Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-05-24
Religious Facts and Opinions.

Men who love Christ with love
stronger than death wrote his life,
but left no hint of height, complexion,
features, or an point that could
1elp the mind to personal image
Ctners wrote long epistles, of which
ne was the Alpha and Omega; but
ms form was as much kept secret as
.ne Doay OF Moses, hidden by the
almighty in an undiscovered Grave
The Christian tombs and relies of The
first centuries show no attemnt IN
make an image of Christ. Too deem
a sense of the divine rested upon tho
early church to permit any attempt
to paint the human as it appeared in
him.-Rev. William arthur.
| In calm night in spring, all
the powers of nature are at work
with irresistible and incomprehensi-
bic force. The forest branches heave
| aloft their tons on tons of matter to
make new leaf and twig and clothe
the swaying boughs with verdure,
the grasses lift their portions too,
each its little part, but all making
the lifted weight measureless by hui
man measure, and grass blade, and
oak branch, and rushing stream that
m ight turn q thousand mills, are ali
working in the silence Of tho night
with the force TO which all human
engines are as nothing, but these
make no sound-two frogs in marsh
make all the noise one hears, q noise
that browns the voices of mighty ma
ture on the earth, and, equally, the
eternal music of the circling stars -
american Churctman.
We are all physicians to one
another in the matter Of giving ad-
vice. The question is, DO we act ac-
cording to our own prescriptions
Some Of you who read this are not
Christians but you arc free to ex-
press your opinion as to what q
Christian ought to be. lie ought to
honor his dealings with men. Then
he ought to be generous, public-spir-
tied, and Astounding in charities
He ought to be every way consistent
with his profession in his religious
duties regular in secret, family and
social prayer faithful student of
Gods word /; full of brotherly love
toward even the humblest of Christs
flock, and laborious in leading men
TO the Savior. All this you say ne
ought to be and do. You are right.
But think moment. Is he under
any more obligation to be a Chris
tian than you are "But he profess
es to be Christian" Yes; but is he
under any more obligation to profess
to be Christian than you are? You
have prescribed we'll for him. Now
do you take your own medicine p
-Americda Messenger.
We are put into this world to be
trained. We came empty handed
into it, and we go empty handed out
OF it. And that shows us what the
good Of life is intended TO bean in
torior thing. 1t is something a man
can have even when his arms lie
crossed in his coffin. And that good
is his discipline of spirit. The train
ing and culture of the soul is the great
matter. But if the good of life is
what it's discipline amounts to. then
there is no circumstance Of life which
may not be without its profit. Is %
man rich? Why, then, he has tho
discipline Of wealth. How he uses
riches is his trial experience. IA d
man poor Poverty il his trial ex-
perience. How he bears want. il tho
important problem for hin. There
is not circumstance o. Guy mans
lite, prosperous or adverse, but in
this theory Of the ''value of life" finds
its place. Each circumstance, in its
turn, may equally secure life's good.
A man may be gaining it when no is
accommodating wealth, or when wealth
ID fleeing from him whom he is in
health, or when he is sick when he
rejoices or when he weeps. Discl-
pine is accomplishing its purpose. lie
is getting the good Of life. "NThat il
lite doing for me, then, IL a question
which has, for good while, turned
my thoughts inward instead Of out
ward. l don't expect to find my
answer in bank account. ] look
not to SEQ whether life is going well,
in such matters as social standing.
political preferment, or literary re-
pute. ! ask myself, in quiet hours,
"ls the discipline of life making me
humber, stronger, more patient,
more Christian Is life doing this
best thing that it ever docs for any
one, fitting me for usefulness in tho
present, and for readiness to meet
whatever comes after 2"-ReU. G. Il.
Walker.