New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-02-12
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RELIGION

Religion, though defined z" lee q pcrf,r
nance OF those duties We owe ~ God. il not
without its earthly c1fecs. and no one is
possessed OF tho true spirit of religion who
can enter the sacred precincts OF the house
of God in any other spirit than that OF hui
mility and devotion to the holy principles
set forth by the Rcdeemcr of mankind
People may profess religion, and they may
be blessed with the worlds wealth, and.
dressed in costly silks, satins, velvets,
brOadclot hs laces and linens, and bedccked
with fine jewelry, they may enter the house
Of God and walk down its aisle to their
crimson cushioned pews in all the pomp
Of life, but if they are not possessed of the
true spirit of religion, their finery Will only
serve to moke that fact the more apparent.
Last Sunday was a beautiful day; and
many, no doubt, were induced to 90 to
from any sense of religious duty yet there
were others who were there from a pure
.ense of religious duty to God. and among
them was young and beautiful creature,
Just verging into wOmanhood 1t is more
than likely, from her modest demeanor, she
would have passed in and out of the church
where he who writes this happened to be
without attracting particular notice, had not
something occurred to give her an oppor
tunity to display, unconsciously, the purity
of her religious devotons and char
acter The church. which is one of the
largest and best attended in our city,
was already filed with fashionable con
gregation. The man in ministerial robes
had assembled the pulpit, and entered upon
a lucid and eloquent sermon, well calcu-
lated to strengthen the faith of tho true be-
levers in the beauties of religion. just at
this moment rusting of silks was heard
and attention was drawn to some ladies'
richly attired, who had made their way to
their pew, in which Il female clad in the
deepest mourning was seated. She was evil
IDENTIFY pous woman-one who had lost a
near relative-and from the fact of her
being there alone, it is quite possible she
NAV have been widow She OBJ
served tho ladies approaching, and
moved by proper feeling, I'M
der the circumstances. she arose and
passed out into the aisle in orderto let the
ladies pass into the pew, which they did
and closed the door, leaving her standing
such conduct t. suppose the ladies had
thoughtessiv left her there when there was
plenty of room to nave seated her III their
pew BE this as it may, the circumstance
afforded the really pious young lady before
alluded to an opportunity of not only doing
graceful act. but of proving the depth of
her religion. She was seated III the next
pew in advance Of the ladies' who had Just
| entered, and upon discovering that the lady
laty
ing in the aisle, she arose in the trIcst spirit
of humility, opened the door of her
pew and invited the stranger to be seated
1t was quite evident the young lady who
performed this act Of kindness is wealthy,
or of wealthy parentage, for she too was
| richly clad; but she had more than wealth
to make her beautiful and happy. She had
religion and the love of God deeply i'm
planted in her and these begot in her love
for those who, under the burden of atiiiction,
would seek succor and consolation from the
teachings of a pure and holy religion.