Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1873-09-13


'ligioas matters, or concerns the clergy. :.
no priest can infiict or publish any dis
ciplinaIys spenaltie against any pers9n
for fulhfIing the laws of the STATE,
whether they conflict or not with the
laws of The church; no priest can pub.
lish any disciplinary penalties. to be in.
fiicted upon persons for voting or not
Soting at pnbiie elections no priea can
Name any person by name In the publ
cation of disciplinary penalties. The
penalty affixed for the violation of these
provisions is fine of not less than
1000 thalers, and Imprisonment for not
offender can be suspended from practic-
ing the profession of clergyman.
The best argument man can make for
the possibility of holy life is the fact
Iofsuch a life; the daily rendering all
his steps In the Lord the bearing about
| in his walk and conversation, the marks
OF the Lord Jesus; the diffusing the per-
| fume of holy atmosphere upon all who
come in. contact with the life. y r ~
| The Church needs sneh demonstration
to add to her power to-day; she needs
to- pack her teachings with such eXem-
plifications of Gods word; she needs to
show how grace can triumph over ma
tdres and bring gjoysoat of lsorrowl Ton
1 ItSLLcSSlcSS Will pcdCt. anu
| selfishness with love and sincerity, and
bsoai aispuritys and ftr,fth uneGs erin Z and
revealing all dealings between man and
| man.
1 Such lives all may live; such addi-
ltions to the strength and power of the
Church each believer has the power oi
making such incontestible arguments
the little child may force upon che con.
sideration of the, strongest intellect
with no possibility of losing i'll the aEgu
ment. - - y -. -,
When Christ fully reigns in the soul
none can gainsay OF cast a doubt ovel
the fact. 1t is proclaimed by the siien
eloquence that is above all oratory, al
argument, all dissent. y sss-4s ~ :
There cannot be a greater mistake tina.
to suppose that sceptical literature eithe
tdepends sforSfts snppaft Iupon, or is4r
the slightest degree true reflex of, pub
lie opinion ~ If the truth were known
I we believe ii would turn out to be tn
Il fact that the relations which the leadin,
/ sceptical writer's of the higher class holl
-lIyith the reading public are of the, mar
rowest and most restricted character
i is true that thei- papers are published
but this really implies very little. 1
i few persons read them for their style
and admire them sfor their audaoit
Il wfieh has an the charm wit1leuf th
name of criminality. A few more thi III
S that, if not to write, at least to read sucl
stuff is evidence of intellectual superior
ity; and a few, though perhaps thes
/ areitale majority, read them on. the pFin
ciple of the man who, coming into
strange town, and. being required t
state his 4olitics,s announeeas shfMself a
E being against the Government, whateve
it might be- But for the great majoris
of reading and thinking people, the
/ are rather an occasional nuisance: tina
an al-absorbing topic. odMr. Odger is
ipublfc speaker and all the world ma
8 60 and hear him, and pelt him, il it dii
7 proves of his oratory; but becausesMH
Odger sometimes uses foul language
and is not pelted, it does not follow ths
all the world approves of him, simpl
because all the world does not form hi
audience. So, in the same way, Nj
Matthew Arnold lahd Mr. Gregg, Mi
] | Morley and Mr. Stephen, may tindnlg
in maunderings, Dlaspheme eyerythin
the reading public are supposed to hol
sacred, assume that all the generally re
ceived ideas of religion iand morality al
admitted to be obsolete, and insult a
who are in anyway remarkable ft
their profession Of the principles sheeI
ed; hut it does mot follow that. the
carry the public, with them simply b.
cause the public lakes really. very littl
interest in their Droceeeings, as it dot
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