The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-03-28
SUNDAY READINGS.
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whatever shape the pious rte may bear. ~
i Zen the poor Psg .n' homage 70 the sun ~
Iwould not harshly scorn, lest even there
Tspurned the elements of Christfan prayer, ~
An aim, though eering, at . world ayonf =, zsesua,
| AcknpwedgemeAsofG of g bd--of mans futlty. y
sense OF need, OF weakness, and indeed
That very thing 80 many Christians want-Humi
ty. - Thomas HOod.
To feel conviction of immortalit
we must live for it. Let-any nne firm
ly believe that the soul is permanent
and live from that belief, and soon el
istence will seem permanent, too; th
world becomes the veil of o brighte
glory that lies behind it; the condem
nation of unbelief is lifted off, since tn
mind, conscious of its, own rooted be
ing, does not wait for immo rtaIity, i 'bu
is passed from death unto life. IT
Starr King.
Divine Worship.-When goodnes
and truth are united in man, he thel
has new will and q new understand
ing, consequently q new life. Whei
such is the mans character, then in ev
cry employment in which he is engaged
there is divine Worship; for he thei
trespects the divine in eFerything; ven
crates it, loves it, land Therefore woi
ships it. That this is the genuine di
vine worship, is unknown to those who
placa all worship i'll alteration ranC
prayers, that is, in such things as are %
the mouth and thought, and mot il
such as are of works grounded in the
good of love and faith; when yet the
Lord regards nothing else in a MAJ
but his heart, when he adores and
prays To act according to the pre-
cepts OF the Lord is the true worship
of Him-yea, is truly love andEtruly
faith. = -Stoeede'aborg. llt4 p VII
Salvation is the working ont Of
Christian faith III the character. 1t is
the incarnation of the beatitudes in ev.
cry mans life, One who never knows
what salvation means until he comes to
die has but poor understanding of it.
Blessed are the merciful - How eau
we share that blessing unless we get it
here on tile streets, where those who
need our mercy are shining and suffer
| ing? '.Bl+ss are the pure in heart y
How can we know that bfessednesss un-
less we conquer our worst nature in the
midst of temptation ? The man on his
death-bed, when his natural force is
abated, sometimes feels that he has
overcome all his passions; but that is
not purity, that is dissolution. Repent
ance and faith at death are often flow
ers growing out of the decomposition
of avarice and lust. The theology
which makes salvation consist in q cri-
sis through which the soul passes at
death is salvation which contradicts
our geometry, by giving men the whole
who have never had theparts thereof. -
Ne,O York Lndeye7lde,at w
GENUINE PrRTY THE BOND OF CHRIS
TIAN UNITY.--A more extensive diffu-
sion of piety among all seets will be the
best and only preparation for cordial
union. Christians will then be dispos-
ed to appreciate their differences more
equitably; to turn their chief attention
to points on which they agree; and, in
consequence of loving each other more,
to make every concession consistent
with a good conscience. Instead of
wishing to vanquish others, every one
will be desirous of being vanquished
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 inn
passable boundary, or from condemning
the most innocent and laudable usages
for fear of sympathiszing 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
conspicuous 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
obstructs 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 committees, 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 yconcur.-RObertH Hail. r...a
-Extravegant BcIief.-There is such
a thing as believing excessively even
things that are true. There are people
who believe so much in God that they
believe nothing else. Faith in them
selves they consider impiety; faith in
their fellow-men, in human nature, is
kind of atheism. They ascribe to God
all goodness; all providence in divine
Providence. They are fatalists; they
look on mankind as chips on the surface
of stream. Whatever happens God
does; whatever does not happen God
withholds. They wait for God to clean
their streets, purge their cutters, secure
their buildings from fire, protect their
cattle from murrain, their horses from
throat all, to keep off cholera, to arrest
pellow fever and smallpox. It would
be we'll if such people could for time
cease altogether from believing in God.
The faith is sitting them. 1t is fine
thing to believe in the moral perfection
of person like Jesus. Such q faith
exalts our notion of human capacity,
makes us aware of our hidden worth.
But if one bellows so much In Jesus
that ne cannot believe in anybody else,
it is great misfortune. The Office of
such faith is to exalt all men and wo-
men; teaching them not what they are
good for, but that they are good for
nothing, the decline of it is a thing to
be devoutly wished in the name of faith
itself. The belief, instead of fertilizing
the world, floods it, browns it, converts
it to morass. The faithin immortali-
ty has suffered from the same cause,
and has been in some cases a calamity.
The complaint is not that men have be-
lieved it too sincerely, earnestly, fer
vently, but that they have allowed 1T to
overlap and overlay other departments
of life. They have invested in too much
mind, have spread it overto large sur
face of feeling. The one state of exist
ence that interests them is the future
state. Existence on this side of the
grave is athing to be borne patiently,
to be worried through as well as possi-
BILE, but the real world, the world worth
living for and living in, is on the other
side. Many of these people, these quid
nuncs of the world to come, think that
their only business here is to procure
an authorized pass into the world to
come. That done, they are ready to go.
Their object in life is accomplished.
They love to think of the vanity of hu-
man things, the insignifcance of mum
dane affairs the emptiness of pur uits,
the hollowness of pleasures. The fu-
ure life encroaches ON their tnouphts
till it occupies them wholly. 9th r
takes the place of worldIi-
ness. B. FrOtjtiIQhGDe