, 1873-11-24

Wisconsin. Acting togot6ar, those roprosonta-
liyo men men Of tn" Eaas and West hnve prepared a
'ntochism y for conation Amqng othvr auos-
Evon 70 Mary Aud tho a1iswor roa,ls " sho
Virgin Mary"
Thn; Of t! that cxprosbion,-' tho Briugor-torth
Of exposing thoir children to the ioach,ns which
inoulcaton uuch n b1asphemoup ti.lo applied to
moro woman. But look how our Lord puts In
TWIN tho gossanler.tllrela upon which hnnGa
liat llonored daughter Of Eyo by deriving from
hcr Ills humanity. It was true that t1o had
earthly rolatons and brethren. borno Of tho
namo mother. Did Ifo, thnrefore,. naplgn to
DID l1e mike them to DO nediators
sst"'ta tais or tlS 'eGPls ' ssa ''S To- him. Behod
Thy mother and Thy b1othron stand without y : dc-
hFs to spopk an WIN Win 'e ero u
whosoovor nl,all do tho will Of hly Father which
10 III Hcayon, tho same il my mother. and brot,l-
CT, mid alator." How. unnalstakably does no
bnt | by grace. Tho tic Tint Ints lin beloved 10
IIimsolf ia ono wholly beyond tho range Of
earthly consanguinty. Now, what doBiro You
particularly to observe, is the fact tliet tho
Just horo-tlat Uhrst's roai family Is spiritual
tamily. Mono else have right TO call t!!oni-
solvoH His. And, If this bo so, 1t invariably fol
lown thut no moro "Cllurcll rotation 10 Christ |
will moet tho requirements OF tho Savior. If
and tho nrothran WHO had saaroa tho privileges
Of Hlp CHILEAN homo, and say substantially, |
"Tl:cao are only shadows. Tho suI,asanco is that
boaHed family Of all faithful pcoplo," tton nurcly
huld OF Il visible Church waB but typo ard
shadow Of the roal and spiritual l,ouaal,o!d of
those whose hoartn lIo could read: and III whom
Ho behold tho living powor Of Religion.
1.at YY1f11
tho theory which teaches that all religious au-
thority In trannlnitted from generation to gene
raton through lincal suconHson Of Dsllops,
prioa;s. aud DeacooH, from the twelve Apostles
OF our Lord. II that doctrine bo the touching
Of JesuH-lhnn am one Of tho family Ut Christ
-ono Of tho brethren Of tho Savior, by virtuo
Of purely o1torral act-tho placing ol, my hcal
ot DlahoP'a banda. ilows'es tlis consist with
Whosocver will 10 the will Of my Iathor wl'iclis
in IIaaven." il the answor with which Ho roplios
to His own Interrogation.
Ayaln, wo aro taught by high authority in our
own Church TINT cvcry baptized Guild IT, by yrto
Of that baptism, rogenolated by tho Holy Spirit
of God. It is takon from the world a now
nature ia imt1nrted, mud it is brought into tl4e
family OF Jcss1s Dy what? by purely external
act,-tilo application Of water in Tho nnmo Of the
Trinity.
| Oh! beloved, when will mec learn TINT tho re-
| liGion OF JenuB IL Il spiritual thing? When will
tlioy loarn that they arc His brethren who aro
uth bellevinG, loving, ooedlont ulaGlr!cBs i1oW
completely loos ths ul'rit Of thls passago cut up
root uI.d brauch the idea tint tho tic which liMNs
| mo to the Savior. that mnlea mo ono OF Ills
| brotllEnu and anonlber Of Hia household, ,-is tho
sprinkling Of a fow drops Of water, or tho touch
| Oh brothro,s, lot ,,B not miataze vhat il out
| ward and visible for the spiritual renlityl Be-
fore tho summon sun has touched with goldou
yellow the wide-spreading field Of grain, you aoa
its yordufe In tho distance and gay that it Is
| fold Of wheat. But. when you cutter tho in
closure and separate tho stalls, rou find that
weeds form part Of tho approaching harvest.
Two growths, radically difrcront, mako up tic
fold. Visibly, it is ali wheat. Really, i IL only
portion which IL lit for tho grannry. bolieye
tint our Master has constantly warned us i'll Els
Word against tho danger Of a like crror in tlc
harveut-hcld Of His outward Church. rho viai.
bio Kingdom is one thing the fanlily Of Christ.
tue loved onea Of Josus, tho truo brothers OF
tho Lord, aro Ellis by spiritual Kindred.
Go whore Baron Dulsben lies dying. Fow mon
havo done more for Chrlsth cause than lie. But.
uB in ponce with hia Judge and with his follows,
terance: 1T havo only Christ IN God; bolong-
Ing to 4 church or Bect 10 nothing"
And now, Us our concluding lcsHon from th!s
Of Ghrist's spiritual family. Side by aide, in
book Which I haye At home, are two pictures,
representing two historic characters widely sep
aratcd BY tracts Of timo, aud yet moro widely
different in the circumstances of their lives
Tho ono is Charles Edward Stuart, tho Pro.
tcudar, the last Of his l1-starred house to assert
by force Of armB its tito to DrisRin'a throne
The othor is tho present Queen OF England:
Belonging to different soxos, s,-showing marked
disparity OF years, tho ono displaying the face
OF ! eoaree and SENSUAL man, the other that Of I
refined ind cultivated woman, and, above ail
bearing that difference Of oppression naturally
to be expected between the countonancos Of q
successful nnd powerful ruler md that Of a
aourel md disappointed claimant Of throno,-
thero is nevertheless ono trait common to both
faces. It attrncts your attention in moment
It makes those facoH so clearly mike, That you
fool ut onco that the blood Of the Stuarts aows
in tho voinB Of Yictoria, So with almost al
families. Some one trait Of countenanco o.
character marks out it's members from tho rest
Of the world. 1t ia often porpotuated from gen
pick up d flower III tho remotest region Of tAt
world, and, by Bono peculiar characteristic
, docide to what family Of tho vegetable kingdom
it belongs, 80 you can often tell tho membor
peculiarity Of expression. Tho text tells III
what is the cllaractoriatio trait Of the family o
Jesus. It is r matter Of snproma importance Il
, linow just what it is.
That trait is not faith. Bravo old Martin Lu
. thor would havo cast out tho Epistle Of 81
| he fnnciod that it doprociated faith. Ho ha
} fought 80 nobly the baltic Of tho Reformation
l and waged such hot fight around tho citadel 0
Christianity tho justification tI" Of tle SOU
|
, bend what seemed to him to toacll tint work
} were tho foundation of salvation. And so, whe
I say that tho distinguishing trait Of Christ
, family ia not falth, but obedience, may stnrN
! some tinid Christian by the statement Bui
! beloved, faith is an inward principle. You en-
no moro see 1t than you can tho magnetis1
/ which lives in the polished STEEL, It only bc
come%.visiblo IN works, Just % the magnoti
power becomes porcoptlble III lifting up thu iro
with which it comes in contact. And hence
, I repeat it. TINT tho trait BY which th
monlbor OF Christ's spiritual family Ia known tt
4 othorH, is not faith. but obedience, by whic
faith works, and provos itHliytng power. A frien
! brought mo somo sooda Of those mighty tree
j Pacific coaat. In each ono there IL doubtlosR
l gorm Of lifo. The valuo OF the seed depend
upon TINT living principle within. But tho trai
t or neculierity, By which Tho relation ct the acc
0 to the California trosB will be established, mus
= DO gigantic growth. That is tho only way !,
. whiol. It will show. So with FAITH. Il III til
. gormlnal, principle Of the Christian life. It
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