The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1871-02-11

| 4I,a IF nj
49, ot sooo9;aa th;s or,rocism of a class
NJ ME- nv ie;n M ,ber social arrsnoement for
~; u "a .Ip raason nov drsw the line
LII, chII o,,oI,,d rron, tho oonaIi,es of a soci.
a. foo,no r,au nv a clasO dom, know that
49, :; etI,;no uorr ha;nons in that II is
o,o,h; = -. aoas i,salf What societv
does arbitrarily and infinitely. we all do nature
ally in general For mere social purposes, men
and women of opposite callings. tastes, associa-
tons. education and manner of life do not meet
and fuse readily. Like prefers like 1t is law,
divine law and croak as we will, we are all at
heart HAMMER better satisfied, more at ease and
more useful ia this separation, prouided in the
broader matters which concern us as human be-
ings and God children, we remember the French
trinity, ''liberty, equality, fraternity" Society
stands not on but very much because of these
social limitngs. But nothing OF this has any
place or claim over the threshold Of Christian
church, the edifice or the institution. II may
ban the living man whose calling is vicious, not
his dead body. Least of all, under any circum-
stances, can it refuse to a profession, redeemed
by many noble characters, from the sweeping dez'
/ nunciations of over-wise and under-righteous
men, the rites and conrtesies alike OF custom,
charity and Christianity. There is no shadow
of warrant for it any where, outside sect or in
dividual narrowness and assumption; 1t is alb
horrent to the simplest dictate and Impulse OF
| nature. just see W Udl Jesus utu, WuOSe iHe as
largely spent, whose help was largely offered to
classes held utterly reprobate-pnblicans, sinners
and harlots. Can you conceive OF him as refus-
| ing to bury one of these, even though the trends
| desired the service in the Temple Imagine him
| who touched the bier OF The wdo" 5 son refusing
to do it because of some unbelief, or social ban,
or the vocation of the boy Imagine him who in
the harlot could never forget the woman. refusing
to be "mixed up" with the burial service over
any harlot body Imagine again, the tones in
which he would say TO any who should do it
'swo unto you Pharisee p Wouldlhe who
10, whose faith was for, whose faith largely was
in Just such as these in all their straits and sins,
| turn away from the useless and abused clay
| Thank God There isn't man or woman here
| believes it-and trust there is none but believes
! that the broad spirit of Savior's love is meant
to cover and include in this day all that it did in
! his day, include in its charity the kindness TO-
ward dead body he never shrank from extend
ing dead soul.
The act is, Moreover, but single illnsIre ton
of spirit which has got itself into our Christian
| ty, and must get itself out. 1t is de-
mon fouler than many Christianity pre-
| tends to exercise. 1t has DONE is doing I'M
| mense injury. The real difficulty Is not that a
| man has been refused burial from Christian
| church. because he belonged to IA profession
| which some of those belonging to Christian
| " an incident in the operation of spirit which
sill holds itself de6anty and With TOO much sue
noo. on,orr The coc,, a shirt nossacsino II
I'D rs;nor e non,e and .dvoptaoe sill snirits
ano sa;d - nossas. ond nsa tha hod;ss of Good
arc '"iu " Po''' ".u uIe Wv ~: 80
uieh' l, 10 oul .ne sen VI !" opIi: .as -
many "no "ouun u"'e ~ oe
" carry 1t qui'e 50 iai. ~ 10 on,y oue
o. tne rainpan. olt'einesS VI nuen t"'' 0"' go
Cnrlstahlty' thal Is pusulug us prosecutions ~
all times and every wnere; II not ooitng Tue
| door OF the grave to the dead, boiling the gate
OF heaven TO the living; that coins hot ana'he-
mas, and hurls them as God hurts thunderoolts,
and makes lives all misery God would gladly
comfort with His beatitude. That sensitiveneSs
| the community shows at the treatment of body
it ought to be as quick to show while there is
vet life in the body We say good deal about
'honors to the dead, :" "indignties to the dead
We nav ton much of what we call "honors'-
over 10 IN the dead nnder do 10 the living.
Onr forms ceremonies. prayers. eulogies. dress,
what We call ssmonrnino customsi are a sad mis-.
