The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-07-09
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every tree that is in good, ma
tnraI, normal state, stands by
virtue Of the polishing Of its in
ward vital forces. So the real
Christian stands and is poised.
When he cries for a creed it
means that you shall prop him
that there is a waning of
faith, a loss of inward divine
force and spiritual vision. And
our pity is kindled when we
hear men asking to be propped,
Canes for the lame, the blind,
the manned, whether in body
or spirit, canes, canes, CANES!
No MAN can suffer himself to
be judged by another's consci-
ence. His own is the guide he
must walk after, is the law he
must obey. He must say: This
is the light that is in me-the
only light that / have, and earn
estly striving to do the right,
as God gives me to see it as it
is revealed to my Travelling
quest, | will, ! must follow
whittier it leads, whether it be
through meadow or desert, thro'
a garden of music or a garden
of plants and tears, never
stopping to figure up what are
the chances Of Joy or sorrow,
OF heaven or hell. For at last,
when ones good conscience
gets him, that is his real heav-
en-, though it burn with furnace
fires, though a cross stand there
red with the blood Of the cru
cited.
A FEW evenings ago, just as
the sun had sunk below the
horizon, and the weird twilight
came creeping over the earth
with its impressive silence, two
Orioles flew into an apple tree
that stands by our window.
They were husband and wife,
doubtless, married by the mat
ing of Him who made them,
whose trusting, quiet, beautiful
little children they are. From
whence they came we know
NOT, Why they came we can
not tell, unless it was to bring
us a lesson. We think they
did-a lesson of faith in the
infinite. paternities of the uni
verse. For in that tree, white
with bloom, we observed they
found food, and with the look
of perfect gratitude in their
faces, they hoped from bough
to bough, and did eat. 1t was
a trial,hOur in our own soul,
and we looked up and said
"God, help US to trust thy Faith
erhOod as these. dear, quiet
birds trust til"
We have just read the fol-
lowing in an exchange:
Yesterday the Rev. Dr.. PACE preached an
. highly respectable congregation.
This has a phrase in it that
is getting exceedingly common.
For this reason we allude to it.
We mean, "a highly respecta-
BILE congregation" You read
almost daily that Rev. Mr..
SMITH, or JONES, or BROWN
preached at -, to a "highly
respectable congregation" Now
We dislike such expression in
our soul. 1t carries with it a
caste tone that we feel obliged
to rebuke. Whether so meant
or not it discriminates against
congregations and people that
are set down as not "respect-
able" No man has any right
to use such discriminating phra-
seology in connection with
preaching, especially with
preaching the gospel of that
Christ who was the friend of
sinners, and was held in his
time as not himself being re-
spectacle. The very name of
Jesus Christ, to say nothing
Of his conduct and spirit, re-
Dukes all such carnal phrase.
We read that he preached to
publicans, harlots, sinners, to
the lepers, the lame and the
blind, but never to Ga highly
respectable congregation" In
the deep-seeing eyes of God,
that burn in an infinite flame
Of purity and holiness, respect
ability is often quite a different
thing from what it seems to us.
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