The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1873-04-02
SUNDAY READINGS.


{,tI avn nan. IF those who thtnk it odd
uoo ran pray onhidden from tn" cassoeh'
Snl l' ny ,,, II, tl,o yst,mr,c s%1
H-'I -,ro m l,r,, ,,,npeniy to God.
A. r'rf f. rest, 'n'"Icrant I.5, to none, ,,u
'.,'t,, ty ,,..r ,.,,,,,!. h",nase t" thH sun
! Noud rof bar~nDy acoru, lest even there
ro~n'd 'h" r'-orml9 "t onriran 1Ilr9 av, prayer
tr"' "'.' .'n.ir .r'rr,, IF G,d-of mans futnty
A." '.I l.. d. ." ""aRn"ss and indeed u,,,,o,
'''4' very ''''E 7 ''"''' Tbowos Eood.
a., f,,J , o,,,.ict;or of iromortoIitv
.,., .,,,,,,t I;r,, Fnr i Lot anv one firm.
u. I,'i;nr,a thot tho eouI ID permanent
AL r,,,a' fr,,,,, tI,at baIiaf and aoor ex.
;strncr will aerm ncrmanrrt, too: the
w,rJJ hrcomoq the veil of a brighter
glory that lies behind it; the condem-
nation Of unbelicf is lifted off, since the
mind. conscious Of its own rooted be-
ing. does not wait for Immortality, but
is passed from death unto life. IT.
starr hJ,,g.
Divine Worship.-When goodness
and truth are united in man, he then
/ has u new will and new understand
ing, consequently a new life. When
! such is the mans character, then in ev-
rry cmpfoymcnt in which he is engaged
/ there is n divine worship; for he then
respects the divine in everything; ven
crates it. loves it, and therefore VOL
| shipg it. That this is the genuine di-
vine worship. is unknown to those who
place all worship in alteration and
prayers. that is, in such things rs are of
the mouth aud Thought, and not in
such as are of works grounded in the
good of love and faith; when yet the
Lord regards nothing else in man
hut his heart, when he adores and
prayg. To act according to the pre-
cepts of the Lord is the true worship
of Him-yca. is truly love and truly
faith. th.-.StccedcnbOrg.
Salvation is the working ont of
Christian faith in the character. 1t is
the incornotion of the beatitudes in ev-
orv mans life. One who never knows
what salvation means until he comes to
die has but poor understanding of it.
"BDesscd are the merciful !" How can
we share that blessing unless we get it
here on the streets. where those who
need orr mercy are SHINING and suffer
inpq BLESSED are the pure in heart -
How can we know that blessednegs I'M
loss we conoupr orr worst nature in the
midst of temptation 3 The man on his
dnoth-bod when his natural force is
abntod sometimes feels that he has
overcome MI his passions: but that is
not unritv. that ia dissolution. Repent
ance and gaith Mt deaAh nre often flow
nrs GROWING out of the decomposition
of avarice ana luss. The theology
which makes saIyntian consist in q cri- !
gia throngh which It's sonl passes ut
death ia salvation which contradicts
our geometry. by giving men the whole
who have never had Eneparts thereof. -
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Tr,-,a,,, rx,,.,,n n,,+,r,ri,,o d;e,-
l,;a % .,;at,, 80, aal soc+e will no The
I,nt o,,5 ,,irr ,,,.o,1o,.s9,9,,o for cordial
',,,;S,' ;S Cbr;sth; ;ona 1vill tlen ho disnos-
oJ 70 onnraciote their differences more
.onr;tobIy fn tnrn their chief attention
~ ,,a;,,tg -, which +bov ogroe. and in |
,.o,,,nr1onca W. f,r,, ofIov;ng each other more
~ make avarv concnssion consistent
with a Good conscience. Instead of
,y;sb;no to vannuish others, every one
viii ho dnsirons Of heiug vapolIished
by the truth. In the room of being re-
PEELED by mutual antipathy, they will
be insensibly drawn nearer to each 9th
er by the ties of mutual attachment.
A larger measure of the spirit of Christ |
would prevent them from converting
every incidental variation into an i'm
passable boundary, or from condemning
/ l. i,nnon1f opH Io1IHu h1n
for fear Of mpathiszing with another
class of Christians. The general prev
alence of piety in different cOmmuni-
ties would inspire that mutual respect,
that heartfelt homage, for the virtues
in the character Of their re-
spective members, which would urge
us to ask with astonishment and regret,
why cannot we be one? What is it that
nbstructs our union? Instead OF main
tanning the barrier which separates us
from each other, and employing our
selves in fortifying the frontiers of hos
tile communities, we should be anxiouslv
devising the means of narrowing the
grounds of dispute by drawing the at
tention of all parties to those funda-
mental and catholic principles in which
they concur. .--Robert Hall.
-Extravepant Belief.-There is such
a tbino 90 believing excessively even
tbings that are true, There are people
who believe so much in God that thev
hoI;evo nothing else. Faith in them
selves they consider impiety; faith in
their feilow-men, in human nature, is a
lind If otbeia,n They aseribe to God
all goodness: ali providence in divine
Proyidence Pr They are fatalists; they
Iook on mankind os chipa ON the surface
of a stream Whatever happens God
loes. whatever does not happen God
Thev wait for God to clean
thair streets purge their gutters, secure
their buildings from fire, protect their
cattle from murrain. their horses from
throat ail, to keen off cholera, to arrest
mellow fever and smallpox. Tt would
he we'll if such people could for time
cease altogether from believing in God.
The faith il sitting them. It is fine