,ako w. orc &C ecrn1nlone ahont outsides at
snch times 40 the Phar;sees abont nhylactery and
80. -; :" . n.,l,. o,,aou-s e. on,I;ya tba
80 81, taiSius 49,
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whose 81. scuiptutea stone %tn yang Drea'n
-. ,n' u.' '"' ol@' 'i~' lOa5 , o.lio
"nlle llVln9 men nj are outsiae 'u ,? PST;
our SnIo1 tIo; fo;4L sooaaS 81 tha?
a;,t uiIl ~ fa,,ts ,nhnr;oJ tLeir nr;vota
-. C,ood 80 tboi do;nas ;ndoad All
i;fo - IS tbev MD ;nonsiton reIentIess
-; ia Sill Dbl r;soas foroyor NV |
~ en- tha air 1,;tb snrnoises
;nnuandoas s1sncions small and low criti,
49, L;tto o,,d ,m;,t onJon,notion in their
onrronote snffarinr and sum mo more TO he |
,,sSaS;rbsJ Tho tortnras If Torouemada
tha tbe eght Of The planet Tnniter Is aganst
ttat IfiI osSo,or faather df an eysn;ng
nbnrcb nermits which the church sanctions. |
n;aL H.. oh,'r,h don,ondS Nth wbicb minis,
~ ,,oao1o ,,i;t +boso whon, thev single
ont and and panatbematize the arrogant insults
onJ ;nd;onities thew offer To livinS souls more
nnod Iooi2;ng at than any shown he dead. II
;s n,isnIaced mistaken. iIleoitimate sympathy.
90 J;ffpea Of the momert Of senulture. so tena. |
$50 nf tho roinnt;a Of cnstom and form. so
- - - ho1t ond NEON in those TIMER chart |
a., h;oL 10 ovorv so,,1 arc the necessities n
iife A cun Of cold water 10 the living. spark |
Of raoorn;tion and svmnathv. a penHine. IN |
ooet1w 41ord If charity . timely defence-these |
80 ,I;y I;,r mo-, 81 ottnn need for lack of
t;L -, :; tbora daatb IN life yvopId
nioi ~ 800 -, go orJ 10 mora than oil
- y - - - :, , -, ~ ~ ,onr dod
'n1 P"i"uo i@ AZ y 4L. 49, - rhr;+;oo
ny no one tnlhs 10 'uo o"u?o =, IL, tha
ruin 50 nIIueioo DO ~ Vni' SPli "a |
church. Men neeu noI SGin a III PulP::IIe "nu
deciaim against Vne woIiu ior ,ta ioos'.Y W
CHRIST Inc WORST enemies 70 OhllS' ale 'nos9
VINO can tncihSei'ee ms - 80;
aon1lnls'ral,oh oi Iels.In ~ 10 o ~,
the harm' more IMAM Lhe SINS VI men It' n@i
row eXciuslVehesS stahcS III 'he way ~ 10 ~
use ior tne church 70 cry ouU against 81" HiI0
1t is itsei1 delofmea oy inc gross sih VI ut~
charltableness. Our very holy people seem 70
think the Gospel ana an us privileges sPeclaiiy
intended Tor them. IL mas not any oliefS ior
any other Ihey seem 10 forget tnat Jesus
came not TO the whoie Dut C4e SICK nov W tne
righteous put the SHINING II any ciasS, ny wi
Ceachin9 an! eHanp:e % nov oi;nnP oaJ
Chrlstlan privileges IL Is INC nien a I CIV
outcast. Inc privileges were noI W 'no gil
eous Pharlsee' out 10 the pau wohah' ahu al
who had gone astray. mat cnurcn s,ui1lnes
itself, that man oeIrays Ghri I:s aliesn' "no
makes IN any lntellectual differences any
moral oollqulty ground lor cehsofio 9nJ jig
ment, or suspendlng intercourse or oePrIylnS
OF Christian privilege me rum shops orotheiS
and gambling saloons oil a community not SO
deadly hostile as the self-rlghteousness OF us
churches. Their anathemas more oilghting IMAM
the pestilentlal vapors tnat come reeklng OUT
from these. There is no crime IN the decaloSue |
Jesus could not overlook or forgive. lie never
appears as he does when reiuklng TINS arch-sin
The woman taken IN aduitery7moses Woulu
STONE ner' out the OnrisI pun an 'nV po"oi Vi
ms th 1Iora ..f rirbfeons He could
sd.;,.,, I - ~ ooT1d not for@;ve them He
loisiYo nol NJ 80 49, Nv si Ri thn SIN ofthe
n ne oi0o sou ~ w ~ II - - -,
rharlsee, anu ne mas pui neu vn"' W. hi;ato
Ine "ospel P"sG ,? ' no 'ost tnrr;hs word as It
gTu ~ -; liz. tbo rathorina nm and CON
l1iis run ne III hIo oftbo
centliHs ~ rvo Eme' of btaons snrit He