placed what might DO called the
kingdom Of this worid-the riches, honors,
friendships, pleasures Of the world. How
really insignihcant, how limited Is the term
Of enjoyment, and how insufficient to meet
mans deepest, most pressing wants Is the
latteri And how reasonable 10 our practical
regards We habitually make the former par
amount To put the world first Ia to act
great and dangerous falsehood. And does
not this falsehood stamp the characters, not
only Of tho unbelieving world, but Of many
In tho churchl What wonder then, II dark
ness, and doubt, and death, and desolation
arc found In the church, As In preference
aud life, and frultfulnoss, let us beware Of
this ono error. Or, to put tho idea In q
positive form, lot us habltually Yield q
hearty, practical response to Christ, when
he says, "seek 20 first the kingdom Of God
and his righteousness"
HENRY WARD BERcuBR says In one OF his
sermons; "My experience among men leads
me TO think that the greatest number Of men
have almost no definite conception Of God
and that when men begin TO be awakened
BY the power Of truth and Of the Holy Ghost,
nothing IL 90 common % the complaint that
they can form no Idea Of God, and that ID
them there Is no tangible and prcsentable
God. But II one be Of devout nature, and
earnestly alive to the necessity OF moral
growth, then his reading and the iustruc.
tlons Of his childhood, aftor being subject to
mental digestion, will carry him forward one
step further In growth In the knowledge OF
God; his conception Of the divine nature will
then begin TO develop and 10 all out In every
direction IL there IL only q really earnest
moral life going on In him. In this work
Imagination will DO the architect, reason the
master-bullder, and the materials largely ex-
perience. The personal elements, however,
will largely come In, and determine In this
stage OF the growth very much tho conccp-
tion which Is formed. Those personal clc.
| ments will be the relative constituencies and
creative force Of those faculties which In
different individuals act with different dc.
Srees Of strength. That part OF mans mind
which Is the quickest and most susceptible
to Impressions will interpret to him the
mosS and the result will DO lively sense o.
those truths Of Gods nature which addresses
themselves to the more active faculties Of hli
own mind.
eThus ono man will erect q maglstracy
and that will seem enough to inclose all O
his ideas Of God. Another man will eroct q
ruler and governor, and thus embody hli
conception OF the divine nature. Another
man Will eroct an ideal character possessing
omnlpotont power, and this will be sufficient
to oil out his then need OF conception of a
God. Another man will develop q social
being; the social faculties are the most &C.
tive In him, and hence the materials Of his
Imagination, out Of which he has TO form
his conception Of . higher being, viii
largely spring from his social nature, ant
his Idea Of God will be full OF social ele.
ments. Another kind Of nature there Il
which dwells In the realm OF taste and
beauty--artlsts' natures, poetic natures
and as tho materials Of their minds, out o.
VI. Tei' conception of God, are ministcrcd 'i {,
from those moro active faculties, 90 mer
shall ind that they have God on whom
these elements predominant. Still another
will draw his conception Of God from tn,
field OF philosophy, and will mako him
philosopher. The strongest tendency Ii
another man will be toward benevolence
and the province Of his soul will DO fruitful
In this element, and his conception OF Coz
VIII DO ,Pervadod BY benevolcnes, and hi
realm Will DO all sunshine, and his universe
Will DO all summer. Thus a proud man
from the necessity Of his disposition, will b
susceptible to those traits Of tho divine ma
ture as recorded In the Bible, which are In
terprcted by tho feeling OF pride. A man
with largo consclentlousness, relatively
large self-esteom, and largo reflective pow
| ers, Is born Calvlnist."
No PRAYER MsgrISo.- church ha $
| no prayer Meeting" writes an evangelist In
| his quarterly report. How II sounds! The
words full like leaden bullets Into the heart.
church without prayer meeting What,
then, does q church possessf Suppose the
inventory should be attempted; II would run
thus: An occasional supply from travelling
preachers; q dozen worn-out books belong
| Ing 10 defunct Sunday school, . surviving
deacon, mourning over tho associations II
| Zion, (otherwise q good livor;) . churct
\ book with an hundred names without appro
pirate marks against thsm-dead, eIcom
inundated, moved away, wounded, retired
ETC.; meeting house needing widening, bu
deferred on account Of doubtful title OF lot
But, enough; we write more In sadness thai
In humor. The words ring In our oars: an
prayer meetlng"-tho altar fires gone out
no light on the hill-nono at home. Alas
alas! May God help that poor church-may
the Gospel find Its way to that poor neigh
borhood.
| WHBs rHE SOUL Is surrounded with enc
mies on all hands, so that there Is no way o
escape, faith lies above them, and carries Vi
the soul to take refuge In Christ, and Ia Their
safe, That Is the power OF faith; 1t sets
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all temptations as at the bottom of the rock
breaking themselves Into foam. When tn
floods Of temptation rise and gather, so grea
and so many that the soul Is even ready to b
swallowed up, then, by faith, II says, f'Lor
Jesus, Thou art my strength look TO The
for dellyerance; now appear for my help.
And thus II oyercomes. The guilt Of sin
answered by his blood, the power OF sin |
conquered by his spirit; and Affections tina
arise arc nothing to these; his love and era
clous presence make Thorn sweet and easy
Robert Leighton.
THE RECENT FIGHTISG IN JAPAS.-Dls
patches have been received at the Navy Dc
partmont from Lieutenant Commander Brad
ford, commanding the steamer Aroostook
Asiatic squadron, giving further particular
OF tho recent engagements In Japan. IL
states that the engagement on tho mornln,
OF the 9th Of May was between several o
Enomotte Kamadlro's vessels, the Eagle
Ashuelot and Emperor, and the Mlkado'
fleet stonowall and six others. The forme
were repulsed with great loss, AFTER making
| two unbuccesBful attemDts To hoa rd mr. sInl