The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1870-09-23

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y suppose there are enough letters Of
church -mcmbcrs in New York. laid one
top of another, to build church with,
alnost-letters (of those who have como
down hero to live) still lying In their
trunks, and the owners Of them are glad
nobody knows they ever were church,
members. II Is pitiful, this great army
Of os.staways In these two cities. Many
have come To this state because they have
lost tho social part of religion. Take .
winters fire burning brightly, pull out
one stick after another. 80 tlnt not any
one stick can touch another, and no mat
ter how dry the fuel, the fire will all go
out.
1t Is possible for man slngly TO 1.-Two
n Christian; there Is grace FOR some sim
glehanded, but they are tho exceptions.
Christians ought To mako themselves
known IN each other and tho world.
Every Christian heart needs another
Christian heart over against it-a follow.
ship Of gr,,cc. rs we'll rs Of Christian Sd
ciety. Far be It from me 10 advise yon
70 vociferate your Christian opinions
wherever You are. Religion ought to
have the benefit Of polltencss and com.
nonsense, yet 1t ought to bo faithful.
But you are not TO let your light shine
30 rs to put out peoples eyes. Suppose
n family sitting by their fireside In fami.
liar talk: you arc not To come abruptly
in and deliver religious discourse; Il
would DO ont Of place. Some mako II q
point To Introduce the subject of religion
wherever they arc. Harlan Page could
do II, but very few could: could not.
Il must be done so Rs to leave sweet
SAVIOR upon tho Christian name, and 80
that all present would DO glad ytu did
speak. | -
Il Is not necessary to have religion In.
cvitably the subject Of your conversation.
Ono man sits aud swears, while another
does not-his silence Is enough. Some
men smoke or otherwise mako pigs OF
themselves; or on board n steamboat mt
tho tablo pull and haul To help them
selves, utterly forgetting tho decorum
they use Mt home. ,After they aro salts
fed. they nrc ashamed. Two seen one
gentleman reform whole company, 40
that MT least every thing went ON rs or
derly rs at homo. In conversation on u
stagc.co'ch or railway, or so'ncwhcrc
that You may chance tO stop over night,
YOU ncsl not undertake to say. "I am n
church member. and therefore ] think col
and So" when mattsrs Of politics or So
cicty come mp, but you arc to t.ko high
or standard 70 measure by. 30 that others
shall say Of you: "rhat man must DO al
Christian" go
When people arc abroad. Il don't no
quire psalm or q praym 70 make the
world know they are Christian. Tvel
sccn people travel. with never q Kind
word for those about them-tho wxItnr, |
the laborcr, or thoss less unf1rtunats than
themselves. Others save thoir religion
for meeting days; but you arc always .to|
act 20 that others shall SEQ you have been
with Jesus. - ~ ..y H'',N y
Once In conversation with Secretary
Stanton, no toll mo; ''SheTidmn (whon,
he likencd to Napoleon The Eirst) In fight
seemed TO carry an orb OF fire, five feet
In diameter. which every body fels.s ef
,Theru ara thousand 'incidontal thingsI |
you can do, that show whero you stand. ]
True religion Is liberty, tho music OF
the soul. You ought to feel out after
Christians rs II you were lonesome.
When was In England In tho unse OF
the war, I was glad to SEQ cvcry Ameri.l
can. was 50 exalted. i defended thcl