The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1872-10-03

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1t is ~. 20 lie denied that tbs t culture
which accompanies devotion to seetarian
systems aui ideas is not admirable. il is
equally beyond dispute that the style of
personal character which accompanies such
culture is not loyab,e. The limit of SYM
pathy is alike the limit Of caitnre and Of
loyableness. 1t is a matter of surprise
that men whose Christian honesty, purity,
and seif-devoredness are conceded on every
hand, are often Iaen with whom We do not
Ike TO associate-men TO whom we DO not
find ourselves attractel-raen with whom
we hare little that is COMMON. Thsre are
cler-ymen Of great power and indCence in
th.ar own denomination who are so entirely
ost of place in general society that they
never appear in it. Their whole lie runs
in scctarian rut, and tends toward, and
ends at, sectalian goal There are great
multitudes of lavmeH OF thc same scrt, who
have no associations outside of their own
church. IIugging the thought that they
monopoEze the truth, they can regard no
other sect with hearty liberation and re-
spect. Their sympathies are shortened in
every direction, and their culture fails 20
be admirable, because i: is based on one
sided views of truth. and limited by the
prescribed tenets of their faith. IL IS not
an answer to this statement to say tina. iru
Christianity is never popular, and that even
its Founderyas not popular. 1t was the
narrow sects that hated Him. 1t was the
Scribes AMI pharlsees whom He de
nounccd that dcspiscl Him. The common
people heard Him gladly, and followed
Him and received His society and ministry
by thousands.
1t Is also not to he denied that there are
styles of character and culture only indi-
rcetly formed by Christian IDEAS, or infu-
enced by them, that are extremely loyablc
There are men and woman who have had
no conscious Christian experience, whose
fiIth Is either a negative or a most indcii-
mite quantity, who make no pubic pro
fcsSIon OF picty, vi q DO not even privately
coant themselves among Christians in
nane, yet who are nevertheless among the
most am,able thai We know. Their cour-
toy, their henevoleuce, their thorough IN
tegrity of character, their hearty cood-w
manifested in all society. their liberation
and clarlt1, make them universal iavorites.
They ignore all sccts AMI all religious ani
political differences, AMI become social
centres sometimes for the church itself
Many Christians prefer them for compan-
ions II those who are enrolled with them
on church registers, and are puzzled to
know why it is that they loye them more
than they 10 those who are nominally th,i
brethren.
The most lovablc mrn AMI women we
know are undcr the control Of one Of two
motives, VIZ: the sympathy Of humanity
o. the sympathy Of Chris tiauity. Both ar,
alike universal in thei. b,ariGg an rclch,
and both produce tIe finest results or
human character that are possible to be
achieved. Ihosa who are under the con
tr.l Of the sympathy of humanity know
no sect, and tirr on'y become unloycly
when 'hcy s.agIe out some class OF men
as the recipients Of their g.oI-wilI and their
good Offices. Tie humanitarian who de
lvrrs hra> 20 one idea, and concentrates
his sylarath:cs AMI his charities up Il
sinS'c class, not oniy Injuries his own
character hut hi lyyablcae,a and popu-
larisy, Precisely as wien one conccn-
trates his aymratnies and labors upon Il
sect, Goes lie cease 70 draw the hearts
Of al men to him. 10 matter what
f.ith "e receive into our heads, cur hearts
VII loye the man who loves all men.
whether he loves them as Il man or a
Christian: and cur hearts are right. The
man who knowS no limit to his human
sympathy, a0i the Christian who knows
no limit to his Christian sympathy are
those who h9li the hearts of the worl,l,
and who, in that sympathy, possess the
only solid basis for = broad ana catholic
culture.-S0ajncr'S for October.